Promises, renewed, and concerns, sometimes fantasized, complicate an objective understanding of the phenomenon. Brief historical reminders can help to situate the discipline and inform current debates ...

[From: Society’s Final Solution: A History and Discussion of the Death Penalty, Laura E. Randa, ed., University Press of America, Inc., 1997. Reprinted with ...

They then sat dormant for over 1,500 years before they were revived once more in 1896. This is the history of the modern Olympic Games. During the 19th century, various forerunners to the modern Games ...

As a good primer we can look at this article by [Daniel Beardsmore] as he takes us through both historical and current-day keyboards. Especially before it was realistic to just put an entire ...

Join presenter Charles Rowe as we bring the history of our sites to life with news, views and expert interviews across over 100 episodes.

Arguably one of the most impressive elements of McDonald's corporate history is how little modern history it has. During its first decades, McDonald's worked to establish its business model and brand.

It is a testament to the period's eclectic nature that jewellers such as the Castellani and Giuliano worked in archaeological and historical styles at the same time. Naturalistic jewellery, decorated ...

The Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 100, Issue. 1, p. 1307. This History offers a new and comprehensive picture of 1930s British literature. The '30s have often been cast as a literary-historical ...

The study of cancer, called oncology, is the work of countless doctors and scientists around the world whose discoveries in anatomy, physiology, chemistry, epidemiology, and other related fields made ...

ABB, together with its predecessor companies, has a history of innovation excellence stretching back more than 140 years. Innovation has been in our DNA since we were founded to take advantage of a ...

Explore the history of houseplants through the collections and gardens in our care. Across cultures and over millennia, humans have brought plants into their homes. Before they were known as ...

The BA History of Art programme is an unrivalled opportunity to study the visual arts, architecture and material culture of Asia, Africa and the Middle East. The History of Art and Archaeology ...