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The Origins of Southern College Football: How an Ivy League Game Became a Dixie Tradition
College football is a massive enterprise in the United States, and southern teams dominate poll rankings and sports headlines while generating billions in revenue for public schools and private companies. Southern football fans worship their teams, often rearranging their personal lives in order to ... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2020 -
Mosquito Soldiers: Malaria, Yellow Fever, and the Course of the American Civil War
Of the 620,000 soldiers who perished during the American Civil War, the overwhelming majority died not from gunshot wounds or saber cuts, but from disease. And of the various maladies that plagued both armies, few were more pervasive than malaria -- a mosquito-borne illness that afflicted over 1.1 m... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2010