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‘The Military Mirror Of Kai’: Swordsmanship And A Medieval Text In Early Modern Japan, Michael Wert

History Faculty Research and Publications

Swordsmanship emerged as a new field of knowledge in early modern Japan (1600–1868), a time of relative peace. During the most violent periods of Japanese history, the latter half of the medieval period (1185–1600), samurai conducted warfare mostly on horseback, using the bow and arrow, or by leading massive armies filled with soldiers who used pikes, halberds, and even firearms. In this paper, I will trace the origins of early modern swordsmanship to the late 16th century during the transition between the medieval and early modern periods, when teachers of swordsmanship and their sword ‘styles’ first appeared in texts. Of …

Review Of Assimilating Seoul: Japanese Rule And The Politics Of Public Space In Colonial Korea, 1910-1945, Michael Wert

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of Union Heartland: The Midwestern Home Front During The Civil War, James Marten

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Genealogical Treasures: From The Catholic School Legacy Of Pioneers Msgr. William Ketcham And St. Katharine Drexel, Mark G. Thiel

Library Faculty Research and Publications

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Illuminating The Irish Free State: Nationalism, National Identity, And The Promotion Of The Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme, Mckayla Kay Sutton

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation focuses on the ways in which the Shannon Hydroelectric Scheme influenced perceptions of Irishness in the fraught context of postcolonial nation building. The Irish Free State, established by a treaty with Great Britain in 1921, faced the difficult task of maintaining order and establishing stable institutions for the new state. One of the government's most audacious efforts to achieve these objectives was to construct the largest hydroelectric dam in the world on the River Shannon in 1925 with the help of German contractors from Siemens-Schuckert. The first half of the dissertation deals with several ideological issues brought to …

Review Of Le Leges Libitinariae Flegree: Edizione E Commento 34 By Sergio Castagnetti, Sarah E. Bond

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Human Rights And African Migration, Chima J. Korieh

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Big Men On Campus: Administrative Response To Title Ix And The Development Of Women's Sports In The Big Ten Conference, 1972-1982, Jeffrey T. Ramsey

Dissertations (1934 -)

Signed into law in 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments was designed to eliminate gender discrimination throughout the American educational system. Title IX applied to all educational programs at any level of schooling including admissions, financial aid, academic programs, and social organizations. However, Title IX has primarily been associated with college sports. Since 1972, female participation in intercollegiate athletics has increased dramatically. Yet additional opportunities for

women in sports have not come easily. Significant battles between university leaders and the government about how this piece of legislation was to be enforced have persisted throughout the decades since passage of …

Piano Assassins And Bell Ringers: Itinerant Piano Tuners At The Turn-Of-The-Century, James Marten

History Faculty Research and Publications

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