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Full-Text Articles in History
History Of Mathematics, An Intuitive Approach, Alejandro R. Garciadiego
History Of Mathematics, An Intuitive Approach, Alejandro R. Garciadiego
Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal
The main goal of this essay is to discuss, informally, an intuitive approach to the history of mathematics as an academic discipline. The initial point of departure includes the analysis of some traditional definitions of the concept of 'history' taken from standard dictionaries. This concise dissection attempts to suggest the complexity of the discipline.
Review: Leonard N. Rosenband, Papermaking In Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, And Revolution At The Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805 (Baltimore, 2000), Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Reviewed work: Leonard N. Rosenband. Papermaking in Eighteenth-Century France: Management, Labor, and Revolution at the Montgolfier Mill, 1761-1805. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. Pp. xv+210. $39.95.
Review: Richard F. Wetzell, Inventing The Criminal: A History Of German Criminology, 1880-1945 (Chapel Hill And London, 2000), Andre Wakefield
Review: Richard F. Wetzell, Inventing The Criminal: A History Of German Criminology, 1880-1945 (Chapel Hill And London, 2000), Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Reviewed work: Richard F. Wetzell. Inventing the Criminal: A History of German Criminology, 1880–1945. (Studies in Legal History.) xvi + 348 pp., bibl., index. Chapel Hill/London: University of North Carolina Press, 2000. $39.95.
Review: Wilfried Schroeder, Ed., Vom Wunderzeichen Zum Naturobjekt (Bremen, 2001), Andre Wakefield
Review: Wilfried Schroeder, Ed., Vom Wunderzeichen Zum Naturobjekt (Bremen, 2001), Andre Wakefield
Pitzer Faculty Publications and Research
Reviewed work: Wilfried Schröder, ed. Von Wunderzeichen zum Naturobject: Fallstudie (Changes in the Interpretation of the Aurora of March 17, 1716). 2001. Science edition, Potsdam and Bremen. 96 p. Softcover, $20.00.
Harvey Mudd College : The Third Decade Plus, 1976-1988, D. Kenneth Baker
Harvey Mudd College : The Third Decade Plus, 1976-1988, D. Kenneth Baker
All HMC Faculty Books
Kenneth Baker, second president of Harvey Mudd College, describes events at Harvey Mudd College during his tenure from 1976 to 1988.
Dance In Iran, Anthony Shay
Dance In Iran, Anthony Shay
Pomona Faculty Publications and Research
Two basic types of dance are performed in this Iranian cultural sphere, and in the Middle East generally. The first is regional folk dancing, most often (but not exclusively) performed in groups. The second is solo improvised dance (sometimes referred to as majilesi 'social' or 'party'). This second form often evokes a strongly negative reaction, reflected, now as in the past, in attempts to ban public performances of solo improvised dance and to marginalize professional performers. People in this area of the world sometimes seem to have what I call a "choreophobic" mentality; yet the same people who might condemn …
History At The Madrasas, Nita Kumar
History At The Madrasas, Nita Kumar
CMC Faculty Publications and Research
Madrasas: In the archival records of the British colonial state, as well as in the private records of members of the Indian intelligentsia, the indigenous school of North India is referred to by the generic term 'madrasa'. There is no exclusive implication of this institution as Islamic. This is close to the literal meaning of 'madrasa' which is 'the place of dars': dars being teaching, instruction, a lesson, or lecture.
Through Assyria's Eyes: Israel's Relationship With Judah, Tammi J. Schneider
Through Assyria's Eyes: Israel's Relationship With Judah, Tammi J. Schneider
CGU Faculty Publications and Research
The goal of the Bible was not to record history, and the text does not shy away from theological explanations for events. Given this problematic relationship between sacred interpretation and historical accuracy, historians welcomed the discovery of ancient Assyrian cuneiform documents that refer to people and places mentioned in the Bible. Discovered in the 19th century, these historical records are now being used by scholars to corroborate and augment the biblical text, especially the Bible’s “historical books” of Kings. This field for comparison complements the recent trend among biblical scholars of using new interpretative methodologies and archaeology to question some …