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Full-Text Articles in History
“It Don’T Look Natural”: St. Louis Smoke Abatement In 1906, David L. Straight
“It Don’T Look Natural”: St. Louis Smoke Abatement In 1906, David L. Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In this regular feature about postal history, Straight examines efforts at reducing smog—smoke abatement, at the time—using a 1906 card and coal company letterhead as a springboard.
“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels
“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Neels argues that the Army Corps of Engineers inadvertently dealt the final death blow to dueling in the region when it eliminated “Bloody Island,” a sandbar in the Mississippi River which became a favorite venue for duels.
Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica Mcculley
Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica Mcculley
The Confluence (2009-2020)
McCulley discusses opposition to school integration by African American educators in St. Louis at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi
George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Danisi offers an analysis of Sibley’s time as assistant factor at Fort Bellefontaine under factor Rodolphe Tillier, a man of strong political connections and elastic ethics. Tillier fired Sibley, Danisi argues, because he discovered and revealed Tillier’s shady business dealings while a government official; ultimately, Sibley was exonerated and even promoted to factor of the newly formed Fort Osage.
The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine
The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine
The Confluence (2009-2020)
This reprint of an 1871 article from Scribner’s Magazine extols the new Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (Eads Bridge today) as an engineering marvel—which, incidentally, it was.
The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier
The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier
The Confluence (2009-2020)
Ty Cobb and Napoleon Lajoie were fighting for the 1910 American League batting title right down to the end of the season. Who won was under dispute, and it landed the St. Louis Browns in court. Gietschier looks at the case files involving the Browns manager who was fired over accusations that he tried to let Lajoie win the title—and a new car.
The Evolution Of Javanese Kingship, Ganda Upaya
The Evolution Of Javanese Kingship, Ganda Upaya
Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi
No abstract provided.
Ketahanan Toleransi Orang Jawa: Studi Tentang Yogyakarta Kontemporer, Zaenal Abidin Eko Putro
Ketahanan Toleransi Orang Jawa: Studi Tentang Yogyakarta Kontemporer, Zaenal Abidin Eko Putro
Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi
This paper aims to elaborate the tolerance discourse in Yogyakarta through restricted research pertaining that issue within the society of Yogyakarta. Since the beginning, the society of Yogyakarta has been practiced brotherhood, fraternity and tolerance in many ways. In early 1990s, however, some Islamist group has been growing at the city in which a number of Islamic schools and hospitals were built in some area in Yogyakarta. Religious mass organizations that have existed previously, for instance Muhammadiyah, in some cases, distressed by Islamist group movements. The organizations seem to be victimized by the militants and they were vulnerable from recent …
Tradisi, Ekonomi-Politik, Dan Toleransi Yogyakarta, Diatyka Widya
Tradisi, Ekonomi-Politik, Dan Toleransi Yogyakarta, Diatyka Widya
Masyarakat: Jurnal Sosiologi
This article aims to illustrate that cultural reproduction is always in the interplay with politic and economic system within societal structure. Therefore, the effort to understand the meaning of cultural symbol has to be accompanied by the attempt to explore the political and economic interests that shape the cultural practices. The Yogyakarta people undoubtedly perceive religion practices as more than cultural practices. The article will demonstrate that dispute in religious matters have never become the main trigger of conflict between religious groups. In most cases, the tension is driven by the clash of political and economic interests between the dominant …
"American Dream" Or Global Nightmare?, Melanie E. L. Bush
"American Dream" Or Global Nightmare?, Melanie E. L. Bush
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
In the United States we are witnessing a period of heightened contestation about the parameters of nationalism, patriotism, and loyalty. The oft-heard phrase "Support the Troops" now signifies the desire both to send more soldiers to war and to bring home those already in combat. This "nation of immigrants" has spawned a new generation of "minute-men" to defend national borders while mainstream discourse touts the benefits of "diversity." Dreams of upward mobility present for some during the mid-20th century seem now hazy at best as the proportional income of those at top grows while the rest of the population increasingly …
Teacher, Researcher, And Agent For Community Change: A South Texas High School Experience, Francisco Guajardo
Teacher, Researcher, And Agent For Community Change: A South Texas High School Experience, Francisco Guajardo
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
No abstract provided.
The Value Of African American And Latino Coalitions To The American South, Ramona Houston
The Value Of African American And Latino Coalitions To The American South, Ramona Houston
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
No abstract provided.
Immutability, Stability And Longevity: Contribution Of Istanbul's Cultural Landscape To World Cultures, Nilgün Anadolu-Okur
Immutability, Stability And Longevity: Contribution Of Istanbul's Cultural Landscape To World Cultures, Nilgün Anadolu-Okur
Journal of Global Initiatives: Policy, Pedagogy, Perspective
This paper examines from a culturalist viewpoint Istanbul's contribution to the diversification of cultures and ethnic identities of the Republic of Turkey. The city's wealth lies in its reservoir of cultures, multiplicity of civilizations, languages and religions which are lively, highly operational and versatile. Istanbul, the city of cultures, has been traditionally recognized with its embodiment of continuous amalgamation and ethnic toleration. At Ortaköy and Boyaciköy, an Armenian Catholic church, a Gregorian church, two Greek churches, two synagogues and two mosques stand side by side, in close proximity to each other. In Üsküdar's Kuzguncuk (previously Kozinitza) an Armenian church …
Saving Schoodic: A Story Of Development, Lost Settlement, And Preservation, Alan K. Workman
Saving Schoodic: A Story Of Development, Lost Settlement, And Preservation, Alan K. Workman
Maine History
Remote, isolated, and nearly barren Schoodic Point, now the easternmost part of Acadia National Park, was long bypassed by early explorers and settlers. It might have seemed destined to remain deserted, a candidate for coastal parkland preservation in the twentieth century. But like such distant outposts as Vinalhaven, Swan’s, and Ironbound islands, Schoodic in the nineteenth century was overtaken by extensive land development, logging, and settlement by fishermen farmers. Eventually its proximity to Bar Harbor made it a target for vacation resort cottages. Yet Schoodic’s peninsular ecology and elements of its social circumstances helped it escape such development in favor …
Je E(S)T L’Autre, Nadia Duchêne
Je E(S)T L’Autre, Nadia Duchêne
Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature
Immigration and otherness represent core concerns in contemporary society and, as such, give rise to debate and discussion in many disciplines. the question of otherness also arises as a recurrent and key subject in the field of literature. Tahar Ben Jelloun’s novel Partir is replete with the ambivalence of otherness: attraction/aversion; difference/similarity; lack/exile; native/foreigner; close/distant; normal/deviant and as such provides a laboratory where the expression of otherness in discourse can be dissected. We will examine the perception and the issue of otherness in the novel as well as the strength of its representations.
The Journey Of The Sisters Of Charity To St. Louis, 1828, Carole Prietto
The Journey Of The Sisters Of Charity To St. Louis, 1828, Carole Prietto
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In 1828, four Sisters of Charity left Maryland to establish a new mission in the frontier city of St. Louis. For the first time, herein is the diary of one of the travelers in this remarkable and dangerous journey.
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
Cash For Clunkers: Did It Work Or Not?, Anthony Clark, Annette Najjar, Ralph Wiedner
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save Act of 2009 (CARS) was supposed to stimulate the American economy with incentives to trade in old gas-guzzling cars for new, more efficient ones. Three economists examine the impact of this program that came to be called “Cash for Clunkers” on the St. Charles County, Missouri, economy.
From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith
America’S First Interstate—The National Road And Its Reach Toward St. Clair County, Illinois, Andrew Theising
America’S First Interstate—The National Road And Its Reach Toward St. Clair County, Illinois, Andrew Theising
The Confluence (2009-2020)
The National Road was to span from Maryland to the Mississippi River, but never made it—in part due to a political battle over the location of the new Illinois state capital in the 1830s.
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St. Louis: Air Mail Pioneer, David Straight
St. Louis: Air Mail Pioneer, David Straight
The Confluence (2009-2020)
In the decades after the Wright Brothers launched their first plane at Kitty Hawk, St. Louis was an aviation hub. Within a decade after that flight, the first airmail left Kinloch Field in St. Louis, with people sending what they knew were historic letters.
How Natural Is Nature? The Effect Of Burning On Presettlement Vegetation In West-Central Illinois, Paul Kilburn, Richard C. Brugam
How Natural Is Nature? The Effect Of Burning On Presettlement Vegetation In West-Central Illinois, Paul Kilburn, Richard C. Brugam
The Confluence (2009-2020)
When the first Euroamericans arrived in North America, they thought they were seeing a “wilderness,” unaltered by human hands. However, they were actually seeing highly managed environments. Kilburn and Brugam examine the impact of the burning of forests and prairies by Native Americans on the plant species in west-central Illinois.
Book Review, W. Reed Smith, Norman C. Rotham, Pedro P. Geiger, Laina Farhat-Holzman
Book Review, W. Reed Smith, Norman C. Rotham, Pedro P. Geiger, Laina Farhat-Holzman
Comparative Civilizations Review
No abstract provided.
The Great Dane: Georg Brandes In America, Julie K. Allen
The Great Dane: Georg Brandes In America, Julie K. Allen
The Bridge
Although his name is not familiar to most 21st-century Americans, the Danish literary critic Georg Brandes (1842-1927) was the most internationally-renowned Danish intellectual of the early 19th century. Aspiring writers from half a dozen countries deluged him with manuscripts to review, while German, English, and American tourists in Copenhagen believed, as Brandes remarked in a letter to Asta Nielsen in October 1920, that “I belong to the sights of Copenhagen as much as the Round Tower.”