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Kittenish Appearance: Western Fashion in Meiji Japan
Get PDFThis paper seeks to examine the degree to which Meiji era Japan adopted Western fashion. It uses written and photographic sources to understand the attitude of Meiji era Japanese towards the introduction of Western fashion into everyday life, and the changing of said attitudes throughout the Meiji era and its implication on Japan\u27s national identity
A Unified Voice: The US-Taliban Peace Deal
Get PDFThe United States signed a peace deal with the Taliban on February 29th, 2020 that would result in the complete withdrawal of US forces from the country at the end of a fourteenth month period, assuming the Taliban holds up their end of the deal. This would mark the end of one of the longest wars in United States history, lasting nearly two decades. The purpose of this paper is twofold, to determine if there is a presence of bias or misinformation by five major public policy think tanks in the United States and to examine the United States – Taliban peace deal through the analysis of content from the same five public policy think tanks. Those think tanks are the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Heritage Foundation, and the Wilson Center. The findings of this paper show that these public policy think tanks are in relative unity in their opinion and recommendations regarding the peace deal, showing that across ideological lines this peace deal is rushed and unsatisfactory in its current state, and should either be renegotiated or torn up. This unity in both opinion and recommendation also shows that these think tanks are fulfilling their duty to both the public and policymakers by informing them on what is best to help move the United States forward, regardless of ideological pressure or economic benefits to the contrary
More Money Fewer Problems: Increasing The Minimum Wage
Get PDFThis policy brief examines the minimum wage in North Carolina, its effect, and ways to increase the wage for the betterment of citizens. The minimum wage at its current level of 15 seems to be the most talked about in the media it can be costly for the deficit and risks layoffs which in the long run is not beneficial for citizens. While increasing the minimum wage to 12. One last solution is to pass a state-by-state regulated wage increase based on inflation during the year. Currently, 13 states have legislation in place to deal with inflation and the minimum wage, showing that this type of legislation can work and be beneficial for citizens while making sure companies can pay the stated wage. Therefore, my final solution is to increase the wage to $12 paired with a year-to-year wage increase based on inflation
Episode 4: Russia’s Assault on Ukraine: Energy Security and Military Strategy
No full textJoin host Andrew Lemon, Professor Rimvidas Baltaduonis and student Blake Dudley as they discuss the ongoing war in Ukraine. In our first episode with a Gettysburg College faculty member, energy and security expert Baltaduonis provides insights into economic implications from the war and where the world should direct energy efforts moving forward. Dudley discusses his perceptions of the Russian military strategy and how it speaks to Russia’s larger end goals of political repression
Featured Piece: 1619, 1776, 2023
Get PDFThis year’s featured piece was written by Timothy Shannon, a professor in the History department. Professor Shannon teaches early American, Native American, and British history at Gettysburg College and serves as the faculty adviser for the Gettysburg Historical Journal. His research focuses on Native American-European relations in eighteenth-century North America
Bridging Communities of Practice: Cross-Institutional Collaboration for Undergraduate Digital Scholars
Get PDFAt Bucknell University and Gettysburg College, an increasing focus on supporting creative undergraduate research as intensive, high-impact experiences has resulted in both institutions implementing library-led digital scholarship fellowships for their students. Gettysburg’s Digital Scholarship Summer Fellowship began in 2016, and Bucknell’s Digital Scholarship Summer Research Fellowship in 2017.1 While academic libraries have emerged as leaders on college campuses for digital humanities (DH) services, the programs at Gettysburg and Bucknell are distinctive in their structured curricula, a focus on independent student research, and the development of a local community of practice. Each program situates undergraduate research in the field of digital humanities, providing methodological and technological support as students explore their own topics of humanistic inquiry and develop public-facing digital projects during the summer. [excerpt
Morphometric Analysis of Ice Scour Lakes in Iceland: A Proxy for Ice Sheet Dynamics
No full textGlacial erosion rates on the Iceland landscape throughout the Pleistocene are not well quantified. Ice scour lakes provide an opportunity to investigate glacial erosive activity and relative intensity because they commonly form in areas beneath ice sheets due to intense quarrying. This study evaluates ice scour lake morphology and density as a potential proxy for paleo-ice flow direction and basal thermal regime for parts of the Iceland Ice Sheet. Using GIS analysis, properties of ice scour lakes are examined in regions that experienced different rates of ice flow during and following the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM), as interpreted from streamlined subglacial landforms. The primary input datasets were topographic, hydrologic and bedrock data. Lake distribution and morphology were quantified for all natural lakes of Iceland (n = 30 169), with close examination of three 400 km2 sub-regions in Vestfirðir (n = 904), Húnaflói (n = 69) and Bakkaheiði (n = 232). Lake distribution parameters include density, packing and centroid elevation. PolyMorph-2D was used to quantify lake morphology including orientation, area and elongation ratio. Ice scour lake density, packing and elevation were all greatest on Vestfirðir. The high density and packing of lakes across Vestfirðir suggests unique ice dynamics relative to the other two sub-regions, and multidirectional flow of lake axes supports the presence of an independent ice cap covering Vestfirðir. Differential intensity of glacial erosion interpreted from regions of high and low lake density on Bakkaheiði supports a proposed ice divide in Northeast Iceland. The orientation of lakes align with the flow directions of proposed LGM ice streams in Northern and Northeast Iceland. Ice scour lakes were most elongate on average on Bakkaheiði, which supports fast ice flow. Improving understanding of former ice sheet basal thermal regime and paleo-ice flow velocity serves to inform modern controls on ice sheet stability and ice sheet basal processes
Serpents of War: An American Officer\u27s Story of World War I Combat and Captivity
No full textSerpents of War, the memoir of Pennsylvanian Major Harry Dravo Parkin, is a rare account of World War I as seen from the perspective of a battalion commander. As a mid-level officer responsible for the lives and welfare of over a thousand men, Parkin conveys the stress of command at a time when one innocent blunder could cost an officer his combat assignment, brings the inferno of the Meuse-Argonne Offensive to life in terrifying, gory detail, and recounts being taken prisoner by the Imperial German Army—a rare experience among American soldiers in 1918. In addition, Parkin provides a detailed account of the 79th Division’s attack on Mountfaucon, a military action that remains controversial to this day. This is a book by a brave soldier, a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross for his heroism on the battlefield, and a gifted writer.
Serpents of War is an abridged edition of a nearly 200,000-word World War I memoir that resides in Gettysburg College’s Musselman Library, enhanced by the contributions of two scholars of World War I and memory. Written in an unassuming but eloquent style, Parkin’s narrative seldom strains for effect. It possesses a strong sense of setting, a knack for capturing the chaos and strange exhilaration of battle, and a sharp eye for the interpersonal, social dynamics of military life—the personality clashes and simmering feuds, as well as the moments of comradeship and accord. Serpents of War is an absorbing memoir that holds the reader’s attention from beginning to end.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1194/thumbnail.jp