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Challenges Documenting Early Era Regional Leaders, Danelle L. Moon
Challenges Documenting Early Era Regional Leaders, Danelle L. Moon
Danelle L. Moon
No abstract provided.
What’S So Special About Women’S History; Next Steps Facing Historians And Archivist Documenting Regional Women’S History, Danelle L. Moon
What’S So Special About Women’S History; Next Steps Facing Historians And Archivist Documenting Regional Women’S History, Danelle L. Moon
Danelle L. Moon
No abstract provided.
The Enigma Of Mayan Hieroglyphs, Russell M. Franks
The Enigma Of Mayan Hieroglyphs, Russell M. Franks
Russell M. Franks
Much of the confusion in deciphering Mayan hieroglyphs that has occurred over the centuries can be traced directly to Bishop de Landa. Landa is infamous for his religious persecution of the Maya peoples, and beginning in 1562, the systematic destruction of their birch-bark books. It wasn't until 1922 that the Russian linguist Yuri Knorozov made the breakthrough analysis that the glyphs stood for sounds and not symbols.
The Murderous Insanity Of Love: Sex, Madness, And The Law In The 19th Century, Russell M. Franks
The Murderous Insanity Of Love: Sex, Madness, And The Law In The 19th Century, Russell M. Franks
Russell M. Franks
The late 19th century was a time of dynamic change for the United States. High ideals, progressive reform movements, accelerated industrial expansion, explosive immigration rates, and an increase in urban growth all characterized the Gilded Age of America.
This paper will examine the factors and social conditions that revolutionized how abnormal sexual and gender behavior was interpreted as insanity in and out of the courtroom during this Gilded Age.