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A Look at the Death Penalty Through the Eyes of an Exoneree and Family Members of Homicide Victims
Get PDFShould the Death Penalty be Abolished? Transcipt of Symposium
Get PDFShould the Death Penalty be Abolished? A Dialogue Featuring: Richard Dieter, J.D., executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center in Washington, DC. B. Lyn McClellan, J.D., bureau chief of the Felony Trial Bureau, Harris County, Texas, District Attorney\u27s Office. Moderated by Allan D. Sobel, director of the Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society. Presented Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008 Degenstein Center Theate
A conductor\u27s guide to nineteenth-century choral-orchestral works
No full textReview: A Conductor\u27s Guide to Nineteenth-Century Choral-Orchestral Works, the fifth in Jonathan D. Green\u27s series of books, addresses works of the Romantic era from composers such as Beach, Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorak, Faure, Mendelssohn, Puccini, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Scriabin, and Verdi. Amassed is a varied collection of significant choral-orchestral works arranged by composer. Each section begins with a brief biographical sketch, including a selected bibliography, then lists the composer\u27s works. Green presents important details of each work: approximate duration, text sources, the voices and instruments required for the performance, editions currently available, and locations of manuscript materials. Green also provides notes and comments on performance issues, as well as solo roles and the level of difficulty of each piece. The sections conclude with a selective discography and bibliography. The information is vital for aiding scholars with research, and helping conductors in choosing repertoire appropriate to their needs and the abilities of their ensembles. --Jacket.https://scholarlycommons.susqu.edu/facultybooks/1053/thumbnail.jp
An Introduction to the Hebrew Bible: A Thematic Approach
No full textThis pedagogically astute introduction to the Hebrew Bible is designed specifically for undergraduates. It begins with the most basic questions: from where and when did the Hebrew Bible originate, how was it written, and how did people read it? In focusing on the fundamental question of the canon--Who are we?--it first gives much attention to the issue of identity. Then it explores how the ancient Israelites organized themselves in terms of power and state, and finally, delineates the larger questions of God and ideology within the canon. The result is a flow of topics that is in line with other studies of ancient literature and culture, without ignoring the religious function of the Hebrew Bible. Through art, photography, literature, and popular culture, this text vibrantly presents the concepts of the Hebrew Bible, and offers a companion Web site with tests and other pedagogical aids for teachers.https://scholarlycommons.susqu.edu/facultybooks/1011/thumbnail.jp
Bodies of Work: Civic Display and Labor in Industrial Pittsburgh
No full textBy the end of the nineteenth century, Pittsburgh emerged as a major manufacturing center in the United States. Its rise as a leading producer of steel, glass, and coal was fueled by machine technology and mass immigration, developments that fundamentally changed the industrial workplace. Because Pittsburgh’s major industries were almost exclusively male and renowned for their physical demands, the male working body came to symbolize multiple often contradictory narratives about strength and vulnerability, mastery and exploitation. In Bodies of Work, Edward Slavishak explores how Pittsburgh and the working body were symbolically linked in civic celebrations, the research of social scientists, the criticisms of labor reformers, advertisements, and workers’ self-representations. Combining labor and cultural history with visual culture studies, he chronicles a heated contest to define Pittsburgh’s essential character at the turn of the twentieth century, and he describes how that contest was conducted largely through the production of competing images. Slavishak focuses on the workers whose bodies came to epitomize Pittsburgh, the men engaged in the arduous physical labor demanded by the city’s metals, glass, and coal industries. At the same time, he emphasizes how conceptions of Pittsburgh as quintessentially male limited representations of women in the industrial workplace. The threat of injury or violence loomed large for industrial workers at the turn of the twentieth century, and it recurs throughout Bodies of Work: in the marketing of artificial limbs, statistical assessments of the physical toll of industrial capitalism, clashes between labor and management, the introduction of workplace safety procedures, and the development of a statewide workmen’s compensation system.https://scholarlycommons.susqu.edu/facultybooks/1002/thumbnail.jp