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Privilege And Property: Essays On The History Of Copyright, Ronan Deazley, Martin Kretschmer, Lionel Bently

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

Includes sixteen essays on the origins of copyright.

First paragraph:

What is Copyright History?

History has normative force. There was no history of colonialism, gender, fashion or crime until there were contemporary demands to explain and justify certain values. During much of the twentieth century, ‘copyright’ history (the history of legal, particularly proprietary, mechanisms for the regulation of the reproduction and distribution of cultural products – as opposed to the history of art, literature, music, or the history of publishers and art-sellers) was not thought of as a coherent, or even necessary field of inquiry. It was a pursuit of …

Building Citizens Or Building Nations? Alternative Visions For Learning History In Germany And The United States: The Geschichtswettbewerb Des Bundespraesidenten And National History Day, 1974-1984, Crystal Johnson

Master's Theses

The German philanthropist Kurt Körber and the American historian David Van Tassel envisioned a future where students engaged in discovering the sources and interpreting the past for themselves rather than reciting facts filtered by a textbook or teacher. Their ideas developed into two strikingly similar programs: the Geschichtswettbewerb des Bundespräsidenten and National History Day. These endeavors became models for similar efforts in many other countries. This comparative history argues that such programs offer provocative insights into the civic nature and purpose of history education. Inquiry learning and enhanced access to sources gave students opportunities to ask their own questions of …

Rhythms Of Rebellion: Artists Creating Dangerously For Social Change, Susan J. Erenrich

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

On December 14, 1957, after winning the Nobel Prize for literature, Albert Camus challenged artists attending a lecture at the University of Uppsala in Sweden to create dangerously. Even though Camus never defined what he meant by his charge, throughout history, artists involved in movements of protest, resistance, and liberation have answered Camus’ call. Quite often, the consequences were costly, resulting in imprisonment, censorship, torture, and death. This dissertation examines the question of what it means to create dangerously by using Camus’ challenge to artists as a starting point. The study then turns its attention to two artists, Augusto Boal …

Unbound By Law: Association And Autonomy In The Early American Republic, Kevin Butterfield

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

This dissertation examines how the concept of voluntary membership evolved between the 1780s and the 1830s, a period in which men and women created thousands of groups seeking everything from fraternity to profit to social reform. Before observers foreign and domestic would begin to identify the voluntary association as a defining characteristic of post-Revolutionary American culture, Americans who organized and joined such groups had struggled for decades to determine what membership ought to look like, what rights and duties the act of joining should entail. By the time Alexis de Tocqueville famously noted in 1831 that Americans were "forever forming …

Eugenic Sterilization In 20th Century Georgia: From Progressive Utilitarianism To Individual Rights, Stephen Michael Smith

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The science of human breeding, known as eugenics, flourished in America in the first half of the 20th century. The movement's chief proponents included wealthy philanthropists, politicians, doctors, and young middle-class reformers. Sterilization for the purposes of removing defective genes from society was a critical part of the eugenics movement. Progressive reformers used eugenic doctrines combined with utilitarian political philosophy to divest individuals of the natural right to procreation. Involuntary sterilization legislation spread throughout the United States after the 1927 Buck v. Bell Supreme Court decision that gave judicial approval to involuntary sterilization, regardless of due process and equal protection …

"The Coming Man From Canton": Chinese Experience In Montana (1862-1943), Christopher William Merritt

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

The Chinese immigrants who came to Montana during the 19th and 20th centuries forged a new community. The goals of this dissertation were to create a historical and archaeological context for Chinese Experience in Montana, and to frame the interpretation of these results within a social organization framework that highlights the role of Overseas Chinese voluntary organizations such as secret societies. Archaeologists and historians have studied the Chinese in Montana for a little over two decades, though nothing comprehensive has ever been attempted to sew together the various investigations. In addition, there has been no attempt to inventory all the …

Determining Attitudes Of Middle School History Teachers Toward Integrating Contextual Learning Projects Into The Core Curriculum, Amanda Roberts

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to determine the attitudes of middle school history teachers toward integration of contextual learning activities into their academic curriculum to enhance student learning.

Nineteen Years In The Wilderness : A Study Of Fur Trader Daniel Williams Harmon And His Responses To The Landscapes Of The Western Canadian Interior, Jean M. Trenbeath

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Gender Role Stereotypes In Children's Literature : A Content Analysis Of Award Winning Children's Books, Mary A. Woinarowicz

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Variables In Oral History, Lise M. Steinhauer

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study examines six oral history projects that were conducted over fifty years in Palm Beach County, Florida. The projects recorded the history of African American neighborhoods in Delray Beach and Boca Raton; individual lives in their place and times; the pioneer and Flagler eras in Palm Beach and West Palm Beach; and people, places, and events chosen by oral history students at Florida Atlantic University. As with oral histories generally, those studied inherently contain numerous variables concerning their (1) historical context, (2) format, and (3) participants, which clearly affect the outcome of recorded interviews and their written representations. Among …

Fritz Kuhn, The American Fuehrer And The Rise And Fall Of The German-American Bund, Eliot A. Kopp

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

It is not generally known that a pro-Nazi organization, the German-American Bund, held sway among certain segments of American society during the 1920s and 1930s. The organization achieved its greatest successes after the self-proclaimed "American Fuehrer," Fritz Julius Kuhn, took up the reigns of leadership in 1936. Under Kuhn's leadership, the Bund saw a dramatic increase in its membership rolls; it is estimated that over 25,000 dues-paying members belonged to this first-ever National Socialist organization created outside the environs of Nazi Germany. This thesis explores reasons why this blatantly pro-Nazi organization thrived in the bastion of democracy. While most historians …

Giving Voice To Historical Trauma Through Storytelling, Barbara K. Charbonneau-Dahlen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Objectives: This study documented events contributing to historical trauma among American Indian mission boarding school survivors, described residual effects of that trauma, and verified the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel model as a culturally appropriate tool that enhanced storytelling. Research Design and Methods: Nine women from two Upper Plains tribes were located through snowball sampling and participant referrals. A descriptive exploratory qualitative approach facilitated them in relating their survival stories. Seven were tape-recorded and two were hand-written on the Dream Catcher-Medicine Wheel, a model specifically designed for this study; this, combined with traditional spiritual grounding ceremonies, enhanced perspective for researcher and participants …

Power Of Memory, Tajana. Bjellos

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis provides a rhetorical analysis of the Western representation of the Kosovo conflict and its resolution in the year 1999. By reviewing political, scholarly and media rhetoric, the thesis examines how the dominant narrative of "genocide in Kosovo" was created in Western discourse, arguing that it gained its persuasive force from the legacy of the collective memory of the Holocaust. Using the framework of Kenneth Burke's theory of Dramatism and Walter Fisher's theory of the narrative paradigm, this thesis aims to understand how language, analogy and collective memory function in rhetoric to shape audience perceptions and guide political and …

Vision Of Theophilus, Fatin Morris Guirguis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study is a literary and ethnographic examination of The Vision of Theophilus, a fourth century Coptic narrative, as influential counter-narrative and source of counterdiscourse against the narrative created by the historically dominant Egyptian Arab Muslim state. It shows that The Vision has provided the Copts with the means to articulate their identity as different from their oppressors through its function as a repository of Coptic ideology, history and knowledge. Specifically, it has helped them resist the erosion of those aspects of their cultural identity targeted by colonial practices through its promotion of the Coptic language, pride in Coptic history, …

Catholic Student Protest And Campus Change At Loyola University In New Orleans, 1964-1971, Robert Lorenz

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This study analyzes the development of the student protest movement at Loyola University New Orleans from1964 to 1971. It focuses on student protests against racial discrimination and the Vietnam War, student agitation for greater freedom on campus, and battles that Loyola's faculty had with the university administration. This study argues that Loyola's student protesters were acting as Catholics against situations they believed were immoral and unjust. In this sense, they were ahead of the Jesuit clergy at Loyola, who took action only after student protest on those issues. Indeed, student protest filled a void of moral leadership that the Jesuit …

The Albany Movement And The Limits Of Nonviolent Protest In Albany, Georgia, 1961-1962, Brendan Kevin Nelligan

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

This thesis argues that the failure of the Albany Movement to force desegregation and gain concessions from the white establishment resulted from the use of a deeply flawed nonviolent protest model that required vast public dedication. The absence of this dedication led directly to the defeat of the Albany Movement in 1962. Further, the paper demonstrates that King and the SCLC implemented the same defective strategy in Birmingham a year later, very nearly leading to the failure of what Americans commonly see as a victory for the Civil Rights movement. Failing to study and truly understand the events in Albany …

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: The "Mirror" reflects controversial image -- Sacred Heart rolls out the red carpet -- Chapel inspires new winter traditions -- SHU celebrates the holiday season -- Cernera re-elected second time as president of IFCU -- Obama plans to send 30,000 troops to Afghanistan -- The key to surviving finals stress free -- Students abroad return with more than just souvenirs -- Farewell to our graduating seniors, a few last words -- Some SHU students won't be home for the holidays -- Holiday season provides temporary increase in available jobs -- SHU welcomes all faiths -- Be greener than …

The Pacifican December 3, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

A Columnist's View Of Capitol Square: Ohio Politics And Government, 1969-2005, Lee Leonard

University of Akron Press Publications

This carefully-selected collection brings together his columns about the major figures, seminal events, and legends from 1969 through 2005. Leonard, the man with no agenda but the truth, covers campaigns and national political conventions, including the famous Democratic primary battles between John Glenn and Howard Metzenbaum in the 1970s. Fully described is the era of the four-term Governor James A. Rhodes, who controlled the Ohio Republican Party for two decades. Among the cast of characters are colorful lobbyist, Tom Dudgeon, who described the legislative process as “The Dance of the Stomping Buzzards,” state Senator Oakley Collins, a southern Ohioan who …

The Pacifican November 19, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 9, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: 'Nothing Lasts Forever' -- Mycoskie: A walk in someone elses shoes -- Junior Allegra DeVita to star in opera 'Alcina' -- Hopes for parking garage diminished -- So you think you can't dance? -- The GRE's: ruining lives, wasting time -- No meat, but wheat? Hardships of a vegan -- The price of high tuition -- Ryan-Matura who? -- He Said / She Said -- Rihanna speaks out about domestic abuse -- 'Boondock Saints' sequel satisfies ten years later -- Latino comedian spices up the late-night lineup -- DVR: Busy students' best friend or neglected technology? -- Duhamel's …

The Pacifican November 12, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 8, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Homecoming reunites old friends and classmates -- 11 people killed and 29 injured at Fort Hood Military Base -- Students and faculty jailed and bailed -- New program aids teachers in Holocaust education -- Art gallery celebrates 20th anniversary -- Student senate looks to gain student attention -- Entrepreneur makes a difference worldwide -- Jail N' Bail: A great event for a great cause -- Jury duty: to postpone or not to postpone? -- Soo... how 'bout them Yankees in the World Series? -- Reality TV proves to be student's guilty pleasure -- He Said / She Said …

The Pacifican November 5, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Historians And The Many Lyndon Johnsons: A Review Essay, Kent B. Germany

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Islamist Distortions: Hizb Ut- Tahrir A Breeding Ground For Al- Qaida Recruitment, Krishna Mungur

Journal of Strategic Security

In 1953, a radical splinter organization from the Muslim Brotherhood,Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT), was founded by the Al-Azhar University (Cairo,Egypt) educated jurist Sheikh Taqiuddin an-Nabhani who criticized theMuslim Brotherhood for collaborating with Egyptian secularists, such as Gamal Abdel Nasser. A sizable portion of the more radical members of the Muslim Brotherhood broke away, to join Nabhani's budding movement. Today, HuT is known to operate in more than forty countries, calling for the restoration of the Islamic Caliphate, with a history of violence and links to violent terrorist organizations. Given increasing tensions in the region over the presence of coalition troops, Predator …

The Pacifican October 29, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Students busted for underage drinking at Bravo -- Former Steelers Coach Cowher speaks -- Red light in front of Sacred Heart may hold up more than just traffic -- Stratford Cat Project Emergency Fundraiser -- Nursing students make effort to heal Jamaica -- Public Safety hosts Jail N' Bail to help Special Olympics -- Halloween: 5 reasons its the greatest holiday -- Women get 'strike fit' in order to strike back -- Advertising campaigns use 'sex sells' as marketing strategy -- 'Howwwwwl'oween: Not just for humans -- He Said / She Said -- 'Paranormal' movie gives suspense upon …

The Pacifican October 22, 2009, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 5, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Spirit groups perform on red carpet in NYC -- Families gather together at SHU -- Ira Joe Fisher lecture 'joins the conversation' -- Lights, camera, action, T.A.P.? -- SHU terminates test scores for admission -- Steelers' former coach comes to Sacred Heart -- Obama awarded Nobel Peace Prize -- Pet peeves, Liz's skeeves -- October: think black, orange, and...pink? -- Students choice: Weighing in on professors and classes -- He Said / She Said -- 'Let the wild rumpus start' -- Late-night host admits to scandal -- Get Reel: Movie review of the week -- Jon and Kate's …