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Index of mentions of St. Augustin\u27s Church and School in Newport Daily News, 1940-1969
Get PDFList of mentions of the St. Augustin\u27s Church and St. Augustin\u27s School in the Newport Daily News, listed alphabetically by subject with date.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/st-augustin/1002/thumbnail.jp
The impact of new technology on President Abraham Lincoln\u27s military leadership during the Civil War
No full textThis dissertation poses the question: What was the impact of new technology on President Abraham Lincoln\u27s military leadership during the Civil War? It describes the new technology used during the Civil War, defines leadership, and then analyzes the impact of this new technology on the military leadership of President Lincoln. During the Civil War (1861-1865), President Lincoln faced a crisis of cataclysmic dimensions. Lincoln\u27s leadership skills and abilities, as well as the technology present at the time, were elements essential to saving the Union. Technology affected the life, the thought process and the leadership capacity of Lincoln. I will explore how new technology affected President Lincoln\u27s military leadership capacity and abilities, focusing primarily on his decision-making process and his mindset during the Civil War
The American suburban front lawn: An eco-anthropological analysis
No full textThe American suburban front lawn is a popular landscape and national ideal. Often, it is maintained using synthetic and impersonal methods of lawn care. The literature reviewed reveals a polarized response to the American suburban front lawn, including academic criticism and homeowner support. Many experts claim that the American suburban front lawn is ecologically hazardous and socially vapid and call for its replacement. Yet many suburban homeowners steadfastly construct and maintain it, despite negative ecological and social impacts. Both responses are considered and the American suburban front lawn is analyzed negatively (ecological and social impacts) and positively (unique validity, relevance, and benefits) in order to understand this phenomenon in all its complexity. The question is raised of whether a middle ground is possible. Research conducted attempts to determine whether there is a culturally viable way homeowners can maintain their front lawns that (1) maintains this popular groundcover, (2) maximizes its benefits, and (3) minimizes negative ecological and social impacts. Ultimately, it is posited that the American suburban front lawn can be maintained in its traditional form if new paradigms and practices are adopted. Research is conducted using an eco-anthropological approach. Analysis includes the use of historical, critical, and socio-cultural perspectives
John Alfred Hazard’s Newport Legacy—Hazard’s Beach, Gooseberry Beach, and Gooseberry Island
Get PDFToday the land northwest and west of Bailey’s Beach reaching to Cherry Neck and Hazard’s Road on Newport’s Ocean Drive is a pristine treasure of scenic beaches and stately mansions and cottages. In the mid-19th century this property was called Rocky Farm and was owned by one man, John Alfred Hazard, a descendant of one of Newport’s founders. Upon his death in 1880, his will was the subject of contention and controversy. It resulted in the gift of Rocky Farm to the Newport Hospital, an organization entirely unprepared for its management. Fortunately, the timing coincided with Newport’s economic growth and its developing status as a capital of society. Along with that came a desire for leisure and pleasure, which Rocky Farm accommodated quite well with its picturesque beachfront property. Two separate beaches— Hazard’s Beach and Gooseberry Beach—eventually resulted, each owned and run by corporations formed by local citizens. The remaining Rocky Farm property was eventually sold and most of the land became the site of magnificent seaside dwellings. One parcel became Newport’s only public high school. The end result was that John Alfred Hazard’s donation was central to the development of a major portion of the Ocean Drive from the late 1880s until the mid-1950s
Editor\u27s Note
Get PDFIn November 1663, John Clarke arrived in Newport with a new Charter for the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. Granted by King Charles II four months earlier, the Charter was groundbreaking in containing for the first time a monarch’s guarantee of freedom of religion. In 2013, organizations throughout the state of Rhode Island plan to celebrate the 350th anniversary of the granting of the Charter with a host of commemorative ceremonies. In this issue of Newport History, Tracy Jonsson provides a detailed analysis of the Charter and its impact. In 1663, the Charter arrived in Newport on the threshold of explosive growth fueled by maritime commerce. During Newport’s subsequent “Golden Age” leading up to the Revolution, merchant wealth and civic pride fostered a flowering of sophisticated architecture inspired by English styles of the Georgian era—the period from 1714 to 1830 when four monarchs named George occupied the British throne. The second article in this issue of Newport History is a photographic essay on Georgian architecture in Newport prepared by the Editor in collaboration with Jennifer L. Robinson
The American suburban front lawn: An eco-anthropological analysis
No full textThe American suburban front lawn is a popular landscape and national ideal. Often, it is maintained using synthetic and impersonal methods of lawn care. The literature reviewed reveals a polarized response to the American suburban front lawn, including academic criticism and homeowner support. Many experts claim that the American suburban front lawn is ecologically hazardous and socially vapid and call for its replacement. Yet many suburban homeowners steadfastly construct and maintain it, despite negative ecological and social impacts. Both responses are considered and the American suburban front lawn is analyzed negatively (ecological and social impacts) and positively (unique validity, relevance, and benefits) in order to understand this phenomenon in all its complexity. The question is raised of whether a middle ground is possible. Research conducted attempts to determine whether there is a culturally viable way homeowners can maintain their front lawns that (1) maintains this popular groundcover, (2) maximizes its benefits, and (3) minimizes negative ecological and social impacts. Ultimately, it is posited that the American suburban front lawn can be maintained in its traditional form if new paradigms and practices are adopted. Research is conducted using an eco-anthropological approach. Analysis includes the use of historical, critical, and socio-cultural perspectives
Atomic cinema in America: Historical and cultural analysis of a new film genre that reflected the nuclear zeitgeist of the Cold War (1945–1989)
No full textThe dissertation identifies a new film genre forged in the cold war era, called atomic cinema. Genre analysis has frequently been criticized for its over emphasis on classificatory labels and for the theoretical minefield that can result from the ahistorical search for ideal forms or an expectation that categorizing texts can achieve a kind of scientific precision. This dissertation argues that the best uses of genre are ones that are formed in relation to particular historical contexts and questions. Employing Terry Eagleton\u27s approach to texts as the key to this study\u27s interdisciplinary approach, surveys of works by film theorists, critics, historians, Cold War strategists, and even anti-nuclear activists were conducted in the development of an analysis to analyze the zeitgeist of three eras during the Cold War--1945-1963 (The Dawn of the Atomic Cinema), 1964-1979 (Transformative Years of Atomic Cinema), and 1980-1989 (Armageddon Redux). This chronological partitioning aided the historical examination of the public discourse over the growing nuclearism, the in situ backdrop in which these films were produced and subsequently understood by audiences. All of which enabled an effective means to document the maturation of the genre as well as vetting borderline films effectively--resulting in an atomic cinema filmography of eight-hundred and fifteen films and made-for-television movies. Facilitating the etymological discussion of the author\u27s chosen term atomic cinema, a comparative analysis of how notable film scholars and critics (i.e., Susan Sontag, John Baxter, Jack Shaheen, Paul Boyer, Peter Biskind, Mick Broderick, Joyce Evans, Toni Perrine, Kim Newman and Jerome Shapiro) defined and approached their study of atomic-themed films was conducted--demonstrating that a coherent definition for this body of films did not exist. Concomitantly, their research and divergent filmographies provided insights useful in devising a comprehensive definition for atomic cinema that accounts for the distinct use of symbolism, motifs, mise-en-scène, and atomic terminology associated with the atomic paradox--nuclearism--that developed over time in atomic cinema productions
Salve Regina University Sixty-Third Annual Commencement program, 2013
Get PDFThe Commencement program details the order of exercises, academic honors, and graduates.https://digitalcommons.salve.edu/commencement-programs/1065/thumbnail.jp