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World History Archives: Hartford Web Publishing: The Significance of Wampum
This site contains information about the term Wampum and its significance. Also contains information about Native Americans collecting shells and their worth to the tribe.
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World History Archives: The Beginning of the End of the Panama Canal Zone
This is a detailed account of the events and investigations associated with the Panama riots of January 1964.
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World History Archives: The Butcher of Congo
An extremely informative review of a non-fiction book, King Leopold's Ghost, by Adam Hochschild. The review contains specific quotes from the book and accurate historical research.
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World History Archives: Bread & Roses: The Strike Led and Won by Women
An article from Workers World describes the Bread and Roses Strike and explains why it ended up to be so effective. One interesting aspect is that there were immigrants working in the Lawrence textile mills speaking 25 different...
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World History Archives: Indispensable Ally: Black Workers, Formation of the Cio
This article relates the history of African Americans in the union movement during the Great Depression. Read about the importance of black membership in the CIO, the ILA, and the steel industry.
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World History Archives: Hartford Web Publishing: Hispanic Women Energize Unions
This article tells of the growing number of women that belong to unions, especially Hispanic women, and how women are taking a bigger role in union leadership. (Published June 23, 2002)
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World History Archives: Tupac Amaro Occupation of the Japanese Embassy
A collection of left leaning articles about the hostage crisis in Lima, Peru during 1996-97. Articles are mostly written in defense of the hostage takers.
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World History Archives: The Mohawk Defense of Kanasetake
Students looking for a different perspective on the Oka Crisis get it here. The Lubicon Nation is an Aboriginal community in northern Alberta. They have reprinted on this website an opinion from Lubicon News Station, and part of an...
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World History Archives: Excuse Me, in the Name of Experience
This site discusses the history of a Javanese king, Sultan Agung, and his experiences ruling Java.
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World History Archives: The Retrospective History of Guatemala
A review of Guatemala's history that covers the chronology of Guatemala's 36-Year Civil War to topics like the genocidal war in Colombia that paralleled Guatemalan atrocities.
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World History Archives: Green Left Weekly:day That Launched the Cuban Revolution
A rather uncritical article about the beginning of the Cuban Revolution. The author is critical of the US policy against Cuba by only highlighting the perceived positives of the Castro regime and none of the negatives.
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World History Archives: The Guatemalan Elections 1996
This article discusses the 1996 Guatemalan elections. Alvaro Arzu Irigoyen (PAN) Guatemala's new presidentnarrowly defeated his opponent, Alfonso Portillo.
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World History Archives: History of Capitalism in the Congo
A brief review of journalist Adam Hochschild's book "King Leopold's Ghost." The review provides some, but minimal informative historical research about the brutalities of the Congo Free State. Nevertheless, it offers an example of what...