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Narrative Form In Origins Of The New South, Edward L. Ayers

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Because I came to southern history late and somewhat reluctantly, that last graduate seminar class taught by C. Vann Woodward, was the only class I ever took on the subject. But that seminar and book I read for the first time that semester -- Origins of the New South -- made me an aspiring southernist.

Commies, H-Bombs And The National Security State: The Cold War In The Comics, Anthony Harkins

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That Lengthening Shadow, Davis Rich Lewis

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Sostavlenie I Publikatsiia Ofitsial'noi Biografii Vozhdia--Katekhizisa Stalinizma, David Brandenberger

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The Turbulent Sixties At Rutgers: An Interview With Richard P. Mccormick, Michael J. Birkner

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Richard P. McCormick’s professional life has been so intertwined with Rutgers University’s history that it is difficult to imagine anyone who knows more about Rutgers or who has put a greater imprint on the institution. Except for half a dozen years living in Philadelphia and Newark, Delaware, during the era of the Second World War, McCormick has been a significant presence at Rutgers for six decades. He arrived as a freshman at Rutgers College in 1934 and, after graduating in 1938, worked for the Department of History as a factotum while completing a master’s degree in history. Recruited to join …

Nutrition And The Early-Medieval Diet, Kathy L. Pearson

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The food supply of the temperate lands of early-medieval western Europe, and the ways in which its peoples dealt with the central problem of feeding themselves, has been subjected to a variety of interpretations in recent years. Vern Bullough and Cameron Campbell's study of the medieval diet and female longevity concluded that early-medieval women suffered from iron deficiencies triggered jointly by poor nutrition and frequent childbearing and that these deficiencies contributed substantially to their average early age of death. Ann Hagen's overview of Anglo-Saxon patterns of food production and consumption suggested that most of the early English population routinely lived …

Shanghai: From Market Town To Treaty Port, 1074-1858 (Book Review), Thomas D. Curran Ph.D.

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Book review by Thomas D. Curran.

Johnson, Linda Cooke. Shanghai: From Market Town to Treaty Port, 1074-1858. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-8047-2294-3.

Modern German Doctors: A Failure Of Professionalization?, Charles E. Mcclelland

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Even if we can assume that the vast majority of German physicians had nothing to do with medical "perversions," there must have been reasons why so many went along with other aims of the Nazi regime, at least initially. Were they more susceptible than other professional groups? If so, is there indeed something peculiar about their experience of professionalization?

A Segregationist On The Civil Rights Commission, James R. Sweeney

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In 1957 President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed to the newly created Commission on Civil Rights John Stewart Battle, a former longtime Virginia General Assembly member and governor who was also a staunch segregationist. Eisenhower appointed him to represent white Southern opinion and because of his national reputation for deft political conciliation. The article reviews Battle's personal background, political career, racial philosophy, and interactions with other figures prominent in the era's civil rights politics, including Father Theodore Martin Hesburgh, Harry F. Byrd, Sr., and J. Lindsay Almond, Jr. During his service on the commission during 1957-59, Battle's segregationist views kept him …

The Origins Of The Great Leap Forward (Book Review), Thomas D. Curran

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Book review by Thomas D. Curran.

Domenach, J. L. (1995). The origins of the great leap forward: The case of one Chinese province. Boulder: Westview Press.

The Challenge Of Adolescent Health: Views From Catholic Social Teaching And The Social And Medical Sciences, Brenda Wixson Donnelly, Dennis M. Doyle, Una M. Cadegan, Teresa L. Thompson, Patricia Voydanoff, Joan Mcguinness Wagner

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This book provides a multidisciplinary examination of the complex social issues surrounding adolescent health and health care delivery. It draws specifically on the resources of Catholic social teaching, presents an overview of the medical problems common among young people, and explores the social and familial contexts in which these problems arise. It provides a framework within which to view the conditions limiting the health and well-being of adolescents and to understand the resultant deterioration of the physical and mental health of adolescents in this country.

The insights gained from Catholic moral teaching are included with those of social science and …

Papers Of The Second Palo Alto Conference, Anthony K. Knopp, Harriett Denise Joseph, Douglas A. Murphy, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site (Agency : U.S.)

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Introduction -- Conference Program -- Reconsideraciones sobre la guerra entre México y los Estados Unidos / Josefina Zoraida Vázquez -- La beligerencia mexicana durante la guerra con los Estados Unidos/ Jesús Velasco -Márquez -- James K. Polk and Presidential War Powers: An Unexplored Field of the Constitution / Kathleen O'Kray Peltier -- A Thread of Brittle Texture " : Ann Chase and Manifest Destiny / Shannon L. Baker -- We Shall Beat Them Wherever We Meet Them " : Civil War Officer Perceptions of Mexico; 1846-48 / Christopher S. Stowe -- Encountering the Other: American Soldiers in the Mexican - …

American Reform Efforts: German Professional Education After World War Ii, Charles E. Mcclelland

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An exploration of educational reform and specifically to three areas in which the American occupation of post-war Germany influenced the shape of professional education in the 1940s and beyond.

The Significance Of ‘Hillbilly’ In Early Country Music, 1924-1945, Anthony Harkins

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Antwerp In The Age Of Reformation: Underground Protestantism In A Commercial Metropolis, 1550-1577 (Book Review), John B. Roney

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Book review by John B. Roney.

Marnef, G. (1996). Antwerp in the age of Reformation: Underground Protestantism in a commercial metropolis,1550-1577. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press.

ISBN 9780801851698

(Review) Hochstift Und Reformation: Studien Zur Geschichte Der Reichskirche Zwischen 1517 Und 1648; Die Illustration Der Wurzburger Bishofschronik Des Lorenz Fries Aus Demjahre 1546, Marc R. Forster

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(Review) Communities And Conflict In Early Modern Colmar, 1575-1730, Marc R. Forster

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(Review) Rekatholisierung, Konfessionalisierung Und Ratsregiment: Der Prozess Des Politischen Und Religiösen Wandels In Der Österreichischen Stadt Konstanz, 1548-1637, Marc R. Forster

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A Broader Comparative Civilizations Approach To The Bible's Nativity Story, Milo Kearney, Sean Kearney

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Review Of The Pottery Industry Of Trenton: A Skilled Trade In Transition, 1850-1929, By M.J. Stern, David J. Goldberg

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Down-Sized For An Up Market, Karen Sotiropoulos

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El Que No Tiene Dingo, Tiene Mandingo: The Inadequacy Of The "Mestizo" As A Theoretical Construct In The Field Of Latin American Studies - The Problem And Solution, Andrew Rosa

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At a recent lecture at Temple University titled The African Presence in Puerto Rico, a young African woman from the island proclaimed to the audience that the Black experience in the United States is indeed unique and, because of her "mestizo" heritage, acculturation, racism, and struggle were not a part of her historical experience. As I looked on the face of my beautiful African sister, my heart shattered into a thousand little pieces. The lessons passed down to us from our African ancestors in the oral tradition-el que no tiene Dingo, tiene Mandingo-have finally fallen on deaf ears. Their struggle …

Workers, Unions, And Historians On The Northern Plains, William C. Pratt

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Labor history has come of age over the past three decades. Today two national journals, Labor History and Labor's Heritage, focus on this subject in the United States, and many others, including the Journal of American History, publish articles in the field. In fact, much of what is called new social history often treats labor history topics, and many western historians have had an extended interest in labor history. Numerous recent examples, including the work of Carlos Schwantes, Michael Kazin, Vicki Ruiz, and others have been well received.

The Rest Is History, Davis Rich Lewis

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"If You Can Educate The Native Woman...": Debates Over The Schooling And Education Of Girls And Women In Southern Rhodesia, 1900-1934, Carol Summers

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As the turn of the century, European settlers, officials, and missionaries in Southern Rhodesia were apathetic about promoting African girls' schooling. By the late 1920s, however, all sectors of the European community-settlers, officials, and missionaries- were debating whether, and for what reasons, girls should attend mission schools.¹ Europeans discussed girls' and women's schooling as a strategy for coping with problems in the social and economic development of the region. Some Native Commissioners hope that disciplined moral education would encourage women to remain in rural areas and take responsibility for their families, supporting the system of migrant labor. Many missionaries …

Virginia History As Southern History: The Nineteenth Century, Edward L. Ayers

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This essay briefly surveys some of the best work that has been done over the last ten years or so in the field of nineteenth-century Virginia and southern history in general, hoping to supply inspiration for histories yet to be written.

The Making Of Byzantine History: Studies Dedicated To Donald M. Nicol (Review), Martin Arbagi

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Review of the book The Making of Byzantine History: Studies Dedicated to Donald M. Nicol (edited by Roderick Beaton and Charlotte Roueché).

Popular Piety In The Diocese Of Salisbury, 1250-1550 [Book Review], Chris L. Nighman

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Popular Piety In Late Medieval England: The Diocese Of Salisbury 1250-1550 [Book Review], Chris L. Nighman

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How Realistic Can A Catholic Writer Be? Richard Sullivan And American Catholic Literature, Una M. Cadegan

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Despite the fact that Sullivan never achieved the fame he sought, the record he left behind reveals much about the way one writer handled the complicated personal and professional questions of regional, literary, gender, and religious identity. He was a regional author with national ambitions, a serious author who did not disdain the notion of popular success, and a male author whose primary focus was domestic life and relationships. He was also a Catholic author-that is, he belonged to a tradition that believed in normative standards for artistic value in an era when such a belief was considered by some …