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A Phoenix From The Ashes: Jackson Park’S Japanese Garden, Cultural Exchange, And The Endurance Of Japanese Sites After Pearl Harbor, Brittany Murphy
A Phoenix From The Ashes: Jackson Park’S Japanese Garden, Cultural Exchange, And The Endurance Of Japanese Sites After Pearl Harbor, Brittany Murphy
Asian Studies: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Japanese gardens in the United States have a history that dates back to the World’s Fairs of the late 19th century, when Japan used the World’s Stage to project an image of itself as a powerful nation founded on both modern industrial techniques and traditional culture to compete with dominating Euro-American powers. The history of the Japanese garden in Chicago’s Jackson Park, gifted to Chicago by the Japanese government for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, tells the story of Midwesterners’ love and appreciation for the gardens while also demonstrating the implicit legacies of Executive Order 9066. The garden remained a crucial …
The Effect Of The 1918 Influenza Pandemic On U.S. Life Insurance Holdings, Dr. Joanna Short
The Effect Of The 1918 Influenza Pandemic On U.S. Life Insurance Holdings, Dr. Joanna Short
Economics: Faculty Scholarship & Creative Works
This paper examines the effect of a sharp rise in mortality, the 1918 influenza epidemic, on life insurance holdings in the U.S. The BLS Cost of Living Surveys of 1918-1919 provide a unique opportunity to examine the effect of the pandemic—some households were surveyed before, and others during or shortly after the worst of the influenza outbreak. In addition, I use state-level insurance sales data to compare the increase in spending on insurance in states particularly hard hit by the epidemic, relative to those that were not. I find some evidence that, in the immediate aftermath of the epidemic, those …
Consumer Capitalist Christmas: How Participation In Christmas Frames Us As Religious Subjects, Shelby Burroughs
Consumer Capitalist Christmas: How Participation In Christmas Frames Us As Religious Subjects, Shelby Burroughs
Religion: Student Scholarship & Creative Works
Christmas seems to start earlier and earlier every year. It starts with the music that plays on the radio, then retail stores begin to drape their shelves with red and green streamers, followed by Christmas movies running on every other channel. Every December, Christmas feels almost inescapable. The holiday manages to find its way into every facet of public life in the United States. Christians and non-Christians alike find themselves exchanging gifts with friends and loved ones on the 25th of December every year. Christmas is able to be so pervasive because of how unassuming it is. You participate in …
Swenson Center News, 2003, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 2003, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 2002, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 2002, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 2001, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 2001, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 2000, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 2000, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1999, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1999, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1998, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1998, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
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Swenson Center News, 1997, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1997, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1996, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1996, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1995, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1995, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1994, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1994, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1993, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1993, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1991, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1991, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1990, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1990, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1989, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1989, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1988, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1988, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1987, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1987, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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Swenson Center News, 1986, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Swenson Center News, 1986, Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center, Augustana College
Newsletter: Swenson Center News
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