Blog Detail
Europe Endless
http://europeendless.wordpress.com
Blog on European history and politics, as well as reflection on regionalism, integration, and sometimes, mandolin. Formerly The Rhine River (http://rhineriver.blogspot.com).
- Added on: Sep 26th, 2007
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Nathanael D. Robinson
- Listed in: History Education & Learning
- Tags: europe france Germany history rhine
Recent Posts
Fuzzy Geographies
The new map is more reminiscent of early modernity, of the trade and pilgrimage routes, of the links between holy cities and routes of world communication. Periphery and centre, far and near – everything is being re-positioned. Even the most recent...
You stay on your side, I’ll stay on mine
Something I always love about discussing regionalism: trying to dissuade people from seeing unique places and peoples, whose histories can be tangential or contrary to the national narrative, as something other than special cases. Take the current co...
“… more than we need him”
A few weeks ago, Turner Classic Movies ran a night of films with Hispanic themes. Even better, several of them were set and filmed in New Mexico. Milagro Beanfield War and Salt of the Earth were already familiar to us. Another, And Now Miguel...
How to Secede Without Really Trying
Rick Perry needs help! His ramblings about the possibility, no matter how unlikely, of Texas’ secession seem Yeltsinesque (you know, the hegemonic state claiming to be oppressed by the imperial system it created). Of course, how could I, a sym...
Gift Ideas
Looking something to give me? How about the digital collection of personal papers of Heinrich Böll, lost in the collapse of the Historical Municipal Archives of Cologne. You may place the document images in a new iPod , and sent Express Mail t...
The Alsatian Cousin
It appears that Obama has some roots in Alsace, his closest relative living in Bischwiller. ...
