• You have imagined the Central Asian cities of the 19th and early 20th centuries. (artsbma.org)
  • These 19th and early 20th century migrants sought a better life and greatly enriched the racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of America and created the American ''melting pot'' of today. (cdc.gov)
  • In the early 21st century Harrogate is still a thriving town. (localhistories.org)
  • In 1994 large numbers of both impoverished Indians and middle-class residents, protesting economic and social inequalities, created the Zapatista National Liberation Army and launched an armed uprising that continued into the 21st century. (britannica.com)
  • These important historical events, such as World War II, Sputnik, and the invention of the internet, truly shaped our world and paved the way for the 21st century and beyond. (ranker.com)
  • At the end of the first decade of times, this has been an issue of interest in the 21st century, the struggles, social movements' struggle against slavery achievements and actions for racial and racism (black movement) and for equality were marked by commotion and equal rights. (bvsalud.org)
  • My message is that with vision, realism and commitment the world could end the first decade of the 21st century with some notable accomplishments. (who.int)
  • The new tobacco use trend of the 21st century is "Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking" (WTS). (who.int)
  • In the last three decades of the 16th century, the population of present-day Mexico dropped to about one million people. (wikipedia.org)
  • The pioneering days of the Portuguese slave traders of the 15th and 16th centuries we read about at school were doomed by Portugal's narrow home economic base. (marxist.com)
  • Then in the late 16th century, a man named William Slingsby drank from a well. (localhistories.org)
  • khan, or chief, who terrorized China during the 16th century. (britannica.com)
  • In the 16th century, Sweden broke away from the Kalmar Union. (wikivoyage.org)
  • The world's population reached 7 billion on Oct. 31, 2011. (ipsnews.net)
  • The Library of Congress has one of the world's premier collections of U.S. and foreign genealogical and local historical publications, numbering more than 50,000 compiled family histories and over 100,000 U.S. local histories. (loc.gov)
  • Denmark has been a sovereign kingdom since the 8th century, and its flag was adopted during the 13th century, as the world's first known national flag that is still in use. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Sweden has the world's longest continuous census records, started in the 17th century for conscription to the army, as well as the world's oldest central bank, founded in 1668. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Today 80% of the world's population lives in polio-free areas. (cdc.gov)
  • The world's population is aging. (who.int)
  • 2008 marked the start of the urban millennium when the world's population surpassed the rural population, and this trend is expected to rapidly continue. (lu.se)
  • It has been projected that by 2050 two-thirds of the world's population will reside in urban areas. (lu.se)
  • Digital devices are permeating the lives of a rising number of the world's population in more and more profound ways. (lu.se)
  • In the late 18th century much public land was enclosed (that is divided up between various people). (localhistories.org)
  • Like most Massachusetts towns in the late 18th century, Lexington was an agricultural community during its early years. (carylibrary.org)
  • First, that the island's population was reduced from several tens of thousands in its heyday, to a diminutive 1,500-3,000 when Europeans first arrived in the early 18th century. (sciencealert.com)
  • In the 18th century it was based in Lombardy, around Milan. (museeprotestant.org)
  • The 20th most populous state in America, Wisconsin joined the United States Union in 1848 and is famously known as "America's DairyLand. (worldatlas.com)
  • After decades of intense persecution, the Iberian wolf subspecies faced a severe bottleneck in the 1970s that considerably reduced its range and population size, nearly leading to its extinction in central and southern Iberian Peninsula. (bvsalud.org)
  • This fight lasted through much that is, from the late 1990s on, that the of the 20th century, and from the 1970s on, racial inequality theme acquired the black movement's demands included progressive relevance and recognition in the need for providing a clearly non-racist the field of public policy. (bvsalud.org)
  • Indigenous populations in most areas of the Americas reached a low point by the early 20th century. (wikipedia.org)
  • Although not without conflict, European Canadians' early interactions with First Nations and Inuit populations were relatively peaceful. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ethnographic reports from the early 20th century provide oral histories of warfare between competing island groups. (sciencealert.com)
  • And what caused the reports of warfare and conflict in the early 20th century? (sciencealert.com)
  • The land along the river and that along Hobson's brook has since the Middle Ages been mostly meadow, the latter finally being built over in the early 20th century. (british-history.ac.uk)
  • All the colors of the rainbow" is how one early 19th-century diplomat described the ikat robes found in the bazaars and desert oases of Central Asia. (artsbma.org)
  • The 1950s also were the early days of the baby boom generation, a group that will contribute substantially to the growth of the aging population. (cdc.gov)
  • The polio virus was the most feared disease of the 20th century, and ravished the United Stated during the late 1940s through early 1950s-crippling nearly 35,000 people in the U.S. each year. (cdc.gov)
  • During the early 1900s, outbreaks erupted in crowded coastal cities, and minority populations were disproportionately affected. (cdc.gov)
  • Egypt's struggle to overcome lymphatic filariasis (also known as elephantiasis) is perhaps one of the oldest in the history of public health, with field activities going back to the early 20th century. (who.int)
  • To answer this question, Arbatli and Gokmen (2022) study long-term sub-national development in Turkey after the mass expulsions of the Armenian and Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. (lu.se)
  • By the end of the 20th century, most scholars gravitated toward an estimate of around 50 million, with some historians arguing for an estimate of 100 million or more. (wikipedia.org)
  • This course acquaints students with the different approaches to writing history by providing samples of the various ways in which historians (and non-historians) have treated problems in the past. (beloit.edu)
  • Emphasis on the relationship between literature and history and on Greek historians. (beloit.edu)
  • This has developed in conjunction with the wider project being carried out by the research team supervised by the Independent Historians' Commission on the History of the Reich Labour Ministry during the National Socialist Era that was appointed in 2013 by the German Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • The first written mentions of the Nordic population were made by Roman historians such as Tacitus. (wikivoyage.org)
  • This shift, which began in the 19th and 20th centuries, what historians sometimes call as the rural exodus, is a global phenomenon. (lu.se)
  • and Granham's Road, known in the 19th century as Hollow Willow Balk, was perhaps Hornings way recorded in the 14th and 18th centuries. (british-history.ac.uk)
  • In the 14th and 15th centuries, waves of Waldensians left the Dauphiné (Southeastern France) and Piedmont Valleys to settle in Provence, where they helped to revive a region which had seen ruin and depopulation. (museeprotestant.org)
  • As some of them were built in the 12th to 14th centuries, when paganism was still remembered, they might give a clue about the architecture of Old Norse temples, of which none remain today. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Hence, the project presents a great opportunity to further our knowledge about interactions between humans and environment during the 20th century. (lu.se)
  • nov.) with a history of association with humans. (cdc.gov)
  • History News Network puts current events into historical perspective. (hnn.us)
  • His most recent book, 2013's Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants , reads like a biography of the waters, introducing us to a centuries of historical forces that have shaped its surrounding populations. (hnn.us)
  • Historical busts from the entire 20th century illustrate the fact that they were created for various reasons - social, political or ideological. (nm.cz)
  • Compiled by reference specialists at the Library of Congress, this guide identifies key print and online resources for pursuing family history, as well as state, county and municipal historical research, for the state of California. (loc.gov)
  • Any tourist in town will surely notice the 19th-century architecture that reflects the locale's unique historical heritage. (worldatlas.com)
  • Check out the list of 20th century historical events below and vote up the ones you feel are most significant, and vote down any that seem less important. (ranker.com)
  • This course introduces students to historical inquiry by exploring particular themes or problems in history rather than providing traditional surveys based on geographical area and chronology. (beloit.edu)
  • Most historical sources about them are either written by their adversaries, or oral tradition written down centuries later. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Subscribe to our newsletter for new perspectives on the ways history continues to resonate in the present. (hnn.us)
  • To consider the merits of those various perspectives and distinguish between personal opinions and measurable facts, it is useful and appropriate to dispassionately examine some fundamental demographic changes that have occurred to world population since the middle of the 20th century. (ipsnews.net)
  • In 2022 the population of Harrogate was 75,000. (localhistories.org)
  • Now a senior at Chico State, she'll graduate in May 2022 with double majors in history and Latin American studies and minors in Spanish and global development studies. (calstate.edu)
  • The Indigenous population of the Americas in 1492 was not necessarily at a high point and may actually have already been in decline in some areas. (wikipedia.org)
  • Perhaps the most welcomed demographic change in world population that has taken place is the decline in mortality levels, including infant, child and maternal death rates. (ipsnews.net)
  • Another remarkable transformation in world population over the past seven decades is the decline in fertility. (ipsnews.net)
  • But there is no real evidence of a population decline prior to the first European contact in 1722. (sciencealert.com)
  • Research on the public health effects of bed bugs has been very limited over the past several decades, largely due to the noted decline in bed bug populations in the latter half of the 20th century. (cdc.gov)
  • Such population decline could have impacted the genetic diversity of Iberian wolves through different processes, namely genetic drift and dynamics of hybridization with domestic dogs. (bvsalud.org)
  • It was one of the deadliest conflicts in history, paving the way for major political changes, including revolutions in many of the nations involved. (ranker.com)
  • The ensuing Black Death may have killed up to 25 million total, including China and roughly a third of the population of Europe and in the next decades, changing the course of Asian and European history. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some populations, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa and Western Asia, have increased 500 percent or more over the past seven decades. (ipsnews.net)
  • Over the past seven decades, the median age of world population has increased by six years, i.e., from 24 to 30 years. (ipsnews.net)
  • Egypt's success comes after almost two decades of implementing sustained control and prevention measures (including mass treatment of populations) and surveillance in affected/at-risk localities. (who.int)
  • Inspiration and guidance from Alma-Ata in 1978, with its emphasis on the critical role of primary health care, contributed in no small measure to the health revolution and tangible health gains in the last two decades of the 20th century. (who.int)
  • In East Asia, life expectancy increased by over 18 years in the two decades that preceded the most dramatic economic take-off in history. (who.int)
  • Using an estimate of approximately 37 million people in Mexico, Central and South America in 1492 (including 6 million in the Aztec Empire, 5-10 million in the Mayan States, 11 million in what is now Brazil, and 12 million in the Inca Empire), the lowest estimates give a death toll from all causes of 80% by the end of the 17th century (nine million people in 1650). (wikipedia.org)
  • Until the 17th century, Harrogate was just a quiet hamlet. (localhistories.org)
  • During the 17th century, Harrogate slowly grew. (localhistories.org)
  • By the mid 17th century people bathed in a sulphur well (known as the stinking well) as well as drinking water from the chalybeate wells. (localhistories.org)
  • Furthermore, in the late 17th century the first inns where visitors could stay were built. (localhistories.org)
  • It's debatable whether 20th century tales can really be considered reliable sources for 17th-century conflicts. (sciencealert.com)
  • Rapidly overtaken by Britain and Holland, the loss of Brazil saw the beginning of the break up of its empire, and throughout the 19th century it was racked by financial bankruptcy. (marxist.com)
  • In 1800 Harrogate was still really a large village but it grew rapidly in the 19th century. (localhistories.org)
  • During the 20th century, Harrogate continued to grow rapidly. (localhistories.org)
  • With easy access to Boston, Lexington's population grew more rapidly. (carylibrary.org)
  • Now that bed bug populations are rapidly increasing, additional research is needed to determine the reasons for the resurgence, the potential for bed bugs to transmit disease and their impact on public health. (cdc.gov)
  • Most of the stories happened in the first half of the 20th century and many of the contemporaries of the events are probably not alive. (grreporter.info)
  • It experienced a steady population increase throughout the last half of the 20th century. (utah.gov)
  • Whereas 70 years ago about one-third of world population resided in more developed regions, today that proportion is about half that level or 17 percent. (ipsnews.net)
  • Throughout the 19th century, South American slave raids took away as much as half of the native population. (sciencealert.com)
  • Social Darwinism has been used to justify imperialism, racism, eugenics and social inequality at various times over the past century and a half. (history.com)
  • Bluebird populations, however, declined through the first half of the 20 th century due to competition for nest sites with invasive house sparrows and European starlings. (ufl.edu)
  • the decayed, missing, and filled teeth half of the 20th century, and now the (DMFT) index (5). (who.int)
  • Our results suggest that Lm-CC1 45 spread worldwide from North America following the Industrial Revolution through two 46 waves of expansion, coinciding with the transatlantic livestock trade in the second half of 47 the 19th century and the rapid growth of cattle farming in the 20th century. (cdc.gov)
  • The Maya population is today estimated at six million, which is about the same as at the end of the 15th century, according to some estimates. (wikipedia.org)
  • During the late 15th century is estimated to have been between 200,000 and two million, with a figure of 500,000 currently accepted by Canada's Royal Commission on Aboriginal Health. (wikipedia.org)
  • Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European colonization have been difficult to establish. (wikipedia.org)
  • The population of African and European peoples in the Americas grew steadily, starting in 1492, and at the same time, the Indigenous population began to plummet. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scholars have varied widely on the estimated size of the Indigenous populations prior to colonization and on the effects of European contact. (wikipedia.org)
  • A 2019 study estimates the pre-Columbian Indigenous population contained more than 60 million people, but dropped to 6 million by 1600, based on a drop in atmospheric CO2 during that period. (wikipedia.org)
  • In what is now Brazil, the Indigenous population declined from a pre-Columbian high of an estimated four million to some 300,000. (wikipedia.org)
  • Scholars vary on the estimated size of the Indigenous population in what is now Canada prior to colonization and on the effects of European contact. (wikipedia.org)
  • However repeated outbreaks of European infectious diseases such as influenza, measles and smallpox (to which they had no natural immunity), combined with other effects of European contact, resulted in a twenty-five percent to eighty percent Indigenous population decrease post-contact. (wikipedia.org)
  • Once the home of more than 70 distinct ethnic groups, California's indigenous population was decimated by European and Asian diseases introduced by new colonizers. (loc.gov)
  • Heinrich Hartmann is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Basel, Switzerland. (berghahnbooks.com)
  • Corinna R. Unger is Professor of Global and Colonial History (19th and 20th centuries) at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. (berghahnbooks.com)
  • Sunil Amrith , a historian and the Mehra Family Professor of South Asian Studies at Harvard University, has been studying this complex history for over a decade. (hnn.us)
  • Pap Ndiaye is a permanent researcher and university professor at the Center d'historie de Sciencies Po (CHSP) in Paris and Director of the Department of History and professor at the Institute of Political Studies of Paris (History of North America). (ivam.es)
  • Professor and Doctor in History, from the University of Virginia (MA), he has taught in France (EHESS) and in the United States (University of Pennsylvania, New York University, Northwestern University). (ivam.es)
  • Vivian will soon apply to graduate school to pursue a Ph.D. in history or gender studies with the goal of becoming a professor. (calstate.edu)
  • Malaria threatened most of the country until the mid-20th century. (cei.org)
  • Biologicals were extensively used in many parts of Africa from the sixteenth century AD, most of the time in the form of poisoned arrows, or powder spread on the war front as well as poisoning of horses and water supply of the enemy forces. (wikipedia.org)
  • A form of waterpipe used in India in the sixteenth century was made from a coconut shell as the water reservoir, with a bamboo reed inserted through the top. (who.int)
  • Exploring the fascinating history behind Iranian-Jewish immigration to Israel, this book offers a rare and untold history of one of Israel's Middle Eastern Jewish populations. (routledge.com)
  • Europeans inspect the statues, around a century after first contact. (sciencealert.com)
  • Generations of Tewa storytellers have kept the history of the Pueblo Revolt alive, whispered and sung in a language that invading Europeans couldn't understand. (hcn.org)
  • We focused on the personal stories of the people because we think that the real lessons to be learned from "the age of migration," as we call the last century, are precisely there. (grreporter.info)
  • This is due to the proximity of Cuba which saw a mass migration from Cuba to Florida in the middle of the 20th Century. (infoplease.com)
  • This October, his work-spanning three books and multiple academic publications -won him a MacArthur "genius" grant , for "illustrating the role of centuries of transnational migration in the present-day social and cultural dynamics of South and Southeast Asia. (hnn.us)
  • Even though the reasons for these historically very remote migrations are unclear, what is clear though is that migration forms an important part of human history and continues to do so. (cdc.gov)
  • Migration of people from Europe to the United States has been a major source of population growth and cultural change even before the time of the American Revolution. (cdc.gov)
  • History abounds with episodes of forced migration triggered by civil unrest, wars, natural disasters, and state mandated expulsions or relocations. (lu.se)
  • Demographic study and the idea of a "population" was developed and modified over the course of the twentieth century, mirroring the political, social, and cultural situations and aspirations of different societies. (berghahnbooks.com)
  • Sears took advantage of new homebuilding materials and construction techniques at the turn of the twentieth century. (history.com)
  • During the first part of the twentieth century, 32 U.S. states passed laws that resulted in the forced sterilization of more than 64,000 Americans including immigrants, people of color, unmarried mothers and the mentally ill. (history.com)
  • I am an historian of twentieth-century Germany and Europe with a focus on gender history and on the period of the Second World War. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • The Waldensian movement started in Lyon towards the end of the 12th century and spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages. (museeprotestant.org)
  • The territories that became Finland were pagan, with few Christian churches, and scarce written records, until Swedish kings went on crusades to Christianize and annex Finland in the 12th and 13th centuries. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Today most of its population of 5 million lives in the major cities like Madison and Milwaukee, but like any place in the world, a closer examination of the small towns reveals a truly unique and charming history. (worldatlas.com)
  • This state that borders two Great Lakes (Michigan and Superior) hosts plenty of special small towns, each with its share of beautiful natural landscapes, detailed history, and memorable sights. (worldatlas.com)
  • Add in a beautiful green landscape all around, and visitors will get a wonderful mix of history and nature in this most special of small Wisconsin towns. (worldatlas.com)
  • This article describes old towns and other remnants in the Nordic countries from the unification of Sweden, Norway and Denmark in the 11th century, to the Industrial Revolution of the mid-19th century. (wikivoyage.org)
  • The exhibition presents the personal testimonies of people who have survived the forced movement and exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey, Germany and Poland, India and Pakistan and Cyprus. (grreporter.info)
  • Discover the new exhibition of the National Museum, which tells the story of Czech modern history from the First World War to the Czech Republic's accession to the European Union. (nm.cz)
  • This brand-new exhibition in the New Building of the National Museum, exceptional in both its scope and complexity, brings the history of the Czech lands between 1914 and 2004 closer to the visitors on an area of almost 2,000 m2 and using almost 1,000 exhibits. (nm.cz)
  • The History of the 20th century exhibition also provides an insight into the changes in Czech and Czechoslovak politics. (nm.cz)
  • The exhibition contains both rare and completely unique exhibits, as well as completely ordinary objects, which still made lives easier for the population, such as the contraceptive pill, the small portable electric oven called remoska or one of the first ice refrigerators. (nm.cz)
  • Upon entering the exhibition, you can literally travel through the history of the Czech lands in a "time elevator", a unique surround audiovisual technology that creates the illusion of an elevator travelling through time and introducing key moments of the 20th century. (nm.cz)
  • The exhibition also focuses on political history, including the bust hall. (nm.cz)
  • For younger visitors, there is a children's playroom in the exhibition which presents various games and their changes during the 20th century. (nm.cz)
  • It has been an important crossroad for trade for centuries, and there is so much history to learn about this important trade route in the exhibition. (artsbma.org)
  • The Bay of Bengal has long been defined by the histories of the nations it borders, but its own story is an outcome of radical flux. (hnn.us)
  • Joseph Chamie is a former director of the United Nations Population Division. (ipsnews.net)
  • UNITED NATIONS, Feb 25 2015 (IPS) - As the international community marks the 70th anniversary of the founding of the United Nations, one question worthy of some reflection is: Is world population better or worse off demographically since the establishment of the U.N. (ipsnews.net)
  • Whether we like it or not, those of us who live in Europe or in places influenced by European ideas remain the children of Lausanne, that is to say, of the convention signed on a Swiss lakeside after the First World War which decreed a massive, forced population movement between Turkey and Greece. (grreporter.info)
  • In his book Black Athena, Prof. Bernal convincingly indicts 19th-century scholars for constructing a racist "cult of Greece" based upon a purely Aryan origin for Western culture. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • Seven Wonders of Ancient Greece History - 46 min - ★ 8.02 The storied mythical history of Ancient Greece is. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • One part of Greek population who live in the Greece state are placed there in the end of XIX century and the begining of XX century. (topdocumentaryfilms.com)
  • Ottoman Armenians were subjected to mass killings and deportations (also known as the Armenian Genocide) during the First World War, while the Greeks were forced out of Asia Minor following the Greco-Turkish War of 1919-1922 and the subsequent population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923. (lu.se)
  • The two bombings, which killed at least 129,000 people, remain the only use of nuclear weapons for warfare in history. (ranker.com)
  • From 2014 to 2017 I was Chair of the German History Society. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • As he talks, Cruz removes the accessories he donned for the feast - the leather wrist cuff, the dangling shell earrings, the yellow moccasins - until he's once again a regular guy in an easy chair, weaving his way through a thousand years of history as casually as if he were relaying last week's baseball game. (hcn.org)
  • The 1950s is not only an important time in my family's history but is also a period of key advances in population health. (cdc.gov)
  • Beginning in the 1960s, conservation campaigns and deployment of nest boxes led to a population increase in bluebirds across North America. (ufl.edu)
  • Enslavement has occurred throughout history, but the forced transport of 20 million native Africans to North America from the 1600s to the 1800s represents one of the most shameful coerced migrations in human history. (cdc.gov)
  • He is also interested in minority situations in France (history and sociology of black populations). (ivam.es)
  • As Minister of Finance, Colonies, War, Foreign Affairs and Prime Minister, Salazar succeeded in balancing the budget for the first time in a century by stamping on the faces of the workers. (marxist.com)
  • At one time or another, up to 10% of the population "passed through their hands. (marxist.com)
  • The politics of that time tried to divide populations. (grreporter.info)
  • The conclusion, however, is that despite the initial feeling that some of the problems were solved for a short time in this way, in the long term, this policy leaves deep wounds and creates new problems in the current populations and the already formed neighbouring countries. (grreporter.info)
  • Perhaps the most visible demographic change is the increased size of world population, which now at 7.3 billion is five billion larger than at the time of the U.N.'s founding. (ipsnews.net)
  • In contrast, other populations, such as those in Europe, increased by 40 percent or less over that time span. (ipsnews.net)
  • However, an increased number of hybrid individuals was found over time during the population re-expansion, particularly at the edge of the wolf range. (bvsalud.org)
  • Basic and Applied Research traces the conceptual history of the distinction between basic and applied research to its origins in nineteenth-century Europe, explores its role in different ideological contexts after World War II, and ultimately provides valuable insights into present-day EU research policy. (berghahnbooks.com)
  • We will seek to map an alternative genealogy of black revolutionary theory through the history of black feminist and queer militancy. (umass.edu)
  • In Nordic historiography, the Middle Ages and Nordic history (superseding Nordic prehistory) are considered to have begun in the mid-11th century, with the establishment of Christianity, the unification of Sweden, Denmark and Norway, and a gradual increase of written records. (wikivoyage.org)
  • With a population of around 65,000 people, Youngstown boasts a strong sense of community and an active civic engagement. (thepaperboy.com)
  • In the 19th and 20th centuries, most of its people toiled in poverty under a small landowning elite, although some joined communal farms ( ejidos ) after the Mexican Revolution . (britannica.com)
  • In one sense, it's a nation unto itself, housing over 500 million people on its precarious coasts: a population comprised of distinct nationalities, ethnicities, and religions. (hnn.us)
  • It was the most widespread war in history, and directly involved more than 100 million people from over 30 countries. (ranker.com)
  • It was then - following a century in which invading Spaniards enslaved and tortured Pueblo people, burned their religious objects and tried to suppress their culture - that a leader from Ohkay Owingeh united Pueblo tribes to drive the Spanish out of the northern Rio Grande. (hcn.org)
  • And many people don't know that the plague isn't just the dreaded Black Death of medieval Europe, but it has a role in 20th century American history and that--to this day--people get plague each year in the United States. (cdc.gov)
  • However studies of the prevalence of waterpipe smoking in various populations showed high numbers, especially among young people. (who.int)
  • These tragic episodes provide us with two unique experiments of history that are well suited to empirically assess the long-run legacy of productive minorities on regional development, in general, and on local human capital, in particular. (lu.se)
  • Sears and Roebuck quickly expanded the business into a general mail-order catalogue that catered to America's enormous 19th-century rural population-roughly two-thirds of Americans lived in rural areas in the late 1890s. (history.com)
  • The growth of world population, around 1.8 percent per year at mid 20th century, peaked at 2.1 percent in the late 1960s. (ipsnews.net)
  • In resident populations, late-season fledglings may stay with their parents through the winter. (ufl.edu)
  • Migrants arrive between late October and mid-November and can double the size of local populations. (ufl.edu)
  • In the late 19th century and the earlier part of the 20th century, waterpipe tobacco smoking was popular among older men in the Middle East who used primarily the harsh non-flavored referred to as Ajami tobacco. (who.int)
  • an important step in writing global or transnational histories of demographic ideas and discourses… The volume offers insights into global and local interactions, covers major aspects of global family planning programmes and 'overpopulation' debates, as well as contains case studies on the United States, Poland, Chile, South Korea, Turkey, Kenya, and Melanesia. (berghahnbooks.com)
  • What drew you to the histories of South and Southeast Asia, and specifically the Bay of Bengal? (hnn.us)
  • From 1941 to 1945, Jews were targeted and methodically murdered in a genocide, one of the largest in history, and part of a broader aggregate of acts of oppression and killings of various ethnic and political groups in Europe by the Nazis. (ranker.com)
  • My current research, supported by a Major Research Fellowship from the Leverhulme Trust, involves applying a gender history perspective to the history of forced labour in Second World War Europe. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • From the 8th to the 11th century, the Norse became notorious during the Viking Age as pirates, mercenaries and colonists across Europe. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Particularly over the 18th and 19th centuries, when trade between the Middle East and Western Europe was soaring, the economic standing of the non-Muslim minorities of the Empire significantly improved vis-a-vis the Muslim communities as the former came to dominate trade and commerce (Kuran, 2004). (lu.se)
  • Most medieval literature is from the 13th century or later, consisting of provincial laws, letters, and chronicles. (wikivoyage.org)
  • Its 130-year history embodies the rise and fall of American consumer culture. (history.com)
  • With its pristine beaches, vibrant culture, and rich history, Florida offers a diverse range of experiences to its visitors and residents. (infoplease.com)
  • This course explores the history and culture of this seemingly contradictory civilization, from its origins as an Etruscan kingdom through the rise of the Republic and its transition into Empire. (beloit.edu)
  • Florida is 90 miles (140 km) north of Cuba, which played an important role in the history of the state. (infoplease.com)
  • An important consequence of the differential rates of demographic growth globally has been the shift in the geographic distribution of world population. (ipsnews.net)
  • Streets lined with 19th-century homes give the area a uniquely antique charm, and tourists can enjoy a variety of historically important sites. (worldatlas.com)
  • A history of trauma, even if minor, may be important, as extracranial arterial dissections can result in ischemic stroke. (medscape.com)
  • Or was a more advanced population, perhaps from the Americas, actually responsible - one that subsequently wiped out all the natural resources the island once had? (sciencealert.com)
  • Specialist in the social history of the United States, especially minorities. (ivam.es)
  • He viewed individual competition for property and social status as a tool for eliminating the weak and immoral of the population. (history.com)
  • Since 2013 I have been a member of the Historikerkommission appointed by the German Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs to investigate the history of the Reich Labour Ministry during the National Socialist era. (nottingham.ac.uk)
  • The health gains of the 20th century count as one of the biggest social transformations of our times. (who.int)
  • The social vulnerability index for caries could not predict the caries status of children in the study population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Understanding this will help governments respond appropriately to the needs of vulnerable populations by promoting targeted interventions and strategies, and increase future social capacity and resilience 9 . (bvsalud.org)
  • As the population swelled, settlements in the Negev and Galilee grew in size and number. (hnn.us)
  • This course is required for all history majors, who should complete it by the end of their sophomore year or before they declare a major. (beloit.edu)
  • Such topics reflect the current research interests of the faculty and meet the needs of history majors and non-majors. (beloit.edu)