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Review Of "The Nature Of Disaster In China: The 1931 Yangzi River Flood" By C. Courtney, Lillian M. Li

History Faculty Works

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Review Of "The Jewish Revolution In Belorussia: Economy, Race, And Bolshevik Power" By A. Sloin, Robert Weinberg

History Faculty Works

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Holidays In The Empire Web Site, Megan Brown

Digital Humanities Curricular Development

Students in groups of two or three spent the length of the semester doing an in-depth reading of a 19th- or early 20th-century guidebook on Algeria. With an eye towards writing for a public audience and how to use the Web as an educational tool, they wrote a series of long and short Web entries that critically engaged their assigned texts. Using Omeka and Neatline, they then constructed a Web site centered on these write-ups and on interactive maps that allow the user to "tour" Algeria along with imperial travelers while challenging the dominant narratives of these guidebooks.

Holidays In The Empire (Hist 32) Syllabus, Megan Brown

Digital Humanities Curricular Development

From seedy bars to holy sites, Europeans journeyed to colonized spaces to encounter people and places they would never see at home. This class examines how European peoples participated in the imperial project through their travels. It tackles a history of Europe and empire through different frameworks (Orientalism, gender studies…) and methods (mainly primary source analysis and Web-based tools). Students will examine how Europeans “experienced” empire through travel, including safaris, sex tourism, and mission work. This will include a brief study of European travel themes, such as the Grand Tour, transportation technology, and mass tourism, with our focus mainly on …

Review Of "Making Gullah: A History Of Sapelo Islanders, Race, And The American Imagination" By M. L. Cooper, Allison Dorsey

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Needham, Matter, Form, And Us, Buyun Chen

History Faculty Works

Joseph Needham offered a vision of history that united his understanding of the physical world with his interpretation of social process, in which the material, social, and ideal realms were reciprocally constituted. This essay explores Needham’s ideas about matter and form to show how he developed a systematic theory of materialism in his early writings on science and social change. Shifting the ground of discourse in Needham’s project from “science” to “materialism,” the essay brings him into conversation with new materialists to reflect on the ongoing challenges in theorizing the relationship between social and material phenomena. Calling into question an …

Sartorial Sorting In The Colonial Caribbean And North America, Robert S. Duplessis

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Transitions To Capitalism In Early Modern Europe: Economies In The Era Of Early Globalization, C. 1450 – C. 1820, Robert S. Duplessis

History Faculty Works

Between the end of the Middle Ages and the early nineteenth century, the long-established structures and practices of European trade, agriculture, and industry were disparately but profoundly transformed. Revised, updated, and expanded, this second edition of Transitions to Capitalism in Early Modern Europe narrates and analyses the diverse trends that greatly enlarged European commerce, permanently modified rural and urban production, gave birth to new social classes, remade consumer habits, and altered global economic geographies, culminating in capitalist industrial revolution. Broad in chronological and geographical scope and explicitly comparative, Robert S. DuPlessis' book introduces readers to a wealth of information drawn …

Empire Of Style: Silk And Fashion In Tang China, Buyun Chen

History Faculty Works

Tang dynasty (618–907) China hummed with cosmopolitan trends. Its capital at Chang’an was the most populous city in the world and was connected via the Silk Road with the critical markets and thriving cultures of Central Asia and the Middle East. In Empire of Style, BuYun Chen reveals a vibrant fashion system that emerged through the efforts of Tang artisans, wearers, and critics of clothing. Across the empire, elite men and women subverted regulations on dress to acquire majestic silks and au courant designs, as shifts in economic and social structures gave rise to what we now recognize as precursors …

Wearing The Hat Of Loyalty: Imperial Power And Dress Reform In Ming Dynasty China, Buyun Chen

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Disease/Health/Medicine/History: On The Consolidation Of A Subfield Of Study, Diego Armus

History Faculty Works

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Medicine and Nation Building in the Americas, 1890–1940. By José Amador. Nashville: Vanderbilt University Press, 2015. Pp. ix + 219. $39.95 paperback. ISBN: 9780826520210.

Medicine and Public Health in Latin America: A History. By Marcos Cueto and Steven Palmer. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2015. Pp. ix + 306. $32.99 paperback. ISBN: 9781107633018.

A History of Family Planning in Twentieth-Century Peru. By Raúl Necochea López. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014. Pp. xii + 234. $37.50 paperback. ISBN: 9781469618081.

Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850–1945. …