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Seth Garfield on the Brazilian Amazon

Seth Garfield on the Brazilian Amazon

During World War II, the governments of Brazil and the United States made an unprecedented level of joint investment in the economy and infrastructure of the Amazon region. The dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas (1937-45) trumpeted the colonization and development of the Amazon (christened the “March to the West”) as a nationalist imperative to defend a sparsely settled frontier covering some sixty percent of Brazilian territory.

The Hadamar Trial: Inadequacies of Postwar Justice

The Hadamar Trial: Inadequacies of Postwar Justice

The Hadamar War Crimes Case, formally known as United States of America v. Alfons Klein et al., commenced in early October of 1945 and figured as the first postwar mass atrocity trial prosecuted in the American-occupied zone of Germany.

Fire and Ice: How a Handshake in Space Turned Cold War Agendas from Competition to Cooperation

Fire and Ice: How a Handshake in Space Turned Cold War Agendas from Competition to Cooperation

What role did space exploration assume in the history of Soviet-American relations? For her Texas History Day research paper, Kacey Manlove argues that it represented the “fire” of mutual distrust and fear, but also the “ice” of cooperation and détente.

The Internet: A Powerful Changing Force of the World

The Internet: A Powerful Changing Force of the World

The Internet is an indelible part of the 21st century world, exerting a powerful impact over our work, social lives and even our politics. So how did it become such a powerful and ever-present tool?

Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees by Peter Sahlins (1989)

Boundaries: The Making of France and Spain in the Pyrenees by Peter Sahlins (1989)

To what extent is national identity directed from the political center of a nation? Do individuals living on the periphery of nations have agency in defining their own national identities?

A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor (2011)

A History of the World in 100 Objects by Neil MacGregor (2011)

Objects not only inform us about the time and place when they were made, but often have subsequent biographies of use that shed light on later historical developments. 

The Politics of the Veil by Joan Wallach Scott

The Politics of the Veil by Joan Wallach Scott

Joan Wallach Scott introduces The Politics of the Veil, about the 2004 headscarf debates in France, with a telling sentence: “This is not a book about French Muslims; it is about the dominant French view of them.”

History and Theory: Explaining War

History and Theory: Explaining War

Jason Brooks, a student at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, has created a website that explores the causes of World War I using the Bargaining Model of War.

Using History to See the World

Using History to See the World

To some, the term “international history” may come across as vague and unfamiliar. Gustavo Fernandez, a student at UT Austin’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, has dedicated an entire website, “Using History to See the World,” to demystifying this academic field.

Narco-Modernities

Narco-Modernities

Drug trafficking – especially as it pertains to Mexico – has been a main fixture in today’s news for some time now. But UT graduate student Edward F. Shore argues that the violence, disorder, and political, social, and economic instability associated with the drug trade has a long history, and one that has had international repercussions.

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