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Robber Barons And Humbuggers: The Rise Of Philanthropic Museums In Nineteenth-Century New York, Meaghan O'Connor
Robber Barons And Humbuggers: The Rise Of Philanthropic Museums In Nineteenth-Century New York, Meaghan O'Connor
Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)
New York City's most recognizable museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History came to prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century thanks to the support of wealthy benefactors. At the same time, social reformers, mostly Protestant and middle or upper-class, were combating the vice and poverty that they saw in the diversifying city with a moralizing rhetoric of character building. This paper will show that these two movements, the rise of Philanthropic Museums and the Social Reform movement were connected and that the large temple-like museums that thrive to this day …
All Eyes On The Irish: Professors Consider How Their Descendants Have Left Their Mark On New Jersey, Marta Deyrup
All Eyes On The Irish: Professors Consider How Their Descendants Have Left Their Mark On New Jersey, Marta Deyrup
Marta Deyrup
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The Paradoxes Of Africa's Development: African Union's Contributions To Africa's Recent Achievements, 2005-2014, Amadu Jacky Kaba
The Paradoxes Of Africa's Development: African Union's Contributions To Africa's Recent Achievements, 2005-2014, Amadu Jacky Kaba
Amadu Jacky Kaba
This paper focuses on Africa's paradoxes pertaining to meeting its development goals. The paper claims that while one can present a number of examples showing serious challenges confronting countries on the continent in meeting their development goals, one can also present many examples of these same countries making important development achievements, especially in the past decade. For example, the paper shows that the average life expectancy in Africa in 2006 was 53.3 years; in 2014, it increased to 61 years. The average infant mortality rate in Africa in 2006 was 73.5 deaths per 1000; in 2014, it declined to 53 …