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Full-Text Articles in History
Red Tide Rising: Fears From The 1950s Haunt Obama In 2012, Todd Shallat
Red Tide Rising: Fears From The 1950s Haunt Obama In 2012, Todd Shallat
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
On August 20, 1952 over the cheers of 19,000 people at the foot of the Idaho Statehouse steps, Republican presidential nominee Dwight Eisenhower tarred the party of Harry Truman with an attack that haunts Democrats to this day.
The Obama Effect: A Radical Rorschach Test, Jill Gill
The Obama Effect: A Radical Rorschach Test, Jill Gill
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Watching Barack Obama’s presidential victory in November 2008, nearly every observer seemed to grasp the historic importance of the moment. Our nation, born amid ideals of human equality while economically tethered to black slavery—and then for a century more to federally-condoned, nationwide discrimination—had just elected its first black commander in chief. Clearly, America had taken another huge stride toward living out the meaning of its creed. After all, Obama unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton in very white states like Idaho and Iowa to win his party’s nomination. Then he picked up some unlikely victories within the former Confederacy, namely Virginia, Florida …
The Cyprus Crisis And The Southern Flank Of Nato (1960-1975), Tamer Balci
The Cyprus Crisis And The Southern Flank Of Nato (1960-1975), Tamer Balci
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Independence of Cyprus in 1960 ended neither the Greek demand to annex the island to Greece, nor the Turkish demand to divide the island along the ethnic lines. This paper analyzes the policies of major actors on the Cyprus problem in its crucial years from 1960 to 1975. An overall examination of the British, Turkish, Greek, American and the Soviet policies on Cyprus along with the policies of the Turkish and Greek Cypriots in this period reveals that all sides except Greece developed alternative policies and proposals to solve the problem. Greece was the only side that did not abandon …
Ida B. Wells-Barnett And The Carceral State, Patricia A. Schechter
Ida B. Wells-Barnett And The Carceral State, Patricia A. Schechter
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
My remarks today are entitled "Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Carceral State." I want to focus on the carceral state—that is, the government functions of 'confining, surveillance and punishment'—in order to engage with some recent scholarship on race, policing, and imprisonment in the United States. These are topics that Wells-Barnett had a great deal to say about hundred years ago, especially as related to lynching. I’d like to suggest that her work in prison reform, probation work, and advocacy for inmates back in the progressive era connects to the contemporary crisis around race and mass incarceration in important ways.
The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries Of Land Use, Society, And Change In America's Forests, William L. Lang
The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries Of Land Use, Society, And Change In America's Forests, William L. Lang
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
A review of the book "The Lumberman's Frontier: Three Centuries of Land Use, Society, and Change in America's Forests," by Thomas R. Cox is presented.
"I Nevertheless Am A Historian": Digital Historical Practice And Malpractice Around Black Confederate Soldiers, Leslie Madsen-Brooks
"I Nevertheless Am A Historian": Digital Historical Practice And Malpractice Around Black Confederate Soldiers, Leslie Madsen-Brooks
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
I have a good deal of interest in how members of the public who are not academically trained historians "do history." For me, then, "public history" does not mean just projects, programs, and exhibits created by professional historians for the public, but rather the very broad and complex intersection of "the public" with historical practice. Provision those occupying this intersection with freely available digital tools and platforms, and things become interesting quickly. Because setting up a blog, wiki, or discussion forum means only a few mouse clicks, and archival resources are increasingly digitized, we are seeing a burgeoning of sites …
Neither Single Nor Alone: Elizabeth Cellier, Catholic Community, And Transformations Of Catholic Women’S Piety, Lisa Mcclain
Neither Single Nor Alone: Elizabeth Cellier, Catholic Community, And Transformations Of Catholic Women’S Piety, Lisa Mcclain
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
Catholic midwife Elizabeth Cellier wrote during the volatile decade between the Popish Plot and the Glorious Revolution. Her writings treat subjects as diverse as the torture of Catholic prisoners in London jails, Presbyterian plots against the monarchy, and the incorporation of female midwives to form a college and run a foundling hospital in London. Though Cellier was widely vilified by critics for her faith, this article explores Cellier through the lens of her own understanding of Catholicism. Cellier’s writings reveal how she participated in several well-established Catholic networks that provided her with the means to practice her faith and share …
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals And The Making Of Modern America, William L. Lang
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals And The Making Of Modern America, William L. Lang
History Faculty Publications and Presentations
A review of the book "Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America," by Richard White is presented.