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Origins at eHistory

Current events in historical perspective. Each issue offers an analysis of a particular current issue, political, cultural, or social, in a larger, deeper context

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The Human Use of Human Beings: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing

The Human Use of Human Beings: A Brief History of Suicide Bombing

1 Apr 2013

24mins

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Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam

Who Owns the Nile? Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia’s History-Changing Dam

1 Mar 2013

26mins

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Should Age Matter? How 65 Came to Be Old and Old Came to Be Ill

Should Age Matter? How 65 Came to Be Old and Old Came to Be Ill

1 Feb 2013

23mins

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Democratizing American Higher Education: The Legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act

Democratizing American Higher Education: The Legacy of the Morrill Land Grant Act

1 Jan 2013

22mins

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"Merchants of Death": The International Traffic in Arms

"Merchants of Death": The International Traffic in Arms

1 Dec 2012

25mins

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Syria's Islamic Movement and the 2011-12 Uprising

Syria's Islamic Movement and the 2011-12 Uprising

1 Jul 2012

26mins

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Re-mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later

Re-mapping American Politics: The Redistricting Revolution Fifty Years Later

1 Feb 2012

25mins

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Conserving Diversity at the Dinner Table: Plants, Food Security, and Gene Banks

Conserving Diversity at the Dinner Table: Plants, Food Security, and Gene Banks

1 Jan 2012

28mins

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Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore

Where have you gone, Holden Caulfield? Why We Aren’t ‘Alienated’ Anymore

1 Jan 2011

31mins

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The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

The Soccer World Goes to South Africa: Sport and the Making of Modern Africa

1 Jul 2010

33mins

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Child Kidnapping in America

Child Kidnapping in America

1 Jan 2010

22mins

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1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe

1989 Twenty Years On: The End of Communism and the Fate of Eastern Europe

1 Dec 2009

25mins

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Population Bomb? The Debate over Indian Population

Population Bomb? The Debate over Indian Population

1 Nov 2009

26mins

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From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

From Baghdad to Kabul: The Historical Roots of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine

1 Oct 2009

30mins

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Pirates of Puntland, Somalia

Pirates of Puntland, Somalia

1 Jun 2009

24mins

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The Real Marriage Revolution

The Real Marriage Revolution

1 Apr 2009

30mins

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Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

Kosovo's Year Zero: Between a Balkan Past and a European Future

1 Mar 2009

42mins

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Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia

Clash in the Caucasus: Georgia, Russia, and the Fate of South Ossetia

1 Nov 2008

36mins

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Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)

Punishing the Past: Presidential Elections in Times of Crisis (1932, 1968, 2008)

1 Oct 2008

20mins

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(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

(Fore)Closing on the American Dream

1 May 2008

26mins

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