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Colonialism, Resistance, and Liquor

For both the Shawnee of North America and the Sámi of northern Europe, alcohol provided by colonizing powers was a symbolic and practical political issue.
Wall Street during the bank panic in October 1907

Mexico, 1910: An Influential Sneeze or a Home-Grown Revolution?

Historians are rethinking the claim that the Panic of 1907 in the United States helped spark the Mexican Revolution.
A screenshot from Civilization V

History and Civilization

The Civilization video games may not convey actual history very well, but they’ve encouraged generations of young people to learn more about the past.
Japanese Travel Poster, ca. 1936

Western Travel Writers or Japanese War Propagandists?

Even as Japan courted Western tourists with images of exotic customs and untouched landscapes, the Second Sino-Japanese War raged across East Asia.
Woman tending to vegetable beds while working on a farm

How the Land Is Passed

A transatlantic story of Black land, loss, and resistance.
Photo taken by FBI agents in Jonestown following the Jonestown massacre of November 18, 1978.

One Woman’s Path to Jonestown

While the events that led to the Jonestown massacre included profound tragedy, the life—and death—of one of its residents offers lessons on community and resilience.
A nutmeg farm in the Maluku Islands

Transplanting Nutmeg

Nutmeg originated in the Maluku islands of what’s now Indonesia, but Barbados became known as the Nutmeg Island. Why did the tree wander?
Aerial panoramic view of Mbabane, the capitol city of Eswatini

Eswatini: At the King’s Pleasure

Wedged between South Africa and Mozambique, Eswatini is the last absolute monarchy in Africa.
Dates Hanging from Date Palm

Dates: Civilization’s Sweetest Indulgence

Offshoots from the “Tree of Life” traveled from Mesopotamia to the Levant to the United States, beguiling everyone with their toothsome confections.
Illustration from a poster of the first issue stamp celebrating the Mendez v. Westminster School District case

Mendez v. Westminster and Mexican American Desegregation

International relations and foreign influence helped end legal segregation of Mexican American students in California after World War II.