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The Center Of The Earth In Ancient Thought, Jennifer Finn Dec 2017

The Center Of The Earth In Ancient Thought, Jennifer Finn

History Faculty Research and Publications

Throughout the annals of history, many societies have imagined that places integral to their religious, political, or cultural life should be considered “centers.” These centers are often represented by symbolic constructions, mythologies, and ideological statements. In many cases, notions of centrality are accompanied by claims that a particular space should be considered the “center” or “middle” of the earth; in the Classical World, such a place may also be referred to as the “navel of the earth,” with the omphalos connected to the oracle at Delphi being the example par excellence. Yet Delphi did not hold a monopoly on …


Book Review Of The Death Of Aztec Tenochtitlan, The Life Of Mexico City, By Barbara E. Mundy, Laura E. Matthew Oct 2017

Book Review Of The Death Of Aztec Tenochtitlan, The Life Of Mexico City, By Barbara E. Mundy, Laura E. Matthew

History Faculty Research and Publications

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Review Of Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life By Robert E. Lerner, Lezlie Knox Sep 2017

Review Of Ernst Kantorowicz: A Life By Robert E. Lerner, Lezlie Knox

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Bmu-Rivers-Shp, Mark Polczynski Jul 2017

Bmu-Rivers-Shp, Mark Polczynski

BMU - Base Maps of Ukraine

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Bmu-Water-Shp, Mark Polczynski Jul 2017

Bmu-Water-Shp, Mark Polczynski

BMU - Base Maps of Ukraine

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Bmu-Land-Shp, Mark Polczynski Jul 2017

Bmu-Land-Shp, Mark Polczynski

BMU - Base Maps of Ukraine

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Bmu-Ruggedness-Tif, Mark Polczynski Jul 2017

Bmu-Ruggedness-Tif, Mark Polczynski

BMU - Base Maps of Ukraine

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Bmu-Elevation-Tif, Mark Polczynski Jul 2017

Bmu-Elevation-Tif, Mark Polczynski

BMU - Base Maps of Ukraine

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Bszlak-Description, Mark Polczynski, Michael Polczynski Jul 2017

Bszlak-Description, Mark Polczynski, Michael Polczynski

BSZLAK - Beauplan’s 17th Century Szlak Routes Across the Pontic Steppe

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Review Of Witchcraft, Superstition, And Observant Franciscan Preachers: Pastoral Approach And Intellectual Debate In Renaissance Milan By Fabrizio Conti, Lezlie Knox Jul 2017

Review Of Witchcraft, Superstition, And Observant Franciscan Preachers: Pastoral Approach And Intellectual Debate In Renaissance Milan By Fabrizio Conti, Lezlie Knox

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Lone Star Unionism, Dissent, And Resistance: Other Sides Of Civil War Texas Ed. By Jesús F. De La Teja, James Marten Jun 2017

Review Of Lone Star Unionism, Dissent, And Resistance: Other Sides Of Civil War Texas Ed. By Jesús F. De La Teja, James Marten

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Hgc-Kml, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski May 2017

Hgc-Kml, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski

HGC - Historical Gazetteer of Crimea

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Hgc-Qgis-Quick-Start, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski May 2017

Hgc-Qgis-Quick-Start, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski

HGC - Historical Gazetteer of Crimea

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Hgc-Txt, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski May 2017

Hgc-Txt, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski

HGC - Historical Gazetteer of Crimea

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Hgc-Shp, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski May 2017

Hgc-Shp, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski

HGC - Historical Gazetteer of Crimea

No abstract provided.


Hgc-Description, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski May 2017

Hgc-Description, Michael Polczynski, Mark Polczynski

HGC - Historical Gazetteer of Crimea

No abstract provided.


Marduk, The Scribes, And The Problem Of The Neo-Assyrian King, Jennifer Finn May 2017

Marduk, The Scribes, And The Problem Of The Neo-Assyrian King, Jennifer Finn

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of Mercy Angels: Joint Church Aid And The Humanitarian Crisis In Biafra, 1967-1970: International Human Rights And Joint Church Aid By Arua Oko Omaka, Chima J. Korieh May 2017

Review Of Mercy Angels: Joint Church Aid And The Humanitarian Crisis In Biafra, 1967-1970: International Human Rights And Joint Church Aid By Arua Oko Omaka, Chima J. Korieh

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Relación De Michoacán (1539–1541) & The Politics Of Representation In Colonial Mexico By Angélica Jimena Afanador-Pujol, Laura E. Matthew Apr 2017

Review Of The Relación De Michoacán (1539–1541) & The Politics Of Representation In Colonial Mexico By Angélica Jimena Afanador-Pujol, Laura E. Matthew

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of For All Humanity: Mesoamerican And Colonial Medicine In Enlightenment Guatemala By Martha Few, Laura Matthew Apr 2017

Review Of For All Humanity: Mesoamerican And Colonial Medicine In Enlightenment Guatemala By Martha Few, Laura Matthew

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Review Of The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners And The Collapse Of The Confederacy By Lorien Foote, James Marten Apr 2017

Review Of The Yankee Plague: Escaped Union Prisoners And The Collapse Of The Confederacy By Lorien Foote, James Marten

History Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Transmitting Revolution: Radio, Rumor, And The 1953 East German Uprising, Michael Palmer Pulido Apr 2017

Transmitting Revolution: Radio, Rumor, And The 1953 East German Uprising, Michael Palmer Pulido

Dissertations (1934 -)

This project examines public opinion in the Dresden Region of the German Democratic Republic from the end of World War II through the summer of 1953. I argue that the Socialist Unity Party (SED) projected its legitimacy through an official public sphere by representing publicness to its citizenry. Through banners, the press, and choreographed public demonstrations, it aimed to create the appearance of popular support. Even more significantly, the SED used radio to ground its legitimacy in a burgeoning post-war internationalism that bound residents of the GDR in an imagined community of socialist nations under Stalin’s leadership. At the same …


Impact Of Tuberculosis On Victorian England, Cara Caputo Jan 2017

Impact Of Tuberculosis On Victorian England, Cara Caputo

Maria Dittman Library Research Competition: Student Award Winners

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