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Slavery: Annual Bibliographical Supplement (2003), Fred Drogula

Fred K. Drogula

The Scottish Reformation, Michael Graham

Michael F. Graham

A Companion to Tudor Britain provides an authoritative overview of historical debates about this period, focusing on the whole British Isles. --An authoritative overview of scholarly debates about Tudor Britain --Focuses on the whole British Isles, exploring what was common and what was distinct to its four constituent elements --Emphasises big cultural, social, intellectual, religious and economic themes --Describes differing political and personal experiences of the time --Discusses unusual subjects, such as the sense of the past amongst British constituent identities, the relationship of cultural forms to social and political issues, and the role of scientific inquiry --Bibliographies point readers …

Review Of Creating The American Mind: Intellect And Politics In The Colonial Colleges, David Robson

David W. Robson

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Boomer In A Boom Town, Linda Niemann

Linda G. Niemann

Presents an article about a woman working as a brakesman/switchman on the Southern Pacific Railroad in Houston, Texas. Events that led her to Houston; Her function as railroad woman; Challenges faced by workers on the railroad.

Shifting Landmarks: Property, Proof, And Dispute In Catalonia Around The Year 1000, Jeff Bowman

Jeff Bowman

The Familiar And The Strange: Western Travelers' Maps Of Europe And Asia, Ca. 1600-1800, Jordana Dym

Jordana Dym

Early Modern European travelers sought to gather and disseminate knowledge through narratives written for avid publishers and public. Yet not all travelers used the same tools to inform their readers. Despite a shared interest in conveying new knowledge based on eyewitness authority, Grand Tour accounts differed in an important respect from travelogues about Asia: they were less likely to include maps until the late eighteenth century. This paper examines why, using travel accounts published between 1600 and 1800 about Italy and (...) France (Europe) and India and Japan (Asia). It argues that maps of different types--coastlines, city plans, country topographies--appeared …

Reading Frederick Douglass Through Foucault’S Panoptic Lens: A Proposal For Teaching Close Reading., Jeremiah Axelrod, Rise Axelrod

Jeremiah B.C. Axelrod

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Law, Justice, And Power: Between Reason And Will (Stanford University Press), Sinkwan Cheng

Sinkwan Cheng

This is an unprecedented volume that brings together J. Hillis Miller, Julia Kristeva, Slavoj Zizek, Ernesto Laclau, Alain Badiou, Nancy Fraser, and other prominent intellectuals from five countries in seven disciplines to provide fresh perspectives on the new configurations of law, justice, and power in the global age. The work engages and challenges past and present scholarship on current topics in legal studies: globalization, post-colonialism, multiculturalism, ethics, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis. The book is divided into five parts. The first debates issues of (trans-)national justice and human rights in the global age, focusing on military interventions and refugee policies. Part II …

Jedediah S. Smith And Marcus And Narcissa Whitman: Mountain Men And Missionaries In The Far West, Barton Barbour

Barton H. Barbour

This article compares the experiences of missionaries and mountain men in the early years (1825-1848) of US occupancy of the "Oregon Country," which included today's Idaho. For very different reasons, both the Whitmans and Jedediah S. Smith entered the pantheon of 19th century American iconic "heros," but their real lives were more complex and ambiguous than the mythology suggests. This article explains and analyzes the myths and realities surrounding Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, and Jedediah S. Smith. For a sample, read the following introductory paragraph: Dateline: The Cimarron River near the Kansas-New Mexico border, May 1831 A lone horseman, his …

A Case Study Of Transnationalism: Continuity And Changes In Chinese American Philanthropy To China, Xiao-Huang Yin

Xiao-huang Yin

No abstract provided.