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Hollywood and student learning
No full textDuring second semester 1997 we undertook a project to ascertain how the use of Hollywood feature films with historical content affected students' learning of twentieth century American History. Questionnaires, reflective journals and interviews were used to gauge the impact of films on student learning. In this Research Vignette we will report on our findings
Death at a Distance: The Loss of the Legendary USS Harder
No full textWith this book, Australian historian Michael Sturma puts the Harder's actions in the context of the overall Pacific campaign and draws on previously untapped sources to detail several daring missions, including one that involved the heroic Australian commando Bill Jinkins. In doing so, Sturma adds not only significant information to the Harder story, but also provides a fresh perspective on the submarine war
Alien abductions
No full textMichael Sturma finds parallels in contemporary accounts of abductions by space aliens with European narratives of captivity by Indians and Aboriginals in early America and Australia..
Western dress and ambivalence in the South Pacific
No full textMichael Sturma examines an aspect of the cultural impact of the West in the South Pacific. ‘States of undress, or the partially clad body, invite particularly ambivalent responses.’ One of the main preoccupation’s of early European visitors to the South Pacific was the nudity or partial nudity of the indigenous peoples they encountered. It was often nudity, more than race, which determined the dominant metaphors in European descriptions. Thus early writers frequently compared the local people to Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, to Roman and Greek statuary or to pagan gods
South Sea Maidens: Western Fantasy and Sexual Politics in the South Pacific
No full textFrom the first European contact with Tahiti in 1767, the myth of the South Sea maiden has endured through many incarnations. Although the maiden frequently provided an idealized antidote to Western women's self-assertion, the South Pacific also afforded a space where boundaries between the sexes could be relaxed and transgressed. From James Cook and Captain Bligh to James Michener and Margaret Mead, the Island girl has occupied a special place in the erotic imagination of the West. In a sweeping study that embraces history, literature, visual arts, anthropology and film, this study gives fresh insight into the myths and reality of a Western icon.
While women from far off lands have always been presented as exotic and alluring, the South Sea maiden has come to symbolize feminine sexuality, as an integral part of the adventure, sensuality, and romance of the South Pacific. Everyone from early explorers to 19th century writers and artists to latter day anthropologists, film makers, and tourism promoters have extolled their virtues and their bodies. Sturma looks behind the popular clich^D'es to reveal how the myth-making process reflected not only Western desires, but the cut and thrust of changing sexual politics. The result is an intriguing look at both South Sea image-makers and the women whom they found so seductive
Freies Handeln
No full textDiese Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Problem der Freiheit im Rahmen der neueren Ansätze der analytischen Philosophie im weitesten Sinne. Der Untersuchung liegt die These zugrunde, dass die menschliche Freiheit tief im Handeln verwurzelt ist. Ein freies Handeln ist ein nach Gründen orientiertes Handeln. Unklar bleibt aber, was wir unter dem Ausdruck „nach Gründen handeln“ genau verstehen sollen. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit besteht darin, mithilfe der Analyse des Handlungsbegriffs das Problem der Freiheit einer philosophischen Klärung näher zu bringen. Der Aufbau des Gangs dieser Arbeit – von kausalen Handlungstheorien über das Problem der mentalen Verursachung hin zu Doppelaspekttheorien – ist inspiriert von der sog. „Gründe-Ursachen-Debatte“. Die Untersuchung im ersten Teil setzt kausale Handlungserklärungen und freies Handeln zueinander in Beziehung. Varianten der kausalen Handlungstheorie (von D. Davidson, R. Kane, A. Mele, M. Brand, R. Chisholm, R. Clark und T. O’Connor) sind systematisch unterschieden und das Problem freien Handelns in den vorgestellten Ansätzen ist ausführlich diskutiert worden. Dabei werden die bedeutsamen Erklärungsdefizite beim Umgang mit der Freiheitsproblematik in jeder untersuchten Position identifiziert. Die Diskussion darüber, dass Gründe Handlungen verursachen können, führt auf das Problem der mentalen Verursachung. Mit dem anomalen Monismus, dem Funktionalismus und der Emergenztheorie werden Hauptansätze im zweiten Teil vorgestellt und kritisch analysiert. Dabei wird deutlich, dass jeder der vorgestellten Versuche scheitert, das Problem mentaler Verursachung auf überzeugende Weise zu lösen. Dies motivierte einen grundlegenden Paradigmenwechsel der Herangehensweise. Drei Spielarten der phänomengerechten Erklärung freien Handelns (von A.I. Melden, J. Habermas und D. Sturma) werden im dritten Teil herangezogen und kritisch erwogen, um zumindest in Ansätzen einen Theorievorschlag zu entwickeln.
Der Raum der Gründe ist das Reich der Freiheit (J. McDowell). Von dem freien Handeln kann nur gesprochen werden, wo nicht nur Ursachen und Ereignisse, sondern auch Gründe und Handlungen als grundlegend angenommen werden. Eine überzeugende Theorie muss eine treffende Lösung für das Verhältnis von Ursachen und Gründen einerseits und für das Verhältnis von Ereignissen und Handlungen andererseits liefern können
Surface and destroy: The submarine gun war in the Pacific
No full textWorld War II submariners rarely experienced anything as exhilarating or horrifying as the surface gun attack. Between the ocean floor and the rolling whitecaps above, submarines patrolled a dark abyss in a fusion of silence, shadows, and steel, firing around eleven thousand torpedoes, sinking Japanese men-of-war and more than one thousand merchant ships. But the anonymity and simplicity of the stealthy torpedo attack hid the savagery of warfare -- a stark difference from the brutality of the surface gun maneuver. As the submarine shot through the surface of the water, confined sailors scrambled through the hatches armed with large-caliber guns and met the enemy face-to-face. Surface and Destroy: The Submarine Gun War in the Pacific reveals the nature of submarine warfare in the Pacific Ocean during World War II and investigates the challenges of facing the enemy on the surface.
The surface battle amplified the realities of war, bringing submariners into close contact with survivors and potential prisoners of war. As Japan's larger ships disappeared from the Pacific theater, American submarines turned their attention to smaller craft such as patrol boats, schooners, sampans, and junks. Some officers refused to attack enemy vessels of questionable value, while others attacked reluctantly and tried to minimize casualties. Michael Sturma focuses on the submariners' reactions and attitudes toward their victims, exploring the sailors' personal standards of morality and their ability to wage total war. Surface and Destroy is a thorough analysis of the submariner experience and the effects of surface attacks on the war in the Pacific, offering a compelling study of the battles that became "intolerably personal.
The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine
No full textThe fate of the USS Flier is one of the most astonishing stories of the Second World War. On August 13, 1944, the submarine struck a mine and sank to the bottom of the Sulu Sea in less than one minute, leaving only fourteen of its crew of eighty-six hands alive. After enduring eighteen hours in the water, eight remaining survivors swam to a remote island controlled by the Japanese. Deep behind enemy lines and without food or drinking water, the crewmen realized that their struggle for survival had just begun. On its first war patrol, the unlucky Flier made it from Pearl Harbor to Midway where it ran aground on a reef. After extensive repairs and a formal military inquiry, the Flier set out once again, this time completing a distinguished patrol from Pearl Harbor to Fremantle, Western Australia. Though the Flier’s next mission would be its final one, that mission is important for several reasons: the story of the Flier’s sinking illuminates the nature of World War II underwater warfare and naval protocol and demonstrates the high degree of cooperation that existed among submariners, coast watchers, and guerrillas in the Philippines. The eight sailors who survived the disaster became the first Americans of the Pacific war to escape from a sunken submarine and return safely to the United States. Their story of persistence and survival has all the elements of a classic World War II tale: sudden disaster, physical deprivation, a ruthless enemy, and a dramatic escape from behind enemy lines. In The USS Flier: Death and Survival on a World War II Submarine, noted historian Michael Sturma vividly recounts a harrowing story of brave men who lived to return to the service of their country
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
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