How Italians Became ‘White’ - History News Network
WEBOct 12, 2019 · How Italians Became ‘White’. Brent Staples is an author and an editorial writer for The New York Times. Congress envisioned a white, Protestant and culturally homogeneous America when it ...
The Heartbreaking, Controversial History of Mount Rushmore
WEB10/28/2020. The Heartbreaking, Controversial History of Mount Rushmore. BUILT ON SACRED Native American land and sculpted by a man with ties to the Ku Klux Klan, Mount Rushmore National Memorial ...
Eric Rauchway: When and Why Did the Parties Switch Places?
WEBMay 20, 2010 · So the switch takes place sometime between, let’s say, 1872 and 1936. That may not sound very narrow, but it’s a start. Now, we can go further by finding some landmark dates in there. One of ...
The Expansion of Presidential Power Since 1973
WEBMay 26, 2019 · Nearly a half century ago, famed historian and scholar Arthur Schlesinger, Jr. published The Imperial Presidency. This path breaking work described the growing centralization of the executive ...
When Did Racism Begin? The Fractious Historical Debate Explained
WEBAug 19, 2022 · The recent scholarship on medieval “racism” resolutely rejects, and seeks to overturn, a prior consensus, broadly dating from the 1990s, that the concept of race is both modern and Western ...
War Babies: The Generation that Changed America
WEBHe is the author of five books, all of them on modern American Culture. This article is taken from his most recent book, “War Babies: The Generation That Changed America.”. In 2009, I attended ...
The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee
WEBRoundup. 9-28-17. The Making and the Breaking of the Legend of Robert E. Lee. by Eric Foner. Eric Foner is the author of “The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery,” winner of the ...
Truth and History: Historical Truth and Historical Narrative
WEBMar 6, 2020 · The historical narrative of one side may reflect historical truth more than the historical narrative of the other. Indeed, in general, one may be subjective and right. Still, conceptually, the two ...
Top 6 Differences Between the Ancient and Modern Olympics
WEBTop 6 Differences Between the Ancient and Modern Olympics. Ms. Duddleson was a student at George Mason University and an intern at HNN when she wrote this article. #1. The ancient Olympic games ...
Why Study History? More Than Ever, a Question that Needs …
WEB5/31/2020. Why Study History? More Than Ever, a Question that Needs Answering. by Peter N. Stearns. Peter N. Stearns is University Professor of History at George Mason University and once served ...