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A History of Popcorn: From Native Domestication through the Rise of Redenbacher 2 Feb 2013 | 02:32 am
American History magazine contributor Joseph Gustaitis says it best when he suggests that popcorn may be Americas national food. Corn, from which popcorn is derived, is a species native to the Western...
From the Old Course to the World: The History of Golf 21 Sep 2011 | 08:00 am
Hushed crowds several rows deep line the greens of one of the worlds pre-eminent golf courses. The golfer, sporting clearly branded apparel, drops down to her stomach to size up the topography of the ...
From Competitive Snurfer to Vancouver: The History of Snowboarding 17 May 2011 | 08:00 am
Its difficult to imagine early humans shredding mountain slopes onprimitive snow equipment of any kind, and certainly not a snowboard. Earlycivilizations in the colder northern latitudes did develop m...
A World Secured: A History of the Zipper from Novelty to Ubiquity 10 Mar 2011 | 10:00 am
Its not an exaggeration to say its as common as blue jeans. In fact, its really as common as pants. And while the button fly still has its fans, the zipper is truly the fastener of choice among wearer...
Same-Sex Unions throughout Time: A History of Gay Marriage 4 Feb 2011 | 10:00 am
Historians of same-sex marriage take great care to place the modern debate over the legality of gay marriage into an historical framework. The debate has taken on a sharply political dimension in rece...
Christopher Columbus Discovers America: A History of the New World 31 Dec 2010 | 10:00 am
Between the fifteenth and seventeenth centuries, a countless number of European explorers navigated the globe in search of new lands and new treasures. The era, known as The Age of Discovery, gave fam...
From Hammurabi to the Patriot Act: A History of Human Rights 10 Dec 2010 | 10:00 am
In the wake of World War II, the United Nations General Assembly compiled and adopted a document called The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The day of its adoption, December 10, 1948, be...
Natures Deadliest Killers: The History of Volcanoes in 10 Great Eruptions 21 Nov 2010 | 10:00 am
Volcanoes are one of nature's deadliest killers. Breathtakingly beautiful yet devastatingly fatal, volcanoes have fascinated human beings since time immemorial. They stand as permanent reminders of th...
Of Revolution, Glory, and Uncertainty: A History of the U.S. Economy 8 Sep 2010 | 08:00 am
The fledgling thirteen colonies established their independence oningenuity, the frontier, and support from France and her allies. The United States and her national debt were born, and both have expan...
History vs. Legend: The Story of Saint Patrick's Day 1 Sep 2010 | 08:00 am
No country celebrates its patron saint like Ireland. Nor, indeed, has any national day been embraced the world over like Saint Patricks Day. For a country whose history is characterized by conflict wi...
