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Places, Protests And Memorabilia - The Labour Heritage Register Of New South Wales, Terry Irving, Lucy Taksa

Terence H Irving, Dr (Terry)

A guide to collections and sites of labour heritage in New South Wales. It contains three data bases: (i) labour memorabilia; (ii) sites of working class leisure, housing and work; (iii) labour precincts in Sydney, its suburbs and the main towns of NSW. The precincts database was constructed through a systematic search of documentary sources between 1890 and 1980 so that it can reveal the changing contours of the precinct over time.

Radio Interview, Wluw, December 2002 Part 2

David B. Dennis

Radio Interview, Wluw, December 2002, Part 1, David B. Dennis

David B. Dennis

Blues Man On A Mojo Mission, Stephen Asma

Stephen T Asma

Presents an article on rhythm and blues music in the U.S. Non-sponsorship of actual blues music in the House of Blues; Information on Mississippi bluesman Robert Johnson; Insights on using charms and amulets to improve guitar skills.

Translating Taste In The French Editions Of Platina’S De Honesta Voluptate Et Valetudine, Timothy Tomasik

Timothy J. Tomasik

No abstract provided.

Miyamoto Yuriko And The Soviet Propaganda, George T. Sipos

George T. Sipos

No abstract provided.

American Women And The Great War, Lynn Dumenil

Lynn Dumenil

Provides information on the idealized images of women during World War I. Features the use of posters and propaganda during the war. Focuses on voluntary activities in which women participated, the fight for women's suffrage during the war, and the effect of the war on women working. Includes poster reproductions. (CMK)

Olympic Masculinity: An Analysis Of Canadian Newspapers During The 1976, 1988, And 2000 Olympic Games, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

1848 In 1998: The Politics Of Commemoration In Hungary, Romania, And Slovakia, Rogers Brubaker, Margit Feischmidt

Rogers Brubaker

No abstract provided.

Social Discipline In Scotland, 1560-1610, Michael Graham

Michael F. Graham

This volume is an excellent introduction to Calvinist morals’ control in sixteenth-century Geneva, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Scotland. The Calvinists were typically seen as stricter than Lutherans, Catholics, or Anglicans—and in some ways as strict as groups associated with the Radical Reformation. The six case studies presented here are based largely on archival research. They explore the Calvinist endeavor to set high standards of behavior and to enforce them through the consistory.

Rosebloom And Pure White, Or So It Seemed, Mary Niall Mitchell

Mary Niall Mitchell

No abstract provided.

Faculty Diversity, Kyle Scafide, Barbara Johnson

Kyle Scafide

This article presents a broad view of issues related to faculty diversity. Headings include Demographics, The Growth of Faculty Diversity as an Ideal, and Barriers in the Academic Workplace. Race, ethnicity, and gender are the most common characteristics that institutions observe in order to measure faculty diversity. An even broader approach to faculty diversity involves age, socioeconomic background, national origin, sexual orientation, and diverse learning styles and opinions. Until the latter part of the twentieth century, the professoriate in the western world was composed almost exclusively of privileged, heterosexual males of Caucasian descent. Higher education institutions are generally concerned with …

Bodies Without Borders? Fernand Léger's Divers, Marseilles, 1940, Maureen Shanahan

Maureen G. Shanahan

No abstract provided.

Unresolved Problems In The Indonesian Killings Of 1965-1966, Robert Cribb

Robert Cribb

No abstract provided.

“Bagger And Will: Mysticism In The Legend Of Bagger Vance, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

Adverse Juvenile Sex Ratio In Kerala By Vibhuti Patel, Professor Vibhuti Patel

Professor Vibhuti Patel

Census 2001 has revealed a deterioration in the juvenile malefemale sex ratio in Kerala. Hospital birth records can help establish sex ratios at birth and thus the prevalence of female foeticide. However, civil society and the state will need to pitch in to check the misuse of technology for female foeticide in Kerala

Moaning, Shoveling And Reeling: An Analysis And Synthesis Of Early 20th Century Canadian Sporting Journalism, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

The Devil In Confederate New Orleans: Baron Ludwig Von Reizenstein's Second Novel With A Translation Of Wie Der Teufel In New Orleans Ist (1861), Steven W. Rowan

Steven Rowan

No abstract provided.

The Devil In Confederate New Orleans: Baron Ludwig Von Reizenstein's Second Novel With A Translation Of Wie Der Teufel In New Orleans Ist (1861), Steven Rowan Ph.D.

Steven Rowan

Kit Carson And The “Americanization” Of New Mexico, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

This article appeared as a lead article in the New Mexico Historical Review, 77:2 (Spring 2002), and as one of a dozen biographies in Richard W. Etulain's New Mexico Lives: Profiles and Historical Stories (2002). Carson's contemporary fame, and his mythical and historical legacies offer a great deal of material that helps readers understand not only Kit Carson's real life, but the Santa Fe Trade, fur traders and Indian-White relations, and Anglo-Hispanic relations during the decades spanning 1820 and 1870. For a sample, see the following introductory paragraph: Dateline: Fort Lyon, Colorado Territory, May 1868 Kit Carson, the mountain man, …

X-Ray Of The Market: (En)Gendering Public Space In The Revolutionary City, Ageeth Sluis

Ageeth Sluis

No abstract provided.

The Rule Of Law: A Reassessment For The Twenty-First Century, Noel B. Reynolds

Noel B Reynolds

This brief radio address attempts to explain the origins of American liberty and to assess its health at the beginning of the 21st century. The notion of rule of law and the emerging science of constitutionalism enabled America’s founding generation to establish a system of political liberty that continues to stand as a model for all human societies to pursue.

Crossing The Boundary Between Academia And Neighborhood: Steel Mills, Stockyards, Bungalows, And The Public Historian, Dominic Pacyga

Dominic Pacyga

No abstract provided.

The Murder Of Alvin Palmer: Polish Americans, Assimilation, Juvenile Delinquency, And Racial Violence In 1950s Chicago, Dominic Pacyga

Dominic Pacyga

No abstract provided.

Review: Rossana Bossaglia, L’Arte Nella Cultura Italiana Del Novecento, Marla Stone

Marla Stone

No abstract provided.

The Last Film Festival: The Venice Biennale Goes To War, Marla Stone

Marla Stone

No abstract provided.

The Battle For Shared Governance: The Birth Of The Northern Michigan University Chapter Of The American Association Of University Professors, 1967-1976, Marcus Robyns

Marcus C. Robyns CA

This article reviews the history of the formation of the NMU-AAUP and argues that collective bargaining brought real and effective shared governance to Northern Michigan University.

New Oxford Review, Lawrence Porter

Rev. Lawrence B. Porter, Ph.D

No abstract provided.

Quarrington’S Hockey Schtick: A Literary Analysis, Don Morrow

Donald Morrow

No abstract provided.

Apostle Of Cleanliness: Colonel George E. Waring, Jr. And The Sanitary Reform Impulse In New York City, Steven Corey

Steven H. Corey

No abstract provided.