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Was Elizabeth I Justified in having her Cousin Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland Executed?
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When studying the lives of Elizabeth I and her rival cousin Mary Stuart, modern interpretations paint a fairly definitive picture of their perceived personalities. Elizabeth’s character is revealed through titles such as Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor by Katherine Lasky, Elizabeth I: Queen of England’s Golden Age by Paul Hilliam, or Clark Hulse’s Elizabeth: Ruler and Legend. Read more...
Voodoo, Kidnapping and Race in New Orleans during Reconstruction: Interview with Michael A. Ross
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In October, the Oxford University Press will be publishing The Great New Orleans Kidnapping Case: Race, Law, and Justice in the Reconstruction Era by Michael A. Ross, an Associate Professor at the University of Maryland. Read more...
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These are our interviews with historians discussing their new books.
- Interview:Voodoo, Kidnapping and Race in New Orleans during Reconstruction: Interview with Michael A. Ross
- Interview:The History of Music Piracy: Interview with Alex Sayf Cummings
- Interview:The History of Doctors Without Borders: Interview with Renée Fox
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- Angels of the Underground: Interview with Theresa Kaminski
- The Conspiracy of Free Trade: Interview with Marc-William Palen
- Hodges' Scout: Interview with Len Travers
- Shantytown, USA: Interview with Lisa Goff
- Engineering Victory during the Civil War: Interview with Thomas F. Army, Jr.
- Thomas Jefferson, the Founding Fathers and Christianity: Interview with Sam Haselby
- The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798: Interview with Terri Halperin
- Fate of the Revolution: Interview with Lorri Glover
- Privateering during the War of 1812: Interview with Faye M. Kert
- American Surveillance: Interview with Anthony Gregory
- Primed for Violence in Interwar Poland: Interview with Paul Brykczynski
- Inventing the Pinkertons: Interview with Paul O'Hara
- American Girls in Red Russia: Interview with Julia Mickenberg
- Make It Rain: Interview with Kristine C. Harper
- The Cold War, Sexuality, and American Medicine: Interview with Carolyn Herbst Lewis
- Nature's Path: Interview with Susan E. Cayleff
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- Why did the United States escalate its involvement in the Vietnam War in 1964
- Why did diplomatic relations between the United States and Japan worsen at the beginning of the 20th Century
- How historically accurate is the movie The Longest Day
- How Extensive Was the Indus Valley Civilization’s Influence
- Was Moby Dick based on real historical events
- What Happened to the Volga German Colonies in Russia
- Was Robinson Crusoe based on a real person
- What is the history of the playground
- What was the Third Wave Feminist Movement
- How Did the Scythians Influence the Achaemenid Empire
- How did the Great Depression change American Foreign Policy
- Why did the Republican administrations during the interwar period support high tariffs on international trade
- What Was the Importance of the Appian Way during the Roman Republic
- How Did the Romans Conquer the Etruscans
- How Did Artificial Intelligence Develop
- How did governments develop the idea of Prime Minister
- What is the history of going to the beach
- What is the history of cooling a home in summer
- What is the history of music festivals
- What Were the LA Water Wars
- What is the history of vacations in the United States
- When was the Southeast Asian Trade Organization (SEATO) created
- What was the 1930 London Naval Conference and was it so important
- When was the controversial Export-Import Bank Created
- Why did Daniel Webster negotiate the Webster-Ashburton Treaty with Britain
- Top Ten Books on Los Angeles History
- Why did the United States free the African captives on the Spanish schooner Amistad
- What caused the War of 1812
Blog Roll
Here are some links to our Favorite History and Academic Publisher Blogs
- Tropics of Meta
- Nursing Clio
- The Junto
- Points: The Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society
- Process: A Blog for American History
- Legal History Blog
- Balkinization
- Cooking in the Archives
- We're History
- Real Clear History
- History News Network
- National Museum of American History
- Oxford University Press Blog
- Johns Hopkins University Press Blog
Categories
Below you can find the category structure of the wiki, as well as the pages within each category.
