Timothy Mitchell is a political theorist and historian. His areas of research include the place of colonialism in the making of modernity, the material and technical politics of the Middle East, and ...

The model for the Dunderberg Spiral Railway (DSR) was the Mumford brothers' Switch Back Railroad of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania. The cars there went up one inclined plane, coasted down a "back track", ...

Passenger service: August 1913 - May 1931. Existing abandoned portions: 2 platforms and trace of another (on tracks in service). Touring: J M Z trains to Chambers St. Two island platforms are in ...

This command tells how bell (beep) characters / noises should be sounded or displayed. VISIBLE means to flash the screen rather than making a noise. AUDIBLE means to ...

1630s Increased Dutch and English migration into Connecticut Valley, Pequot territory. Pequot efforts to oust Dutch kill Indians (probably Narragansetts or a subject tribe) trading at the House of ...

If you really want to understand the heart of darkness that defines American society, it is necessary to read Herman Melville. While Melville has the reputation of being a combination yarn-spinner and ...

In other words, the research that has accumulated over the last forty odd years has now established that the mathematical basis of Copernican astronomy was mainly inherited from the Greek sources -- ...

In one of the many changes that followed the Meiji Restoration, the leaders of the newly established Meiji government formally abolished the samurai class and eliminated their privileges. Despite this ...

1. Tables of the Proportion of Marriages to Births, of Deaths to Births, of Marriages to the Numbers of Inhabitants, etc. form'd on Observations made upon the Bills of Mortality, Christnings, etc. of ...

In French, the subjunctive is used in a number of subordinate clauses. As it occurs rather frequently, it is important to learn the rules that govern its use. In the exercises that follow, fill in the ...

“The best things of the moment were outside the rectangle of Columbia; the best things of all human history and thought were inside the rectangle,” wrote Pulitzer Prize-winner Herman Wouk, Columbia ...

IN A NORTH CAROLINA courtroom in June, a man was acquitted of murder after spending 11 years in prison. Another inmate had boasted of committing the crime, and DNA tests showed the braggart had, ...