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Imperial Nationality Policy in Ukraine--with Witold Rodriewicz from the History Department. In coolidge Hall room 4 at noon.
The leaders in the outlying republics are an odd mix. Some were dissidents under the old regime; others were minions of Moscow who embraced nationalism only when it was expedient. When the abortive coup in August accelerated the disintegration of the union, sovereignty went from a slogan to a realistic...
The Columbus honored in Chicago bore little resemblance to the medieval wizard of Spain's inquisitorial empire. That ancient mariner was now conceived to be a champion of Anglo-Saxon (Protestant) values. The Spaniards had taken guns and the catechism abroad. America, said Mark Twain, took guns and the King...
For three imperial moments, then, we have had three different Columbuses -- each telling us something about a different age. Only our third period is a postimperial moment. We Americans have been able to rejoice at the collapse of the Soviet empire. But we were mild (to say the least) in...
DUKE, you may remember, is the former Ku Klux Klan "Imperial Wizard" who sparked a national firestorm two years ago when he won a seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives. He "shocked" Americans and received hate mail from the Bush White House and Ronald Reagan for running as a...