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1997 Articles Archive

Francis Adams: "Foreign Assistance and Democratic Reform" [foreign nations and USAID] (distributed 2/10/97)

William P. McGowan: "California Freeways: Still Seismically Unsafe" [hazards on the road in California] (distributed 2/19/97)

Jonathan Zimmerman: "Why Study History?" [the value of histocial awareness in modern society] (distributed 2/20/97)

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom: "With Enemies Like These" [China] (distributed 2/20/97)

David Kyvig: "An Amendment Whose Time Has Never Come" [balanced budget amendment] (distributed 2/20/97)

Stephen A. Allen: "From Manuscript to CD-ROM: A Longer Journey Than We Think?" [CD-ROMs and the "death" of books] (distributed 2/21/97)

Norman Markowitz: "Reforming a Welfare State?" [creation of the modern welfare state] (distributed 2/26/97)

Paul Finkelman: "Term Limits: Thank Goodness We Didn't Have Them in 1787" [term limits in historical context] (distributed 2/27/97)

A. Tom Grunfeld: "A New Chance for peace in Tibet" [opportunities after death of Deng Xiaoping] (distributed 3/7/97)

Francis Adams: "Broken Promises in Mexico" [President Clinton and history of distrust in Mexico] (distributed 3/14/97)

Jay Sharp: "Easter: A Season of Renewal" [Easter symbols in ancient world] (distributed 3/17/97)

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom: "The Nixon-Deng Comparison" [Nixon's post-mortem reputation] (distributed 4/1/97)

James M. Banner, Jr.: "Donwgrading the Founders" [National Historical Publications and Records Commission] (distributed 4/16/97)

Jon Butler: "Gullible Americans" [Heaven's Gate suicides] (distributed 5/1/97)

Donald S. Frazier: "The Real Republic of Texas" [traditions of unrest in Texas] (distributed 6/3/97)

Lee Feigon: "Hong Kong and Tibet" [Chinese takeover of Hong Kong within context of China in Tibet] (distributed 7/9/97)

Stephen A. Allen: "Infanticide: Something New Under the Sun?" [infanticide in colonial America] (distributed 8/1/97)

Norman Markowitz: "NATO Expansion in Eastern Europe: For What and For Whom?" [NATO's struggle for Third World] (distributed 8/20/97)

Carl Abbott: "The Fifth Wave?" [economics and technology] (distributed 8/27/97)

Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom: "Historical Analogies and the China Debate" [China and analogies of Nazis or emperors] (distributed 9/9/97)

Keith Edgerton: "Have We Learned Nothing About Prisons?" [prison reform in context of Attica anniversary] (distributed 9/9/97)

Robert H. Whealey: "Critique of NATO's Expansion" [NATO in Eastern Europe] (distributed 10/1/97)

Robert E. Mutch: "Back to the Future of Fund-Raising Scandals" [Theodore Roosevelt and campaign finance scandal] (distributed 10/1/97)

Jamie Bronstein: "Promise Keepers Stake Male Claim to Moral and Political Power" [Promise Keepers' mix of religion and politics] (distributed 10/15/97)

Michael Richards: "Thinking Differently about 'Think Different'" [Apple Computer advertising] (distributed 10/23/97)

George B. Tindall: "Beyond Civil Rights" [President Clinton's Advisory Panel on Race] (distributed 10/24/97)

A. Tom Grunfeld: "An Effective American Policy on Tibet?" [political pressures facing the Clinton administration over Tibet] (distributed 11/5/97)

Robert W. Warden: "The Past and Future of Russian-American Relations" [relations within context of a changing Russia] (distributed 12/10/97)

William C. Kashatus: "Apologizing for Slavery" [President Clinton's apology for slavery in U.S. history] (distributed 12/17/97)

Gregory L. Kaster: "John Quincy Adams: An Example for Our Times" [Adams as portrayed in "Amistad"] (distributed 12/31/97)

Pictured at top (left to right): Pope Urban II orders the First Crusade, Johann Sebastian Bach, Sacajawea, William Jennings Bryan, part of the concentration camp at Auschwitz, Microsoft founder and CEO Bill Gates.