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Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, Allen C. Guelzo

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy. Now, in Lincoln: A Very Short Introduction, the award-winning Lincoln authority Allen C. Guelzo offers a penetrating look into the mind of one of our greatest presidents.

If Lincoln was famous for reading aloud from joke books, Guelzo shows that he also plunged deeply into the mainstream of nineteenth-century liberal democratic thought. Guelzo takes us on a wide-ranging exploration of problems that confronted Lincoln and liberal democracy--equality, opportunity, …

Kennedy, John F., Jr.; Pixar; Religion And Spirituality In Canada; Religion And Spirituality In The United States; Search Engines; Supreme Court Decisions., Howard Bromberg

Book Chapters

Contributions by Howard J. Bromberg to The Nineties in America

Oncolog Volume 54, Number 02, February 2009, Maude Veech, Joe Munch, Don Norwood

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation: A Promising Adjuvant to Lumpectomy Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Pediatric Regimens for Adolescents and
• House Call: Think About Your Medical Needs When Preparing for Natural Disasters
• Young Adults Yield Survival Advantages
• A New Biomarker for Bladder Cancer?

Revealing And Reveling In Late Medieval Sermons From England: Siegfried Wenzel, Preaching In The Age Of Chaucer: Selected Sermons In Translation, Chris L. Nighman

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Mystery In The Georgia Woods: The Woolfolk Murders, John Trussel, Donald E. Wilkes

Popular Media

When you take a walk in the woods to hunt or just to enjoy the outdoor beauty, you never know what might have happened there in the past. A large tract of woodlands in Bibb County is a good example. When I visited there recently, the woods were calm and quiet and the mature oak trees stood in silent witness to the violence that occurred here many years ago. But on August 6, 1887 nine persons were slain at this location in the woods, just off highway 74 in Bibb County. The house where the murders occurred is long gone, …

Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

"Good Politics Is Good Government": The Troubling History Of Mayoral Control Of The Public Schools In Twentieth-Century Chicago, James (Jim) C. Carl

Educational Studies, Research, and Technology Department Faculty Publications

This article looks at urban education through the vantage point of Chicago's mayors. It begins with Carter H. Harrison II (who served from 1897 to 1905 and again from 1911 to 1915) and ends with Richard M. Daley (1989 to the present), with most of the focus on four long-serving mayors: William Hale Thompson (1915--23 and 1927--31), Edward Kelly (1933--47), Richard J. Daley (1955--76), and Harold Washington (1983--87). Mayors exercised significant leverage in the Chicago Public Schools throughout the twentieth century, making the history of Chicago mayors' educational politics relevant to the contemporary trend in urban education to give more …

Italy: The Case For Division, Sara Jane Micali

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

This work is a comparative thesis between northern and southern Italy, particularly on the socio-economic and geo-political differences that divide the country. Differences in areas such as historical background, geography, economy, tourism, social trends, and politics have separated the country into two distinctly dissimilar parts, the north and the south. With evidence of the industrial north in comparison to the agricultural south, as well as the introduction of “third Italy”, the economic differences between the country are clear. Similarly, the traditions of the south keep them far behind the modern north and the influence of both the Lega Nord and …

Decent Colonialism? Pure Science And Colonial Ideology In The Netherlands East Indies, 1910–1929, Andrew Goss

History Faculty Publications

This article examines changes within the Dutch civilising mission ideology after the decline of the Ethical Policy. Support of pure science, scientific knowledge that supposedly transcended ideology and politics, allowed the colonial administration to continue to project their rule as decent and moral, even as conflict and repression dominated colonial politics in the 1920s. The argument starts with the construction of pure science after 1910, under the care of J.C. Koningsberger, out of the research traditions at the Department of Agriculture. It next examines the creation of institutions and agendas of pure science. And finally it analyses the absorption of …

Full Issue

Swiss American Historical Society Review

No abstract provided.

Beginning Of Hope, Geoffrey D. Reynolds

Faculty Publications

Beginning of Hope is the first of five short articles about the history of Hope College, located in Holland, Michigan.

The Talent Of Shu: Qiao Ami And The Intellectual World Of Early Medieval Sichuan, Alan Kam Leung Chan

Research Collection College of Integrative Studies

Portrayals of the intellectual scene of the early medieval Chinese “Sanguo” or “Three States” period (220–280) generally privilege major figures associated with the state of Wei, such as He Yan and Wang Bi, over those who made their mark in Shu (modern Sichuan) and Wu, the other two states contending for the right to rule “all under Heaven” after the demise of the Han dynasty. Michael Farmer sets out to redress this imbalance through a study of the Shu statesman and historian Qiao Zhou (c. 200–270). The book thus harbors a dual purpose, reflected in its title, for in presenting …

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: February 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from February 2009. These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: February 2009, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2009

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from February 13 and 27, 2009.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Coming Distractions: The Annual Aas Meeting

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

Robert Buswell, Association for Asian Studies President, and Jeffrey Wasserstrom, the editor of the Journal of Asian Studies (and a China Beatnik, of course, who regularly contributes to this blog), have released a joint letter that may interest those who will be or are considering attending the AAS annual meeting in late March (or who simply like to follow the organizational goings-on of AAS and its flagship publications).

In the letter, Buswell, a U.C.L.A. specialist in Korean studies, and Wasserstrom lay out changes to this year’s and future annual meetings, including efforts to expand the scope of the association to …

Mrs. Georgia Rivers Weathers

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Brifu, Karen, Bronx African American History Project, Mark Naison

Oral Histories

Interviewee: Karen Brifu

Interviewer: Mark Naison, Jane Kani Edward, Brendan Hayford

Summarized by Eddie Mikus

Karen Brifu is a Fordham University graduate of Ghanaian descent who currently works for the Federal Reserve Bank. Her life story sheds light on the experiences and values faced by the Ghanaian immigrant community.

Brifu was born to two Ghanaian parents in the Bronx. As a child, her family often spoke Twi at home to ensure that their children maintained ties to the Ghanaian culture. Additionally, the family also made Ghanaian foods like a cream-of-wheat known as farina and played Ghanaian music while at home. …

Oral History Interview With President Emeritus Thaddeus Seymour, January 30, 2009., Thaddeus Seymour, Wenxian Zhang, Denise K. Cummings, Julian Chambliss

Oral Histories

Thaddeus Seymour came to Rollins in 1978 as the twelfth president of the College. During his twelve-year tenure, he not only transformed the school through fund-raising efforts, but also enhanced the academic excellence of its liberal arts education and strengthened the relationship with the local community.

Seymour was born on June 29, 1928, in New York City. His father was Whitney North Seymour, a well-known attorney and president of the American Bar Association. Seymour attended Princeton and the University of California at Berkley as an undergraduate. From there, he went to the University of North Carolina, studied eighteenth-century English literature, …

Interview No. 1511, Leroy Candelaria

Combined Interviews

Leroy Candelaria is the founder of Biotech Pharmacy, Inc., he was born in Barstow, CA in 1959; he grew up in Long Beach, CA before his family moved to Belen, NM; he graduated Pharmacy School in 1983 from the University of New Mexico with a specialization in radio pharmacy; his mother was a housewife and his father retired from the U.S. Post Service, his father’s search for work required the family to move often; at home Spanish and English were spoken. Mr. Candelaria explains the service and products that his business provides, specifically drugs that are radioactive; describes when and …

Crusader, January 30, 2009, 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.

Interview No. 1513, Antonio Rico

Combined Interviews

Raised in Juarez and El Paso, Antonio Rico describes how his upbringing contributed to the establishment of his business, Electric Systems Engineers, Incorporated (ESEI). Rico attained his Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from UTEP despite some difficulties resulting from having attained his K-12 education in Juarez and some struggles to improve his English-speaking skills. He was drawn to engineering under the prospects that it was a “career of the future.” His current business, ESEI, provides IT services, telecommunications, networking design implementation, and project management. He was encouraged to start his own firm based on his experience working in telecommunications in …

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 39, January 29, 2009, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

A Bible For Beijing, Pierre Fuller

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

A few weeks ago my mother learned at her Greenwich, Conn., church that, beyond church grounds, Bibles cannot be purchased in the People’s Republic. Her informant was a man from the Bible Society of Singapore who gave an evening talk on the state of Christianity in China at my parents’ mainstream Protestant parish. My mother soon asked her son in Beijing, me, about this fact over the phone and I couldn’t say either way: a Chinese-language Bible was not something I’d been actively looking for yet I could have sworn I’d spotted one in a shop a while back when …

Richardson, Laura Elizabeth (Ferguson), 1908-1986 (Mss 239), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full text of most correspondence (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Collection 239. Letters, photographs and scrapbooks belonging to quilt collector Laura Richardson. Includes letters and research materials from noted authorities Florence Peto and William Rush Dunton.

Brashear Family Papers (Sc 91), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 91. Letter, 6 September 1830, written by Camilla L. Brashear, Port Gibson, Mississippi, to her sister, Sarah F. Brashear, Russellville, Kentucky, containing family news, 1830; two poems, 1829; and genealogical information about the Brashear family.

Blaney Family Papers (Sc 92), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 92. Civil War discharge, 1865, pension certificate, 1931, and news clipping, 1933? of Henry C. Blaney, who served in the 14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment. Also genealogical information about the Blaney family, 1919-1963.

Gerard Family Papers (Mss 240), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 240. Correspondence, financial and legal papers related to the Gerard family's undertaking business in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes receipts for burial plots in Mt. Moriah Cemetery and St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery.

Cosby, Lorene (Moulder), 1920-2008 - Collector (Sc 1843), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1843. Materials related to the Moulder family, chiefly letters written to Valentine Moulder, Warren County, Kentucky. Many are post-Civil War letters from his former Union comrades. Also, information concerning Friendship Community Church and Friendship Methodist Church, Warren County.

The Grizzly, January 29, 2009, Kristi Blust, Gabrielle Poretta, Lindsay Budnick, Nick Pane, Gianna Paone, Spencer Jones, Liz Kilmer, Serena Mithboakar, Laurel Salvo, Robert Whitehead, Christopher Wierzbowski, Zach Shamberg, Nathan Humphrey, Danielle Chmelewski

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

UC Students Attend Inauguration • Wrestling Wants Results On and Off the Mat • Caffeine Correlation to Hallucinations? • Inauguration 2009 • Winter in Senegal: How Four Students Spent Their Holiday • Author Sheree R. Thomas Visits UC • B-Nats to Sing National Anthem for 76ers • Cruxshadows: A Live Experience not to be Missed • Opinions: In Response to Letter to the Editor by Julie Tran; Obama in Office: Observations from the Bomb Shelter • Gymnasts Tumble with Temple and Towson in Tri-meet

Super Bowl Xliii, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

It is time once again to enter the days of the Roman Numerals when excess becomes the norm, hyperbole is accepted as standard English, and the rich demonstrate in no uncertain terms that they are, and you are not. It is also the time when the middle class, those 85% of Americans who identify themselves as such, do their best to wallow in excess.