The adoption of the Regalian doctrine during the Spanish colonial period marks a pivotal and damaging event in the history of land use in the Philippines. The doctrine, which declared that all land in ...

On that date, Pueblo warriors from 19 separate villages carried out a coordinated attack on Spanish missionaries and colonists across New Mexico. Within a few days, they had driven virtually all ...

Walter Benjamin's dictum that every work of art is also a work of barbarism comes to mind with "New World Orders," an exhibition of Spanish colonial casta paintings currently on display at the ...

These wild horses went extinct about 10,000 years ago, possibly due to a combination of climate change and human hunting. In the 16th century, Spanish colonists brought horses from Europe, ...

In New Orleans, we often wrap ourselves in the pride of the old: Old traditions, old recipes, old songs, old stories our mammas told us and old buildings. We love old buildings. But how old is old ...