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… His book is a constitutional history from below, exploring how the Indian Constitution, though drafted by elites, soon … terms of protecting individual rights and civil liberties, we don’t just need elites who are familiar with … from, are really about contested notions of how the market should be imagined and regulated in the 1950s. …

… The challenge is this: Making a long-ago history real. How was this history lived by real people in their time? This … between your area of the state and slavery. Where should you begin? This module is an attempt to help you take … world of materials that can help you. It’s important to remember that many towns had almost no enslaved population …

… that I grew up with. In an early ethnomusicology class, we were shown a clip of Pakeezah . And I remember to this day these incredibly musical stops and … could ask critical questions about it. And that was really how I brought Kathak into my research. I dance to this day, …

… military dominance and unparalleled monopolies over trade routes, controlled more territory and ruled over more … as a bumbling attempt to slay Muslims or showing how the Ottomans allowed slaves to become the elite of … the very same time waged the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade,  God’s Shadow  radically reshapes our …

… of a year-long focus on India at the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Center for British Art.  On April 19, … Ghosh explores the eighteenth and nineteenth century trade in opium from India to China. For his illustrated … appear as characters in the book. Ghosh will also discuss how these art works influenced his thinking and writing.  In …

… it. Much is known about slavery, but little is taught. We are determined to open up the subject for students, … interested in submitting entries for the 2000 Prize should contact the Gilder Lehrman Center at P.O. Box 208206, … 06520-8206, telephone (203) 432-3339, for information on how to enter. The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of …

… comprehensive grasp of the decisive cause of its success. We are proud to honor him with this year’s prize for his … decisively shown that Britain’s abolition of its African slave trade and then emancipation of some 800,000 slaves was the …

… crossings was a fear and hatred of Islam. This shaped how white Europeans engaged with the “New World” and its … and how today’s Americans understand the world. It should influence how we think about the second Monday in October — whether you …

… also lists the names of prominent men who owned slaves and how many people each held in bondage, although this is … history researchers. As you research your town’s story, remember that no single resource holds the whole story. And …

… are: Alfred L. Brophy for “University, Court, and Slave: Pro-Slavery Thought in Southern Colleges and Courts … elite in antebellum America. In addition to showing how a reluctant, “necessary evil” view of slavery evolved … city. By analyzing the laconic records of immigration, trade, and crime, Johnson reconstructs in vivid detail the …