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The Unbribable Witness: Image, Word, And Testimony Of Crimes Against Humanity In Mark Twain’S King Leopold’S Soliloquy (1905), Nora Nunn Oct 2018

The Unbribable Witness: Image, Word, And Testimony Of Crimes Against Humanity In Mark Twain’S King Leopold’S Soliloquy (1905), Nora Nunn

Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal

In the creation of King Leopold’s Soliloquy, a textured, visually irrefutable, and darkly satirical account of crimes against humanity in the Belgian Congo Free State, Mark Twain aimed to evoke his Euro-American audience’s empathy by activating their imaginations and inaugurating political reform. Informed by the work of cultural and literary critics such as Roland Barthes, this paper considers how the visual imagery in Twain’s text engender questions about fact, testimony, and witnessing in the realm of human rights and collective violence—both in the Congo Free State and, indirectly, in the United States. I ultimately argue that the relation (or …


An Ignoble Experiment: Tampa's Restaurants During Prohibition, Andrew T. Huse Apr 2018

An Ignoble Experiment: Tampa's Restaurants During Prohibition, Andrew T. Huse

Sunland Tribune

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Full Issue, Sunland Tribune Apr 2018

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Sunland Tribune

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Picking Up The Pieces: Tampa 1848-1853, Canter Brown Jr. Mar 2018

Picking Up The Pieces: Tampa 1848-1853, Canter Brown Jr.

Sunland Tribune

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"Very Much Attached To Tampa": The Civil War-Era Letters Of Catharine Campbell Hart 1860 And 1865, Canter Brown Jr. Mar 2018

"Very Much Attached To Tampa": The Civil War-Era Letters Of Catharine Campbell Hart 1860 And 1865, Canter Brown Jr.

Sunland Tribune

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"Tampa Is The Place Of Places": The William G. Ferris Family Collection, Kyle S. Vanlandingham Mar 2018

"Tampa Is The Place Of Places": The William G. Ferris Family Collection, Kyle S. Vanlandingham

Sunland Tribune

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A Brief Outline Of The Agricultural History Of Hillsborough County: 1880-1940, Joe Knetsch, Laura Ethridge Mar 2018

A Brief Outline Of The Agricultural History Of Hillsborough County: 1880-1940, Joe Knetsch, Laura Ethridge

Sunland Tribune

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A Surveyor's Life: John Jackson In South Florida, Joe Knetsch Mar 2018

A Surveyor's Life: John Jackson In South Florida, Joe Knetsch

Sunland Tribune

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Full Issue, Sunland Tribune Mar 2018

Full Issue, Sunland Tribune

Sunland Tribune

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Asturian Footprints In America, E. J. Salcines Mar 2018

Asturian Footprints In America, E. J. Salcines

Sunland Tribune

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Death Of A Princess, M. C. Leonard Mar 2018

Death Of A Princess, M. C. Leonard

Sunland Tribune

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Oral History With Joseph Knight: Grandson Of Peter O. Knight, Andy Huse Jan 2018

Oral History With Joseph Knight: Grandson Of Peter O. Knight, Andy Huse

Sunland Tribune

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Full Issue Jan 2018

Full Issue

Sunland Tribune

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