Tag: history
Rise and fall of the landline: 143 years of telephones becoming...
Jay L. Zagorsky, Boston University
The global economy has changed dramatically over the past century and a half.
When I lecture my Boston University business students...
Did academia kill jazz?
Adam Gustafson, Pennsylvania State University
Jazz seems to be experiencing a bit of a renaissance among movie directors – look no further than documentaries such...
I dig through archives to unearth hidden stories from African-American history
Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University
Many years ago, as a graduate student searching in the archives of Spanish Florida, I discovered the first “underground railroad” of...
Why the Pilgrims were actually able to survive
Peter C. Mancall, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Sometime in the autumn of 1621, a group of English...
America’s archaeology data keeps disappearing — even though the law says...
Keith Kintigh, Arizona State University
Archaeology – the name conjures up images of someone carefully sifting the sands for traces of the past and then...
Argentina bets 60 percent interest rates – and $50B international bailout...
Robert H. Scott III, Monmouth University and Kenneth Mitchell, Monmouth University
An economy in recession. Pesos fleeing the country. The worst drought in decades. The...
As a young reporter, I went undercover to expose the Ku...
Dick Lehr, Boston University
Spike Lee’s powerful new film, “BlacKkKlansman,” tells the true story of Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer who infiltrates a local...
A brief history of ketchup
Ken Albala, University of the Pacific
Trade wars have an interesting way of revealing cultural stereotypes.
Countries often propose tariffs not on the most valuable...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
