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Playing And Eating Democracy: The Case Of Puerto Rico's Land Distribution Program, 1940s-1960s, Ismael Garcia-Colon

Publications and Research

In the early 1940s, the colonial government of Puerto Rico with the consent of the U.S. federal government began to elaborate a land reform. Under Title V of the Land Law of 1941, the government established resettlement communities for landless families. One of their goals was to transform landless agricultural workers into an industrial and urban labor force by teaching them “democratic, industrial, and modern” habits. Government officials distributed land to landless families through lotteries, portraying the ceremonies as acts of democracy. Community education programs produced literature, films, and posters aimed at fostering development and political participation. The colonial state …

Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2006, Wendy Greenberg, Rick Difeliciantonio, Vic Brown, Shawn Witt, Winnifred Cutler, Ethel Barnhill, Harry Dochelli, Lynne Edwards, Ronald Tempest, Jill Yamma, Mark D. Ellison

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • News flash: Campaign exceeds $115 million goal • Bomberger getting ready to take its place • The Ursinus Annual Fund is opening doors • Research was hot during summer at Ursinus: Summer Fellows • Myrin Library featured on magazine cover • Ursinus in the news • Ursinus commencement: Welcome, Ursinus' newest alumni! • Meet the Class of 2010: How a wild admissions season panned out • NSC: The alumni admissions effort recruits for Ursinus College • How to do almost anything better: Words of wisdom from Ursinus alumni • Highlights …

Crusader, September, 29, 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

The Grizzly, September 28, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Sarah Keck, Dan Lamson, Erin Padovani, Kevin Curl, Lane Taylor, Gabe Herman, Travis High, Chris Curley, Matt Flyntz, Simon Marcus, Brandon Brown, Alex Ernst, Tyler Johnson, John Strassburger, Stephanie Kaysen

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Anti-Racist Writer and Educator Speaks to Ursinus Community • Spinach Recall and Dining at Ursinus • Smoking Ban Introduced • Images from Annual Fringe Festival • USGA Town Hall Meeting • "Shades of Clay" Closes • Beyond the Condom: Guide to Safe Sex • Constitution Day: A Review • An Afternoon with Johnny Knoxville and Bam Margera • Watson Fellowship • Opinions: The "Core"; New Zack City • Soccer Struggles • Letter to the Editor • NCAA Drug Testing

Trail Blazer - Volume 80, Number 16, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State University Trail Blazer published on September 28, 2006.

Crusader, September, 22, 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Trail Blazer - Volume 80, Number 15, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State University Trail Blazer published on September 21, 2006.

The Grizzly, September 21, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Sarah Keck, Dan Lamson, Erin Padovani, Dina Yarmus, Sonia N. Gonzalez, Salia Zouande, Corinne Liccketto, Lane Taylor, Emily Mercadante, Tracey Ferdinand, Travis High, Akasya Benge, Gabe Herman, Alex Ernst, Matt Flyntz, Tyler Johnson, Danielle Langdon

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Curtains Up at Ursinus • New Face in Student Activities • Less Pain at the Pump • WeCAN Action has Impact! • USGA Prepared for New Year • One-Man Show Brings Love to Ursinus • Spotlight on Faculty: Cynthia Port • Computing Services Keeps Campus Up-to-Date • Help Me Help You • Excuse Me, Could You Pass the Love? • Fall Study Abroad Information • Get Paid and Gain Experience Through Internships in Philadelphia • Opinions: Honor Code; What is Patriotism? • Men's Soccer Struggles at Home • Women's Soccer Split Non-Conference Games

Hollins Columns (2006 Sept 20), Hollins College

Hollins Student Newspapers

Table of Contents:

• Randolph-Macon will admit men next fall
• Hollins contributes in the preservation of Tinker Mountain
• Alcohol issues stir up confusion, controversy
• Randolph-Macon becomes co-educational
• First Year Elections under scrutiny
• Next Generation of Hollins Students benefits from orientation changes
• Q&A with New Dean of Students: Patty O'Toole
• Hollins purchases property on landmark Tinker Mountain
• Virginia Coalition Rocks Fall Party 2006
• "The Illusionist" casts a spell
• Can you get senioritis in September?
• Don't ask the Wizard, ask Dorothy

Crusader, September, 15, 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Trail Blazer - Volume 80, Number 14, Morehead State University. Trail Blazer.

Morehead State Trail Blazer Archive

Morehead State University Trail Blazer published on September 14, 2006.

The Grizzly, September 14, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Ben Isser, Caitlyn Cuttitta, Tim Smith, Dan Lamson, Cara Saraco, Emily White, Sonia N. Gonzalez, Matt Flyntz, Lane Taylor, Erin Padovani, Gabe Herman, Ashley Basla, Danielle Langdon, Tyler Johnson, Matthew Pastor

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Activities Fair Held at Ursinus • Employment at Ursinus • Frustration with Changes • New Exhibit Opens at the Berman • Career Services Offers Help for Seniors • A Look at the Upcoming Theater Season • Spotlight on New Faculty: Dr. Jonathan Marks • Steering Clear of a Sperm Shortage • 2006 MTV Video Music Awards • Trappe Historical Society Presents Program About Historic Route 113 • Opinions: Gays in the Scouts; Be Wary of Your Wording: Response to the UC Republicans • Spoiled Start • Women's Soccer a Contender • Men's Soccer Ties #14 Salisbury • Bears Tame Lions …

The Grizzly, September 7, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Dina Yarmus, Sarah Keck, Harrison Ziskind, India Mcghee, Dan Lamson, Emily Mercadante, Lane Taylor, Tracey Ferdinand, Brandon Brown, Courtney Fox, Simon Marcus, Alex Ernst, Matt Flyntz, Tyler Johnson, Matthew Pastor

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

WeCAN Kicks Off the School Year with a Protest for Workers' Rights • "Crocodile Hunter" Killed by a Stingray • Freshmen Attend First Common Hour • Construction on Campus • Dell Announces Recall • Alternate Energy Sources Needed to Insure Globally-Sound Future • Stopping the Stork: Emergency Contraception • Women, Thou Art Loose: A Concise, Candid Discussion on "Sluts, Smuts and Hoes" • Opinions: The New Zack's; Dylan Strikes Gold; We Want Water! • Men's Soccer Looking for Breakout Season • Harper and Gibson Carry Bears to Home Opener Victory

The Octofoil, September/October/November/December 2006, Ninth Infantry Division Association

The Octofoil

The Octofoil is the offical publication of the Ninth Infantry Division Association, Inc., an organization formed by the officers and men of the 9th Infantry Division in order to perpetuate the memory of fallen comrades, preserve the esprit de corps of the Division, promote peace and serve as an information bureau about the 9th Infantry Division. The Association is made up of 9th Infantry veterans from WWII and Vietnam, spouses, widows and lineal descendants.

"Put Up" On Platforms: A History Of Twentieth Century Adoption Policy In The United States, Michelle Kahan

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Adoption is closely intertwined with many issues that are central to public policy in this country-welfare and poverty, race and class, and gender. An analysis of the history of adoption shows how it has been shaped by the nation's mores and demographics. In order to better understand this phenomenon, and its significance to larger societal issues, this analysis reviews its historyfocusing on four key periods in which this country's adoption policy was shaped: the late Nineteenth Century's 'orphan trains'; the family preservation and Mothers' Pensions of the Progressive Era; World War II through the 1950s, with secrecy and the beginnings …

The Grizzly, August 31, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Lane Taylor, Sarah Keck, Maureen Mccarthy, Matt Flyntz, Alex Ernst, Matthew Pastor, Jay Repko

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Rebirth of Zack's • Internet Outage on Campus • Changes to Parking on Campus • Class of 2010 Moves In • Sex at Ursinus • Getting to Know Ursinus • Local Dining Delights • Experiencing the Journey • Opinions: Save the Moderates; Opinions Editors Opinions on Opinions; Election Projections • Talent and Experience Lead Bears Into 2006 Season • Field Hockey Looks to Continue Dominance in CC

Warren County, Jonathan Jeffrey

SCL Faculty and Staff Book Gallery

Blessed with a landscape of undulating hills, numerous picturesque waterways, and deep stands of native hardwood trees, Warren County, Kentucky, is a beautiful place. Fertile land, a number of significant natural resources, and important transportation routes have helped make it one of Kentucky’s most economically vibrant counties. Besides the county seat of Bowling Green, Warren County boasts several rural hamlets with unique histories and resources, including Smiths Grove, Oakland, Rockfield, Woodburn, Rich Pond, Hadley, Richardsville, and Alvaton. Images of America: Warren County features photographs of this area’s rich culture, including its agriculture, religious and educational institutions, family life, and tourist …

A Challenge To Sexual And Marital Propriety And Communal Reaction, Kenneth Stow

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The selection of sources from the early 1550's Rome deal with the question of honor of young women and their fathers.

The Jewish Community of Rome was unimpressed. It wanted it made clear that one did not make accusations that could harm the well-being, in fact, mostly financial, but also the honor, of young women. Indeed, the bride Ricca was herself awarded what amounted to a hefty fine; we know that among Christians, it was the father’s honor that was considered impugned, and any monetary sanctions would go to him. Not here.

Finally, we learn something about sacred and profane. …

Two Cases Of Apostasy In Dubno In 1716 Jews, Christians, And Family Life, Magda Teter

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

This text relates a trial of two Christian women who accepted to Judaism that took place in the city of Dubno in eastern Poland in 1716. The text presented here comes from a collection of primary sources published in Kiev [now Kyiv] in 1869, as part of effort by scholars at the time to collect and publish primary source materials about Ukraine. The collection is called Arkhiv Iugo-zapadnoi Rossii, or The Archive of South-Western Russia, and contains documents from the South-Western part of Ukraine.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

• Two Cases of Apostasy in Dubno in 1716

The Role Of Marriage And Marital Sexuality In Lurianic Kabbalah, Lawrence Fine

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The presentation situates the development of Lurianic Kabbalah in its context of sixteenth-century Safed. Focusing on two texts by Hayyim Vital, Lawrence Fine discusses sexuality and marital relations in Lurianic Kabbalah and among the Kabbalists themselves.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

• Ta'amei Mitsvot, Parshat Bereshit (Reasons for the Commandments concerning “Be Fruitful and Multiply”) by Hayim Vital (1570s)
• Sha'ar Kavvanot (The Gate of [Contemplative] Intentions, Concerning Sabbath Eve) by Hayim Vital (1570s)

“The First Duty Of Nature Is To Preserve Life” A Jewish Woman’S Plea For Divorce In Late 18th-Century Trieste, Lois Dubin

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The presentation discusses a letter from Relle [Rachele] Morschene (1770-1844) of Trieste to Chief Rabbi Raffael Natan Tedesco, written in the throes of her three-year long effort to extricate herself from her marriage to husband Lucio Luzzatto (1755-1801). From 1793 to 1796, Morschene pursued separation and civil divorce through the Habsburg courts at the same time as a Jewish religious divorce. Indeed, she was one of the first European Jewish women to seek and obtain a civil divorce. Her legal situation was novel because Jews in the Habsburg Monarchy were among the first to be subjected to civil marriage regulation …

The Woodstruck Deed The Documentation Of Accidental Defloration Among The Jews Of Early Modern Italy, David Malkiel

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The “woodstruck” (mukat ets) deed, a Hebrew document that officially records the accidental defloration of a young girl, appears in sixteenth-century Italy, in a block of deeds recorded by Jewish notaries in Rome, in a rabbinic responsum and in the record book of the Padua community. Prior to that, there is no record of such an instrument anywhere in Jewish history and literature, despite the fact that the frequency of accidental defloration must have been a constant. Moreover, the registers of the Jewish notaries of sixteenth-century Rome contain over a hundred such deeds for the sixteenth century alone. The appearance …

Jewish Women And Economic Encounters With Christians, Debra Kaplan

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

R. Yair Hayyim ben Moses Samson Bacharach (1638-1702) is well-known for his knowledge of halakha and Kabbalah. Over the course of his lifetime, he served as the rabbi in several locations in the Holy Roman Empire. In these two responsa, Bacharach deals with one of the halakhic problems surrounding women’s trade with non-Jews. Such trade inevitably caused women to enter into seclusion (yihud) with non-Jews, especially since according to Jewish law, the presence of the non-Jew’s wife did not alleviate the prohibition of seclusion with a non-Jew.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

• Havvot Yair, Responsum 66
• Havvot Yair, …

Unequal Opportunities The Economic Possibilities Open To Jewish Women In 18th Century Poland-Lithuania, Adam Teller

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The following texts present an image of economic opportunities, and gender roles in Jewish society in eastern Europe. The first text is an 18th-century supplication by a Jew, Bunim Szlomowicz, against his wife; the second is a 1751 decree by the Council of Lithuania regulating women's roles in trade.

An Early 17th Century Ketubah From Sefer Tikun Sofrim By Rabbi Itzhak Zabakh, Ruth Lamdan

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

In Jewish Law, the halakha, there is an extensive importance to the accurate scribing of legal documents (shtarot). Any slight deviation from the standard formula of one word, or even of one character, might invalidate a formal bill or cancel a personal or commercial obligation. The importance bestowed on each word encouraged many famous rabbis to write and edit books of standard legal bills, and Hebrew scribes used to copy samples of bills for their personal use in the future. Qualified scribes made exemplary collections of documents for their students, and young trainees would copy such samples – as well …

Family Ties & Political Structure In Pisa And Livorno, Bernard D. Cooperman

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

In his presentation of two documents pertaining to Jews in Pisa and Livorno, Bernard Cooperman discusses the link between family connections and the construction of a new formal Jewish community and explores the connection between family and business networks. Cooperman argues here that new communities in early modern Italy were often structured as merchant companies, and it was a family that was a base of trade networks. Family also became a method of joining the community, while at the same time families and individuals used membership in a community to legitimize a family. The presentation further explores interracial marriages and …

Marriage And Networkbuilding, Claudia Ulbrich

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

In eastern France Jewish marriages are well documented in the eighteenth century. Following a decree by Louis XIV in 1701 that Jewish marriage contracts had to be deposited with notaries within 15 days of marriage, these documents were registered with increasing frequency in the entire French-German region. Registration became generally obligatory in that time, so that we have large amounts of documents both for Christian as for Jews. Historians have never fully analyzed these files. Jean Fleury, who was prompted by genealogical interests, surveyed the 8500 items in the Metz archive, and compiled 2021 marriage contracts from the seventeenth and …

How Family Wealth And Power Are Organized, Moshe Rosman

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

The following is a translation of Todros Kozuchowski's will. Originally written in Polish, then translated into Hebrew, the will was translated into English by Moshe Rosman.

Pinkas Shamash Altona (1766-1767), Elisheva Carlebach

Early Modern Workshop: Resources in Jewish History

Elisheva Carlebach's presentation discusses excerpts from the Pinkas Shamash Altona, providing a glimpse on an aspect of Jewish life that usually remained obscured--illegitimate children born to Jewish domestic servants, and the servants themselves, held very marginal status in the community. One of the pertinent issue was death. If they died the responsibility for buying them was contested between many different parties.

This presentation is for the following text(s):

• Pinkas Shamash Altona (1766-1767)

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Treading Water In A Sea Of Male Politicians—Women’S Organizations And Lobby Activities In Historical Perspective, Danelle L. Moon

Faculty and Staff Publications

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