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Competing Visions: Political Constructions Of Memory After World War I, 1919-1936, Scott R. St. Louis Dec 2014

Competing Visions: Political Constructions Of Memory After World War I, 1919-1936, Scott R. St. Louis

Grand Valley Journal of History

This paper argues that officials at the Paris Peace Conference, in the White House, and in the U.S. Congress strove for the realization of competing visions for the international order following World War I, and thus were required to construct their own interpretations of how the conflict should be remembered and what must be learned from it. A pervasive sense of victors’ justice dominated the proceedings in Paris, leading to the creation of a settlement which would find lasting support from neither European nor American decision makers. The dubious postwar arrangements made at Versailles would contribute to the resurgence of …


Art As Political Struggle: George Grosz And The Experience Of The Great War, Jeff Michael Ocwieja Dec 2014

Art As Political Struggle: George Grosz And The Experience Of The Great War, Jeff Michael Ocwieja

Grand Valley Journal of History

The Great War was a highly traumatic event that rocked the Western world and beyond and had a tremendous effect on the professional lives of those who served in the conflict. Included among those profoundly changed by the experience of the war was George Grosz, whose art grew increasingly subversive in light of the horrors of what he had seen both on the battlefield and in the tumultuous political atmosphere of post-war Germany. This article uses the individual experience of Grosz to speak more generally about the German experience during and after the conflict, particularly through engagement with artist's illustrations …


Accidental Agent Of Change: George Ticknor's Study Abroad In 1815 Germany, Leslie Bohon Nov 2014

Accidental Agent Of Change: George Ticknor's Study Abroad In 1815 Germany, Leslie Bohon

The William & Mary Educational Review

The historian Herbst (1965) posited that “scholarship . . . like most human endeavors, [is] given [its] distinguishing character by the specific time and place in which [it is] pursued” (p. vii). The distinguishing character of U.S. higher education at the turn of the nineteenth century was transition. Indeed, in the early 1800s, U.S. educators were struggling to determine the future of higher education in the United States, igniting discussions and disagreements concerning everything from the purpose of education, to curriculum and pedagogy, and to student life (Herbst, 1965). Yet, answers did not appear to be forthcoming from within the …


End Matter Nov 2014

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Two Troubled Souls: An Eighteenthcentury Couple's Spiritual Journey In The Atlantic World, Travis Jaquess Nov 2014

Book Review: Two Troubled Souls: An Eighteenthcentury Couple's Spiritual Journey In The Atlantic World, Travis Jaquess

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Henry Wirz And The Tragedy Of Andersonville: A Question Of Responsibility, Albert Winkler Nov 2014

Henry Wirz And The Tragedy Of Andersonville: A Question Of Responsibility, Albert Winkler

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The Civil War is still regarded as the most devastating conflict in the history of the United States. Military operations , largely as an outcome of Union policies, laid waste to huge sections of the country, including the virtual destruction of several states including Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, Georgia, and South Carolina. 1 This caused much suffering among the innocent, the weak, and many other noncombatants. The number of civilians who lost their lives directly or indirectly from the war is difficult to calculate accurately, but the finally tally would have to be in the tens of thousands.


Book Review: Fighting Under The British Banner. The Swiss Regiments De Watteville And De Meuron On The Fronts Of The Niagara And Montreal, Leo Schelbert Nov 2014

Book Review: Fighting Under The British Banner. The Swiss Regiments De Watteville And De Meuron On The Fronts Of The Niagara And Montreal, Leo Schelbert

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review: Early History Of The Southwest Through The Eyes Of German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries, Charles R. Gallagher, S.J. Nov 2014

Book Review: Early History Of The Southwest Through The Eyes Of German-Speaking Jesuit Missionaries, Charles R. Gallagher, S.J.

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Nov 2014

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Nov 2014

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review: L' Academie De Lausanne Entre Humanisme Et Reforme (Ca. 1537-1560), Michael W. Bruening Nov 2014

Book Review: L' Academie De Lausanne Entre Humanisme Et Reforme (Ca. 1537-1560), Michael W. Bruening

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Incontinentia, Licentia Et Libido: The Juxtaposition Of Morality And Sexuality During The Roman Republic, Robert Sharp Oct 2014

Incontinentia, Licentia Et Libido: The Juxtaposition Of Morality And Sexuality During The Roman Republic, Robert Sharp

James Madison Undergraduate Research Journal (JMURJ)

Sex and sexuality are important elements of the human experience but are surrounded by various taboos. Roman sexuality has traditionally been viewed in a modern context as being licentious and obscene in nature, and seemingly incongruous with the elements of propriety that are expected in an honor-shame culture. What would be considered to be moral, immoral, or obscene in a modern context would not apply to the Romans as we would understand it in a modern context. This paper examines Roman sexuality during the Republic period (509 - 27 BCE) and how they can seemingly exist alongside what can be …


Toward A United Ireland? The Northern Ireland Peace Process And The Devolution Of Powers From London To Belfast, Matthew G. Rooks Sep 2014

Toward A United Ireland? The Northern Ireland Peace Process And The Devolution Of Powers From London To Belfast, Matthew G. Rooks

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.


Disraeli, Gladstone, And The Reform Act Of 1867, Justin Vossen Aug 2014

Disraeli, Gladstone, And The Reform Act Of 1867, Justin Vossen

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

This research project investigated the rivalry between William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli, and how that rivalry resulted in the Reform Act of 1867. The competition between these two over expansion of the franchise led to a more radical reform than expected. Gladstone, a converted Liberal, encouraged moderate changes like a reduction in the householder qualification from ₤ten to ₤seven. Disraeli, a moderate Conservative, embraced more expansive reform for political advancement rather than as an extension of the suffrage. It was Disraeli’s hope that an enlarged electorate would vote Conservative as a reward for their new privilege. Although many historians give …


Popular Agitation And British Parliamentary Reform, 1866-1867, Michael D. Snell-Feikema Aug 2014

Popular Agitation And British Parliamentary Reform, 1866-1867, Michael D. Snell-Feikema

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

This paper demonstrated that the force of public opinion as expressed by pro-reform agitations played a critical role in the attainment of working-class voting rights with the Reform Act of 1867. This Reform Act, which passed after more than a year of political disputes and public demands, gave most of the urban English working class the right to vote. In 1866 a modest reform bill sponsored by William Gladstone’s Liberal government had been defeated by a combination of Conservative and conservative Liberal opposition. After months of popular demonstrations, Benjamin Disraeli’s new Conservative government introduced another reform bill that initially was …


The Effect Of Single Women And The Early Modern Economy, Bridget Heussler Aug 2014

The Effect Of Single Women And The Early Modern Economy, Bridget Heussler

Journal of Undergraduate Research at Minnesota State University, Mankato

Historians have shown that women are generally more accepted as workers within thriving economic environments. This is particularly true of eighteenth-century Europe, a time of economic transition, expansion and social flux. Historians have indicated a rise of never-married women in eighteenth-century towns and cities, but our knowledge of women's specific roles and contributions during this time of economic expansion remains slim. My research examined and compared tax records from the parish of St. Philibert in Dijon, France between 1730 and 1750. An examination of the tax records allows historians one indication of the overall economic contribution of individual householders within …


Animals And War: Studies Of Europe And North America Edited By Ryan Hediger, Rebecca Raglon Aug 2014

Animals And War: Studies Of Europe And North America Edited By Ryan Hediger, Rebecca Raglon

The Goose

Review of Animals and War: Studies of Europe and North America, edited by Ryan Hediger.


The Orkney Islands In The Viking Age, Moira Speirs Ms Jul 2014

The Orkney Islands In The Viking Age, Moira Speirs Ms

Oglethorpe Journal of Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.


The Geography Of Art In Communist Europe: Other Centralities, Other Universalities., Jerome Bazin Jun 2014

The Geography Of Art In Communist Europe: Other Centralities, Other Universalities., Jerome Bazin

Artl@s Bulletin

Through the analysis of one woodcut created in the GDR in 1973, the article offers a comprehensive approach to the spatial processes of creation, diffusion, and reception of an ordinary and modest image. In which spaces did actors (the artist, administrators, audience) place an image like this one? The main hypothesis is that realist art in a socialist context is characterised by two trends: on the one hand, the trend to embed art in a very local space, and on the other, the trend to universalise art in a communist way. The two divergent trends produced a special kind of …


Book Review: Mercenaries In Medieval And Renaissance Europe, William John Shepherd Jun 2014

Book Review: Mercenaries In Medieval And Renaissance Europe, William John Shepherd

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


The Use Of The Terms Piemontese, Waldenses, And Exiles In The Bernese Council Manuals Of The 17th Century, Paul Hostettler Jun 2014

The Use Of The Terms Piemontese, Waldenses, And Exiles In The Bernese Council Manuals Of The 17th Century, Paul Hostettler

Swiss American Historical Society Review

This essay explores the use of the terms "Piemontese," "Waldenses,"and "Exiles" in the Council Manuals of the Bernese government between 1600 and 1700, in order to determine whether these terms are used synonymously and possibly instead mean Waldenses.


Fritz Zwicky And The Search For Dark Matter, Kurt Winkler Jun 2014

Fritz Zwicky And The Search For Dark Matter, Kurt Winkler

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The study of astronomy greatly accelerated in the twentieth century. Aided by many advances in technology that improved observations, there has been an explosion of information about the cosmos, and scientists have had to review and overturn many long-held beliefs and assumptions about the universe. Among the most perplexing and enduring questions has been the nature of a mysterious substance known as dark matter.


Book Review: Three Weeks In November: A Military History Of The Swiss Civil War Of 1847, Kevin Cronin Jun 2014

Book Review: Three Weeks In November: A Military History Of The Swiss Civil War Of 1847, Kevin Cronin

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Front Matter Jun 2014

Front Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Once A Swiss Winegrower Colony Named Chabag In Russia Now A Modern Winegrowing Center Called Shabo In The Ukraine, Heidi Gander-Wolf Jun 2014

Once A Swiss Winegrower Colony Named Chabag In Russia Now A Modern Winegrowing Center Called Shabo In The Ukraine, Heidi Gander-Wolf

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The above picture of Chabag was painted by Eugene Duffoug-Favre in 1850, For many years he journeyed through Russia and also visited Chabag, On December 14/26, 1851, he reported in a letter from Prokrovskoi to Alexandre Michaud that also contains this picture of Chabag


Book Review: Naissance De La Suisse Moderne, Dwight Page Jun 2014

Book Review: Naissance De La Suisse Moderne, Dwight Page

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


End Matter Jun 2014

End Matter

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Full Issue Jun 2014

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews: A Concise History Of Switzerland, Rob Sherwood Jun 2014

Book Reviews: A Concise History Of Switzerland, Rob Sherwood

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.


Strange Bedfellows : The Rise Of The Military Religious Orders In The Twelfth Century, Sarah E. Hayes May 2014

Strange Bedfellows : The Rise Of The Military Religious Orders In The Twelfth Century, Sarah E. Hayes

The Gettysburg Historical Journal

Most people would not describe Christian monks as militaristic. However, there are instances in history when Christians have strayed from their basic pacifist beliefs in the name of defending their religion. The most famous example of this would be the Military Orders of the medieval Crusades, when full scale war was encouraged by the Catholic Church in order to protect the Holy Land. These militant monks formed a new breed of religious organization where brothers were soldiers willing die defending Christianity against the infidel. Although the Order of the Temple, or the Templars, was the most infamous of the Orders, …