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Spectrum, Volume 28, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: WSHU expands with purchases -- 'Groundbreaking' event, new Pioneer Park -- Connecticut Light & Power leaves customers in dark -- Nursing Students earn top marks on national exam -- Softball team set to break in Pioneer Park this spring -- Most anticipated days of November approach -- Commuters communicate college experience

Conclusion: Meditations On The Archaeology Of Northern Plantations, Stephen A. Mrozowski,, Katherine Howlett Hayes, Heather Trigg, Jack Gary

Northeast Historical Archaeology

A summary of the methods employed and the conclusions reached after nine seasons of archaeological fieldwork are presented. Emphasis is placed on the success and limitations of the methods employed in the investigations at Sylvester Manor and results of those investigations. Although excavations concentrated on the plantation core, additional areas examined produced little in the way of archaeological features. The results, although preliminary, point to a major role for Native Americans as laborers during the earliest phases of the plantation’s operation. Landscape evidence also suggests an evolving economy as the Manor transitions from a provisioning operation to a commercial farm/tenant …

The State, The People, And The Colony: Towards A Critical History Of Early Newfoundland Literacy, Leona M. English

Adult Education Research Conference

Adult literacy in nineteenth century Newfoundland was greatly influenced by the island’s positioning, first as a colony of Britain, and later as a struggling country dependent on experts, pedagogical methods and philanthropy from the home country and its religious institutions. Literacy efforts contributed to the general “civilizing” of the outpost and enabled it to become increasingly self reliant, at least for select periods of time. This study analyses some of these early literacy efforts, asking critical questions of colonialism, organization, gender, and religion.

"The 1980/81 Irish Hunger Strikes: Terrorism", Daniel Lowder

ESSAI

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Spectrum, Volume 27, Issue 15, Sacred Heart University

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Highlights include: New Program Will Reflect Features of Study Abroad Program in Ireland -- Chairman Remembered for Contributions to Luxembourg Campus -- Things To Do This Week at SHU -- Reality TV Hits the beach and the ... Bookstore -- SHU Dishes on Hooking Up and Getting Involved

John Bell Hood: Extracting Truth From History, Thomas John Brown

Master's Theses

The year 2011 brings us the Sesquicentennial celebration of the American Civil War. Surprisingly, one hundred and fifty years later, students continue to find themselves asking many of the same questions about the great national tragedy faced during the Centennial in 1961. For example, did slavery cause the great conflict, or did constitutional questions act as the catalyst? Does the Battle of Gettysburg represent the turning point of the War, or did that occur elsewhere?

In connection with the last question, Lost Cause advocates, those great pro-Confederacy propagandists, found convenient villains to blame for the southern defeat. One of these, …