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(2002 est. city pop. 8.2 million). Tokyo is the capital of Japan, and the nation's commercial and industrial center. Situated on Tokyo Bay along the Pacific coast of central Honshu Island, the city proper comprises twenty-three urba...
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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885), having led the Northern armies to victory in the Civil War, was elected eighteenth president of the United States. As a general in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant possessed the right qualities for prosecu...
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In the first decade of the twentieth century most American children attended schools for no more than a few years, and from their limited education they and their parents were often content if they acquired only the most rudimentary liter...
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"I have always thought that all men should be free; but if any should be slaves, it should be first those who desire it for themselves, and secondly those who desire it for others. Whenever I hear anyone arguing for slavery, I feel a strong...
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At the peak of the Vietnam War, America had over five hundred thousand troops fighting against an estimated ten thousand Viet Cong guerillas. By all odds they should have easily overpowered their opposition and achieved their objective of k...
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The twenty-ninth president of the United States, Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865-1923), highly popular during his lifetime, was later regarded as one of the worst presidents in the country's history. Warren G. Harding was born on Nov. 2, 186...
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Studying Family Structure. The study of the family from an historically informed perspective is a challenging exercise. Indeed, concepts of the social unit known as the family have varied widely from time to time and place to place. Reconst...
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Glorious Past. The grandeur of ancient Africa has been revealed in discoveries about its large and prosperous empires, efficient governing systems, major architectural projects, scientific and artistic advancements, and valuable mineral res...
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William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), the ninth president of the United States, was an early administrator of the American territorial system. He gained fame as an Indian fighter and military hero before becoming president. William Henry Har...
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William Howard Taft (1857-1930), as twenty-seventh president of the United States and a chief justice, failed to rise adequately to the challenges of the times, despite his many strong qualities. William Howard Taft was born in Cincinnati,...
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William McKinley (1843-1901) was the twenty-fifth president of the United States. During his administration the Spanish-American War of 1898 overshadowed the two important issues of tariff and currency, presenting the United States with ne...
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Women over 30 gained the vote in 1918 mainly because of women's contribution to the war effort. Do you agree?
Women's contribution to the war effort during the First World War against Germany was a major factor in women gaining the right t...
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (1856-1924), twenty-eighth president of the United States, led the country into World War I and was a primary architect of the League of Nations. Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Va., on Dec. 28, 1856. His father,...
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Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), twelfth president of the United States, was, as one of the two military heroes of the Mexican War, the last Whig president. Living in a time when generals were politically appointed and the Army poorly trained, ...
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