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Review Of The Website The Nuremberg Trials Project, John A. Drobnicki Dec 2011

Review Of The Website The Nuremberg Trials Project, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the website The Nuremberg trials project.


Dearabizing Arabia: Tracing Western Scholarship On The History Of The Arabs And Arabic Language And Script, Saad D. Abulhab Nov 2011

Dearabizing Arabia: Tracing Western Scholarship On The History Of The Arabs And Arabic Language And Script, Saad D. Abulhab

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This book is a reference book on the history of the Arabic Language and script, which goes beyond the sole discussion of technical matters. It studies objectively the evidence presented by modern-day western archeological discoveries together with the evidence presented by the indispensable scholarly work and research of past Islamic Arab civilization era. The book scrutinizes modern western theories regarding the history of the Arabs and Arabic language and script in connection with the roles played by Western Near East scholarship, religion and colonial history in the formation of current belief system, which is an essential step to study this …


Hezekiah And Charity Mills Of Westport, Connecticut, John A. Drobnicki Nov 2011

Hezekiah And Charity Mills Of Westport, Connecticut, John A. Drobnicki

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A profile of the author’s great-great-great-great grandparents, who were also second cousins once-removed.


Was The Black Death In India And China?, George D. Sussman Oct 2011

Was The Black Death In India And China?, George D. Sussman

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Firsthand accounts of the Black Death in Europe and the Middle East and many subsequent historians have assumed that the pandemic originated in Asia and ravaged China and India before reaching the West. One reason for this conviction among modern historians is that the plague in the nineteenth century originated and did its worst damage in these countries. But a close examination of the sources on the Delhi Sultanate and the Yuan Dynasty provides no evidence of any serious epidemic in fourteenth-century India and no specific evidence of plague among the many troubles that afflicted fourteenth-century China.


The September 11 Digital Archive, Stephen Brier, Joshua Brown Oct 2011

The September 11 Digital Archive, Stephen Brier, Joshua Brown

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This article focuses on the creation and subsequent development of the September 11 Digital Archive (www.911digitalarchive.org), currently one of the largest digital repositories of historical materials on the September 11 attacks. The article reflects on archival and methodological questions and on issues raised by the efforts of staff members at the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and at the American Social History Project/Center for Media and Learning (ASHP) at the City University of New York Graduate Center to preserve and present via the Internet digital resources related to the epochal events of …


Defying De-Stalinization: Albania’S 1956, Elidor Mehilli Oct 2011

Defying De-Stalinization: Albania’S 1956, Elidor Mehilli

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Drawing on recently declassified Albanian, Soviet, East German, and Western archival sources, as well as a rich historiography on Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech and the Hungarian revolution of 1956, this article investigates the little-known events of 1956 in Albania. Rejecting de-Stalinization, the Albanian Communist leader Enver Hoxha was able to vindicate his position against Yugoslavia's brand of socialism abroad, fortify his rule at home, and claim more aid from Moscow, Beijing, and the Soviet bloc. This article discusses the Tirana Party Conference of April 1956, treating the Albanian Party of Labor (the Communist party) as an “information society.” The article …


Crossroads: New York's Black Intellectuals And The Role Of Ideology In The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Kristopher B. Burrell Sep 2011

Crossroads: New York's Black Intellectuals And The Role Of Ideology In The Civil Rights Movement, 1954-1965, Kristopher B. Burrell

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This dissertation studies the importance of New York City, and the black intellectuals who gathered there, to the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s. Studying key activist-intellectuals from across the ideological spectrum allows for a more complete understanding of the importance of ideas propelling the movement. The dissertation also contributes to the growing literature on the civil rights movement outside of the South.


Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2011

Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Fifty key thinkers on the Holocaust and genocide.


1967 Convocation Charter, John A. Drobnicki Mar 2011

1967 Convocation Charter, John A. Drobnicki

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Faculty, administrators, and students signed a charter at the opening convocation of York College in 1967.


The Taliban: A Study Of Book Collections On The Taliban In Academic, Public And West Point Libraries., Seamus O'Scanlain Jan 2011

The Taliban: A Study Of Book Collections On The Taliban In Academic, Public And West Point Libraries., Seamus O'Scanlain

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The purpose of this study was to document and compare the extent of book collections on the topic of the Taliban in selected academic libraries in New York and New Jersey, the New York Public Library and the military academy at West Point.


Brooklyn's Thirst, Long Island's Water: Consolidation, Local Control, And The Aquifer, Jeffrey A. Kroessler Jan 2011

Brooklyn's Thirst, Long Island's Water: Consolidation, Local Control, And The Aquifer, Jeffrey A. Kroessler

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The creation of greater New York City in 1898 promised a solution to the problem of supplying Brooklyn and Queens with water. In the 1850s, the City of Brooklyn tapped ponds and streams on the south side of Queens County, and in the 1880s, dug wells for additional supply. This lowered the water table and caused problems for farmers and oystermen, many of whom sued the city for damages. Ultimately, salt water seeped into some wells from over-pumping. By 1896, Brooklyn’s system had reached its limit. Prevented by the state legislature from tapping the aquifer beneath Suffolk’s Pine Barrens, the …


The Port Of Livorno And Its "Nazione Ebrea" In The Eighteenth Century: Economic Utility And Political Reforms, Francesca Bregoli Jan 2011

The Port Of Livorno And Its "Nazione Ebrea" In The Eighteenth Century: Economic Utility And Political Reforms, Francesca Bregoli

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No abstract provided.


Exodusters: The Forgotten Migration, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2011

Exodusters: The Forgotten Migration, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Robert Prosky, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Robert Prosky, John A. Drobnicki

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Robert Prosky was an actor best known for his role on Hill Street Blues.


Professor Finds History In Our Own Backyards, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2011

Professor Finds History In Our Own Backyards, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

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No abstract provided.


Stanisław Skrowaczewski, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Stanisław Skrowaczewski, John A. Drobnicki

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Stanisław Skrowaczewski is an orchestral conductor and composer.


Mount Graham, Janet Butler Munch Jan 2011

Mount Graham, Janet Butler Munch

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Mount Graham, in southern Arizona, is considered a sacred location by the Apaches. The remoteness and high elevation of the mountain makes it an ideal location for astronomical research. After protracted litigation suits, the University of Arizona prevailed and was allowed to establish the Mount Graham International Observatory on the site.


Chitto Harjo (Wilson Jones, Crazy Snake) 1846-1912 Creek Leader, Janet Butler Munch Jan 2011

Chitto Harjo (Wilson Jones, Crazy Snake) 1846-1912 Creek Leader, Janet Butler Munch

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Chitto Harjo (1846-1912) was a leader of the Crazy Snakes, a traditionalist faction of the Creek Indians. He opposed federal incursions on reservation land, Indian lifestyles and governance structures; and fought against Allotment (individual distribution) of communal tribal lands and the loss of Creek sovereignty.


Italian Militants And Migrants And The Language Of Solidarity In The Early- Twentieth-Century Western Coalfields, Stephen Brier, Ferdinando Fasce Jan 2011

Italian Militants And Migrants And The Language Of Solidarity In The Early- Twentieth-Century Western Coalfields, Stephen Brier, Ferdinando Fasce

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This article uses the life and experiences of an Italian immigrant and labor militant, Carlo Demolli, to examine a range of issues, including: the intersection of ethnic and national identity and labor militancy and solidarity in the organizing efforts of the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA) among the ethnically diverse workforce of coal miners in the American West at the turn of the 20th century; the role of a "language of solidarity" as expressed in an Italian language version of the UMW Journal, Il Lavoratore Italiano, in sustaining a militant Italian immigrant workforce in the coal mines; and the …


Mieczysław Horszowski, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Mieczysław Horszowski, John A. Drobnicki

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Mieczysław Horszowski was a pianist and music educator known especially for his interpretations of Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Mozart, as well as contemporary composers like Stravinsky and Szymanowski.


Jerzy Jan "George" Lerski, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Jerzy Jan "George" Lerski, John A. Drobnicki

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Jerzy Jan "George" Lerski was a historian who had served as a courier, emissary, and representative of the Polish Government-in-Exile during World War II. He was honored by Yad Vashem as one of the "Righteous Among Nations" for his wartime activities.


Polish Anti-Defamation Committee, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Polish Anti-Defamation Committee, John A. Drobnicki

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Polish American Congress Anti-Defamation Committee of California (later renamed the Polish American Defense Committee) successfully advocated for the inclusion of the treatment of Poles during World War II in California's model curriculum on Human Rights and Genocide. The group was also vocal in criticizing authors, films, subject, and newspaper articles which they felt presented a biased view of Polish-Jewish relations.


Richard Edgar Pipes, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Richard Edgar Pipes, John A. Drobnicki

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Richard Pipes is a historian who specializes in Soviet and Russian history. He also served on the National Security Council under President Ronald Reagan.


Frank Anthony Renkiewicz, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Frank Anthony Renkiewicz, John A. Drobnicki

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Frank Renkiewicz was a historian who wrote on Polish-American topics.


Byron Janis, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Byron Janis, John A. Drobnicki

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Byron Janis is a pianist and composer, and whose performing career was interrupted by the effects of psoriatic arthritis. Janis was Vladimir Horowitz's first student.


Frank Mocha, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Frank Mocha, John A. Drobnicki

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Frank Mocha was a professor of foreign languages who also published on aspects of Polish-American history.


Edward Alan Peckwas, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Edward Alan Peckwas, John A. Drobnicki

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Edward Alan Peckwas was a businessman and genealogist who founded the Polish Genealogical Society of America.


Hank Stram, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Hank Stram, John A. Drobnicki

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Hank Stram was a football coach and broadcaster whose Kansas City Chiefs won Super Bowl IV.


Henryk Archacki, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2011

Henryk Archacki, John A. Drobnicki

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Henryk Archacki was a journalist and artist who not only preserved the memory of various Poles and Polish-Americans by illustrating and writing about them, but who was involved in honoring and preserving the mortal remains of some of them.