center for the humanities. event occurred in dallas. since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that thing that has been driving our analysis here as historians is what is the historical precedent? obviously, 1918 is the one that comes to mind and we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 than my friend christopher nichols. he s an associate professor of history at oregon state. he is also the director of the oregon state center for humanities and the founder of their citizenship and crisis initiative. he also studied at harvard and wesleyan, and got his ma and phd from a good friend of ours at the university of virginia. chris is an expert on i would say the early parts of the 20th century. that is what his previous work was on. he is expanding out and he and i, before we came on, we were chatting about new work on ideologies in u.s. foreign policy, which is that book itself was a seminal book in the field in 1987 and i m glad
the 1918 flu pandemic altered american life in ways that are familiar to those living through the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. conflicting information left people wary and fearful. college classes were held outside, sports were canceled, asks or challenged as un-american, and fines imposed on those who refuse to wear them. next, christopher mcknight nichols recounts how the country experienced the events of a century ago and the lessons we might learn. he directs the oregon university center for humanities. since the pandemic has begun, for our purposes, since we shut down in march, they thing that has been driving our analysis here as historians is what is the historical precedent? obviously, 1918 is the one that comes to mind and we have nobody better to tell us about 1918 that my friend christopher nichols. he s an associate professor of history at oregon state. he s the director of the oregon state center for humanities and the founder of their citizenship and crisis init
this is the story of a world whose borders and territories were drawn by the slave trade a world where violence subjugation and profit imposed their own brutes and forged empires. as a people cannot use the back then there was no oil leaves with a driving force behind these emerging empires. in the 14th century europe discovered that it was located temptingly close to one of the planet s most important trading regions and i also tend to forget the riches that were produced back then in africa one of. the catalan atlas where did europeans appetite for conquest the winds for the benefit of travelers it also provided in. the military strength of different nations and. tracing the trading africa and its resources. was the 1st in the rush to seize control. africa. very began this was a portuguese project they were coming to. fight and do small. arms to this out so part of the adventure to africa was. bears look really secure themselves and also maybe secure advantage or again smal
hello and welcome to bbc news. first, on the eve of america s independence day, health officials and local leaders are urging people to limit their celebrations, as coronavirus infections continue to surge. texas has seen a record daily increase of almost 8,000 new cases. it s already led to the governor ordering that face coverings must be worn in public in most of the state. let s speak to professor peter hotez, who s co director of texas children s hospital s center for vaccine development. thank you for coming on the programme. thank you for having me. is this a big weekend for the us and a big test? we are ina very the us and a big test? we are in a very difficult and dire public health crisis, and that has to do with the following. we are seeing this very steep acceleration in the number of covid 19 cases, particularly in the southern half of the united states. across the country, backin states. across the country, back in april and march, the peak was around 30,000, 35
with d w. business beyond the winter of 1918 is that particularly cold, one. freezing temperatures paralyzed the united states. but america has just entered the 1st world war and nothing can be allowed to disrupt the training of the troops. and yet in the shadow of these preparations, another peril awaits a scourge. worse than the war is about to strike a in a few short months, it will wreak havoc and destruction on the planet before disappearing again and be forgotten. it is thought that it might have started at the military camp at funds to kansas, where $30000.00 men were preparing for their baptism of fire on the battlefield. on march forest, a cook missed morning call followed by 2 soldiers by mid day. more than 100 soldiers had to pull out of training. they all had the same symptoms, high fever, muscle aches, headaches, and a terrible cough. for edward schriner, the base physician, the diagnosis was clear, the soldiers were suffering from the flu. private irving greenwa