Why Is Santa From the North Pole? Here’s How the Legend Originated and Why Different Towns Lay Claim to It Santa Claus is usually good news for tourism—and locales all over the world embrace their proximity to the Christmas figure
Later, when great victories were finally won, it would be others—like Horatio Gates at Saratoga and Nathanael Greene in the South—on the field. But none of this mattered to the American people, who consistently celebrated Washington via parades marched, songs composed, and towns named in his...
Another possibility in graduate classes is that in addition to readings done by all students, each student may also be expected to work independently in some area of interest and later make a presentation that summarizes what her or she has learned. Usually each student then goes on to write ...
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Several review articles about megachurch studies have been published recently concentrating their work on USA, Europe, and other parts of the world, with just a few references about Latin American megachurches. For that reason, this article aims to identify some of the characteristics of Latin Ame...
One of the few towns in the U.S. that was governed at its incorporation (in 1917) by African Americans, Robbins offered a welcoming suburban setting to some of the thousands of African Americans moving to the Chicago area during the Great Migration. There they were able to start businesses...
I remember being upset that my mom was dragging me along, I felt like it was more her dream than it was mine. I kept wondering if it would now be cool for my friends and I to ride our bikes into the neighboring towns without being harassed by police, I mean we were all Americans ...
World history Company towns| The patronage system from Medieval Europe to the American South and beyond GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY Stefan N. Zimmers OlkerRobertMany people assume the patronage system was a passing form of control in Medieval Europe, and the system simply vanished. This thesis argues ...
to join a traditional Sunday lunch and have dinner at our hotel. But the island was a ghost town…very little traffic on the roads and activity in the towns. It’s a nice time to drive around the island, just don’t expect much in the way of restaurants, beaches, or things to do....
who have struggled to explain why America — in this respect virtually unique in the Western world — never formed a significant socialist or communist party. After all, economic mobility isn't that different in the United States than in Europe. Inequality is worse. Why, then, haven't Americ...