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The Seven Spices: Pumpkins, Puritans, And Pathogens In Colonial New England, Michael Sharbaugh

Michael D Sharbaugh

Water sources in the United States' New England region are laden with arsenic. Particularly during North America's colonial period--prior to modern filtration processes--arsenic would make it into the colonists' drinking water. In this article, which evokes the biocultural evolution paradigm, it is argued that colonists offset health risks from the contaminant (arsenic poisoning) by ingesting copious amounts of seven spices--cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, cardamom, allspice, vanilla, and ginger. The inclusion of these spices in fall and winter recipes that hail from New England would therefore explain why many Americans associate them not only with the region, but with Thanksgiving and Christmas, …

Plenary Conversation: Non-Violence And Resistance To Injustice Within A Global Context, Jesse Benjamin, Maia Hallward

Jesse Benjamin

No abstract provided.

Book Session: The American Urban Reader: History And Theory, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

The Power Of Friendships: Leonardo Bruni As Florentine Diplomat, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Projecting Pornography, Enacting (In)Equality, And Mexican Modernity, Ageeth Sluis

Ageeth Sluis

If pornography proves a problematic avenue within women’s bid for sexual liberation and equality today, how then has this historically been constructed? In an attempt to determine the role of pornography within articulations of women’s sexual (in)equality, I use a banned pornographic magazine published in 1930s Mexico as the starting point for a broader examination of the relationships between female sexual visibility and modernity, and sexual normativity and the state. Employing the Foucaultian methodology of genealogy, I trace popular representations of female sexuality as well as civic discourse on sexual prohibitions through space (from the USA and Europe to Mexico) …

Review Of Michael Rawson, Eden On The Charles: The Making Of Boston, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.

Humanists, Knights, Gifts, Guelfs, And Ghibellines In Fifteenth-Century Florence, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

The Utility Of Motivational Interviewing Using Co-Active Life Coaching Skills On Adults Struggling With Obesity: Participants' Perspectives, Courtney Newnham-Kanas, Jennifer Irwin, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

Change-Ing Obesity: A Methodological Account Of A Comprehensive Study For University Students With Obesity, Erin Pearson, Jennifer Irwin, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

Historical Truth, Public Ritual, And Leonardo Bruni’S History Of The Florentine People In Renaissance Florence, Brian Maxson

Brian J. Maxson

Visions Of A Better World: Howard Thurman's Pilgrimage To India And The Origins Of African American Nonviolence, Quinton Dixie, Peter Eisenstadt

Quinton H Dixie

No abstract provided.

Radio Narrative: Considerations On Form And Aesthetic, Siobhan Mchugh

Siobhan McHugh

No abstract provided.

Oral History And The Radio Documentary/Feature: Introducing The Cohrd (Crafted Oral History Radio Documentary), Siobhan Mchugh

Siobhan McHugh

No abstract provided.