Today's Date:
January 15, 2025
American History Since 1865: Major Events and Trends
The America that existed after the end of the Civil War is nothing like we know it as today. Major urbanization and industrialization, equal rights for all citizens, and two major world wars have shaped how we understand it. While →
Discussion of Black Majority: Negroes in South Carolina From 1670 to the Stono Rebellion by Peter Wood
Peter Wood’s book, Black Majority: Negroes in South Carolina from 1670 to the Stono Rebellion,published in 1974 by Alfred Knopf (New York) details the history of black slaves in South Carolina. This history presented by Peter Wood in Black Majority: Negroes in →
Analysis and Summary of “The Essential Adam Smith” by Robert L. Heilbroner
In his compilation and introductory essays to the many chapters in “The Essential Adam Smith” eilbroner succeeds by offering the reader a chance to formulate questions before and after reading the texts that allow for the ability to think critically →
A Historical Look at Mothers in Canada : Intent and Guidance in the Creation of Urban Mother 1900-1940
The past century has produced drastic changes in the concepts, practices, and “rules” governing the proper methods of raising children and the roles of mothers in Canada. In Canada, particularly in the urban areas that grew extensively between the years →
The History of the Non-commissioned Officers Corps
It is Rudyard Kipling who famously called the Noncommissioned Officer Corps the backbone of the army. The Noncommissioned Officer as we know him today is a remnant of the organizational structure of the traditional European army, especially as it existed →
The Emancipation Proclamation : Savior or Rhetoric ?
The Emancipation Proclamation was a prosaic statement by Lincoln that seemed like it was a revolutionary treatise on the future treatment and freeing of African Americans, but in fact, the Emancipation Proclamation was simply a politically inspired ruse. It did →
A History of the Roles of Women in Newspapers : Media, Gender, and Journalism
In addition to providing the reader with an overview of the history of the media in general and newspapers in particular, this history of women and their role in newspapers, both as readers and journalists, also includes a consideration of →
