In a talk based on his new book, Vietnam's Second Front: Domestic Politics, the Republican Party, and the War, Andrew L. Johns assesses the influence of the Republican Party -- its congressional leadership, politicians, grassroots organizations, and the Nixon administration -- on the escalation, prosecution, and resolution of the Vietnam War. Dr. Andrew Johns’ research […]
Hello Everyone, Please join us for the History Associates & the Department of History Awards Ceremony and Reception Thursday, May 27, 2010 at 4 p.m.. We're coming together to honor the recipients of this year's History Associates & the Department of History Awards. hm 5/3/10
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Dear History Majors and their Families, As you make your plans for graduation day, I would like to extend to you a personal invitation to join the History faculty at our department’s annual reception honoring new graduates and their families. The reception is being held in the History Conference Room in the Humanities and Social […]
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Historical explanation is the explanation of outcomes in terms of causal antecedents. All too often however the causal account becomes indistinguishable from a vindicatory narrative, the tale of outcomes told as a version of winners’ history, especially rampant in ideologies of modernity and modernization. Counterfactual thinking--the sphere of the might-have-been--is, in suitably rigorous and disciplined […]
This paper presents some initial research and reflections on the social use of hot springs in Mexico and California, and suggests that cultures of water at hot springs offer possibilities of managing water demand that could be useful for dealing with the current water crisis. Walsh discusses the cultural dimensions of the water crisis, and […]