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Judicial review--the power of the United States Supreme Court to nullify unconstitutional laws--has been attacked and celebrated by scholars and statesmen alike. The Court's …
After the American Revolution, land speculators in the United States desired the bottom portion of the current state of Ohio, with the full Northwest Territory being the ultimate …
This book outlines the history of rickets, a disease commonly associated with childhood, and studies its association with race and its long-reaching effects on childbirth. For …
One a revolutionary leader and the other a vagabond who deserted from the Continental Army, Samuel Adams and Henry Tufts might appear at first glance to be polar opposites, but in …
The moment came at a funeral for a soldier. Republican Congressman Walter Jones (North Carolina, 3rd District) had voted to go to war in Iraq but had begun to question that …
With a unique prewar history as a snagboat and James B. Eads' noted catamaran salvage vessel, the Benton survived a tumultuous government acquisition process and conversion to …
Between the American Revolution and the Civil War, two of the most persistent themes in American history were immigration and the growth of reform movements, among them women's …
There was once a Tennessee whiskey that dwarfed Jack Daniel's, and a powerful man behind it: V.E. "Manny" Shwab. Until now, virtually nothing has been written about either. Their …
Abraham Lincoln is widely renowned for his stance on the emancipation of enslaved people in a period when America was sorely divided over the subject. However, at the same time, …
Senator Charles "Mac" Mathias was a lifelong Republican who easily won every election in a 26-year congressional career in otherwise heavily Democratic Maryland. Mathias was a …