Author Archives: Ryan Burke

Maine’s Boundary Brawl and the 1842 Webster-Ashburton Treaty

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Ryan Burke

By Will Nelligan Upon his arrival at Vancouver International Airport in the fall of 1964, President Lyndon Johnson remarked, “no nation in the world has had greater fortune than mine in sharing a continent with the people and the nation … Continue reading →

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Mapping Out the U.S. in China’s Boxer Rebellion

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Ryan Burke

By Julianne Greco ’12 China’s Boxer Rebellion at the turn of the 20th century was a three-way clash and shifting balance of power between Chinese peasants, the Qing Empire, and foreign powers (primarily Western). The Boxers, a religious and mystic-based … Continue reading →

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