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Panellist Roundtable Discussion On A. Philip Randolph, Cynthia Taylor

Cynthia Taylor

American Urban History: A Living Canon. Or Is Anyone Listening?, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

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"Trapper And Mountain Man" Participant/Presenter At Annual “The Museum Comes To Life” Event, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

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Polish Immigrants And Chicago's Progressive Parks: Creating Public Space In The City, Dominic Pacyga

Dominic Pacyga

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Banking On Brownfields, Landfills, And History: Toxic Waste And Urban Renewal In Worcester, Massachusetts, 1986-Present, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

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Teaching Urban Studies, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

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Rummaging Through Worcester’S Industrial Ruins: Active Learning And Environmental History, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

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Hancock's War: Conflict On The Southern Plains, John Bowes

John P. Bowes

A review of the book "Hancock's War: Conflict on the Southern Plains," by William Y. Chalfant.

Uncommon Defense: Indian Allies In The Black Hawk War, John Bowes

John P. Bowes

The Black Hawk War has received an inordinate amount of attention over the years, most recently in Black Hawk: The battle for the Heart of America, by Kerry A. Trask (2006) and The Black Hawk War of 1832, by Patrick J. Jung (2007). Yet not until Uncommon Defense by John W. Hall has anyone closely examined the decisions made by the Menominees, Dakotas, Ho Chunks, and Potawatomis who allied with the forces of the United States in that conflict. In what is an accessible an enlightening study, Hall asserts that those Indian allies “were the true architects of an alliance …

To Whom God Has Spoken: American Women In Word And Spirit, 1700-The Present, Margaret Lowe

Margaret Lowe

Although scholars have begun to examine American women's religious history, few published collections of their actual words and creative expressions exist. The proposed volume, an edited, thematic collection of primary source documents will fill this gap. The book will demonstrate the contexts and textures of American women's spiritual authority in the past, including those who claimed to speak for "God" or another deity. Drawing on my expertise in gender history and well-honed archival skills, my project will identify, edit and annotate the most illuminating and representative among American women's diverse religious voices. A FLRG will provide start-up time for the …

The Battle Over The Flag: Protest, Community Opposition, And Silence In The Mennonite Colleges In Kansas During The Vietnam War, Robin Deich Ottoson

Robin Deich Ottoson

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Great Lakes Indian Accommodation And Resistance During The Early Reservation Years, 1850-1900, John Bowes

John P. Bowes

In his latest book, Great Lakes Indian Accommodation and Resistance, Edmund Jefferson Danziger presents a sound and straightforward argument. Through a series of chapters that cover reservation life, allotment, education policy, and missionary activity, the message is clear: American Indian residents of the Great Lakes region in the second half of the nineteenth century were active agents in their lives, not passive victims of federal government policies or settler invasions. It is an argument that noticeably reflects the critical developments of scholarship over the past several decades. And while some might debate the usefulness of such phrasing as accommodation versus …

Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, And Diplomats In The Founding Of America, John Bowes

John P. Bowes

The article reviews the book "Revolutionary Negotiations: Indians, Empires, and Diplomats in the Founding of America," by Leonard J. Sadosky.