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Landscape, History And The Media: An Introduction, Christina E. Dando

Geography and Geology Faculty Publications

Writing from Nebraska’s eastern edge, my mind’s eye drawn to the Platte River (west and south of me), I consider landscape, history, and the media. The Oto called the river “Nebraskier” which means flat or shallow, giving us the name of the state.1 Early accounts describe the Platte as “a mile wide and an inch deep” and “too thick to drink, too thin to plow”; Washington Irving described it as “the most magnificent and useless of rivers” (Allin 1982, 1). But to dismiss this river is to judge too quickly. As the river gains momentum, growing in size, it is …

A Call To Redefine Historical Scholarship In The Digital Turn, Jason A. Heppler, Douglas Seefeldt, Alex Galarza

Criss Library Faculty Publications

This is a collaboratively-written call for the American Historical Association to appoint a task force to survey the profession as to the place of digital historical scholarship in promotion and tenure and graduate student training and to recommend standards and guidelines for the profession to follow. This document is a product of many of the exciting changes discussed below. It began at a session atTHATCamp AHA 2012 that included graduate students, tenured and non-tenured faculty, and librarians. These participants and others continued their conversations at the physical conference and afterwards on the web. Additional signatures and edits in the …

Tea Parties, Whigs, And Compromise: The Historical Roots Of U.S. Government-Business Relations, John R. Bartle

Public Administration Faculty Publications

This article reviews the politics of government-business relations in the US from 1776 to the present. It argues that two major political interests, the agrarian democrats and the nationalist Whigs, created the context for discussion of economic policy that continues today. At times, pragmatic compromises have resolved the differences between these interests. The lessons from this history are instructive for today, and suggest potentially viable policies and coalitions to address business issues.

Omaha Awareness Tours: The Near South Side, Center For Public Affairs Research (Cpar)

Publications

History and landmarks from the near south side of Omaha, Nebraska.

The Kingdom Of Afghanistan: A Historical Sketch, George Passman Tate

Books in English

An account of Afghanistan, the races, tribe and their relationship with their neighboring countries. The map of Afghanistan included in this book is intended as a key to the positions of the more important localities mentioned in the text and the country situation with its neighbors.

With The Kurram Field Force, 1878-79, James Andrew Sutherland Colquhoun

Books in English

Description of the Kurram Valley--Preparations for the Campaign--Advance of the force from the Peiwar Kotal--The action of the Peiwar Kotal, and events to 1st January 1879--Expedition to the Khost Valley, and events in January 1879--Preparations for the advance to Cabul

Afghanistan: A Short Account Of Afghanistan, Its History, And Our Dealings With It , Philip Francis Walker

Books in English

19th century history of Afghanistan and its foreign relations with Great Britain.

Survey Operations Of The Afghanistan Expedition: The Kurram Valley, Gerald Martin, Captain

Books in English

A narrative report of the proceedings of the survey party attached to the Kurram Valley field force. Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and monthly record of geography; No. 10 (October 1879), p. 617-645

The Kabul Insurrection Of 1841-42, Vincent Eyre

Books in English

Written by Major-General Sir Vincent Eyre, edited by Colonel G. B. Malleson.

Revised and corrected from Lieutenant Eyre's original manuscript. Previously published under title : The military operations at Cabul, which ended in the retreat and destruction of the British Army, January 1842.

History Of The Afghans , Joseph Pierre Ferrier, William Jesse

Books in English

Translation from the original unpublished French manuscript by Captain William Jesse. History of Afghanistan.