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Democratization
In 1760 no polity in the world was democratic in any way we would now recognize. In 1995 there were democratic states on every continent and in every region. The struggle to …
50 Dark Destinations
From the Alcatraz East Crime Museum and Jack the Ripper guided tours to the Phnom Penh killing fields, ‘dark tourism’ is now a multi-million-pound global industry. Even in the most …
The Impending Crisis, 1848-61
Analyzes the problems of slavery, expansion, sectionalism, and party politics that influenced mid-nineteenth-century America
People of Plenty
America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty—a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by …
Historians on Hamilton
America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being …
Welcome New Life Parent Book
"Welcome New Life" is a Baptism preparation course, in four meetings, for new parents. Each session ends with a prayer service which reflects an aspect of the Rite. This is the …
The Lincoln Theme and American National Historiography, an Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 19 November 1947
C. Vann Woodward
Perhaps the most prominent historian of his time, C. Vann Woodward (1908–1999) was always at the center of public controversy, wielding power inside the history profession while …
Remembering Enslavement
Remembering Enslavement explores plantation museums as sites for contesting and reforming public interpretations of slavery in the American South. Emerging out of a three-year …
Critical Voices in Criminology
Readers of criminological literature are presented with little more than thumbnail sketches as to the social characteristics or motivations of the authors. One learns their status, …
Life, Death and Entertainment in the Roman Empire
Life, Death, and Entertainment gives those with a general interest in Roman antiquity a starting point, informed by the latest developments in scholarship, for understanding the …
Genetic and Evolutionary Computation — GECCO 2003
These proceedings contain the papers presented at the 5th Annual Genetic and EvolutionaryComputationConference(GECCO2003).Theconferencewasheld in Chicago, USA, July 12-16, 2003. A …