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Le Prix du Sucre Undergraduate
(2016)Today’s society, as many before it, views sugar as the embodiment of pleasure, luxury, and jubilance. Society’s infatuation with sugar is seen in the figurative usage of the word sweet, the association of children with ... -
The Legacy of Honor in War Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)From the earliest accounts of warfare, honor has been central to the warrior ethos. But is honor today the same as it was thousands of years ago? From the Iliad to the Peloponnesian War, from the Romans to the Crusaders, ... -
A Lengend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Kiley Foster’s paper, A Legend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus, on the conquest accounts of Al-Andalus is well constructed, consistently interesting, and unique vis-à-vis the other ... -
The Liberal Libertine: Gender and Revolution in the Writings of Francisco de Miranda Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Francisco de Miranda's life embodied the contradiction which was central to the Age of Democratic Revolution: to what extent could the liberal ideologies emerging from the Enlightenment replace the old order? Just as other ... -
The Lie in the Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The Lie in The Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic, by Kiersten Strachan is an original and provocative contribution to our understanding of early American ... -
Lingering Effects: U.S. Media and the Case for Nationalism in the Iran Hostage Crisis Undergraduate
(2019-05)In his article on legitimacy and the Iran hostage crisis, R. K. Ramazani makes the claim that the hostility at play in foreign relations between Iran and the U.S. comes as a result of the Iran hostage crisis and the events ... -
Lowering Expectations: The Evolution of UN Peacekeeping and Recommendations for the Future Undergraduate
(2016)United Nation’s Peacekeeping Operations have been contested since the first blue helmets arrived in the Gaza Strip in 1956. Peacekeeping Operations can be divided into three temporal categories, each with their own ... -
Marco Polo in Iran : cultural encounters in medieval history Undergraduate
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Millennials and the Putin Cult Undergraduate
(2017)Much literature about the unique qualities of particular generations exists, as does literature examining the cult of personality surrounding Russian President Vladimir Putin. This article situates itself within the study ... -
Modes of Violence Against Puerto Rico’s Urban Poor: Housing Policy in Puerto Rico Undergraduate
(2015)Public housing projects reserved for low-income families in Puerto Rico are known as caseríos. A caserío consists of several tenement structures subdivided into one-family apartments built on a large and compact settlement ... -
Much to Lose by Revolution: Nothing to Dread from Reform: Education Reform as a Means of Class Alliance in Victorian England Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Many historians agree that the Victorian period was crucial in the development of education in England. In fact Dinah Birch, in her 2008 book Our Victorian Education goes so far as to say that it was the genesis of the ... -
Mussolini the Revolutionary: The March on Rome Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The English language press appears to have been fascinated by the “March on Rome” – the peaceful Italian revolution – which is highly convenient, as it gives us a day by day account of the event, allowing us to see how the ... -
The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,” by Mallory Hogan, analyzes a controversial episode in American history from a global perspective, discussing the reactions of the public ... -
Navigating the Revolution Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“I believe that, regrettable though it is, our defeat in war is imminent and inevitable.” – Prince Konoe. By February 14th, 1945 the Japanese war position had become untenable. The Japanese military had been suffering ... -
Night of Broken Glass Remembered: How the New York Times Reported Kristallnacht in a Historical Context Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)It is often said that news organizations write the first draft of history. However, news organizations are not just recording history and filing it away. They distribute this draft to the public, whose world perceptions ... -
Open mindedness Undergraduate
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Open-Mindedness Undergraduate
(2017-04)Countries, in many ways, are like people: a reputation precedes them. Perhaps no country experiences this as much as Mexico, where beautiful beaches are juxtaposed with thoughts of violence and poverty. These stereotypes ... -
Operation Eagle Claw : the ramifications of political divisions in U.S. decision-making during the Iranian hostage crisis of 1979-1981 Undergraduate
(2016)The taking of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in the fall of 1979 began a long, complicated 444 days of negotiations and frustrations in insuring the return home of the hostages. In early April 1980, President Jimmy Carter came ... -
Out of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Undergraduate
(He has few)Writing in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of ...