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Welcome to HistoryBuff.com, a nonprofit organization devoted to providing FREE primary souce material for students, teachers, and historybuffs. This site focuses primarily on HOW news of major, and not so major, events in American history were reported in newspapers of the time. In addition, there is information about the technology used to produce newspapers over the past 400 years.
'John Brown's Body' by Stephen Vincent Benet, published in 1928, remains a vibrant tapestry of America's diversity and its unity, its 15,000 lines re-imagining the Civil War as Lincoln understood it. Read more
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MY FACTS PAGE 1492 : An Ongoing Voyage - Exhibit at Library of Congress The 1900 House - Travel back in time, from the Information Age to the Victorian Age, with 'The 1900 House' which transports an actual modern family back to life in 1900. Access to Archival Databases - The Access to Archival Databases (AAD) System gives you online access to electronic records that are highly structured, such as in databases. The initial release of AAD contains material from more than 30 archival series of electronic records, which include over 350 data files totaling well over 50 million unique records.
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Arms and Armor-Common Misconceptions and Frequently Asked Questions | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art - StumbleUpon
Gift of Jean Jacques Reubell, in memory of his mother, Julia C. Coster, and of his wife, Adeline E. Post, both of New York City, 1926 (26.145.94) The field of arms and armor is beset with romantic legends, gory myths, and widely held misconceptions. Their origins usually are to be found in a lack of knowledge of, and experience with, genuine objects and their historical background. Most of them are utter nonsense, devoid of any historical base.
Welcome to a great collection of World War II photographs on the Internet. Experience World War II like you never seen it before by viewing some of the most dramatic photos taken during the war. Contribute to history by posting your comments on each photo. Videos are coming soon. WW2inColor is made up of a are large WW2 photograph collection of approximately 30,000 images which have been viewed about 60 million times in total over the last few years.
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Files from this site are now being made available to users of the Amazon Kindle electronic reader. These will be presented in files that approximate 200 book pages. Current available files begin at the Big Bang and continue to the Middle Ages. Let me know if you should need a more current file.
The tables below are divided by era. The lists are being enlarged all the time. There is also a search engine for more specific searches of the data.
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The seeming prosperity and glittering power of Spain in the 16th century proved a sham and an illusion in the long run. For it was fuelled almost completely by the influx of silver and gold from the Spanish colonies in the New World. In the short run, the influx of bullion provided a means by which the Spanish could purchase and enjoy the products of the rest of Europe and Asia; but in the long run, price inflation wiped out this temporary advantage. The result was that when the influx of specie dried up, in the 17th century, little or nothing remained. Not only that — the bullion prosperity induced people and resources to move to southern Spain, particularly the port of Seville, where the new specie entered Europe.
Mercantilism in Spain - Murray N. Rothbard - Mises Daily - StumbleUpon
Karl von Clausewitz once wrote in his book, On War , that “ war is just politics by other means”. Taking into consideration that politics basically means the process in which people make collective decisions, the following posters produced here in the US back in World War II are prime examples of how our various federal agencies have motivated the public back then to make the best, most productive decisions during those trying times. Click on the individual images to find out more about each poster design’s history and origin. When it’s time for you to create posters to move and motivate people for your cause, we hope this roundup gives you useful insights on the great possibilities of political poster design! All these images come from the the Northwestern University Library’s World War II poster collection .
38 Vintage Political Posters of World War II - StumbleUpon
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Who was Ned Kelly? How did Alan Turing change the course of World War II? Join Sarah and Deblina each week as they recount the Stuff You Missed In History Class in this podcast by HowStuffWorks.com.From his beliefs on philosophical ethics to the justness of war, the folly of materialism, the necessity of true free speech and the importance of standing up for what you believe in, we count down 10 reasons why Socrates' philosophies are still relevant today. “We think the way we do because Socrates thought the way he did,” writes Bettany Hughes at the start of The Hemlock Cup , her brand new biography of ancient Greece’s greatest philosopher. Two-and-a-half millennia of history might separate us from the age when Socrates roamed the streets of ancient Athens , formulating and articulating his philosophies to the people. But many of his words and ideas ring just as true in the 21st century as they did back then. (For a run-down of ten great Socrates quotes to reflect upon, check out Owen's blog here ). 1.