Tag: History
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Loading…Jongo & Adriano
In the entrails of Rio’s brush, a flight is in process: Jongo, African of Angola, and Adriano, a Brazilian Criollo, risk the dense forest seeking the freedom to be
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King of fruits
Ordinary yellow pineapples were once so precious they were rented for display at dinner parties, but centuries of innovation made them commonplace.
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An unholy alliance
In the 1930s, the rise of Nazism brought centuries of animosity between Europe’s Catholics and Protestants to an end. Why?
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American Ideologies
To understand everything that happens in Latin America in relation to the United States is to brush aside inconvenient details in favor of a morality play.
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The curse of Toumaï: an ancient skull, a disputed femur and a bitter feud over humanity’s origins
When fossilised remains were discovered in the Djurab desert in 2001, they were hailed as radically rewriting the history of our species. But not everyone was convinced – and the bitter argument that followed has consumed the lives of scholars ever since
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The rise and fall of the British cult that hid in plain sight
Philippa Barnes was a child when her family joined the Jesus Fellowship. As an adult, she helped expose the shocking scale of abuse it had perpetrated
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Historical Nonfiction Icon Erik Larson on the Joys of Digging Through Archives
“I love going through boxes filled with files that are full of stuff. You never know what you’re going to find in the next folder.”
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The Challenge of Teaching War to Today’s Students
Today’s youth aren’t interested in learning about the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts that have shaped recent history—but an Iraq war veteran-turned-teacher warns that the results of an uninformed generation could be dangerous.
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The Vietnam Syndrome Mutates
An “Iraq syndrome” may be emerging as disillusionment with the Iraq war intensifies.
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This Russian Family Lived Alone in the Siberian Wilderness for 40 Years, Unaware of World War II or the Moon Landing
In 1978, Soviet geologists stumbled upon a family of five in the taiga. They had been cut off from almost all human contact since fleeing religious persecution in 1936