Understanding the US Election
Yesterday saw the first debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden in the run up to the 2020…
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An A-Z of the World – E. H. Gombrich on: the United States of America
As an aid to students, teachers and parents dealing with the challenges of home learning, we have constructed…
The World the American Revolution Made
The imperial American Revolution altered forever the lives of everyday people, ravaging communities and sending thousands of individuals…
Who Loves Ferguson? – An Extract from Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage
Mustafa Dikeç’s Urban Rage: The Revolt of the Excluded explores unrest in contemporary urban communities. Using examples from all over…
What Are Brothers For? – Warner Bros, An Extract
The Warner brothers formed one of the most iconic and powerful movie studios of the 20th century, delighting…
The Paleo Diet and Ancient Civilisation, by James C. Scott
In his latest work, Against the Grain, James C. Scott explores why humans abandoned hunting and gathering for…
Battle for Syria, Part Two: US Foreign Policy & the Syrian Conflict
In his new book, The Battle for Syria, Christopher Phillips describes the Syrian conflict as both a symptom and…
The Growth of Presidential Power – by Benjamin Ginsberg
From Presidential Government by Benjamin Ginsberg — For most of the nineteenth century, the presidency was a weak institution. In…