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A New Look At How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781)
No full textFrench officers lived in Newport homes during their sojourn in the town in 1780-81. “A New Look at How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781)” by Alan and Mary M. Simpson is a reprint from the 2003-2004 edition of Newport History (vols. 72-73: 90-121), regarding the French in Newport. It appears here with slight editing and an added appendix and additional images. The article was originally published in Newport History in 1983 (vol. 56, pt. 2 [Spring, 1983]: 30-67]). In their article, the Simpsons tried to puzzle out the process for quartering French officers in Newport and the precise arrangements that were made for them. Using letters, official documents, military records and focusing on two “billeting lists” that have survived, the authors made important discoveries. Their article includes an appendix that gives specific information about French officers’ housing placements in Newport. Historian Alan Simpson (1912-1998) taught history and was a dean at the University of Chicago and was named president of Vassar College where he served from 1964-1977. Alan Simpson published Puritanism in Old New England (1961), and he and his wife, Mary McQueen McEldowney Simpson (1911-2005), the co-author of this article, wrote books and articles on historical topics
A New Look At How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781)
No full textFrench officers lived in Newport homes during their sojourn in the town in 1780-81. “A New Look at How Rochambeau Quartered His Army in Newport (1780-1781)” by Alan and Mary M. Simpson is a reprint from the 2003-2004 edition of Newport History (vols. 72-73: 90-121), regarding the French in Newport. It appears here with slight editing and an added appendix and additional images. The article was originally published in Newport History in 1983 (vol. 56, pt. 2 [Spring, 1983]: 30-67]). In their article, the Simpsons tried to puzzle out the process for quartering French officers in Newport and the precise arrangements that were made for them. Using letters, official documents, military records and focusing on two “billeting lists” that have survived, the authors made important discoveries. Their article includes an appendix that gives specific information about French officers’ housing placements in Newport. Historian Alan Simpson (1912-1998) taught history and was a dean at the University of Chicago and was named president of Vassar College where he served from 1964-1977. Alan Simpson published Puritanism in Old New England (1961), and he and his wife, Mary McQueen McEldowney Simpson (1911-2005), the co-author of this article, wrote books and articles on historical topics
Homer Simpson Ponders Politics: Popular Culture as Political Theory
No full textIt is often said that the poet Homer “educated” ancient Greece. Joseph J. Foy and Timothy M. Dale have assembled a team of notable scholars who argue, quite persuasively, that Homer Simpson and his ilk are educating America and offering insights into the social order and the human condition.
Following Homer Simpson Goes to Washington (winner of the John G. Cawelti Award for Best Textbook or Primer on American and Popular Culture) and Homer Simpson Marches on Washington, this exceptional volume reveals how books like J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter, movies like Avatar and Star Wars, and television shows like The Office and Firefly define Americans’ perceptions of society. The authors expand the discussion to explore the ways in which political theories play out in popular culture.
Homer Simpson Ponders Politics includes a foreword by fantasy author Margaret Weis (coauthor/creator of the Dragonlance novels and game world) and is divided according to eras and themes in political thought: The first section explores civic virtue, applying the work of Plato and Aristotle to modern media. Part 2 draws on the philosophy of Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, and Smith as a framework for understanding the role of the state. Part 3 explores the work of theorists such as Kant and Marx, and the final section investigates the ways in which movies and newer forms of electronic media either support or challenge the underlying assumptions of the democratic order. The result is an engaging read for undergraduate students as well as anyone interested in popular culture.
Joseph J. Foy, associate campus dean and associate professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha, is the editor of Homer Simpson Goes to Washington: American Politics through Popular Culture and coeditor of Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture.
Timothy M. Dale, assistant professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse, is coeditor of Homer Simpson Marches on Washington: Dissent through American Popular Culture.
“Today, film, fiction, and television reflect our notions of civic virtue, morality, and the human condition—or at least help us to struggle with understanding and defining these. The ubiquitous nature of popular culture means that it will have an effect upon us, whether one likes that or not. The authors argue that, given this fact, even those who doubt the ‘seriousness’ of popular culture would do well to pay attention to it.”—Margaret Ferguson, Assistant Vice President for Statewide Academic Relations at Indiana University
Since ancient times myths and stories have been used to convey our deepest thoughts about how to live together in community. With this book we now have a fun and engaging way to learn and think about political theory through the myths and stories of our time, popular culture. -- William Irwin, author of Black Sabbath and Philosophy: Mastering Reality
Foy and Dale have done it again, this time with political theory! Political theory is one of the most difficult subjects that political science undergraduates encounter and Homer Simpson Ponders Politics opens up an avenue for students to engage many of the broad theories through some of the cultural artifacts with which they are most familiar: popular culture. These important theories bubble up through all areas of popular culture from Machiavelli and The Godfather to Plato and Star Wars— there is much to learn from this compendium. This is a useful book for students of political theory of any age or training and for those who are intrigued by the many political concepts popular culture teaches us. --Lilly J. Goren, coeditor of Women and the White House: Gender, Popular Culture, and Presidential Politics
Most essays in this collection employ their philosophical guides in ways that can...disabuse undergraduates of the notion that political theory can better address the sterile and obsolete concerns of forgotten eras than fundamental questions about contemporary political life. -- Choicehttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/upk_american_popular_culture/1013/thumbnail.jp
Kanter Revisited: Gender, Power and (In)visibility
No full textThis paper revisits Kanter's (1977) seminal work Men and Women of the Corporation, rereading her account of numerical advantage and disadvantage through a poststructuralist lens which exposes hidden dimensions of gendered power. This lens is captured in the ‘(In)visibility Vortex’ (Lewis and Simpson, 2010) which highlights struggles and tensions around the norm through processes of preservation and concealment within the norm as well as dynamics of revealing, exposure and disappearance as features of the margins. The study draws on developments in feminist theorizing, specially around visibility, invisibility and power, to facilitate this rereading. In so doing, the author demonstrate that while Kanter retreated from explanations based on the gendering of organizations or from recognition of gendered power, these dynamics can be identified in her text. The authors suggest that rereading classic texts can surface dimensions of organizations that have contemporary significance and can inform future research
Social Support and Self-Rated Health of African American Women Informal Caregivers: Urban and Rural Differences
No full textVacancy generation resulting from electrical deactivation of arsenic
No full textElectrical deactivation of arsenic in highly doped silicon has been studied using the positron-beam technique. Direct experimental evidence linking the formation of arsenic-vacancy complexes (i.e., As-n-v) to the deactivation process is reported. The average number of arsenic atoms per complex, (n) over bar>2, was determined by comparing the observed complex concentrations with those of the deactivated arsenic inferred from Hall-effect measurements. (C) 1995 American Institute of Physics.PT: J; CR: AERS GC, 1991, POSITRON BEAMS SOLIE, P162 ALATALO M, 1995, PHYS REV B, V51, P4176 CHU WK, 1980, LASER SOLID INTERACT, P253 DANNEFAER S, 1987, PHYS STATUS SOLIDI A, V102, P481 DLUBEK G, 1987, PHYS STATUS SOLIDI A, V102, P443 FAHEY PM, 1989, REV MOD PHYS, V61, P289 GOETZLICH J, 1985, ION BEAN PROCESSES A, P349 GOLDBERG RD, 1995, APPL SURF SCI, V85, P287 JACKMAN TE, 1989, APPL PHYS A-SOLID, V49, P335 LIETOILA A, 1981, J APPL PHYS, V52, P230 LIETOLA A, 1980, APPL PHYS LETT, V36, P675 LUNING S, 1992, IEDM, P349 LYNN KG, 1979, PHYS REV B, V20, P3566 PANDEY KC, 1988, PHYS REV LETT, V61, P1282 ROUSSEAU PM, 1994, APPL PHYS LETT, V65, P578 SCHULTZ PJ, 1988, NUCL INSTRUM METH B, V30, P94 SCHULTZ PJ, 1988, REV MOD PHYS, V60, P701 SIMPSON PJ, UNPUB; NR: 18; TC: 38; J9: APPL PHYS LETT; PG: 3; GA: TJ304Source type: Electronic(1
Examining pathways of the caregiver burden - health relationship in family caregivers of elderly veterans: the importance of caregiver self-efficacy and social support
No full textElectronic Thesis or DissertationThe current study examines the constructs of caregiver burden, self-efficacy, perceived social support, and well-being (physical health and depression) in caregivers of veterans to obtain a better understanding of their interrelationships among this unique population of family caregivers. Much of the literature on family caregivers identifies relationships between burden and both physical and mental health. For informal, untrained, family caregivers, perceived capability in caring for a loved one can strongly affect health outcomes. Additionally, as family caregivers have unique added stressors and vulnerabilities, perceived social support is an important component that impacts the burden-wellbeing relationship. Although there is a substantial amount of research on these important constructs of caregiving (burden, self-efficacy, social support), few studies have examined how these three constructs specifically work together to influence caregiver physical and mental health. Analyses confirmed three hypotheses: burden significantly predicts depression, self-efficacy mediates the relationship between burden and depression, and this mediating effect is solely driven by self-soothing self-efficacy, as compared to instrumental and relational self-efficacy. Analyses for the moderated mediation model disconfirm both hypotheses that perceived social support moderates associations of burden and self-efficacy, and burden on depression
Use of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis to genotypically characterize salmonellae grouped by serotype
No full textThe prevention and control of salmonellae in commercial swine operations are becoming increasingly important. The current approach focuses on identifying sources and/or origins of salmonellae contamination before swine are processed for human consumption. The objective of the current study was to assess strain variability among salmonellae grouped by serotype and to determine common origins of contamination (farm or slaughter plant). Salmonellae were previously collected from swine at slaughter, serotyped by the National Veterinary Services Laboratory and stored at - 70??C. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) was performed to genotypically characterize serotypic isolates using restriction endonuclease XbaI. Dendrogram comparisons were also used to assess genotypic similarity when multiple genotypes existed. This study found PFGE to be more discriminatory than serotyping indicating that multiple genotypic strains existed among selected serotypes. On the basis of PFGE results alone, origins of contamination could not be determined in this study. It is suggested by the author, that origins of contamination could be further defined pending future research, in which in-depth longitudinal studies are included. When used as an adjunct to conventional typing methods, PFGE may prove to be a substantial subtyping system in epidemiologic investigations to identify point-of-entry contaminants to the food chain
On Translating Burns: A Heavenly Paradise and Two Versions of "A Red Red Rose"
No full textThis essay explores the stylistic textures and content of a key song by Robert Burns and investigates the possible translation strategies to be used for this kind of text. The in-between nature of Burns's songs - half-way between proper poetic texts written for the page and songs to be sung - represent a real challenge for the translator in any language. The author here uses some of the key translation theories and formulates his own solutions
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