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The Irish in the Atlantic world
No full textThe Irish in the Atlantic World presents a transnational and comparative view of the Irish historical and cultural experiences as phenomena transcending traditional chronological, topical, and ethnic paradigms. Edited by David T. Gleeson, this collection of essays offers a robust new vision of the global nature of the Irish diaspora within the Atlantic context from the eighteenth century to the present and makes original inroads for new research in Irish studies
The Green and the Gray: the Irish in the Confederate States of America
No full textWhy did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of David T. Gleeson's sweeping analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America. Taking a broad view of the subject, Gleeson considers the role of Irish southerners in the debates over secession and the formation of the Confederacy, their experiences as soldiers, the effects of Confederate defeat for them and their emerging ethnic identity, and their role in the rise of Lost Cause ideology.
Focusing on the experience of Irish southerners in the years leading up to and following the Civil War, as well as on the Irish in the Confederate army and on the southern home front, Gleeson argues that the conflict and its aftermath were crucial to the integration of Irish Americans into the South. Throughout the book, Gleeson draws comparisons to the Irish on the Union side and to southern natives, expanding his analysis to engage the growing literature on Irish and American identity in the nineteenth-century United States
Global environmental (in)equity and the cosmopolitan project
No full textThis paper examines the relationship between economic globalisation and environmental inequity which is defined in terms of transnational harm and injustice. It argues that globalisation has been neither normatively neutral nor materially benign in its environmental consequences. The global politics of the environment has therefore come to be characterised by inequities in the use of resources and production of waste, in environmental impact, and in access to the structures of environmental governance at a local and global level. In effect, the lives of others-beyond-borders are shaped without their participation or consent. Drawing on cosmopolitanism as an ethical and political practice suggests that at least three conditions are essential for an equitable and just form of global environmental governance: recognition of equal moral obligation across borders, compensatory burden-sharing and a politics of consent. However, actual global practice on the environment has fallen short on each, complicated and compromised by uncertainty over the role of the state as moral agent in a globalised world
English Ethnicity and Culture in North America
No full textTo many, English immigrants contributed nothing substantial to the varied palette of ethnicity in North America. While there is wide recognition of German American, French American, African American, and Native American cultures, discussion of English Americans as a distinct ethnic group is rare. Yet the historians writing in English Ethnicity and Culture in North America show that the English were clearly immigrants too in a strange land, adding their own hues to the American and Canadian characters. In this collection, editor David T. Gleeson and other contributors explore some of the continued links between England, its people, and its culture with North America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These essays challenge the established view of the English having no "ethnicity," highlighting the vibrancy of the English and their culture in North America. The selections also challenge the prevailing notion of the English as "invisible immigrants." Recognizing the English as a distinct ethnic group, similar to the Irish, Scots, and Germans, also has implications for understanding American identity by providing a clearer picture of how Americans often have defined themselves in the context of Old World cultural traditions. Several contributors to English Ethnicity and Culture in North America track the English in North America from Episcopal pulpits to cricket fields and dance floors. For example Donald M. MacRaild and Tanja Bueltmann explore the role of St. George societies before and after the American Revolution in asserting a separate English identity across class boundaries. In addition Kathryn Lamontagne looks at English ethnicity in the working-class culture and labor union activities of workers in Fall River, Massachusetts. Ultimately all the work included here challenges the idea of a coherent, comfortable Anglo-cultural mainstream and indicates the fluid and adaptable nature of what it meant and means to be English in North America
'To live and die [for] Dixie': Irish civilians and the Confederate States of America
No full textAround 20,000 Irishmen served in the Confederate army in the Civil War. As a result, they left behind, in various Southern towns and cities, large numbers of friends, family, and community leaders. As with native-born Confederates, Irish civilian support was crucial to Irish participation in the Confederate military effort. Also, Irish civilians served in various supporting roles: in factories and hospitals, on railroads and diplomatic missions, and as boosters for the cause. They also, however, suffered in bombardments, sieges, and the blockade. Usually poorer than their native neighbours, they could not afford to become 'refugees' and move away from the centres of conflict. This essay, based on research from manuscript collections, contemporary newspapers, British Consular records, and Federal military records, will examine the role of Irish civilians in the Confederacy, and assess the role this activity had on their integration into Southern communities. It will also look at Irish civilians in the defeat of the Confederacy, particularly when they came under Union occupation. Initial research shows that Irish civilians were not as upset as other whites in the South about Union victory. They welcomed a return to normalcy, and often 'collaborated' with Union authorities. Also, Irish desertion rates in the Confederate army were particularly high, and I will attempt to gauge whether Irish civilians played a role in this. All of the research in this paper will thus be put in the context of the Drew Gilpin Faust/Gary Gallagher debate on the influence of the Confederate homefront on military performance. By studying the Irish civilian experience one can assess how strong the Confederate national experiment was. Was it a nation without a nationalism
Letter to David Moore by the JACL
No full textA letter sent to David Moore regarding an inquiry David Moore had about the requirements of becoming a JACL memberCollected by David Moore.Japanese American
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TELEPHONE 5-6501
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Mr. David c. Moore
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Dear Mr. Moore
September 9, 1944
Your letter to Mr. Joe Masaoka has been referred to our
office, and we wish to thank you for your remittance of 5 .oo or more) , sustaining ( 25.00 or more}. By becoming a supporting member, · you
are automatically placed on the Pacific Citizen mailing list;
however , in your case an extension will be made to your subscription
inasmuch as you are already a subscriber. Also, we
shall pla ce you on our bulletin mailing list.
We re gret that presently we have no available copie s of
our cons ti tut ion. Encl.osed please find a copy of the preamble.
We ant icipate printing revised copies of the constitution as
soon a s t he proposed c:hanges are s anctioned. Please remind
us again, and we shall be happy to send you a copy.
Mr. Ma saoka is busily occupied a ccompanying Pfc. 'l'homas
Hi ga , a veteran of t he 100 t h Infantry Battalion, who is touring
the differ ent commun ities speaki ng before our chapters t o
relate to the people the true picture of t he battlefront and
to spike all groundless rumors which are harmful. This project
is being sponsored by the JACL, a nd Mr. Masaoka being our
r eprese nt ati ve, undoubte dl y ha s very lit t le time to devote
t o current matters, and as ks to be remembered to you.
Yours very truly,
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Site Name N/A
Object ID 1987.1.2
Collection Moore, David
Object Name Letter
Title Letter to David Moore by the JACL
Creator Japanese American Citizens League
Date 9/9/1944
Description A letter sent to David Moore regarding an inquiry David Moore had about the
requirements of becoming a JACL member
Dimension Details 11 x 8.5 x .03 in
Provenance Collected by David Moore.
Number of Pages
English Ethnicity and Culture in North America
No full textEnglish Ethnicity and Culture in North America. David T. Gleeson, ed. Columbia: The University of South Carolina Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1-61117-786-2 (Hardback); ISBN: 978-1-61117-787-9 (ebook). $49.99. 240 p
Effect of restricting silage feeding prepartum on time of calving, dystocia and stillbirth in Holstein-Friesian cows
No full textpeer-reviewedA study was carried out to investigate the effect of restricting silage feeding on time of calving and calving performance in Holstein-Friesian cows. In the treatment group (n = 1,248 cows, 12 herds) silage feeding commenced in the evening (17:00 to 20:00 h), after a period of restricted access (2 to 10 h) while in the control group ad-libitum access to silage was provided over the 24 h period (n = 1,193 cows, 12 herds). Daytime and nighttime calvings were defined as calvings occurring between the hours of 06:30 and 00:29 and between 00:30 and 06:29, respectively. Restricting access to silage resulted in less calvings at night compared to cows with ad-libitum access to silage (18 vs 22%, P < 0.05). Cows with restricted access to silage had a higher percentage of difficult calvings (11 vs 7%, P < 0.001) and stillbirths (7 vs 5%, P < 0.05) compared to cows in the control group. The percentage of calvings at night was lower (13%) when access to silage was restricted for 10 h compared to 2, 4 or 6 h (22, 18, 25%, respectively) (P < 0.001). Calf sire breed, calf gender or cow parity did not influence time of calving. In conclusion, offering silage to pregnant Holstein-Friesian cows in the evening, after a period of restricted access, reduced the incidence of nighttime calvings, but increased the incidence of dystocia and stillbirth
Reluctant leaders : an analysis of middle managers' perceptions of leadership in further education in England
No full textThe research that forms the basis for this article draws attention to a group of middle managers who are reluctant to become leaders because they seek more space and autonomy to stay in touch with their subject, their students, and their own pedagogic values and identities, family commitments and the balance between work and life. This reluctance is reinforced by their scepticism that leadership in Further Education (FE) is becoming less hierarchical and more participative. In a sector that has had more than its fair share of reformist intervention, there is some scepticism of the latest fad of distributed and transformative leadership as a new panacea to cure all the accumulated 'ills' of Further Education in England. Although focused primarily on this one sector in an English context, the article draws some inferences where there are parallels with wider sectors of public sector reform and where the uneasy (and incomplete) transitions from 'old' to 'new' public management have been underpinned by invasive audit, inspection and performance cultures
The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War [book review]
No full textThis article is a review of the book "The Civil War as Global Conflict: Transnational Meanings of the American Civil War" edited by David T. Gleeson and Simon Lewis
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