Gregor Thum
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691140247
- eISBN:
- 9781400839964
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691140247.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter demonstrates how the reconstruction of Europe's war-destroyed cities served an important additional function, one that was not merely practical. Surely, it was necessary to restore the ...
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This chapter demonstrates how the reconstruction of Europe's war-destroyed cities served an important additional function, one that was not merely practical. Surely, it was necessary to restore the basic necessities of life. But more than that, reconstruction meant the promise of a better future. This was particularly true in Poland, where people tied the rebuilding of devastated cities to the hope of moving beyond the horror of war and occupation, and of overcoming the enormous losses the country had suffered. The city of Warsaw became a symbol of the devastation wrought by the war in Poland; Warsaw's reconstruction in the second half of the 1940s was to symbolize the country's resolve to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and erase the humiliation of German occupation.Less
This chapter demonstrates how the reconstruction of Europe's war-destroyed cities served an important additional function, one that was not merely practical. Surely, it was necessary to restore the basic necessities of life. But more than that, reconstruction meant the promise of a better future. This was particularly true in Poland, where people tied the rebuilding of devastated cities to the hope of moving beyond the horror of war and occupation, and of overcoming the enormous losses the country had suffered. The city of Warsaw became a symbol of the devastation wrought by the war in Poland; Warsaw's reconstruction in the second half of the 1940s was to symbolize the country's resolve to rise like a phoenix from the ashes and erase the humiliation of German occupation.
Christopher P. Loss
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691148274
- eISBN:
- 9781400840052
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691148274.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 20th Century
This chapter moves the story from the New Deal to the U.S. Army. As the state's main wartime hub for psychological research, the Army Research Branch, headed by University of Chicago sociologist ...
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This chapter moves the story from the New Deal to the U.S. Army. As the state's main wartime hub for psychological research, the Army Research Branch, headed by University of Chicago sociologist Samuel A. Stouffer, presented evidence to military commanders that better-educated soldiers were more efficient, exhibited higher morale, and were less likely to desert or suffer a psychoneurotic breakdown than their educationally deprived peers. Military and educational policymakers were galvanized by this finding and joined forces to create the Army Information and Education Division—the education clearinghouse for the common soldier. With the steady support of General George C. Marshall, the chief of staff of the army, who believed wholeheartedly in the transformative power of education, millions of G.I.s made use of the educational services provided to them.Less
This chapter moves the story from the New Deal to the U.S. Army. As the state's main wartime hub for psychological research, the Army Research Branch, headed by University of Chicago sociologist Samuel A. Stouffer, presented evidence to military commanders that better-educated soldiers were more efficient, exhibited higher morale, and were less likely to desert or suffer a psychoneurotic breakdown than their educationally deprived peers. Military and educational policymakers were galvanized by this finding and joined forces to create the Army Information and Education Division—the education clearinghouse for the common soldier. With the steady support of General George C. Marshall, the chief of staff of the army, who believed wholeheartedly in the transformative power of education, millions of G.I.s made use of the educational services provided to them.
Louis-Georges Schwartz
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195315059
- eISBN:
- 9780199871995
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195315059.003.0003
- Subject:
- Literature, Film, Media, and Cultural Studies
Chapter 3 examines the development of rules for the presentation and interpretation of evidentiary films in the 1940s and 1950s. The chapter then considers the fragmentation of general rules, into ...
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Chapter 3 examines the development of rules for the presentation and interpretation of evidentiary films in the 1940s and 1950s. The chapter then considers the fragmentation of general rules, into rules governing particular kinds for evidentiary films.Less
Chapter 3 examines the development of rules for the presentation and interpretation of evidentiary films in the 1940s and 1950s. The chapter then considers the fragmentation of general rules, into rules governing particular kinds for evidentiary films.
John Wriggle
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- April 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780252040405
- eISBN:
- 9780252098826
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Illinois Press
- DOI:
- 10.5406/illinois/9780252040405.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American
Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. This book takes the reader behind the scenes of ...
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Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. This book takes the reader behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture. The book traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet—a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others—to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times Square. The book's insightful music analyses of big band arranging techniques explore representations of cultural modernism, discourses on art and commercialism, conceptions of race and cultural identity, music industry marketing strategies, and stage entertainment variety genres. Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in the African American press, and interviews with participants, the book is a study of the arranger during this dynamic era of American music history.Less
Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. This book takes the reader behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jazz arrangers, both black and white, who left an indelible mark on American music and culture. The book traces the extraordinary career of arranger Chappie Willet—a collaborator of Louis Armstrong, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, and many others—to revisit legendary Swing Era venues and performers from Harlem to Times Square. The book's insightful music analyses of big band arranging techniques explore representations of cultural modernism, discourses on art and commercialism, conceptions of race and cultural identity, music industry marketing strategies, and stage entertainment variety genres. Drawing on archives, obscure recordings, untapped sources in the African American press, and interviews with participants, the book is a study of the arranger during this dynamic era of American music history.
Amanda H. Littauer
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469623788
- eISBN:
- 9781469625195
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469623788.003.0007
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Gender Studies
This concluding chapter argues that the 1940s and 1950s gave rise to two alternative norms, both of which have exerted powerful historical influence in distinct ways. The first is ...
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This concluding chapter argues that the 1940s and 1950s gave rise to two alternative norms, both of which have exerted powerful historical influence in distinct ways. The first is relationship-oriented sexual ethics, or the belief that sexual activity is socially and culturally valid when it enables the members of a monogamous couple to express love and affection for one another. The second is individual sexual autonomy, understood to mean that individuals have the right to sexual self-expression and that sexuality need not be tethered either to interpersonal relationships or to state institutions. Each of these ethical standards had different implications for women than it did for men, and both of them stemmed from the actions of straight and queer women and girls. The chapter also describes how women continue to resist oppressive social forces that limit sexual autonomy in twenty-first century.Less
This concluding chapter argues that the 1940s and 1950s gave rise to two alternative norms, both of which have exerted powerful historical influence in distinct ways. The first is relationship-oriented sexual ethics, or the belief that sexual activity is socially and culturally valid when it enables the members of a monogamous couple to express love and affection for one another. The second is individual sexual autonomy, understood to mean that individuals have the right to sexual self-expression and that sexuality need not be tethered either to interpersonal relationships or to state institutions. Each of these ethical standards had different implications for women than it did for men, and both of them stemmed from the actions of straight and queer women and girls. The chapter also describes how women continue to resist oppressive social forces that limit sexual autonomy in twenty-first century.
Catriona Kelly
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198159643
- eISBN:
- 9780191673665
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198159643.003.0011
- Subject:
- Literature, European Literature
From the 1920s to the 1940s, literature in Russia can be described as diverse and experimental, and Russian women writers of that time were able to produce some of the most adventurous and ...
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From the 1920s to the 1940s, literature in Russia can be described as diverse and experimental, and Russian women writers of that time were able to produce some of the most adventurous and artistically successful texts. However, it was also during this period when the institution within the Soviet Union of Socialist Realism was formed. This institution was particularly hostile towards the writing quality of Russian women writers. This chapter discusses the concepts of ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’, which are the two kinds of writers of that period, those who lived inside and those who lived outside the borders of Russia.Less
From the 1920s to the 1940s, literature in Russia can be described as diverse and experimental, and Russian women writers of that time were able to produce some of the most adventurous and artistically successful texts. However, it was also during this period when the institution within the Soviet Union of Socialist Realism was formed. This institution was particularly hostile towards the writing quality of Russian women writers. This chapter discusses the concepts of ‘insider’ and ‘outsider’, which are the two kinds of writers of that period, those who lived inside and those who lived outside the borders of Russia.
Margaret Bendroth
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469624006
- eISBN:
- 9781469624020
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469624006.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter looks at the 1930s and 1940s, which were a turning point in the Congregational churches' long engagement with their past. It shows how a century of sentimental pride over the Pilgrim and ...
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This chapter looks at the 1930s and 1940s, which were a turning point in the Congregational churches' long engagement with their past. It shows how a century of sentimental pride over the Pilgrim and Puritan legacy ended and history became a tool of angry people locked in a sectarian dispute. In the broader culture of the 1930s and 1940s, history was durably popular, a ready source of unifying symbols to an America proud of its past and grounded in the heroism of minutemen and founding fathers. The historical profession was also enjoying a new heyday, thriving in a time of greater specialization and emphasis on research. Church institutions, however, did not directly benefit from this new interest in the past—which turned out to serve secular interests more than spiritual ones.Less
This chapter looks at the 1930s and 1940s, which were a turning point in the Congregational churches' long engagement with their past. It shows how a century of sentimental pride over the Pilgrim and Puritan legacy ended and history became a tool of angry people locked in a sectarian dispute. In the broader culture of the 1930s and 1940s, history was durably popular, a ready source of unifying symbols to an America proud of its past and grounded in the heroism of minutemen and founding fathers. The historical profession was also enjoying a new heyday, thriving in a time of greater specialization and emphasis on research. Church institutions, however, did not directly benefit from this new interest in the past—which turned out to serve secular interests more than spiritual ones.
Margaret Bendroth
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469624006
- eISBN:
- 9781469624020
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469624006.003.0009
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This chapter examines denominational politics in the context of the disputes over the Council for Social Action, which was now growing into a full-scale libertarian protest against ecumenism, before ...
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This chapter examines denominational politics in the context of the disputes over the Council for Social Action, which was now growing into a full-scale libertarian protest against ecumenism, before turning to the merger itself and its immediate aftermath. This is a narrow angle of analysis, with relatively fleeting glances at major historical events and social trends of the 1940s and 1950s. It deals with old fights, semiobscure people, and bureaucratic structures whose value might be lost on outsiders without a stake in the outcome—though the details will be of some use to the discussion. In particular, the analysis shows an arena where the hopes and fears of laypeople met the concerns of leaders and thinkers; it is also a scale for understanding the sharp inward turn of a broad and long-standing conversation and the contentious and painful role of history and tradition in the mid-twentieth century.Less
This chapter examines denominational politics in the context of the disputes over the Council for Social Action, which was now growing into a full-scale libertarian protest against ecumenism, before turning to the merger itself and its immediate aftermath. This is a narrow angle of analysis, with relatively fleeting glances at major historical events and social trends of the 1940s and 1950s. It deals with old fights, semiobscure people, and bureaucratic structures whose value might be lost on outsiders without a stake in the outcome—though the details will be of some use to the discussion. In particular, the analysis shows an arena where the hopes and fears of laypeople met the concerns of leaders and thinkers; it is also a scale for understanding the sharp inward turn of a broad and long-standing conversation and the contentious and painful role of history and tradition in the mid-twentieth century.
Charles Webster
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198206750
- eISBN:
- 9780191677304
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198206750.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
This chapter discusses the different interventions of the central government in connection with general medical practice and primary health care since the National Health Service began in the late ...
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This chapter discusses the different interventions of the central government in connection with general medical practice and primary health care since the National Health Service began in the late 1940s. A few preliminary observations are offered regarding the longer-term perspective of the dramatic changes that took place in the National Health Service since 1991, and a discussion of the shortcomings of the 1948 system is provided.Less
This chapter discusses the different interventions of the central government in connection with general medical practice and primary health care since the National Health Service began in the late 1940s. A few preliminary observations are offered regarding the longer-term perspective of the dramatic changes that took place in the National Health Service since 1991, and a discussion of the shortcomings of the 1948 system is provided.
Mark Slobin
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- November 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780190882082
- eISBN:
- 9780190882112
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190882082.001.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, American, Popular
The book combines memoir, interview, and archival sources to survey the musical life of the author’s hometown, Detroit, in his youth during the city’s heyday, 1940s–1960s. After an opening chapter on ...
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The book combines memoir, interview, and archival sources to survey the musical life of the author’s hometown, Detroit, in his youth during the city’s heyday, 1940s–1960s. After an opening chapter on the formation of personal musical identity, the focus shifts to the formative role of the public school system in educating and shaping the careers of waves of highly talented youth, many of whom became leading figures in African American and classical music nationally. Next comes a panorama of the “neighborhood” subcultural musics of European, southern white, and southern black immigrants to Detroit, followed up by a close-up of the Jewish community’s special case. “Merging Traffic” considers the way that industry, labor, the counterculture, Motown, and the media brought many streams of music together. A final retrospective chapter cites the work of Detroit writers and artists who, like the author, have been looking back at the city’s impact on their work. This is the first-ever comprehensive survey of the musical life of any American city in a given time period.Less
The book combines memoir, interview, and archival sources to survey the musical life of the author’s hometown, Detroit, in his youth during the city’s heyday, 1940s–1960s. After an opening chapter on the formation of personal musical identity, the focus shifts to the formative role of the public school system in educating and shaping the careers of waves of highly talented youth, many of whom became leading figures in African American and classical music nationally. Next comes a panorama of the “neighborhood” subcultural musics of European, southern white, and southern black immigrants to Detroit, followed up by a close-up of the Jewish community’s special case. “Merging Traffic” considers the way that industry, labor, the counterculture, Motown, and the media brought many streams of music together. A final retrospective chapter cites the work of Detroit writers and artists who, like the author, have been looking back at the city’s impact on their work. This is the first-ever comprehensive survey of the musical life of any American city in a given time period.
M. Elise Marubbio
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124148
- eISBN:
- 9780813134710
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124148.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses the figure of the Sexualized Maiden, which appeared in 1940s westerns as a hybrid of the wanton mixed-blood and the femme fatale. The racially based foundation of the ...
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This chapter discusses the figure of the Sexualized Maiden, which appeared in 1940s westerns as a hybrid of the wanton mixed-blood and the femme fatale. The racially based foundation of the Sexualized Maiden is manifested in a fetishistic and phobic fascination that surfaces in visual and verbal rhetoric. Her characteristics, on the other hand, are reflective of the racialized subject in colonial discourse.Less
This chapter discusses the figure of the Sexualized Maiden, which appeared in 1940s westerns as a hybrid of the wanton mixed-blood and the femme fatale. The racially based foundation of the Sexualized Maiden is manifested in a fetishistic and phobic fascination that surfaces in visual and verbal rhetoric. Her characteristics, on the other hand, are reflective of the racialized subject in colonial discourse.
M. Elise Marubbio
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124148
- eISBN:
- 9780813134710
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124148.003.0005
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter discusses the Sexualized Maiden during the 1950s and the 1960s. Four film quotes given in the introduction illustrate the diversity in the representations of the Sexualized Maiden ...
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This chapter discusses the Sexualized Maiden during the 1950s and the 1960s. Four film quotes given in the introduction illustrate the diversity in the representations of the Sexualized Maiden character. Two of the basic components that informed the 1940s Sexualized Maiden figure, the femme fatale and the wanton squaw, are part of these stereotypes. One difference is that rather than adhering to the fairly cohesive set of characterizations of the figure's predecessor, the western and Indian films during this time highlight, alter, or eliminate aspects of the previous Sexualized Maiden.Less
This chapter discusses the Sexualized Maiden during the 1950s and the 1960s. Four film quotes given in the introduction illustrate the diversity in the representations of the Sexualized Maiden character. Two of the basic components that informed the 1940s Sexualized Maiden figure, the femme fatale and the wanton squaw, are part of these stereotypes. One difference is that rather than adhering to the fairly cohesive set of characterizations of the figure's predecessor, the western and Indian films during this time highlight, alter, or eliminate aspects of the previous Sexualized Maiden.
Owen Dudley Edwards
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748616510
- eISBN:
- 9780748653621
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748616510.003.0002
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter discusses rationing, which was the most unavoidable symbol of the 1940s, and quislings, which occurred when an author who was supposedly on the child's side hinted at conforming to the ...
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This chapter discusses rationing, which was the most unavoidable symbol of the 1940s, and quislings, which occurred when an author who was supposedly on the child's side hinted at conforming to the vigilant adult. It studies the children's views on these subjects, as well as the impact of rationing on reading.Less
This chapter discusses rationing, which was the most unavoidable symbol of the 1940s, and quislings, which occurred when an author who was supposedly on the child's side hinted at conforming to the vigilant adult. It studies the children's views on these subjects, as well as the impact of rationing on reading.
Patricia A. Matthew
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469627717
- eISBN:
- 9781469627731
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469627717.003.0001
- Subject:
- Education, History of Education
The introduction argues that although the academy has a spoken (the written) commitment to diversity, the same attitudes (the unwritten) that kept faculty of color out of predominately white ...
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The introduction argues that although the academy has a spoken (the written) commitment to diversity, the same attitudes (the unwritten) that kept faculty of color out of predominately white institutions in the 1940s works against them during personnel reviews. It highlights examples of the current climate where meritocratic language is used as if it’s neutral, discusses how the work of program building that many scholars of color are called upon to do is undervalued, and argues that personal narratives about tenure process are vital to a clearer understanding of the system’s weaknesses. In addition to including quantitative data, the introduction offers a historical and contemporary context for the stories included in the anthology.Less
The introduction argues that although the academy has a spoken (the written) commitment to diversity, the same attitudes (the unwritten) that kept faculty of color out of predominately white institutions in the 1940s works against them during personnel reviews. It highlights examples of the current climate where meritocratic language is used as if it’s neutral, discusses how the work of program building that many scholars of color are called upon to do is undervalued, and argues that personal narratives about tenure process are vital to a clearer understanding of the system’s weaknesses. In addition to including quantitative data, the introduction offers a historical and contemporary context for the stories included in the anthology.
Martyn Hammersley
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781526124623
- eISBN:
- 9781526138996
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781526124623.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Social Theory
The history of ethnomethodology is outlined, along with the context in which it arose. Responses to it from conventional sociologists are noted. The character of ethnomethodology is sketched, and the ...
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The history of ethnomethodology is outlined, along with the context in which it arose. Responses to it from conventional sociologists are noted. The character of ethnomethodology is sketched, and the question of whether or not it constitutes a methodology is addressed. Summaries of later chapters in the book are provided.Less
The history of ethnomethodology is outlined, along with the context in which it arose. Responses to it from conventional sociologists are noted. The character of ethnomethodology is sketched, and the question of whether or not it constitutes a methodology is addressed. Summaries of later chapters in the book are provided.
Stuart Green
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780719097720
- eISBN:
- 9781526121172
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719097720.003.0004
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
This chapter explores the acting styles of Spanish film in the 1940s. In analysing the so-called sophisticated comedies of early Francoism, it explores how discourses of nation in the post-war decade ...
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This chapter explores the acting styles of Spanish film in the 1940s. In analysing the so-called sophisticated comedies of early Francoism, it explores how discourses of nation in the post-war decade determined the study of the performance of their stars and supporting actors. It closely analyse the exaggerated performance style of both supporting actors, and romantic leads, which, as the chapter discusses, is largely influenced by the theatre. It shows how the problematic combination of these two acting styles is fundamental to understanding the commercial success of the sophisticated comedies of the post-war. As the chapter demonstrates, if the acting styles of exaggerated secondary characters and theatrical romantic leads are more prominent in Spanish films of the time, it is because of the persistence of a paradigm that transcended the theatre and was appropriated by the cinema.Less
This chapter explores the acting styles of Spanish film in the 1940s. In analysing the so-called sophisticated comedies of early Francoism, it explores how discourses of nation in the post-war decade determined the study of the performance of their stars and supporting actors. It closely analyse the exaggerated performance style of both supporting actors, and romantic leads, which, as the chapter discusses, is largely influenced by the theatre. It shows how the problematic combination of these two acting styles is fundamental to understanding the commercial success of the sophisticated comedies of the post-war. As the chapter demonstrates, if the acting styles of exaggerated secondary characters and theatrical romantic leads are more prominent in Spanish films of the time, it is because of the persistence of a paradigm that transcended the theatre and was appropriated by the cinema.
Michael J. McVicar
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781469622743
- eISBN:
- 9781469622767
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469622743.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religious Studies
This chapter introduces the central themes of the uses and abuses of state power that appear throughout the narrative of the Christian Reconstruction. As a young missionary on the Duck Valley Indian ...
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This chapter introduces the central themes of the uses and abuses of state power that appear throughout the narrative of the Christian Reconstruction. As a young missionary on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada in the 1940s, Rushdoony had built remote connections with a surprisingly diverse body of intellectual figures that fundamentally shaped the project of Christian Reconstruction. As he engaged with these thinkers, Rushdoony refused to constrain his intellectual development to a narrow disciplinary horizon and instead aspired to use the entire arch of Western Christian tradition to illuminate contemporary religio-political problems, including the threats of fascism and communism and the closing of the American frontier as embodied in the reservation system.Less
This chapter introduces the central themes of the uses and abuses of state power that appear throughout the narrative of the Christian Reconstruction. As a young missionary on the Duck Valley Indian Reservation in Nevada in the 1940s, Rushdoony had built remote connections with a surprisingly diverse body of intellectual figures that fundamentally shaped the project of Christian Reconstruction. As he engaged with these thinkers, Rushdoony refused to constrain his intellectual development to a narrow disciplinary horizon and instead aspired to use the entire arch of Western Christian tradition to illuminate contemporary religio-political problems, including the threats of fascism and communism and the closing of the American frontier as embodied in the reservation system.
Peter J. Bailey
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813167190
- eISBN:
- 9780813167862
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813167190.003.0015
- Subject:
- Film, Television and Radio, Film
The comedian’s job, Allen often suggested, is to oppose the gravitational pull of pessimism and get the audience “airborne.” The scandal and his thoroughly dramatic films notwithstanding, Allen ...
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The comedian’s job, Allen often suggested, is to oppose the gravitational pull of pessimism and get the audience “airborne.” The scandal and his thoroughly dramatic films notwithstanding, Allen continued to argue that he could make “funny movies” in the face of his consistently nihilistic stance in interviews. Manhattan Murder Mystery, the chapter maintains, is an attempted return to normalcy after the disjunctions and dislocations of Husbands and Wives. A comedic murder mystery, it was originally part of the Annie Hall plot and derived as well from the Nick and Nora Charles movies of the 1940s. The desire to make movie magic in imitation of a previous generation’s movie magic does not, in Manhattan Murder Mystery, produce movie magic; the “light entertainment” Allen sought to create in the movie constantly reminds the viewer of how desperate Allen was to return to a form of cinematic normalcy.Less
The comedian’s job, Allen often suggested, is to oppose the gravitational pull of pessimism and get the audience “airborne.” The scandal and his thoroughly dramatic films notwithstanding, Allen continued to argue that he could make “funny movies” in the face of his consistently nihilistic stance in interviews. Manhattan Murder Mystery, the chapter maintains, is an attempted return to normalcy after the disjunctions and dislocations of Husbands and Wives. A comedic murder mystery, it was originally part of the Annie Hall plot and derived as well from the Nick and Nora Charles movies of the 1940s. The desire to make movie magic in imitation of a previous generation’s movie magic does not, in Manhattan Murder Mystery, produce movie magic; the “light entertainment” Allen sought to create in the movie constantly reminds the viewer of how desperate Allen was to return to a form of cinematic normalcy.
Danielle Battisti
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780823256235
- eISBN:
- 9780823261741
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823256235.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Economic History
The chapter shows that the appreciation of so many Italian Americans for the material rewards that American liberalism had delivered to them was used as a transnational Cold War weapon—a means to ...
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The chapter shows that the appreciation of so many Italian Americans for the material rewards that American liberalism had delivered to them was used as a transnational Cold War weapon—a means to convince Italians in Italy to choose the promise of American consumerism over communism in a crucial political moment in which the “homeland” was at the forefront of the clash between the two worlds. The chapter emphasizes how public campaigns like the mass letters and donations for Italian war relief that Italian Americans sent to their relatives in Italy to convince them to vote for anticommunist parties in the watershed elections of 1948 had in fact a double purpose: one international, influencing the self-determination of Italians in Italy and keeping the country in the U.S. sphere of influence; and one domestic, proving to other Americans that (despite indications or fears to the contrary) the levels of material consumption Italians had achieved in America had decisively won them to the cause of capitalism and Americanism. Furthermore, Italian Americans involved in organizations that worked to repeal the National Origins System quotas and reform American immigration policies set out to prove the fitness of Italians as both new immigrants and citizens in the 1950s and 1960s. One way they did so was to demonstrate that Italian immigrants who came to the United States after World War II adopted lifestyles that reflected the culture of mass consumption that prevailed in the United States.Less
The chapter shows that the appreciation of so many Italian Americans for the material rewards that American liberalism had delivered to them was used as a transnational Cold War weapon—a means to convince Italians in Italy to choose the promise of American consumerism over communism in a crucial political moment in which the “homeland” was at the forefront of the clash between the two worlds. The chapter emphasizes how public campaigns like the mass letters and donations for Italian war relief that Italian Americans sent to their relatives in Italy to convince them to vote for anticommunist parties in the watershed elections of 1948 had in fact a double purpose: one international, influencing the self-determination of Italians in Italy and keeping the country in the U.S. sphere of influence; and one domestic, proving to other Americans that (despite indications or fears to the contrary) the levels of material consumption Italians had achieved in America had decisively won them to the cause of capitalism and Americanism. Furthermore, Italian Americans involved in organizations that worked to repeal the National Origins System quotas and reform American immigration policies set out to prove the fitness of Italians as both new immigrants and citizens in the 1950s and 1960s. One way they did so was to demonstrate that Italian immigrants who came to the United States after World War II adopted lifestyles that reflected the culture of mass consumption that prevailed in the United States.
Peter C. Little
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- March 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780814760697
- eISBN:
- 9780814764510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- NYU Press
- DOI:
- 10.18574/nyu/9780814760697.003.0003
- Subject:
- Anthropology, Medical Anthropology
This chapter traces Endicott's industrial history by examining the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company (EJ)—the company that made Endicott into the “Magic City” as it transformed the village into a vibrant ...
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This chapter traces Endicott's industrial history by examining the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company (EJ)—the company that made Endicott into the “Magic City” as it transformed the village into a vibrant and profitable commercial and manufacturing center. Both EJ and IBM played critical roles in the area's industrial facelift. By the 1920s, an estimated 20,000 people worked in EJ's factories, with the labor population booming during EJ's golden years in the mid-1940s. This growth spurt was a direct outcome of World War II, since EJ produced an abundance of military footwear during the war years. After the midpoint of the twentieth century, EJ closed due to the rise of the service and information economy. The chapter then describes the emergence of IBM in Endicott, highlighting how the company created some of the earliest computing technologies that set off the “third industrial revolution” and the so-called Information Age.Less
This chapter traces Endicott's industrial history by examining the Endicott-Johnson Shoe Company (EJ)—the company that made Endicott into the “Magic City” as it transformed the village into a vibrant and profitable commercial and manufacturing center. Both EJ and IBM played critical roles in the area's industrial facelift. By the 1920s, an estimated 20,000 people worked in EJ's factories, with the labor population booming during EJ's golden years in the mid-1940s. This growth spurt was a direct outcome of World War II, since EJ produced an abundance of military footwear during the war years. After the midpoint of the twentieth century, EJ closed due to the rise of the service and information economy. The chapter then describes the emergence of IBM in Endicott, highlighting how the company created some of the earliest computing technologies that set off the “third industrial revolution” and the so-called Information Age.
