Arts & Humanities > Colonial & Early American History The French and Indian War: Prelude to the American Revolution

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The Eighteenth Century was a period of contest between Britain and France for colonial supremacy. As one war ended the participants began to prepare for the next. The War of the Austrian Succession ended in 1748. The French had lost Louisberg, which guarded the mouth of the St. Lawrence river in the fighting, but it was re... More..

Travel > Mexico What you need to know when traveling to Mexico

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The first thing that you need to know about Mexico is that it isn't a part of the west. The mores are different, very different indeed. To give just one example of that - fifty per cent of the crimes in Mexico City are carried out by serving or former police officers. That statistic doesn't just reflect the state of the po... More..

Travel > Mexico Shopping in Mexico

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If you want to go shopping in Mexico then you just have to be in Mexico City. Especially for the tourist souvenirs that you plan to take home - Mexico City is where all that stuff just happens to be made, so you can get it at a fraction of the price that you will pay in the provinces. Let me give you some tips for a good d... More..

Politics, News & Issues > International Politics (Other) The future of the nation-state in the post-modern world

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If we had to put a date to the end of the modern era it would be 1991 and the collapse of the Soviet Union. Of course, the demise of modernity had been announced already by the likes of Francis Fukuyama, who told us that we were living at The End of History. To be fair to Dr. Fukuyama, he did put a question mark after his tit... More..

Travel > Travel (Other) About Mexico City's good time girls

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Mexico's Good-Time Girls Are Not Prostitutes. You really have to be over 50 to even know what a good-time girl is, but Britain used to have them and Mexico still does. Basically, a good-time girl is not a prostitute, and would resent being thought of as one. The Mexican version probably has a job such as shop assistant or ... More..

Religion & Spirituality > Pagan & Earth-Based Religions La Santa Muerte: Mexico's Death Goddess

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If you have never heard of the new religion that is sweeping Mexico, you soon will. It has spread as far north as California and as far south as Argentina. If a religion can do that in less than twenty years, then crossing the Atlantic should pose no real problem: expect the first shrine to open in Great Britain some time soo... More..

Arts & Humanities > 19th Century US History The Irish who fought for Mexico (1846-1848)

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The St. Patrick's Battalion Introduction Few people outside Mexico and Ireland have heard of this Mexican army unit that helped defend the country during the Mexican-American War of 1846-48. Although eventually named after St. Patrick, the body was neither entirely Irish nor totally Catholic. Nevertheless, its most famo... More..

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