Tag: Political History

How Afro-Cuban Women Shaped Modern Cuba

Brunson, a scholar of African diaspora studies, presents a meticulously researched narrative…

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West Indian Women and the Hidden History of the Panama Canal

2024 Wesley-Logan Prize in African Diaspora History

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Unveiling the Paradoxes of Emancipation in Colombia

Yesenia Barragan's Freedom’s Captives: Slavery and Gradual Emancipation on the Colombian Black…

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Henry Christophe: Haiti’s Revolutionary King

Marlene L. Daut's biography, The First and Last King of Haiti: The…

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Resisting Reproductive Coercion: US Abortion Pill History and Politics

About the book Abortion Pills: US History and Politics by Carrie N.…

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Cuba’s Role in Terrorism and Failed Efforts at Detente

Cuba's ties to terrorism, anti-Israel stance, and historical hostility reveal its global…

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How Criminal Justice Helped Break American Democracy

About the Book Criminal Justice in Divided America: Police, Punishment, and the…

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From Fictions to Lives of the Haitian Revolutionaries

Haitian historical portrayals of the Revolution, in contrast to often misleading fictional…

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Agitators in Albanian Communism: Face-to-face propaganda

In the aftermath of World War II, the Albanian Communist Party established…

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Britain and China: Unexpected Lessons from a Long History

Someone once said that one of the chief functions of the brain…

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Greeks (and Romans) Bearing Gifts to America

A Review of The Pursuit of Happiness: How Classical Writers on Virtue…

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Symbols of Power: Exploring Flags, Colors and Legal Narratives

A Review of Flags, Color, and the Legal Narrative: Public Memory, Identity,…

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