Today's Date:
January 15, 2025
- World (4)
- Middle East (3)
- Asia (7)
- Europe (18)
- North America (29)
- South America (1)
War, Revolution, and the Downfall of the Monarchy in France and Russia
Despite the difference in time periods, geographic location, and political states, France (between the years 1763-1789) and Russia (between 1914-1917) experienced a collapse in the once dominant system of detested absolute monarchy. Both cases were the result of land-grabbing and colonizing →
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 →
The Nuclear Path of North Korea: Historical Examination of United States Interests & Involvement
News that North Korea had secretly resumed its nuclear weapons program hit the front pages in the United States less than four years ago and has remained in the headlines since its highly-publicized tests in the past months. Since that →
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 →
Oppression and Rebellion: Slavery in Brazil and The Quilombo at Palmares
African slaves who were brought to Brazil throughout the 400 years of the continued trafficking of human labor were subjected to a number of cruelties and were dehumanized by their white (generally Portuguese in this case) overseers. In response to →
The Role of Women in The Ecclesiastical History of the English People by Bede
Throughout Bede’s “Ecclesiastical History of the English People” the role of women is quite limited, both in terms of presence in the actual history as well as in their daily lives. Although the history in “The Ecclesiastical History of the →
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 →
