Legalizing Marijuana Introduction Marijuana has been in existence for the last many decades. However, its popularity has grown immensely with globalization. Marijuana has not always been seen a dangerous plant. In the 1600, Massachusetts was one of the places where marijuana was planted for the production of fiber that was used for clothing. By 1900, the government was paying well for marijuana's cultivation because tobacco was the only cash crop. Other than being a cash crop, it has been subject
India during the early medieval period saw the emergence of Hindu and Buddhist kingdom in several places. During the colonial period, most of the Indians were taken to other countries as indentured labourers to develop rail networks, to work for plantation and other menial work assigned to them. Residing in the distant lands, diasporic Indians though have succeeded spectacularly in their fields but longed to maintain their emotional and cultural links with the country. Diasporic writers that have
Bibliographic Essay on African American History Introduction In the essay “On the Evolution of Scholarship in Afro- American History” the eminent historian John Hope Franklin declared “Every generation has the opportunity to write its own history, and indeed it is obliged to do so.”1 The social and political revolutions of 1960s have made fulfilling such a responsibility less daunting than ever. Invaluable references, including Darlene Clark Hine, ed. Black Women in
E SSAYS ON TWENTIETH-C ENTURY H ISTORY In the series Critical Perspectives on the Past, edited by Susan Porter Benson, Stephen Brier, and Roy Rosenzweig Also in this series: Paula Hamilton and Linda Shopes, eds., Oral History and Public Memories Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Zora Neale Hurston and a History of Southern Life Lisa M. Fine, The Story of Reo Joe: Work, Kin, and Community in Autotown, U.S.A. Van Gosse and Richard Moser, eds., The World the Sixties Made: Politics and Culture in