He published more than forty books, was awarded the American Presidential Medal of Freedom, and was designated a knight of the French Legion of Honor. The historical retrospective From Dawn to Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present (2000), widely considered his ...
Something for the weekend. I have never been particularly fond of Country and Western music, a musical genre that my late parents perhaps overdosed me on as I was growing up. However, I have always been fond of the rollicking Rocky Top. The video at the beginning of this post melds the...
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Enter one Edward Wisner, a Louisiana transplant from Athens, Michigan. Wisner was a banker and newspaper editor who moved to Louisiana for health reasons. Where everyone else saw undesirable swampland, Wisner saw the potential to develop the land and access its fertile soil for farming. Over the...
She still has a legion of fans to this day. Count yours truly as one of them! Whether you’ve been a fan of hers since her heyday or you’re just discovering her at this moment, you know intuitively why she’s special. Your brain is biologically wired to find her desirable. Your ...
3. Beyond Face Value: Depictions of Slavery in Confederate Currency (United States Civil War Center, Louisiana State University, 2000). Contributing scholar. 4. "The Lincoln-Douglas debates," conversation on "Superhero Historians" website, The 46th History Carnival; American Presidents Blog, ...
in June 2014.Stiglitz has received more than 40 honorary degrees, including from Cambridge and Harvard, and he has been decorated by several governments including Bolivia, Korea, Colombia, Ecuador, and most recently France, where he was appointed a member of the Legion of Honor, order Officer....