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Sweet Tooth For Empire: Sugar And The British Atlantic World, Colin Walfield
Sweet Tooth For Empire: Sugar And The British Atlantic World, Colin Walfield
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
With increasing productivity and rising standards of living, a new spirit of consumerism reached Britain. After its entry into the Atlantic World economy, though Scotland never fully benefited until the 1707 Act of Union, all classes eventually gained access to a wide variety and exotic assortment of consumer products. Among them, sugar, valued for its sweetness since the Middle Ages, maintained a special position, dominating all exports from British America. Embraced by the British populace, sugar provided an impetus for colonization and required imported African labor. Sugar and a newfound consumerism at home drove the British Atlantic World.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, The National Security Council, And Dien Bien Phu, David Putnam Hadley
Dwight D. Eisenhower, The National Security Council, And Dien Bien Phu, David Putnam Hadley
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
“Plans are worthless, but planning is everything.” Dwight D. Eisenhower’s remarks at a conference on National Defense in 1957 reflected the philosophy behind his national security system: his dedication to preparation and proper planning. One of Eisenhower’s most regularly used, structured tools for proper planning was the National Security Council (NSC). The Council was an organization comprised of high-ranking members of government, chaired by the president, which was designed to provide the president with the information and coordination needed to shape intelligent policy. The Council itself was not created by Eisenhower, but was part of the National Security Act of …
Letter From The Editor, Brian Matthew Jordan
Letter From The Editor, Brian Matthew Jordan
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
No abstract provided.
'Since This Is A Horrible Thing To Think About': European Perceptions Of Native American Cannibalism, Evan C. Rothera
'Since This Is A Horrible Thing To Think About': European Perceptions Of Native American Cannibalism, Evan C. Rothera
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Contemporary Italian playwright Dario Fo wrote a satirical play entitled Johan Padan and the Discovery of the Americas which purported to be the account of one Johan Padan, a contemporary of Columbus, who journeyed to the New World, was shipwrecked, and rescued by some friendly Indians. At one point, Padan and a group of his fellows discussed the hospitality of the Indians, who were quite generous. One of them expressed the fear that the Indians simply care for them so that they will make a splendid feast. Another man remarked, quite scathingly, “This is the third voyage I’ve made to …
Female Captivity Narratives In Colonial America, Kathryn O'Hara
Female Captivity Narratives In Colonial America, Kathryn O'Hara
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
The female captivity narrative provides a complex view of colonial American history by recounting the experiences of women captured from their colonial homes by Native Americans. Male editors, often family friends or town ministers, generally compiled the experiences of female captives, and separating the voice of the female captive from influence of the male editor presents a challenge. Puritan captivity narratives in particular demonstrate conflict between attempts by Puritan ministers to impose a unified religious message in the sagas and the captives’ individual experiences, which often contradicted Puritan doctrine. During the early colonial era, ministers’ attempts to promote the Puritan …
Pushkin And Gannibal: Ethnic Identity In Imperial Russia, Miriam Grinberg
Pushkin And Gannibal: Ethnic Identity In Imperial Russia, Miriam Grinberg
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
Since his untimely death in 1837, the nineteenth-century romantic writer Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin has been renowned the world over not only for his literary achievements, but also for being a paradigm of "Russianness." However, Pushkin himself was by no means a "pure" Russian. Like many of the inhabitants of the Russian empire during his time, he was borne of a veritable hodgepodge of ethnicities. The most surprising of these is his African ancestry; his great-grandfather, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, was an African slave brought to Russia in the early eighteenth century. Remarkably, this same slave became the godson and close confidante …
Life On The South Side Of Chambersburg Street, 1910, Rachel A. Santose, Sierra Green
Life On The South Side Of Chambersburg Street, 1910, Rachel A. Santose, Sierra Green
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
The people of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania heralded in the year of 1911 and reflected on their accomplishments throughout the past year. With "pealing bells, tooting whistles and noisy revolvers...in a more vigorous way than has been witnessed here for many years," this New Year’s Eve celebration recognized the past year as it welcomed the new year to come. The entire town took part and its faculties were utilized in the festivities of the night, including "the Court House bell and those of the St. James and College Lutheran churches...engines added their quota of noise and all over town men brought into …
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2009
Gettysburg Historical Journal 2009
The Gettysburg Historical Journal
No abstract provided.