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Historia Vol. 17, Eastern Illinois University Department Of History

Historia

Historia is a joint publication of Eastern Illinois University's History Department and the Epsilon Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta. Edited entirely by EIU students, Historia is designed to offer undergraduate and graduate students the opportunity to publish their work. Students who wish to work as Historia editors must enroll in HIS 4900 (Historical Publishing), which is offered each spring. Students who wish to submit articles or reviews for consideration are welcome to do so at any time.

Historia earned third place in Phi Alpha Theta's Gerald D. Nash History Journal Prize competition in Division I in 2011.

Commemorating The Great Kantō Earthquake: Futei Senjin And The Politics Of Mourning In The Japanese Empire [관동대지진을 추도함: 일본 제국에 있어서의 '불령 선인'과 추도의 정치학], Jinhee Lee

Faculty Research & Creative Activity

On September 1, 1923, two minutes before noon, the earth began to shake, signaling the biggest natural disaster in modern Japan. A fierce wind and raging fire followed what came to be known as the Great Kantō Earthquake, devastating the densely populated Tokyo metropolitan area. The experience of calamity soon became subject to human interpretation and political manipulation, leading to organized violence against Koreans in the metropole. Triggered by rumors that Koreans were committing arson, poisoning the water, and plotting an uprising, local vigilantes and government authorities massacred approximately six thousand Koreans. In the year following the catastrophe, various commemorative …

“How Could Anyone Respect Us?” A Century Of Olympic Consciousness And National Anxiety In China, Andrew D. Morris

History

Much of the history of China’s modern sports and physical culture program (tiyu) has been phrased, experienced, understood, and remembered as a gesture of national defense. Enemies have come, gone, and come again—the Western and Japanese imperialists, the Communists, the Nationalists, the footbound and weak, the ignorant and unhygienic, the decadent and materialistic, Taiwan, Falun Gong, and (again) U.S. and Japanese imperialists. All have served as forces that threatened China’s national body and had to be defeated with the rhythms, motions, disciplines, and ideologies of modern sport. Thus, over the last century, sport in China has served as a marker …

Economic Growth And Women's Education In Malaysia And Thailand, Beth N. Simons

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduate requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Professional Product Review Vol. 3 No. 2, American Dental Association, Council On Scientific Affairs

Professional Product Review

A user-friendly newsletter from the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs offering scientifically sound, unbiased, and clinically relevant information to member dentists about professional dental products tested by the ADA. This collection is historical and may not reflect current standards. For up-to-date information contact the ADA.

Traces Volume 36, Number 1, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Traces, the Southern Central Kentucky, Barren County Genealogical Newsletter

Traces, the South Central Kentucky Genealogical Society's quarterly newsletter, was first published in 1973. The Society changed its name in 2016 to the Barren County Historical Society. The publication features compiled genealogies, articles on local history, single-family studies and unpublished source materials related to this area.

South Union Messenger (Spring 2008), Kentucky Library Research Collections

South Union Messenger

No abstract provided.

Art As Propaganda In Revolutionary America And France: A Comparative Analysis, Megan Blair

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Historians should not limit themselves to studying political, economical, and social aspects of the American and French Revolutions, but should observe cultural factors, such as art, as well. Though wary of art as potentially corrupting, revolutionaries in both cultures employed it as propaganda, though focusing on different genres. In America, where formal art had not advanced either technically or in popularity, artistic propaganda was primarily exhibited through political cartoons, though a few examples of propagandistic portraiture do exist. Here, tradesmen, not trained artists, produced art. Contrarily, while there was an equally productive culture of political cartooning and pornography in France, …

The Avenger - April-May 2008, Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale Museum

The Avenger

No abstract provided.

2007-2008 Yearbook, Morehead State University

Morehead State Yearbooks

2007-2008 yearbook of Morehead State University.

Review Of "State, Peasant, And Merchant In Qing Manchuria, 1644-1862" By C. M. Isett, Lillian M. Li

History Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

Don Francisco Yturria: Beginnings Of A South Texas Entrepreneur, Lilia M. Garcia

History Faculty Publications

The life and legacy of South Texas pioneer Francisco Yturria remains a fascinating study of a remarkable individual who made powerful and lasting contributions to the region's history. Lilia M. Garcia, a descendent of Don Francisco, consulted family papers and a variety of other primary sources to chronicle his story while pursuing a graduate degree at Southern Methodist University. The following article is the first installment of what will be a four part history of Don Francisco Yturria--South Texas Entrepreneur.

Wvrhc Newsletter, Spring 2008, West Virginia & Regional History Center

West Virginia & Regional History Center Newsletters

A Dog, a Gun and Time Enough, The George Bird Evans Collection

Manipulating Maria: Marie Antoinette's Image From Betrothal To Beheading And Beyond, Mylynka D'Ann Kilgore-Mueller

History Theses - Archive

The shaping of Marie Antoinette's image began before her arrival at Versailles. Prior to her marriage, her mother, Austrian Empress Maria Theresa brought in experts to educate the Archduchess in the ways of life in the French court. Marie Antoinette was taught to walk, speak and act like a lady in the Versailles court. She was remade into the ideal image of French beauty at the time. Upon arrival at Versailles, she was quickly overwhelmed by the strict etiquette that was applied to her daily activities. There was a protocol for every aspect of her day, from her morning toilette …

The World War Ii Conferences In Washington, D.C. And Quebec City: Franklin D. Roosevelt And Winston S. Churchill, Diane K. Dewaters

History Dissertations - Archive

This dissertation seeks to show the evolution of the diplomatic relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston S. Churchill from 1941-1945 based on the five conferences that were held in the Americas beginning in December of 1941. Three were held in Washington, D.C. in 1941, 1942, and 1943. Two were held in Quebec in 1943 and 1944. The relationship was a true marriage, complete with disagreements, arguments, and consensus. The meetings, however, would cement the relationship of Churchill and Roosevelt well enough for it to withstand destructive elements within and long enough for the Allies to win the war--together. The …

What Americans Said About Saxony, And What This Says About Them: Interpreting Travel Writings Of The Ticknors And Other Privileged Americans, 1800-1850, Ashley Morgan Sides

History Theses - Archive

In the first half of the nineteenth century, Saxony became an increasingly popular destination for American travelers. After first examining the forces behind the travel trends in order to provide historical context, this study analyzes American travelers' perceptions of Saxony as recorded in their travel writings, with particular emphasis on George and Anna Ticknor's journals from Europe. In doing so, it sheds light on aspects of Anglo-American leisure-class identity between 1800 and 1850. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, educated upper-class New Englanders had very little real knowledge of Germany and its people, and their only image of Saxony …

How Methodists Were Made: The Arminian Magazine And Spiritual Transformation In The Transatlantic World, 1778-1803, Liam Iwig-O'Byrne

History Dissertations - Archive

This dissertation examines the spiritual autobiographies and biographies in The Arminian Magazine (later The Methodist Magazine) first published by John Wesley in 1778. The study covers such narratives through the year 1803, thus covering the transatlantic movement of early Methodism from the American Revolution up to the Napoleonic Wars. A brief background in the field of transatlantic history is provided, followed by descriptions of anthropologist Victor Turner's theory of ritual transformation and cognitive structuralist James Day's understanding of narrative strategies as frameworks for examining these narratives. Methodism's theoretical construct behind the transformations sought by Methodists, namely John Wesley's theology and …

Review: Electric Sounds: Technological Change And The Rise Of Corporate Mass Media By Steve J. Wurtzler, Gerd Horten

CUP Faculty Research

A review of the book Electric Sounds: Technological Change and the Rise of Corporate Mass Media by Steve Wurtzler (New York: Columbia University Press, 2007)

From Depression To War: The Fsa Photographers And Idaho’S Landscape, 1936‐1942, Christopher S. Blanchard

History Graduate Projects and Theses

This paper places Idaho’s natural landscape at the forefront of analysis utilizing the over 1,200 black and white photographs taken in Idaho by Farm Security Administration (FSA) photographers between May 1936 and April 1942. These photos of Idaho’s natural landscape and the people in it illustrate the political, economic, and social history of Idaho during the Great Depression and early war years.

Public History Newsletter Spring 2008, Public History Concentration

Public History Newsletter

A four page newsletter created by the Public History Concentration at Wright State University.

Review: Stand Up For Alabama: Governor George Wallace, Peter Otto

Georgia Library Quarterly

Review of the non-fiction book "Stand Up for Alabama: Governor George Wallace," by Jeff Frederick.

Director's Letter, Sarah Chinn

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

It was hard not to be inspired, moved, and thrilled by Douglas Crimp's remarkable Kessler Lecture on November 2nd. Combining personal history, art criticism, political analysis, and trenchant commentary on the intersections between them, Douglas gave us a guided tour of the long-abandoned, much-used piers of lower Manhattan.

Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2008, Wendy Greenberg, Daniel Sergeant, Joseph Ferry, Erika Compton, Nancy March, Karen Hollinger

Ursinus Magazine, 1995–Present

Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art calendar • Atlantic writer is commencement speaker; Honorary degree recipients announced • Students spend Spring Break doing community service • Ursinus has Watson winner • Museum campaign gets boost with Gilot art; Anthonisen sculpture • Heather Potts Brown 2002 promoted • Thanks from Coach Small • Focus the Nation: A four-day climate change "think-in" at Ursinus • Letter to the Editor • Travel guides, a group experience: Maya / Mexico travelogue in two parts • Watson diary • Happy 75th anniversary to the Lantern • Q & A with 2008 Lantern Editor Daniel …

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 7, No. 3 Spring 2008, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Volume 01, Jessica Fields, Stephanie Neeley, Derek W. Hambright, Mary E. Lehman, Andrew R. Grzankowski, Zachary Johnson, Boone M. Prentice, Ashley M. Swandby, Victoria Morgan, Katie Williamson, Kristine G. Bender, Katelyn N. Romaine, D. Nicole Swann, Jessica Fox, Mike Mcateer, Alex Grabiec, Laura Nodtvedt, Nick Costa, Rachel Wolfe, Zack Dalton

Incite: The Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

Introduction from Dean Dr. Charles Ross

Three Decades of Digging: Undergraduate Archeology at Longwood by Jessica Fields and Stephanie Neeley

Interactions of Allelopathy and Heat Stress in Plants by Derek W. Hambright and Mary E. Lehman

Inertial Electrostatic Confinement D-D Fusion Device: Construction and Simulation by Andrew R. Grzankowski

Shackled Nim by Zachary Johnson

Development of GC-MS and Chemometric Methods for the Analysis of Accelerants in Arson Cases by Boone M. Prentice

A Comparison of Image Analysis Methods in cDNA Microarrays by Ashley M. Swandby

Perceived Sexual Activity of Short and Long-Term Relationships by Victoria Morgan and Katie Williamson

Elderly …

Review Of Empires Of The Atlantic World: Britain And Spain In America 1492-1830, By John H. Elliott, Ignacio Gallup-Diaz

History Faculty Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

A Portrait Of Portsmouth: Expressing Cultural Identity Through Art, Kristina Griffin

Inquiry Journal 2008

No abstract provided.

The World That Made William Johnson, Timothy J. Shannon

History Faculty Publications

Readers of the Atlantic Monthly may have been taken aback when they received their December 2006 issue of that venerable journal of American arts and letters. In a pitch more appropriate to People or some other celebrity magazine, the Atlantic offered a list of "The 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time," and right there on the cover, posing as eye-candy for the intelligentsia was none other than #1 himself, Abraham Lincoln, the sexiest most dead American alive, or something like that. Had the high brow finally gone low brow? Had pop culture's fascination with list-making found a new frontier? …

Suburban Swamp: The Rise And Fall Of Planned New-Town Communities In New Orleans East, J. Souther

History Faculty Publications

This paper examines the emergence, development and abandonment of ‘new town’ communities in eastern New Orleans in the half century after 1957. Containing about two-thirds of the land area in the New Orleans city limits, much of it wrested from swamps using emerging drainage technologies, eastern New Orleans promised municipal leaders, planners and citizens an alternative to crowded city and sprawling suburb. This paper also considers how planners and many local citizens viewed planned communities in the eastern stretches of the city as an antidote to population exodus from New Orleans. It explores the influences, design characteristics, social planning aspirations …

Landscapes Of Remembrance: Home And Memory In The Nineteenth-Century Bürgertum, Jason Tebbe

Peer Reviewed Articles

This article examines the ways in which the nineteenth-century German middle class turned their homes into sites of family memory as part of a vibrant vernacular memory. The highly segmented organization of middle-class homes contributed to and grew out of this memory culture. The divisions of domestic space ascribed heightened meaning to particular zones, especially festive spaces like the “Christmas room.” Families filled domestic spaces with memory, putting family portraits and heirlooms on prominent display in the home. Middle-class Germans also filled the pages of personal memoirs with recollections of their childhood homes that almost always portrayed an idyllic environment. …