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Periodizing Pretoria’S Cold War, Ryan Irwin Oct 2012

Periodizing Pretoria’S Cold War, Ryan Irwin

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An article review of "Things Fall Apart: South Africa and the Collapse of the Portuguese Empire, 1973-74." by Jamie Miller.


Kennedy’S Africa, Ryan Irwin Oct 2012

Kennedy’S Africa, Ryan Irwin

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A review of "Betting on the Africans: John F. Kennedy’s Courting of African Nationalist Leaders" by Philip E. Muehlenbeck.


Wikileaks, And The Past And Present Of American Foreign Relations, Ryan Irwin Apr 2012

Wikileaks, And The Past And Present Of American Foreign Relations, Ryan Irwin

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An essay titled "Wikileaks, and the Past and Present of American Foreign Relations" written by Ryan Irwin.


Politics As Usual Or Political Change: The War On Poverty's Community Action Program In Albany, N.Y., 1959-1967, Brian Keough Jan 2012

Politics As Usual Or Political Change: The War On Poverty's Community Action Program In Albany, N.Y., 1959-1967, Brian Keough

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The historical narrative of the Great Society in general, and the Community Action Program in particular, has largely reflected the events and experiences in large cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, and Chicago, ignoring smaller communities’ implementation of the 1964 Economic Opportunity Act (EOA). This article examines the struggle to develop Albany’s CAP and provides a greater understanding of city’s race relations during the early 1960s. I argue that the conflict over community action exacerbated race relations in Albany and contributes to the ongoing narrative about the significance of the War on Poverty in smaller urban areas. A study …


The Most Interesting Place: The Eastern Mediterranean And American Cultural Knowledge, Gregory Wiedeman Jan 2012

The Most Interesting Place: The Eastern Mediterranean And American Cultural Knowledge, Gregory Wiedeman

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This study addresses how nineteenth-century Americans perceived the lands of the Eastern Mediterranean. The project rests upon a detailed examination of American primary school geography textbooks that enjoyed widespread circulation during the century. The lack of an effective education apparatus in the period rendered American students incredibly reliant on their textbooks. These texts reflect the general common knowledge of the region shared by most educated Americans. Additionally, this study draws support from a thorough analysis of travel accounts that were extraordinarily popular during the period. These works offered Americans a chance to explore vicariously the most interesting lands of the …


The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science And The Failure Of The Enlightenment In Indonesia, Michitake Aso Jan 2012

The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science And The Failure Of The Enlightenment In Indonesia, Michitake Aso

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A review of "The Floracrats: State-Sponsored Science and the Failure of the Enlightenment in Indonesia" by Andrew Gross


A Wind Of Change? White Redoubt And The Postcolonial Moment In South Africa, 1960-1963, Ryan Irwin Jan 2012

A Wind Of Change? White Redoubt And The Postcolonial Moment In South Africa, 1960-1963, Ryan Irwin

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A chapter titled "A Wind of Change? White Redoubt and the Postcolonial Moment in South Africa, 1960-1963", written by Ryan Irwin from the book, Race, Ethnicity, and the Cold War, edited by Philip E. Muehlenbeck.