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CSU’s The Audit podcast: Are we loving our national parks to death?
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Yosemite National Park welcomes more than 4 million visitors each year, but those visits come at a steep environmental cost. National parks historian Michael Childers discusses the impact of the…
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Alaina Franklin
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Read More: Alaina FranklinDuring the fall semester of my senior year here at CSU I got the opportunity to work closely with a history professor, Dr. Ann Little, on an independent study research project that substituted for my senior capstone seminar class. This opportunity allowed me to combine my passion for history with…
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Major Problems in American Women’s History
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Read More: Major Problems in American Women’s HistoryDesigned to encourage critical thinking about history, the Major Problems in American History series introduces students to both primary sources and analytical essays on important topics in U.S. history. Major Problems in American Women’s History is the leading reader for courses on the history of American women, covering the subject’s…
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气候改变历史 (The Impact of Climate on Human Histories)
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Read More: 气候改变历史 (The Impact of Climate on Human Histories)环境历史学突破了传统史学的地域界限，让人回归到自然中，研究人与自然之间的互动关系和由此产生的人类历史。《气候改变历史》一书遴选了气候影响历史的代表性文章，话题涉及全球范围。以环境历史的开山人埃尔斯沃斯·亨廷顿（EllsworthHuntington
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Wielding the Ax: State Forestry and Social Conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000
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Read More: Wielding the Ax: State Forestry and Social Conflict in Tanzania, 1820-2000Forests have been at the fault lines of contact between African peasant communities in the Tanzanian coastal hinterland and outsiders for almost two centuries. In recent decades, a global call for biodiversity preservation has been the main challenge to Tanzanians and their forests. Thaddeus Sunseri uses the lens of forest…
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Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon Pike
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Read More: Citizen Explorer: The Life of Zebulon PikeIt was November 1806. The explorers had gone without food for one day, then two. Their leader, not yet thirty, drove on, determined to ascend the great mountain. Waist deep in snow, he reluctantly turned back. But Zebulon Pike had not been defeated. His name remained on the unclimbed peak-and…
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“Public Opinion and Modernity in Venezuela’s Anti-Corruption Trials, 1945-1948” in the Journal of Latin American Studies vol. 51
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Read More: “Public Opinion and Modernity in Venezuela’s Anti-Corruption Trials, 1945-1948” in the Journal of Latin American Studies vol. 51This article explores the reasons why the most important anti-corruption campaign in twentieth-century Venezuela failed to win sustained support. Employing a constructivist approach to historical actors’ understandings of corruption, it analyses the debates that erupted when the Acción Democrática (Democratic Action, AD) party prosecuted 167 former officials for illicit enrichment.…
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The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period
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Read More: The Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader PeriodThe Intensification and Reorientation of Sunni Jihad Ideology in the Crusader Period examines the important role of Ibn ʿAsākir, including his Forty Hadiths for Inciting Jihad, in the promotion of a renewed jihad ideology in twelfth-century Damascus as part of sultan Nūr al-Dīn’s agenda to revivify Sunnism and fight, under…
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“From Yao to Now: Daoism and the Imperialization of the China/Southeast Asia Borderlands” in Asian Ethnicity vol. 18
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Read More: “From Yao to Now: Daoism and the Imperialization of the China/Southeast Asia Borderlands” in Asian Ethnicity vol. 18This article investigates the adoption of Daoist ritual among the Yao peoples in South China and mainland Southeast Asia. The Song Dynasty imperial court patronized new Daoist ritual traditions that harnessed martial deities such as the Thunder Gods. Although these traditions were mostly southern in origin, it is not until…
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“Medical and Scientific Understandings of Emotion” in A Cultural History of Emotions in the Medieval Age (350-1350)
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Read More: “Medical and Scientific Understandings of Emotion” in A Cultural History of Emotions in the Medieval Age (350-1350)Between 350 CE and 1300 CE, the many changes taking place, especially the Carolingian Renaissance and the emergence of universities, had a significant impact on medical and scientific (or natural philosophical) views of emotion. One of the most important trends over these centuries was an attempt to articulate the causes…
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Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental Movement
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Read More: Colorado Powder Keg: Ski Resorts and the Environmental MovementDownhill skiing is a vital economic engine for many communities in the Rocky Mountain states, attracting 20 million skier days per season. Colorado is by far the most popular destination, with more than two dozen major ski resorts creating a thriving industry that adds billions to the state’s coffers. But,…