Monthly Archives: August 2014

American Witch-Hunters: Salem & McCarthy (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 7)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by georgelamplugh

 [Note: Some of the most interesting “interdisciplinary” projects I undertook were the result, not of a school-wide mandate, but a request from a colleague for a little help in approaching a knotty subject. Such was the case when an English … Continue reading →

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Georgia and the American Revolution, II: Britain’s New Colonial Policy, 1763-1774 (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 13)

Posted on August 1, 2014 by georgelamplugh

[For the first post in this series, go here.] Between 1660 and 1760, a dangerous gap developed between the guiding theory of the British Empire and imperial practice. According to the dominant economic theory of the era, mercantilism, the welfare … Continue reading →

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