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Бала, Марко. "ИНТЕЛЕКТУАЛНО ЈЕ ПОЛИТИЧКО: ЖИВОТ И ДЕЛО ИМАНУЕЛА ВОЛЕРСТИНА (1930–2019)". ГОДИШЊАК ЗА СОЦИОЛОГИЈУ 28, n. 1 (2 giugno 2022): 25–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.46630/gsoc.28.2022.02.
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This text is an attempt to lucidly present the intellectual biography and theoretical work of Immanuel Wallerstein, the main architect and exponent of world-systems analysis. Given that the entire Wallerstein’s work has been devoted to understanding the reality of the modern world-system as the fundament of every prudent action, this paper should simultaneously be read as a homage to one of the greatest names of the 20th century sociology, and as a reflexion on chaotic present and uncertain future of the world we live in. Having in mind his wide range of scholarly interests and a gargantuan oeuvre left as a legacy, we have selected four main topics discussed in Wallerstein’s work. After a concise review of Wallerstein’s intellectual biography in the introduction, the first part focuses on the methodological and epistemological postulates of world-systems theory. The second part discusses the issue known as the “long sixteenth century”, that is, the genesis of the capitalist worldeconomy, which is also the topic of the first volume of Wallerstein’s most important work The Modern World-System. The third part reviews the historical trajectory of antisystemic movements, from the Old Left in the 19th and the first part of the 20th century, to world revolution of 1968 as a turning point in their development, to modern varieties of these movements. The fourth part discusses the issue of rise and fall of the United States of America as a hegemonic power of the world-system.
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Vaitkevičiūtė, Eugenija. "Identity at the Crossroads of Cultures". Trimarium 2, n. 2 (24 agosto 2023): 107–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.55159/tri.2023.0102.05.
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The aim of the scientific article “Identity at the Crossroads of Cultures: The Case of the Bilingual Writer Juozapas Albinas Herbaiiauskas” is to analyse, based on empirical and theoretical research methods, the phenomenon of dual identity in the context of the development of nation-states in the first-half of the 20th century, which is determined by historical, cultural and community-related circumstances. The life of the bilingual Lithuanian-Polish, Polish-Lithuanian writer, cultural, public and political figure Juozapas Albinas Herbaiiauskas (Jozef Albin Herbaczewski), the drama and consequences of his identity choices in the context of the very difficult period of Lithuanian-Polish relations is the specific case chosen for such an analysis.
The Union of Lublin, signed in July 1569, created a unique political entity in Europe at that time – the united Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. The original model of the union provided that Lithuanians and Poles would live in the union on equal terms.
Despite its troubles, this political entity gave Europe its first written constitution and, in the long term, was partly responsible for the formation of a specific cultural and social position known as “Gente Lituanus, natione Polonus” (“Lithuanian by descent, Polish by nationality”). It became common to have a kind of dual identity – Lithuanian-Polish, Polish-Lithuanian.
However, a few centuries later, the above-mentioned position inherited from the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth turned into a problem: perhaps because the political model was only partially successful, the situation changed with the start of the active formation of nation-states. Tensions over borders, territories and geopolitical ambitions led to the need for a clear individual choice. A clearly expressed national identity, including the use of the specific language (Lithuanian or Polish), became an essential indicator of this. Meanwhile, partly due to the influence of the old heritage of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth from a socio-cultural point of view, there was still a relatively large number of mixed Lithuanian-Polish and Polish-Lithuanian families in Lithuania and Poland.
One of the more exceptional cases in this context is that of two brothers, Boleslovas and Juozapas Albinas Herbaiiauskas, who were born in the same family of a Polish father and a Lithuanian mother in the second half of the 19th century, but who chose different identities.
Boleslovas Herbaiiauskas (Bolesław Herbaczewski) chose a Polish identity. Juozapas Albinas Herbaiiauskas had a more Lithuanian identity. This bilingual Lithuanian-Polish, Polish-Lithuanian writer, cultural figure, promoter of the Lithuanian National Revival, the first lecturer in Lithuanian in the history of the Jagiellonian University in Poland, translator and publicist was one of the brightest and most colourful personalities in Kraków and interwar Kaunas of the early 20th century. His biography, the specifics of his activities, his polemics with his contemporaries, and the challenges he faced in his efforts to merge and preserve both Lithuanian and Polish identities in the context of the tense relations between Lithuania and Poland provide the researcher with a rewarding opportunity to shed light on the extremely complex and multidimensional era of the development of and relations between the Lithuanian and Polish states through the history of one person and his dramatic choices.
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Greason, Walter. "Blackness and Whiteness as Historical Forces in the 20th Century United States". Multicultural Perspectives 11, n. 1 (31 marzo 2009): 49–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15210960902717650.
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Magnussen, Anne. "New People, New Historical Narratives". Diálogos Latinoamericanos 10, n. 16 (1 gennaio 2009): 19. http://dx.doi.org/10.7146/dl.v10i16.113575.
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At the turn of the 20th century, the small central Texas town ofGonzales saw an impressive population increase consisting primarilyof Anglo Americans from other parts of the United States and ofMexican Americans. The latter constituted a new ethnic community ina town of Anglo Americans and African Americans. The powerrelationship between these two communities followed the norms andpractices of a southern racial hierarchy, and at least to some extent, thearrival of the Mexican Americans questioned the power logics of thisrelationship. The author argues that the activation in the first decadesof the 20th century of a series of historical references to Texas’independence in public space was part of an Anglo American effort tomaintain its economic, social and political power by integrating thenewly arrived Anglo Americans and efficiently excluding the MexicanAmerican community.
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De Ville, Kennethe. "Medical Malpractice in Twentieth Century United States: The Interaction of Technology, Law, and Culture". International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 14, n. 2 (1998): 196–211. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266462300012198.
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AbstractAlthough medical malpractice litigation in the United States has generated extensive professional and scholarly attention, few analyses of the issue have explored its underlying causes. This essay develops and employs an historical framework to explain the late 20th century phenomenon and concludes that widespread medical malpractice suits are the result of a combination of short-term topical causes and long-term cultural changes that are ignored or left untouched by most reform efforts. Most importantly, however, the development and proliferation of new and improved medical technologies has played a pivotal role throughout the entire history of the litigation, an effect that has become most prominent and important in the last third of the 20th century.
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Zmátlo, Peter. "Karol Anton Medvecký v slovenskej historiografii". Kultúrne dejiny 14, Supplement (2023): 6–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.54937/kd.2023.14.supp.6-35.
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Karol Anton Medvecký, a Catholic priest, politician and folk educator with an interest in ethnography, was an important figure in Slovak modern history and was a participant in important turning points in Slovak society at the beginning of the 20th century. He began to engage in public life at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. In the introductory parts, the author deals with the methodological and theoretical basis for writing professional historical biographies. The second part describes the work of Slovak historians about this personality, his life and work. The author analyzes and evaluates the previous works of Slovak historiography on K. A. Medvecký, which were professional studies, articles and review papers in proceedings, dictionaries and lexicons. He states that a professional historical biography about K. A. Medvecký has not yet been written.
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Tronchet, Guillaume. "Internationalization Trends in French Higher Education: An Historical Overview". International Higher Education, n. 83 (2 dicembre 2015): 28–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.6017/ihe.2015.83.9089.
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For many policy makers in France, internationalization of higher education is a new subject. But people have short memories. They have forgotten—or simply do not know—that French universities were pioneers and leaders in internationalization between the end of the 19th and the middle of the 20th century, before being outshone by the United States and some other countries in Europe. Faced with today’s challenges of globalization, it is time for French universities to reclaim their own history.
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Voronchenko, T., E. Fedorova e E. Gladkikh,. "Ethnocultural transformations in the annexed (1848) territories of Northern Mexico and the hypothetical future as imagined by Californian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries (Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, Alejandro Morales)". TRANSBAIKAL STATE UNIVERSITY JOURNAL 28, n. 10 (2022): 64–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.21209/2227-9245-2022-28-10-64-72.
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The article focuses on defining the ways the 19th and 20th centuries authors presented ethnocultural transformations driven by ethnopolitical processes in the Mexican territories of Alta California annexed by the United States in 1848. The research includes the novels of the 19th-century American authors: The Squatter and the Don (1885) by Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Ramona (1884) by Helen Maria Hunt Jackson; and The Rag Doll Plagues (1992) by the author of late 20th century Alejandro Morales. The object of the research is the historical reality as presented in the literature of California in the 19th and 20th centuries. The subject of the research is the representation of ethnocultural transformations in the territories of the former Alta California in the views of Maria Amparo Ruiz de Burton, Helen Maria Hunt Jackson, and Alejandro Morales. The purpose of the research is to identify the specifics of depicting ethnocultural transformations in the fiction works by Californian writers of the 19th and 20th centuries. The methodological basis of the research includes the works that analyze a literary text as a product of social life in specific cultural and historical conditions. The article uses a comprehensive approach to the analysis of the social and ethnocultural phenomena specific to the population of Mexican territories that became part of the United States. The approach combines methods of the sociology of literature, historical and cultural, problem-focused and chronological, and comparative research methods. The analysis of the novels helps to identify similarities and differences in the representation of the views of the 19th and 20th centuries authors on the ethnocultural transformations both in the ‘current’ historical reality (in literature depicting the ‘local color’) and the hypothetical reality of the future (in the dystopian novel).
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Hassler, Curt C., Shawn T. Grushecky, Lawrence E. Osborn e Joseph F. McNeel. "Hardwood Log Grading in the United States—Part 1: A Historical Perspective". Forest Products Journal 69, n. 2 (1 gennaio 2019): 110–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.13073/fpj-d-18-00023.
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Abstract The ability to efficiently and consistently characterize the quality of hardwood sawlogs is an indispensable part of operating a hardwood sawmill. And it is equally important for buyers and sellers of hardwood logs to negotiate prices on a uniform basis of both scale and grade. While scaling of logs is relatively straightforward, assuming buyer and seller agree on a specific log rule to use (e.g., Doyle, Scriber, International), grading logs for the purposes of evaluating quality is more complex. Hardwood log grading is an essential component of any hardwood sawmill's operation and effectively sets the stage for profit or loss. Various efforts have been made to develop a standardized log grading system by both the forest products industry and the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service (USDAFS) since the beginning of the 20th century. However, even after over a century of effort, there is still no broadly accepted standard for grading hardwood logs. The purpose of this article is to document the historical evolution of hardwood log grading systems. Understanding the development of hardwood log grading systems over time can help to produce a better log grading standard in the future.
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Albarran, Paola Andrea. "Makeup Trends on Television Newcasts in the U.S. during the 20th Century". VISUAL REVIEW. International Visual Culture Review 7, n. 2 (5 ottobre 2020): 85–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.37467/gka-revvisual.v7.2694.
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This study is an exploration of the shift from standard definition (SDTV) to high-definition (HDTV) on television newscasts in the United States. This paper examines how this major historic shift affected the thinking, behavior, and trends of female newscasters when using makeup to see what themes arose. Despite the ubiquity of female newscasters, academic research into the influence of HD broadcasting and makeup appearance is limited. Due to this lack of information, the present study provides a cultural approach to examining historical information about this switch. News West 9 broadcasted in Midland-Odessa and interviews to a female newscaster, a news director, and a makeup artist who experienced this shift are utilized to address the historical issues facing high-definition broadcasting during this time.
Tesi sul tema "Historical biography - united states - 20th century"
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Hubbs, Holly J. "American women saxophonists from 1870-1930 : their careers and repertoire". Virtual Press, 2003. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1259304.
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The late nineteenth century was a time of great change for women's roles in music. Whereas in 1870, women played primarily harp or piano, by 1900 there were all-woman orchestras. During the late nineteenth century, women began to perform on instruments that were not standard for them, such as cornet, trombone, and saxophone. The achievements of early female saxophonists scarcely have been mentioned in accounts of saxophone history. This study gathers scattered and previously unpublished information about the careers and repertoire of American female saxophonists from 1870-1930 into one reference source.The introduction presents a brief background on women's place in music around 1900 and explains the study's organization. Chapter two presents material on saxophone history and provides an introduction to the Chautauqua, lyceum, and vaudeville circuits. Chapter three contains biographical entries for forty-four women saxophonists from 1870-1930. Then follows in Chapter four a discussion of the saxophonists' repertoire. Parlor, religious, and minstrel songs are examined, as are waltz, fox-trot, and ragtime pieces. Discussion of music of a more "classical" nature concludes this section. Two appendixes are included--the first, a complete alphabetical list of the names of early female saxophonists and the ensembles with which they played; the second, an alphabetical list of representative pieces played by the women.The results of this study indicate that a significant number of women became successful professional saxophonists between 1870-1930. Many were famous on a local level, and some toured extensively while performing on Chautauqua, lyceum, and vaudeville circuits. Some ended their performing careers after becoming wives and mothers, but some continued to perform with all-woman swing bands during the 1930s and 40s.The musical repertoire played by women saxophonists from 1870-1930 reflects the dichotomy of cultivated and vernacular music. Some acts chose to use popular music as a drawing card by performing ragtime, fox-trot, waltz, and other dance styles. Other acts presented music from the more cultivated classical tradition, such as opera transcriptions or original French works for saxophone (by composers such as Claude Debussy). Most women, however, performed a mixture of light classics, along with crowd-pleasing popular songs.School of Music
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Endicott, David. "Spectacular fictions : the Cold War and the making of historical knowledge". Virtual Press, 1998. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/1117103.
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The Cold War can be considered the final grand narrative of modernity because of its deterministic influence on the making of knowledge in twentieth-century America. Likewise, Cold War events and the power of their individual narratives and images (their petits recits) created the needed condition for the advent of the age of spectacle. The Cold War existed in this state of contradiction: the final grand narrative and the first postmodern spectacle. Examples of the literature of the Cold War period, what I have labelled the literature of spectacle, serve to both elucidate the social conditions of the age of spectacle and their relationship to our media society. Spectacular fictions also provide a means of examining the postmodern concept of historiographic fictionalization. Don DeLillo's Libra' presents a Lee Harvey Oswald who manipulates the traces of his life to blur the image that he knows must enter the historical record. The Richard Nixon of Robert Coover's The Public Burning evolves to an intense consciousness of the contradictions of historiography that is realized only after he is brutally molested by Uncle Sam for the entire nation to witness, a rape that both strips Nixon of any remaining masculinity and thrusts him forward into America's Cold War history as the dark shadow of his future presidency looms throughout the novel. In The Book of Daniel, E.L. Doctorow's Daniel Isaacson attempts to counteract historiography (and the narrative of his infamous parents, the Rosenbergesque Paul and Rochelle) by writing his own story, telling his history as he feels it relates to the American experience of the Cold War. Daniel's self-history differs from Oswald's selfnarratization because Oswald's text is intentionally fabricated, while Daniel realizes that his narrative is a fabrication of the nation's history. Likewise, the characterization of Nixon differs from that of Oswald, though both are inspired by their actual historical counterparts. While the Nixon of the 1970s greatly shapes the Nixon of the novel, the historical Lee Harvey Oswald remains an enigma of America's recent past, perpetually residing in the margins of unknowability. From this space of marginalization, DeLillo's Oswald emerges.Department of English
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Johnston, Peter J. "Astronomers and the Hubble space telescope : an historical analysis /". Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01312009-063039/.
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Staines, Amber Irene. "The Effect of Medical Care on Infant Mortality in the United States in the Early 20th Century". Miami University / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1438190193.
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Potter, Eugenie Ann Conser. "The linguistic turn in philosophy of education: An historical study of selected factors affecting an academic discipline". Diss., The University of Arizona, 1988. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/184401.
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From the late 1950s to about 1970, philosophers of education began to adopt a mode of philosophizing characterized as "the linguistic turn," after a similar change in general philosophy. This involved a move away from the older "isms" approach rooted in metaphysics towards linguistic and conceptual analysis. The linguistic turn has been attributed to intellectual history--the influence of ideas on a field. The central argument of this study, however, is that during the 1950s, factors external to academia, but acting upon it, interacted with concerns by educational philosophers themselves to create the conditions for the linguistic turn. These factors included the attacks on public schooling and "educationists," the teacher education reform movement, the Ford Foundation funding of liberal arts oriented teacher preparation, and, within the academy, the concern on the part of educational philosophers for the academic legitimacy of their discipline. These factors led philosophers of education to model their discourse more closely on the reigning paradigm in general philosophy, linguistic analysis. The attacks on public schooling were centered on progressivism for its alleged anti-intellectualism and subversive character. Philosophers of education were the particular targets of these critics. Teacher preparation in education schools also came under scrutiny during this period. The Ford Foundation's Fund for the Advancement of Education underwrote major programs that centered teacher preparation in a liberal arts curriculum, with only minimal coursework devoted to professional training. In addition, the National Commission for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) supported such a reorientation, with a concomitant weakening of educational philosophy's place in teacher education programs. Philosophers of education responded by lobbying for the inclusion of their courses in certification requirements, forging an alliance with the American Philosophical Association, reducing the social activism that had characterized earlier educational philosophers' efforts, and adopting the more academically legitimate methods of general philosophy. In the short term these actions assured educational philosophy a place in teacher education programs. In the long run, however, the linguistic turn may have jeopardized the survival of educational philosophy as an academic field by creating a chasm between philosopher and practitioner.
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Eveleth, Kyle W. "Outsiders to Whom? Reimagining the Creation of Young Adult Literature in the United States". UKnowledge, 2019. https://uknowledge.uky.edu/english_etds/103.
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The study of young adult literature has become widespread within Children’s and Young Adult Literature specifically and literary studies as a whole. However, the term “young adult” which defines and focalizes both the literature itself and the ostensible readers for whom it is produced remains a poorly-examined area. The present study examines the creation of one branch of what we now call “young adult literature” from its roots in the United States in the early twentieth century to its emergence as a dominant literary form in the mid-to-late 1960s. In doing so, it seeks to reconcile emerging professional, psychological, sociological, pedagogical, cultural, and ideological discourses concerning adolescence and young adulthood with works of fiction prepared specifically for their consumption. It also seeks to position the changing role of adolescent subjects into the larger framework of American Studies by examining how these texts reflected, tested, and reinforced dominant paradigms of thought surrounding how adolescents would become actualized American subjects. At the same time, it broaches concerns within these dominant paradigms that have been overlooked in constructing historical approaches to the development of young adult literature, and it suggests a few methodologies by which to recover these undiscussed threads.
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Still, Tamara G. "Paul Fritts and Company, organ builders : the evolution of the mechanical-action organ in the United States during the 20th century with historical emphasis on the instruments of Paul Fritts /". Thesis, Connect to this title online; UW restricted, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1773/11254.
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Mosco, Natalie. "On creating : A brush with Georgia O'Keeffe". Thesis, View thesis, 2008. http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/43722.
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In 1988, my interest in the Twentieth Century American painter and feminist icon, Georgia O’Keeffe, was sparked by two seemingly disparate events: The Art Institute of Chicago’s first posthumous retrospective show of the painter’s works and the twentieth anniversary reunion of the original Broadway cast of Hair (of which I had been a member) that was celebrated at the United Nations in New York. Somewhere within me at that time O’Keeffe and Hair became entwined. In studying O’Keeffe’s life I sensed that her sincerity of aspiration coupled with her dogged resolve were life-lessons that might inform all artists. As a performing artist, a logical vehicle by which I could explore O’Keeffe was through the creation and performance of a play about her life. In embarking in this direction, I hoped to discover some key to creativity whereby all artists could be informed. O’Keeffe was a historical figure so my work included historical research that included autobiographical and biographical sources, videocassettes, correspondence, newspaper and magazine commentary. In addition to studying historical resources, O’Keeffe’s art was a primary resource; in particular what inspired it, how O’Keeffe painted and her philosophy of art. My research prompted the question: “At what point does the tenacious biographer leave off and the artful dramatist begin?” This question expresses the key creative and ethical problem of such a project: how much creative license can be taken with a subject who was an actual human being with a verifiable history? O’Keeffe was a creature of contradiction so rather than attempting to reconcile the contradiction between historical accuracy and creativity, I would begin by immersing myself in the known facts about my subject which I would then use as an impetus for my imaginative engagement with her life. The frisson generated by this cohabitation of contradictions could result in a release that could then be shared with audiences and, hopefully, enhance their understanding of the subject and the nature of creativity. To “dance”, so to speak, with her contradictions became my goal and methodology for writing A Brush With Georgia O’Keeffe. A part of my study also considers my experience playing the character, Georgia O’Keeffe. I had not anticipated that O’Keeffe’s emotional contrarieties would affect me personally. I had expected her mood swings to manifest within the character of O’Keeffe; in fact, they also became a part of the actor portraying her. In addition, because O’Keeffe worked and reworked her subjects, I permitted myself that luxury as a writer; however, I neglected to allow myself as the actor time to engage in a similar exploration in order to integrate the rhythm of the role into my body. By default, I also became producer for the WorkShop production of my play (overburdening myself at a time when my focus should have been on the role of Georgia). Nonetheless, O’Keeffe’s belief that one’s artistic expression must be the most perfect manifestation of one’s truth fueled my own conviction that integral to any artist of sincere aspiration was the quest for a pure form of personal expression as well as the necessity of maintaining one’s artistic vision. It was O’Keeffe’s philosophy that kept me on course as a performer. Moreover, although there is no blueprint for the creation of biographical drama, in the case of a work exploring the ambivalent O����Keeffe, embracing the dualities of historical accuracy and artistic integrity offered assurances of a probable road to travel. By embracing her inner direction and balancing her contrarieties, O’Keeffe seemingly guided my foray into her life.
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LALIOTOU, Ioanna. "Migrating Greece : historical enactments of migrations in the culture of the nation". Doctoral thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/1814/5869.
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Defence date: 29 May 1998Examining board: Prof. John Brewer, European University Institute ; Prof. Richard Johnson, The Nottingham Trent University ; Prof. Mark Mazower, University of Sussex ; Prof. Luisa Passerini, European University Institute, Supervisor
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Miller, Brittany L. "A MECHANISM OF AMERICAN MUSEUM-BUILDING PHILANTHROPY, 1925-1970". Thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2500.
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Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI)This thesis investigates why twentieth-century philanthropists, such as Henry Ford, John and Abby Rockefeller, Henry du Pont, and Henry and Helen Flynt, developed American museums between 1925 and 1970. These individuals shared similar beliefs and ideological perspectives of American history, which shaped their museum-building efforts. Additionally, philanthropists had financial resources, social networks, and access to agents. The combination of these elements assisted in the establishment of their institutions. Over two generations, these museum builders established an American museum ideal through the implementation of their philanthropy. Philanthropists’ extensive financial resources, combined with philanthropic and museum-oriented ideas of the time, provided the impetus for the creation of new museums and collections. Furthermore, this work investigates Henry Ford as a case study of the philanthropic system used to establish these institutions. Ford’s agents mediated an exchange of artifacts and resources between Ford and average people, who were willing to give buildings, furnishings, and industrial machinery to the museum. This multi-directional system of philanthropy exemplifies the relationship between Ford as the philanthropist, his agents, and potential donors, to create his museums. Other philanthropists and institutions are referenced to further illustrate the museum building process and the role of philanthropy established at this time.
Libri sul tema "Historical biography - united states - 20th century"
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Christian), Reynolds Matthew (Matthew, e Sauter Dale, a cura di. Greenville in the 20th century. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing, 2013.
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Browne, Blaine T. Modern American lives: Individuals and issues in American history since 1945. Armonk, N.Y: M.E. Sharpe, 2008.
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William, McDonald. The socialite who killed a Nazi with her bare hands: And 163 other fascinating people who died this year : the best of the New York times obituaries, 2013. New York: Workman Pub., 2012.
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Duke, Pony. Too rich: The family secrets of Doris Duke. New York: HarperCollins, 1996.
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Palermo, Joseph A. Robert F. Kennedy and the death of American idealism. New York: Pearson Longman, 2008.
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Deanhardt, Michael. Make waves, but don't step on the water: Reflections of Michael Deanhardt. Anderson, S.C: Thelton Hall Pub., 2006.
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Sellers, Cleveland. The river of no return: The autobiography of a Black militant and the life and death of SNCC. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.
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Sellers, Cleveland. The river of no return: The autobiography of a Black militant and the life and death of SNCC. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990.
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Baron, Robert C. 20th century America, 100 influential people. Golden, Colo: Fulcrum Pub., 1995.
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Youngs, J. William T. American realities: Historical episodes. 6a ed. New York: Longman, 2004.
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Getzen, Thomas E. "United States". In Money and Medicine, 118—C7.N89. Oxford University PressNew York, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197573266.003.0007.
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Abstract During the 20th century the United States became the largest national health care market and the global leader in medical technology. Historical records and archival data for the period before 1960 give specificity to generalizations made in previous chapters. A patchwork financing system based on private employee benefits, Medicare and Medicaid, and local safety net providers was developed during a time of exceptional prosperity. When the oil embargo and inflation hit in 1973, nonprofit hospitals, community-rated premiums, visiting nurse services, and other voluntary institutions struggled to remain viable. Without the universal coverage and national controls over budgets or prices found in most OECD countries, the health financing transition appears to have been incomplete in the United States. Excess growth after 1975 made it an outlier, an expensive exception where NHE rose 50% faster than comparable countries over the next two decades.
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"China vs. the United States". In Historical and Political Analysis on Power Balances and Deglobalization, 59–86. IGI Global, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5633-0.ch005.
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The relationship between the United States and modern China has been tentative at best, and at times, volatile. The dueling global superpowers have kept it cordial throughout the latter 20th century, but the insertion of uber-nationalist President Xi Jinping has challenged the liberal democratic order predicated on the balance of power amongst the world's nations. The competition between China and the United States has only intensified in the 21st century with the election of nationalist President Xi Jinping, who has not only committed to ‘purifying' the country via education camps for the Uyghur population, but to countering punitive U.S. trade policies and decisions. Xi's China is a major political actor within the international community, and stands a good chance at the impending new world order centering around Chinese politics and policy.
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Jorion, Philippe, e William N. Goetzmann. "Global Stock Markets in the 20th Century". In The Equity Risk Premium Essays and Explorations, 335–64. Oxford University PressNew York, NY, 2006. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780195148145.003.0017.
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Abstract The contribution of this article is to present a wide cross section of historical stock market performance over roughly 80 years of world history. Until recently, studies of the long-term rate of return to the stock market have been confined only to the U.S. or U.K. markets because of data availability. The central question to us is whether the U.S. experience is representative of equity investing around the world through the 20th century. Over the period we examine, the United States had the highest rate of real appreciation in stock prices in a sample of 39 countries—significantly higher than the median market and slightly higher than a GDP-weighted index of non- U.S. markets. Some of the most difficult challenges in this article were trying to understand what happened to investment markets during crisis periods, particularly the Second World War, when many markets ceased to function normally, and legal ownership claims—at least for parts of the population— ceased to exist. As econometricians, we like to imagine that the economic environment is roughly stationary—that a stock is a stock whether it trades in 1941 in Berlin or 2005 in the United States. The experience of the 20th century cautions us that this is not necessarily true. Major world events, for which standard econometric models cannot account, are apt to redefine and realign markets
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Lazonick, William. "Innovative Enterprise, Industrial Leadership, and Sustainable Prosperity". In The Oxford Handbook of Industry Dynamics, C2S1—C2P129. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190933463.013.2.
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Abstract This chapter provides a retrospective account of nearly five decades of historical and comparative research aimed at developing an economic theory that explains the shifts across nations in industrial leadership and addresses the policy challenges of developing and sustaining a successful and equitable economy. The initial research focused on the dynamics of the British cotton-textile industry, the global 19th-century leader that lost international competitiveness in the 20th century. The focus expanded to the social conditions that supported innovation across industries in Britain, the United States, and Japan in global competition in the 20th century, providing empirical foundations for the Social Conditions of Innovative Enterprise (SCIE) framework. In turn, this framework has permitted systematic research into the transition of many United States corporations from innovation to financialization, with implications for extreme economic inequality in the United States and the loss of US industrial leadership to China.
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Nielsen, Kim E. "Remembering Anna Ott". In Money, Marriage, and Madness, 101–6. University of Illinois Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.5622/illinois/9780252043147.003.0009.
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This chapter analyses the messy impact of historical forces such as ableism, patriarchy, and institutionalization on Ott’s life. The justifying logic imbedded in her diagnosis and prescriptive institutionalization (re)wrote her life story—her past, her future, and how she would be remembered. The ableism undergirding Ott’s insanity diagnosis permeated legal, familial, and activist contexts both outside and inside the walls of medicine in the late nineteenth-century United States. The chapter then argues for biography as a powerful methodology to forefront lived experiences while simultaneously embedding those lived experiences in large-scale social and historical structures.
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Dunn, Kelly E. "Historical Events that Shaped Contemporary Opioid Trends". In The Oxford Handbook of Opioids and Opioid Use Disorder, C1S1—C1S47. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197618431.013.1.
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Abstract Opioid products originate in Papaver somniferum (e.g., the poppy plant), a naturally occurring botanical plant whose psychoactive ingredient (opium) has been used for centuries for its analgesic and reinforcing properties. In the mid-1800s that the psychoactive ingredient of opium, morphine, was isolated and identified, leading to the medicalization of opioid products. In the 1900s, opioids were viewed primarily as useful therapeutics that were often compounded with other psychoactive ingredients and sold as elixirs. Within 20 years there was strong recognition of their potential for problematic use related to high rates of opioid-related problems. While the scientific field continued to focus on the identification and synthesis of new opioid analgesics, at a Federal level a series of acts were passed that sought to restrict access to opioids. This made for a complex environment to enact treatment programs, and many of the laws passed during those periods continue to shape our modern-day treatment infrastructure. Nonmedical opioid use continued throughout the 20th century, though it changed in important ways beginning around the 1980s when a series of landmark events occurred, each of which are believed to have played a role in shaping the current state of opioid use in the United States. This chapter provides a historical review of the experience of opioids, primarily in the United States, from the 1800s to today and discusses in detail how these events established a foundation upon which our contemporary medical, treatment, and societal approaches are premised.
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Tanaka, Akira, e Yue Wang. "Procurement Systems and Industry Dynamics". In The Oxford Handbook of Industry Dynamics, C11S1—C11S17. Oxford University Press, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190933463.013.11.
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Abstract This chapter explores the development of procurement systems for the mass production of steel in the United States, Japan, and China over the past 120 years. It shows that the evolution of global procurement systems in the steel industry is the result of the creative adaptations of the industries of the three countries based on the historical conditions in each of them. Thus, in the first half of the 20th century, US steel mills established the captive mine system and extended their vertical integration into iron mines; in the second half of the 20th century, Japanese steel producers adopted a long-term contract system with overseas iron ore suppliers. The rapid growth of China’s steel industry in the early 21st century created a spot market for iron ore. Facing the decline of the long-term contract system, Chinese steel companies adopted a pluralistic strategy that combined all three procurement systems.
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Sanders, Andrew. "The USA and Ireland before 1968". In The Long Peace Process, 7–28. Liverpool University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781786940445.003.0002.
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The first chapter examines the historical relationship between the United States and Northern Ireland, offering an overview of Irish-American relations throughout the 20th century with a particular focus on the period after the partition of Ireland. It looks at early US investment in Northern Ireland, an issue which would come to have great significance in later years. It also considers the role that US Presidents had in Ireland and Northern Ireland prior to the outbreak of the Northern Ireland conflict, and establishes the broader context to JFK’s famous 1963 visit to Ireland.
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"Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas". In Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas, a cura di Blaine D. Snyder. American Fisheries Society, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569728.ch23.
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<em>Abstract.</em>—The Susquehanna River drains portions of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and is the 18th largest river (by discharge) in the United States. Although relatively undeveloped (i.e., 63% of the basin is forested, whereas 9% is urban), the river and its fish assemblage have experienced stresses associated with coal mining, logging, electric power generation, population growth, and agricultural and industrial operations. Surveys of Susquehanna River fishes have a rich history, with the qualitative surveys of 19th century naturalists giving way to the quantitative studies of 20th century environmental impact assessment specialists. Ichthyofaunal surveys of the Susquehanna drainage were compiled and summarized herein to examine species composition, losses, and additions. Collection records indicate that the Susquehanna River drainage supports a diverse and relatively stable assemblage of 60 native species (or 51% of all species), 33 (28%) alien species, 22 (19%) euryhaline or diadromous fishes, and 2 (2%) extirpated or extinct species. Stocking efforts, bait-bucket releases, range extensions, and new species descriptions accounted for most contemporary species additions. Overall reduction in species richness has been limited to one cyprinid that has not been collected since 1862, and one darter species that has not been collected since 1987. Construction of four large hydroelectric dams on the lower Susquehanna (in the early 20th century) eliminated 98% of historic anadromous fish habitat, leading to notable reductions in commercial/ recreational clupeid stocks. Recent increases in the occurrence and abundance of anadromous fish in the Susquehanna River are a credit to an extensive restoration program that began with fish trap and transfer operations in 1972, included fish culture programs, and led to the installation of fish passage technologies at each of the four dams.
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"Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas". In Historical Changes in Large River Fish Assemblages of the Americas, a cura di Blaine D. Snyder. American Fisheries Society, 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.47886/9781888569728.ch23.
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<em>Abstract.</em>—The Susquehanna River drains portions of New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, and is the 18th largest river (by discharge) in the United States. Although relatively undeveloped (i.e., 63% of the basin is forested, whereas 9% is urban), the river and its fish assemblage have experienced stresses associated with coal mining, logging, electric power generation, population growth, and agricultural and industrial operations. Surveys of Susquehanna River fishes have a rich history, with the qualitative surveys of 19th century naturalists giving way to the quantitative studies of 20th century environmental impact assessment specialists. Ichthyofaunal surveys of the Susquehanna drainage were compiled and summarized herein to examine species composition, losses, and additions. Collection records indicate that the Susquehanna River drainage supports a diverse and relatively stable assemblage of 60 native species (or 51% of all species), 33 (28%) alien species, 22 (19%) euryhaline or diadromous fishes, and 2 (2%) extirpated or extinct species. Stocking efforts, bait-bucket releases, range extensions, and new species descriptions accounted for most contemporary species additions. Overall reduction in species richness has been limited to one cyprinid that has not been collected since 1862, and one darter species that has not been collected since 1987. Construction of four large hydroelectric dams on the lower Susquehanna (in the early 20th century) eliminated 98% of historic anadromous fish habitat, leading to notable reductions in commercial/ recreational clupeid stocks. Recent increases in the occurrence and abundance of anadromous fish in the Susquehanna River are a credit to an extensive restoration program that began with fish trap and transfer operations in 1972, included fish culture programs, and led to the installation of fish passage technologies at each of the four dams.
Atti di convegni sul tema "Historical biography - united states - 20th century"
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Lee, Stephanie Kyuyoung. "Hard Labor, Soft Space: The Making of Radical Ruralism". In 112th ACSA Annual Meeting. ACSA Press, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.35483/acsa.am.112.101.
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“Hard Labor, Soft Space” is a research-based design investigation on the current surge of collective farms and radical food systems in and around the Hudson Valley.What does it mean to create an infrastructure of care, and systems of resilience within a capitalist landscape of production, extraction, and exploitation?Against the backdrop of land distribution laws such as the Homestead Act (1862) and Alien Land Laws (1913 to present) that have driven the current racial disparity in agricultural land ownership, this project reframes rurality as a site of radical reclamation. This research forms a comparative genealogy of utopian agrarian projects in the U.S. Starting from Pietist settlements (such as Icarians, Shakers and Amana Colonies) to 19th and 20th Century Abolitionist movements in the United States, to the current wave of BIPOC-led radical farms. Through creating a continuous timeline, the project links together more than fifty agrarian based communities across the U.S. From early forms of abolitionist communities such as Nashoba Community (1825-1828) and Timbuctoo (1848–1855), to Black cooperative movements such as Freedom Farms Cooperative (1969-1976) and New Communities Incorporated (1969-1985). The project creates a BIPOC-centered historical narrative for recent land justice projects such as Sweet Freedom Farm, Gentle Time Farm, Soulfire Farm, Choy Division, and Ayni Herb Farm, all located within the state of New York.In 1972, Liselotte and Oswald Mathias Ungers’ published “Communes in the New World: 1740–1972”, a study on utopian commune living.2 “Hard Labor, Soft Space” is part-homage, and part-critique by addressing the erasure of racial history in rural ideation, and proposes future living strategies rooted in racial and social justice. Through archiving, interviewing and counter- mapping, this project highlights alternative agrarian settlements and renounces models of industrial farming that thrive on the extraction of labor, capital, and lands of others.
Rapporti di organizzazioni sul tema "Historical biography - united states - 20th century"
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Reznickova, Alice. Lost Inheritance: Black Farmers Face an Uncertain Future without Heirs’ Property Reforms. Union of Concerned Scientists, giugno 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.47923/2023.15127.
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Black farmers in the United States lost nearly 90 percent of their farmland during the 20th century. Researchers and advocates have identified the legal tangle known as heirs’ property as a potential leading cause of this historical and ongoing loss of wealth. Heirs’ property is land passed down through generations to multiple heirs without a clear legal title, and Black landowners have been disproportionately affected due to systemic racism in the United States. As a result, landowners underutilize otherwise productive farmland, have difficulty accessing federal loans and grants, and lose land to predatory buyers through sales forced on heirs who might have farmed it. The federal government has an obligation to help these landowners resolve title issues and improve their access to federal funding, which would support a new generation of Black farmers in rebuilding wealth for their families and communities.