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(Apr 15) New ORIGINS article! '(Fore)closing on the American Dream'
In light of the current mortgage crisis, the American Dream of homeownership for some people has become an unreachable goal, and for others, a nightmare. Ph.D. candidate at Ohio State University, Lawrence Bowdish, will illustrate the history of the mortgage market and its problems, and why the consequences of that history makes so many homeowners vulnerable today.
(Mar 12) Online Book: Ridpath's History of the World
eHistory is pleased to re-launch our newly revised and improved Ridpath's History of the World, complete with images and the entire text of all 9 volumes
(Jan 25) (New MultiMedia History): Un Povero Uomo
Twenty year old Bartolomeo Vanzetti arrived in New York City on a sultry summer day in 1908. As he passed through Ellis Island, he joined the vast army of immigrants - 20 million people - who came to the US in the early days of the twentieth century.
(Jan 15) New ORIGINS Article: The Second Amendment Goes to Court
Few issues divide Americans as thoroughly and angrily as gun control and the Second Amendment. With the Supreme Court agreeing to hear a Second Amendment case for the first time in almost seventy years, Saul Cornell takes a look at the issues at stake and the history of American interpretations of this Amendment, and offers some thoughts on the outcomes.
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