摘要: This fascinating history, based on meticulous research, sheds light on how the Judeo-Christian worldview motivated the Founding Fathers, influenced national independence, inspired our foundational documents, and established the...年份: 2012 ...
the frontier was, in many ways, America’s first melting pot. It was a place where indigenous people, and those of European, African and Mexican descent came into contact and tried to sort out their roles. And it was, for many who came there, a place shaped more by slavery than by ...
of Toronto. He was the senior research associate with the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples in Canada, and has worked extensively on native land claims around the world. He is the author of Come Back to Me My Language: Poetry and the West Indies, The Harrowing of Eden: White Attitud....
An authentic expression of the singers and musicians’ surroundings and experiences, reggae evolved from its 1960s forerunners, ska and rocksteady, shaped by contemporary influences such as American jazz and R&B, and mento, Jamaican folk music. Likewise, today’s reggae music makers draw from genr...
how hollywood sharks, mafia kingpins, and cinematic geniuses shaped the godfather — not a subscriber? join vanity fair to receive full access to vf.com and the complete online archive now. mark seal special correspondent mark seal joined vanity fair as a contributing editor in ...
The International Cricket Council (ICC), founded in 1909, can organize a test match between England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, the British West Indies (players from certain countries in the Caribbean), Zimbabwe and Bangladesh. The first test match was pl...
The most popular Easter tradition is eating bun andcheese. The bun is shaped like a loaf and filled with raisins, cinnamon and other spices, sliced sandwich-style with a piece of cheese in between. Easter is also the start of the annual carnival, featuring costumed parades and bands of caly...
Sugar from the West Indies was also cheap, so they'd cover the foul taste of the rotgut gin with lots of sweet sugar. How bad was the 18th-century gin craze? If you read contemporary accounts, gin was worse than the crack and opioid epidemics combined. The slums of London were piled...
Here’s a selective highlight reel of just how sugar has shaped our world, from India to Hawaii and everywhere in between. 10,000 B.C.: Before sugar ruled the world, honey is queen. Basically any part of Europe, Africa, or Asia that isn’t covered in ice has bees, and thus honey...
The sole hint of North America is to be seen in the promontory to the north of the West Indies, reportedly 'dis¬covered by the King of Portugal’s seamen, (Gaspar 谁的海岸落后西南入antipodean空虚。 印度西部com¬prehensively比20°绘制,但是较少对东部谎言`Zimpangu’ (日本)。 北美洲的...