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• in Politics
  Professor Howard Zinn, 1922 - 2010
  Howard Zinn, historian, professor, civil rights advocate and stellar human being, has died at age 87. It is the end of an era.
  by amohit / on Jan 28, 2010

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “historian”

 

• ‘UK must be as hard on white-collar fraud as on terrorism’ – British MP

  
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  Raab represents an emerging group of young right wingers in the Conservative Party, who have recently written a book called Britannia Unchained. RT: In the book you say that the British are “idolous [sic], obsessed with the idea of the gentleman amateur.” What does that exactly mean? Do you think that British are ...
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• Summer Staycation at Raffles Hotel Singapore – Part 1 of 2

  
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  If you are looking for somewhere for a staycation in the later part of this year, why not consider the grand-daddy of Singapore luxury hotels, Raffles Hotel ? Raffles Hotel was gazetted by the Singapore government as a national monument in 1987 Rachel, Asher and I stayed for 3D2N over a weekend in May. It ...
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• German writer Walter Jens dies aged 90

  
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  Turkish riot police fired water cannon and teargas at hundreds of protesters in Istanbuls Taksim Square on Tuesday, entering the square for the first time since demonstrations against plans to develop a park there turned violent. The police move came after Prime Minister … … Read More
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• Lover’s Quarrel with the Past, A: Romance, Representation, Reading (Making Sense of History)

  
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  Although not a professional historian, the author raises several issues pertinent to the state of history today. Qualifying the ‘non-historian’ as an ‘able’ interventionist in historical studies, the author explores the relationship between history and theory within the current epistemological configurations ...
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• Irish Heritage Facts

  
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  Have you got a wee bit o’ irish in you? Celebrate your Irish heritage with these fun family history facts about Irish Americans from GenealogyBank.com. Find out how many Irish Americans are currently residing in the United States. Explore the history of Irish immigration to America. Discover the origins of popular ...
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• Its Been a While...Working on the Social Media Angle

  
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  Lately Ive been very busy enhancing my Museums social media presence. Its a time consuming process, but here are just some of the results of our work thus far. A number of years ago the Museum I work at was tasked with minimizing its expenses across the board. We looked for every possible way that we could continue ...
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• Thomas Sowell: How Five Great Commanders Saved Wars That Were Lost – From Ancient Greece to Iraq

  
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  Historic Rescuers It is not really news that Victor Davis Hanson has written another outstanding and eye-opening book. He has done that before and repeatedly, on a variety of subjects. The subject of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Jodi Rudoren Won’t be ‘Schooled’

  
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  New York Times Jerusalem Bureau Chief Jodi Rudoren. When billionaire businessman and philanthropist Sheldon Adelson was honored in Jerusalem recently, with Mayor Nir Barkat declaring him an honorary citizen of the holy city, the  New York Times bureau chief Jodi Rudoren was one of the reporters in attendance ( A ...
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• On Body Image And Self Worth

  
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  When Caitlin Mociun, cult-hit fashion designer, left the world of dress forms and measuring tape to focus on an accessories line, she said something that made me pause: “I never really liked doing my clothing line, and when I switched to jewelry it was such a different response. It seemed to make people feel good ...
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• Polish history professor dismissed for blaming Jews for Shoah

  
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  WARSAW, Poland  (JTA) — Polish historian Prof. Krzysztof Jasiewicz [not to be confused with the anthropology professor of the same name at Washington and Lee University, to whom he is not related] was dismissed from the Polish Academy of Sciences following an interview in which he partly blames Jews for the ...
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• Bangalore ‘Pete’:Garden city that fell to the lure of trade

  
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  Title: Plan of Bangalore (with the Attacks) taken by the English Army under the Command of the Rt. Honble. Earl Cornwallis KG etc. etc. etc. March 22nd 1791. Creator: Artist : Home, Robert (1752-1834) Data provider: The British Library Provider: The European Library Bangalore, ,   is the capital of the Indian state ...
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• St Bede the Venerable

  
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  There are times when I wish I could discover St Bede for the first time, but I grew up knowing his story, as it were, while my Special Subject for the History Tripos meant I spent long hours in the (…) Read the rest of this entry »
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• Disabled/Deaf better treated in the past than now...

  
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  Pity the discussion is on bloody RADIO though ! (And yes I asked for an transcript).    Disabled people were much more integrated into society in the past than they are today, a Leicester historian will explain on BBC Radio 4. Professor Steven King, Director of the University’s Centre for Medical Humanities, ...
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  Historian dies hours from rescue MISSED: Les Wright was loved by his family. t historian Les Wright’s family has revealed he died only hours before searchers found him after surviving four days lost in dense North Island forest. His partner, Deborah Carden, said today searchers found a small ...
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• A wonderful tribute to Les Wright, West Coast historian and conservationist.

  
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  by Simon Nathan Posted  20 May 2013  //  Simon Nathan Les Wright explaining some of the mining relics uncovered from excavations around the opencast mine near Reefton It was a terrible shock to hear of the  recent death of Les Wright  in  Pureora Forest . Les was an adopted West Coaster, and ...
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