The Freedman’s Bank aimed to give those emancipated from slavery a place in the post-Civil War economy. It was badly mismanaged and eventually failed.

If economic inequality increases within a country, the risk of civil war breaking out grows. This is the finding from a study by the Chair of Economic History at the University of Tübingen ...

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New hopes and opportunities were created by economic recovery after World War Two. Around the same time, the struggle for civil rights put activism at the forefront of American political life ...

Syria will need "substantial international" support for its efforts to rehabilitate the economy, meet urgent humanitarian needs and rebuild essential institutions and infrastructure, the ...

The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings.

The World Bank expects Myanmar’s economy to contract in the current fiscal year, as elevated inflation, a slumping currency, and electricity and labor shortages further pressure a war-torn nation.

Q&A Everyone in Congress Is Obsessed with This Book About the Post-Civil War Era A historian who has studied the post-Civil War era reminds us that culture wars drive turnout as well as ...

Explore the American Civil War's history, causes like slavery and states' rights, key events including Gettysburg and Antietam, and the war's lasting impact on the United States ...

Jeffrey Paul is a research professor at West Virginia University and the author of Winning America’s Second Civil War: Progressivism’s Authoritarian Threat, Where It Came From, and How to Defeat It.

A lack of justice following Sri Lanka’s Civil War has compounded the economic crisis in the North-East.

But as Turnell notes, that will also depend on the post-war political make-up to be thrashed out among the many ethnic groups who are fighting to rid Myanmar of the military dictatorship and for ...