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Monday 25 November 2013

 
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Documenting Historians' Revolutionary Demographic Change
by Alan M. Kraut and David A. Gerber
In 1962, the president of the American Historical Association warned about young historians of "lower middle-class or foreign origins." How times have (thankfully) changed.
HISTORIANS/HISTORY

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I Don't Care Who Killed JFK
by Peter Dreier
It really doesn't matter who killed the thirty-fifth president.
HISTORIANS/HISTORY

The Nazis' Gun Ban FacilitatedKristallnact
by Stephen Halbrook
Jewish-owned guns were registered and were easily confiscated in the weeks before the onslaught.
HISTORIANS/HISTORY

The Problem with "Extraterritoriality"
by Alan McPherson
U.S. soldiers accused of crimes in Afghanistan are tried in U.S. courts. That's been a problem before during the occupation of the Dominican Republic.
NEWS ABROAD

Why are Thanksgiving and Hanukah on the Same Day This Year?
by Joshua B. Dermer
Thanks to the Jewish lunar-solar calendar, we won't see Thanksgivingukah again for 77,000 years.
GOOGLE QUESTIONS

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The best web commentary on the Thanksgiving holiday.
HOT TOPICS

What Happens When a Country's Culture is Replaced by Immigrants?
by Diana Muir Appelbaum
It happened before in Mexican Texas.
HISTORIANS/HISTORY

Averted: The War Between Iran and America
by Juan ColeThe dream of the neoconservatives during the Bush administration -- an American flag in Tehran -- looks to be just that: a dream.
NEWS ABROAD

More Danger at Home than at War
by Bruce Chadwick
This off-Broadway play is something of a small miracle.
CULTURE WATCH

Why Did Jack Ruby Kill Lee Harvey Oswald?
by Bruce Chadwick
"Witness to the World" asks.
CULTURE WATCH

Review of William G. Hyland Jr.'sLong Journey with Mr. Jefferson
by Kathryn Moore
A biography fit for the author of the seminal six-volume biography of Thomas Jefferson.
BOOKS

Review of Paul Buhle's Radical Jesus: A Graphic History of Faith
by Jim Cullen
A provocative approach to religion, pedagogy, and history.
BOOKS