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University Scholar Series: Danelle Moon, Danelle Moon Sep 2011

University Scholar Series: Danelle Moon, Danelle Moon

University Scholar Series

Daily Life of Women During the Civil Rights Era

On September 28, 2011, Danelle Moon spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Gerry Selter at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Danelle Moon is the Director of Special Collections & Archives, a Full Librarian, and Adjunct Professor of History at SJSU. In this seminar, she talks about her book, Daily Life of Women During the Civil Rights Era, which looks at the variety of women's experiences in promoting social justice and human rights into the United States from 1920 to the 1980s. It gives the audience a …


What The Progressives Had In Common, Glen Gendzel Jul 2011

What The Progressives Had In Common, Glen Gendzel

Faculty Publications, History

When Professor Benjamin Parke De Witt of New York University sat down to write the first history of the progressive movement in 1915, he promised “to give form and definiteness to a movement which is, in the minds of many, confused and chaotic.” Apparently it was a fool's errand, because confusion and chaos continued to plague historians of early twentieth-century reform long after Professor De Witt laid his pen to rest. The maddening variety of reform and reformers in the early twentieth century has perpetually confounded historians' efforts to identify what, if anything, the progressives had in common. Back in …


What The Progressives Had In Common, Glen Gendzel Jul 2011

What The Progressives Had In Common, Glen Gendzel

Glen Gendzel

When Professor Benjamin Parke De Witt of New York University sat down to write the first history of the progressive movement in 1915, he promised “to give form and definiteness to a movement which is, in the minds of many, confused and chaotic.” Apparently it was a fool's errand, because confusion and chaos continued to plague historians of early twentieth-century reform long after Professor De Witt laid his pen to rest. The maddening variety of reform and reformers in the early twentieth century has perpetually confounded historians' efforts to identify what, if anything, the progressives had in common. Back in …


University Scholar Series: Jonathan Roth, Jonathan P. Roth Apr 2011

University Scholar Series: Jonathan Roth, Jonathan P. Roth

University Scholar Series

Roman Warfare

On April 13, 2011 Jonathan Roth spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Provost Gerry Selter at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Jonathan Roth is a Professor in the History Department at SJSU. In this seminar, he examines the evolution of Roman war over its thousand-year history. He highlights the changing arms and equipment of the soldiers, unit organization and command structure, and the wars and battles of each era.


Spartan Salute, Vol. V, Jonathan Roth Apr 2011

Spartan Salute, Vol. V, Jonathan Roth

Spartan Salute (Burdick Military History)

No abstract provided.


America's Turning Point, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Apr 2011

America's Turning Point, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Question Of Slavery, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Apr 2011

The Question Of Slavery, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


The Seduction Of Brazil: The Americanization Of Brazil During World War Ii, Michael Conniff Apr 2011

The Seduction Of Brazil: The Americanization Of Brazil During World War Ii, Michael Conniff

Faculty Publications, History

A review of Antonio Pedro Tota. The Seduction of Brazil: The Americanization of Brazil during World War II. Translated by Lorena B. Ellis. Foreword by Daniel J. Greenberg. (LLILAS Translations from Latin America Series.) Austin: University of Texas Press. 2009. Pp. xxi, 159. $55.00.


The Question Of Slavery, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel Apr 2011

The Question Of Slavery, Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel

No abstract provided.


Naccs 38th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies Mar 2011

Naccs 38th Annual Conference, National Association For Chicana And Chicano Studies

NACCS Conference Programs

Sites of Education for Social Justice
March 30-April 2, 2011
The Westin Pasadena


The Significance Of The Erosion Of The Prohibition Against Metabasis To The Success And Legacy Of The Copernican Revolution, Jason Aleksander Jan 2011

The Significance Of The Erosion Of The Prohibition Against Metabasis To The Success And Legacy Of The Copernican Revolution, Jason Aleksander

Faculty Publications

Although one would not wish to classify Copernicus’ own intentions as belonging to the late-medieval and Renaissance tradition of nominalist philosophy, if we are to turn our consideration to what was responsible for the eventual success of the Copernican Revolution, we must also attend to other features of the dialectical context in relation to which the views of Copernicus and his followers were articulated, interpreted, and evaluated. Accordingly, this paper discusses the significance of the erosion of the Aristotelian prohibition against metabasis to the eventual success of the Copernican Revolution.