Sunday, March 20, 2016

The Seattle General Strike by Robert L. Friedheim.

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North America’s first general strike was notable for its’ peaceful character and orderliness. For five days in 1919, despite shutting down ...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Intertwined Lives. Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict, and Their Circle. By Lois Banner.

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Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict were two of the most important influences on anthropology during their lifetimes. Many know of Mead’s popul...
Friday, March 11, 2016

The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters by John Gross.

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The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters  is a history of literary criticism in Great Britain. A pause is necessary to observe the overprodu...
Sunday, February 28, 2016

The Imperfect Value of History. Reflections From Miller.

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There are no certain ways to predict outcomes of policies or trends in human society. No scientific tests. But one element we have to instr...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Secular vs Religious University Education in the Eighteenth Century German States. From Watson.

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In the German states, prior to 1734, university teaching was dominated by Catholic and Protestant proponents of Christian education. Since ...
Sunday, February 14, 2016

Baader-Meinhof. The Inside Story of the RAF by Stefan Aust.

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During the late 1960s and early 1970s, the majority of college students in West Germany opposed their government’s complicity with the US w...
Sunday, January 31, 2016

Great Maps by Jerry Brotton.

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In this modern era, we have learned to see maps as directional guides accurately depicting locations of, and distances between, point A and...