“This is a particularly gratifying time to teach the history of Islamic Africa,” says George R. Trumbull IV, an associate professor of history who has taught at Dartmouth since 2008. “When we see contemporary events like what just happened over the past two years in North Africa, in northern Mali, ...
George Trumbull IV On Teaching The History of Islamic Africa
Posted On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 By USA Education News. Under NEW HAMPSHIRE Tags: Faculty, George R. Trumbull IV, Global, History, International, Islamic Africa, North Africa, Podcast, Politics, Research
“This is a particularly gratifying time to teach the history of Islamic Africa,” says George R. Trumbull IV, an associate professor of history who has taught at Dartmouth since 2008. “When we see contemporary events like what just happened over the past two years in North Africa, in northern Mali, ...
The Louisiana Scalawags: Politics, Race, And Terrorism During The Civil War And Reconstruction
Posted On Friday, January 4, 2013 By USA Education News. Under LOUISIANA Tags: Civil War, Louisiana Scalawags, Politics, Race, Reconstruction, scalawag, Terrorism
BATON ROUGE – During the Civil War and Reconstruction, the pejorative term “scalawag” referred to white southerners loyal to the Republican Party. With the onset of the federal occupation of New Orleans in 1862, scalawags challenged the restoration of the antebellum political and social orders. Derided as opportunists, uneducated “poor ...
