THERE IS PERHAPS no plant more thoroughly studied than tobacco. Historians,
economists, anthropologists, literary scholars, and botanists have all offered assessments of …

Long before the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of people were frequently moving
between North America-specifically, the United States and British North America-and …

This work reinterprets the evolution and pervasiveness of the Prester John myth, following
the legend from its geographical and historical roots in central and eastern Asia to its final …

The cause of the systematic daily march of barometric pressure in the tropics, notably the
late morning and late evening peaks seen almost every day at all locations, was a puzzle …

This chapter describes White supremacy as a European phenomenon rooted in colonial
expansion, capitalism, and human exploitation. The opening vignette highlights a significant …

Black women's natural hair has been subject to both praise and scrutiny, though the latter is
more common despite the steps taken towards inclusion and diversity. In the age of social …

Use of wild animals by humans has a long history, with evidence of consumption dating
back over 2 million years (Asfaw et al., 1999), documented use as trade goods dating to …

What was the reason for the first real armed encounter between Indian and Chinese troops
on Chinese soil in the town of Dinghai on Chusan Island in July 1840? Were the orders for …

The purpose of this investigation is twofold: first, to show that the modern scientific worldview
is, in essence, reductionist and totalizing and, second, to critique the drive behind modern …

For thousands of years, up to about AD 1500, the Americas were populated almost
exclusively by Pacific migrants and their descendants. That situation changed in the …