The Western Norse Settlement in Greenland disappeared suddenly, probably in 1342. Research in the area includes medieval sources, archeological studies of the ruins, climatic data from the Greenlandic icecap, oral stories from the Inuit in Greenland a . . .

Pirates are a fascinating subject, inspiring authors and filmmakers alike with dramatic and romantic tales of daring and adventure to create works of fiction like Treasure Island, Peter Pan, and Pirates of the Caribbean. Pirates have inspired historia . . .

In the aftermath of World War II the United States attempted to enforce its economic and cultural hegemony throughout the rest of the world. Western Europe was a particularly important arena for this struggle for domination due to its geographic and c . . .

Eleonora de Fonseca Pimentel was no ordinary woman. Eighteenth-century Neapolitan intellectuals recognized her passion for learning and her poetic talent and welcomed her into their salons and academies at a very early age. Even the Bourbon monarchs o . . .

Dr. Max Merten, a German military official during the Nazi occupation of Greece, methodically participated in the destruction of Salonika’s Jewish community. His actions during the Second World War aided the Nazi regime in extorting, deporting, and ul . . .

Carlos Bulosan, Filipino writer and labor organizer, fabricated or embellished details of his life in his autobiography and elsewhere. Bulosan's autobiography, America Is in the Heart, will be heavily scrutinized for accuracy. It will be cross-referen . . .

In the 1950s, real estate agents and builders steered Sacramento residents of color to the West End, an area that used to occupy much of downtown Sacramento. However, as federal dollars became available for urban renewal programs, Sacramento officials . . .