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The Croatian Community Of Southeastern Louisiana: Immigration, Assimilation And The Retention Of Ethnic Identity, Renee Danielle Bourgogne

University of New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This work is a study of a community of Croatian immigrants to Southeast Louisiana in the twentieth century. Drawn from a multidisciplinary approach that included spatial analysis of settlement patterns, quantitative analysis of seafood industry data, the records of voluntary associations, and guided by the oral histories of men and women of Croatia who immigrated to Louisiana, this work reveals a community that has managed to maintain close ties despite its distribution both in urban New Orleans and rural coastal Louisiana through links created by and supportive of the state’s seafood and restaurant industries. The study points out how the …

The Great Irish Famine And The Development Of Journalism, Michael Foley

Conference Papers

The Great Irish Famine (1845 to 1852) took place just as major changes were taking place in the media. The coverage by Irish and international of the Famine had an influence on the media that shaped how catastrophes will be covered for the next century or more.

'On Behalf Of All Young Women Trying To Be Better Than They Are': Feminism And Quakerism In The Nineteenth Century: The Case Of Anna Deborah Richardson, Elizabeth A. O'Donnell

Quaker Studies

Historians of the early British women's movement have frequently drawn connections between the theology and practice of Quakerism and the involvement of female Friends in nineteenth-century 'women's rights' campaigns. These connections are usually expressed in terms of religious, organizational and environmental factors particular to Quakerism, and embody the assumption that the cultural milieu of Quaker women was peculiarly conducive to the development of 'feminist consciousness'. This article examines the complexity of these assumed links, through an exploration of the life and writings of Anna Deborah Richardson (1832-1872) of Newcastle Monthly Meeting. Through her close association with Emily Davies, who established …

Beyond Gis: The Promise Of Spatial Humanities, David J. Bodenhamer

Purdue GIS Day

Geospatial technologies such as Geographic Information Systems (GIS) have facilitated the (re)discovery of space for humanists. Yet until recently GIS has had only limited ability to move us beyond a map of geographical space into a richer, more evocative concepts of place based on history and memory. Over the past few years, GIScientists have made advances in spatial multi-media, in GIS-enabled web services, geo-visualization, cyber geography, and virtual reality that provide capabilities far exceeding the abilities of GIS on its own. This presentation will explore how the convergence of technologies, including but not limited to GIS, has led to the …

Troubling Journey: Elite Women Travellers Of Ireland And The Irish Question, 1834-1852, Joel Scherer

Madison Historical Review

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews, David Raymond, Susan J. Harmon, Polly Welts Kaufman, Ron Baines, Dale Potts, Andy Deroche, Ann Morrisette, Paul T. Burlin Ph.D., Shannon M. Risk

Maine History

Reviews of the following books: The Spice of Popery: Converging Christianities on an Early American Frontier by Laura M. Chmielewski; Champlain's Dream: The European Founding of North America by David Hackett Fischer; Indians in Eden: Wabanakis and Rustiates on Maine's Mount Desert Island, 1840s-1920s by Bunny McBride and Harald E.L. Prins; Jonathan Fisher of Blue Hill, Maine: Commerce, Culture and Community on the Eastern Frontier by Kevin D. Murphy; Deering: A Social and Architectural History by William David Barry and Patricia MccGraw Anderson; Bethel, Maine: A Brief History by Stanley Russell Howe; Seated by the Sea: The Maritime History of …

Irish And German Immigrants Of The Nineteenth Century: Hardships, Improvements, And Success, Amanda A. Tagore

Honors College Theses

This paper examines the economic and social reasons that are attributed to the high emigration rate in Ireland and in Germany during the nineteenth century, and how the lives of these groups turned out in the United States. As a result of economic deterioration and social inequality, pessimism became prevalent in Ireland from the 1840s onward and in Germany from the 1830s onward. Because the United States was perceived as an optimistic avenue for advancement, thousands of Irish and Germans emigrated their homelands and fled to America in search of a better life. During the first few decades upon their …

Political Satire In Egypt After 2011: The Effect Of The Second Season Of The Satirical Show “Al-Bernameg” (2012-2013) On The Egyptian Audience, Radwa Elgabry

Theses and Dissertations

The introduction of the political satire program "Al-Bernameg" (The Program) in Egypt has created massive discussion in the media related to the level of acceptance of Egyptians to this new format and its effects on the audience. Satirical programming has been a key part of political discourse in Western culture for some time and a part of global art for centuries. It has also been established that such programming is of particular influence on Western voters, who turn to this nature of programming before others in order to gather political information. This study sheds the light on the effects of …

“Be Patient”: An Interview With Dr. Felicity Turner, Aubrey Tate

Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History

About the author

Aubrey Tate is a senior at Armstrong working towards her History and Political Science major. Her research interests include the foreign policy of the Irish Famine and its global effect on immigration and 19th century European politics and culture. Miss Tate will pursue her master degree in History upon completion of her B.A. degrees in December 2015.

Narrating Sites Of History: Workhouses And Famine Memory, Niamh Ann Kelly

Books/Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Mother Jones: Ireland To North America To Ireland, Elliot Gorn

History: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Although we don't hear her name so often anymore, Mother Jones was one of the great figures of the early twentieth century. She and her family were refugees from the Famine, and I want to argue here that her early life in Ireland, Canada, and the United States molded her, made her the great crusader for social justice and tribune of the working class that she became as an old woman. "Freedoms just another word for nothing left to lose," Kris Kristofferson has written, words that well describe the life of Mother Jones.

Application Of A Ring Fragmentation/Azomethine Ylide 1,3-Dipolar Cycloaddition Sequence In The Synthesis Of Demissidine, Zhe Zhang

Graduate College Dissertations and Theses

Edible potatoes originated in the Andes and were brought to Europe in the 16th century. Their introduction spurred both the European population growth and economic development. Being the world's fourth-largest food crop, potatoes continue to shape the global economy and world history. Glycoalkaloids are natural insect deterrents generated by potatoes, and are known for their toxic effects as well as potential medicinal utilities. Demissidine, the aglycone of the primary glycoalkaloids, represents one major Solanum alkaloid. Its unique indolizidine framework presents a challenging synthetic target in organic chemistry. Our synthesis of demissidine starts from readily available epiandrosterone and takes advantage of …

Tickling The Palate: Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Eamon Maher

Books

This volume of essays, which originated in the inaugural Dublin Gastronomy Symposium held in the Dublin Institute of Technology in June 2012, offers fascinating insights into the significant role played by gastronomy in Irish literature and culture. The book opens with an exploration of food in literature, covering figures as varied as Maria Edgeworth, James Joyce, Charles Dickens, Enid Blyton, John McGahern and Sebastian Barry. Other chapters examine culinary practices among the Dublin working classes in the 1950s, offering a stark contrast to the haute cuisine served in the iconic Jammet's Restaurant; new trends among Ireland's 'foodie' generation; and the …

07. History, University Of Central Oklahoma

Oklahoma Research Day Abstracts

No abstract provided.

Introduction: Tickling The Palate. Gastronomy In Irish Literature And Culture, Eamon Maher, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Books/Chapters

There has been a gradual but noticeable growth in scholarship concerning food globally, particularly in the last decade. One of the longest running and most inf luential forces behind this phenomenon is the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery (1981–present) which was originally founded and co-chaired by Alan Davidson, pre-eminent food historian, diplomat, and author of The Oxford Companion to Food, and Dr Theodore Zeldin, the celebrated social historian of France. This spawned a dedicated publishing house, Prospect Books, which published the conference proceedings and also the journal Petits Propos Culinaires (PPC), now approaching its 100th issue.

British Prime Minister Tony Blair’S Irish Potato Famine Apology, Jason A. Edwards, Amber Luckie

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

In June 1997, Prime Minister Tony Blair issued a statement expressing remorse for the British government’s inaction to assist the Irish during the potato famine of the late 1840s. Blair’s contrition was met with praise and criticism, but it proved to be part of the larger narrative in the peace negotiations within Northern Ireland. Although Blair’s apology is often cited as an exemplar of political leaders apologizing for historical injustices, little actual scholarly work on this subject has been conducted. To that end, this paper examines Blair’s potato famine apology through the theory of collective apology. We argue that collective …

The Shanachie, Major Topic Index, 1989-2014, Connecticut Irish-American Historical Society

The Shanachie (CTIAHS)

Listing of major topics in each issue of The Shanachie from 1989-2014 (v.26 n.2)

Reporting The Irish Famine In America: Images Of "Suffering Ireland" In The American Press, 1845-1848, James M. Farrell

Communication

This chapter is a study of American newspaper reporting on the Great Irish Famine. The study examines six master narratives that constrained the image of Ireland and the Irish people presented to American readers. Those narrative constraints predisposed Americans to respond with hostility when Irish Famine refugees began to arrive in the United States.

The Ladies’ Land League And Irish-American Identity In The American South, Audrey Ruark

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The Ladies’ Land League played an important role in the Land War in the 1880s and was a historically important instance of Irish women’s political action. Anna Parnell and others galvanized women in both Ireland and the United States over land reform issues. This paper examines the evidence of the Ladies’ Land League actions in the historic Georgia newspapers in an effort to better understand the roles of print capitalism and the development of Southern Irish-American identity.