Mark S. Warner
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061115
- eISBN:
- 9780813051390
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061115.001.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This book examines the food remains of two African American households of the late nineteenth century in Annapolis, Maryland. As with their white neighbors, the families who lived there participated ...
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This book examines the food remains of two African American households of the late nineteenth century in Annapolis, Maryland. As with their white neighbors, the families who lived there participated in the explosive emergence of mass consumer culture. From the second half of the nineteenth century onward, this world of mass-produced goods, large corporations, and national marketing campaigns would both beckon to the Maynard and Burgess households and simultaneously remind them of their “place”. Racism and mass consumer culture oftentimes combined to create an everyday existence that was fraught with obstacles for African Americans. The challenge for the Maynards, Burgesses, and other African Americans living from the first half of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century was how to assert their aspirations, values, and personal stories in ways that satisfied their sense of dignity and worth yet would not arouse the ire of an oppressive white society. In this volume, I explore how these families’ daily food choices within a newly emergent mass consumer society served as a relatively safe way to express a unique outlook and history, as well as offer a subtle, yet persistent, commentary on the racist stereotypes and violence that surrounded them. The essential transience of food—on the plate one minute and in the stomach the next—made it an ideal form for African Americans to express themselves without attracting the scrutiny of white society.Less
This book examines the food remains of two African American households of the late nineteenth century in Annapolis, Maryland. As with their white neighbors, the families who lived there participated in the explosive emergence of mass consumer culture. From the second half of the nineteenth century onward, this world of mass-produced goods, large corporations, and national marketing campaigns would both beckon to the Maynard and Burgess households and simultaneously remind them of their “place”. Racism and mass consumer culture oftentimes combined to create an everyday existence that was fraught with obstacles for African Americans. The challenge for the Maynards, Burgesses, and other African Americans living from the first half of the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century was how to assert their aspirations, values, and personal stories in ways that satisfied their sense of dignity and worth yet would not arouse the ire of an oppressive white society. In this volume, I explore how these families’ daily food choices within a newly emergent mass consumer society served as a relatively safe way to express a unique outlook and history, as well as offer a subtle, yet persistent, commentary on the racist stereotypes and violence that surrounded them. The essential transience of food—on the plate one minute and in the stomach the next—made it an ideal form for African Americans to express themselves without attracting the scrutiny of white society.
Mark S. Warner
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061115
- eISBN:
- 9780813051390
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061115.003.0002
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
This chapter contextualizes the families and households under consideration in the volume. In many regards, the story of the Maynard and Burgess families epitomizes the power of historical ...
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This chapter contextualizes the families and households under consideration in the volume. In many regards, the story of the Maynard and Burgess families epitomizes the power of historical archaeology. They were families who are largely invisible in histories of Annapolis, yet the things they left behind have stories to tell about their lives, the city they lived in, and life for African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Less
This chapter contextualizes the families and households under consideration in the volume. In many regards, the story of the Maynard and Burgess families epitomizes the power of historical archaeology. They were families who are largely invisible in histories of Annapolis, yet the things they left behind have stories to tell about their lives, the city they lived in, and life for African Americans in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Mark S. Warner
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780813061115
- eISBN:
- 9780813051390
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813061115.003.0003
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Recounts the story of how the houses came to be excavated and preserved. The story of how the house lived in by the Maynard and Burgess families came to be excavated and ultimately preserved by the ...
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Recounts the story of how the houses came to be excavated and preserved. The story of how the house lived in by the Maynard and Burgess families came to be excavated and ultimately preserved by the city of Annapolis is inextricably linked to the ongoing relationship between black and white communities in present-day Annapolis. It is a story that starts with some nails and really old graffiti and continues to this day with debates about whose pasts deserve to be preserved.Less
Recounts the story of how the houses came to be excavated and preserved. The story of how the house lived in by the Maynard and Burgess families came to be excavated and ultimately preserved by the city of Annapolis is inextricably linked to the ongoing relationship between black and white communities in present-day Annapolis. It is a story that starts with some nails and really old graffiti and continues to this day with debates about whose pasts deserve to be preserved.
Mark Leone
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520244504
- eISBN:
- 9780520931893
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520244504.001.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
What do archaeological excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, reveal about daily life in the city's history? Considering artifacts such as ceramics, spirit bundles, printer's type, and landscapes, this ...
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What do archaeological excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, reveal about daily life in the city's history? Considering artifacts such as ceramics, spirit bundles, printer's type, and landscapes, this study illuminates the lives of the city's residents—walking, seeing, reading, talking, eating, and living together in freedom and in oppression for more than three hundred years. Interpreting the results of one of the most innovative projects in American archaeology, the book speaks powerfully to the struggle for liberty among African Americans and the poor.Less
What do archaeological excavations in Annapolis, Maryland, reveal about daily life in the city's history? Considering artifacts such as ceramics, spirit bundles, printer's type, and landscapes, this study illuminates the lives of the city's residents—walking, seeing, reading, talking, eating, and living together in freedom and in oppression for more than three hundred years. Interpreting the results of one of the most innovative projects in American archaeology, the book speaks powerfully to the struggle for liberty among African Americans and the poor.
Mark P. Leone
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520244504
- eISBN:
- 9780520931893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520244504.003.0001
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter, which introduces the city of Annapolis, a city that is deeply connected to the American Revolution and home to the United States Naval Academy, begins with a brief description of the ...
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This chapter, which introduces the city of Annapolis, a city that is deeply connected to the American Revolution and home to the United States Naval Academy, begins with a brief description of the city, and then examines the various identities normally associated with it. It shows Annapolis as a baroque city, which can be seen in the layout of the city and buildings that date back to the eighteenth century, and studies the way the wealthy and the poor, the powerful and the powerless, were managed without substantial violence. The chapter also discusses the population of Annapolis, the historical preservation of the city, and the ideology and theory presented in this book.Less
This chapter, which introduces the city of Annapolis, a city that is deeply connected to the American Revolution and home to the United States Naval Academy, begins with a brief description of the city, and then examines the various identities normally associated with it. It shows Annapolis as a baroque city, which can be seen in the layout of the city and buildings that date back to the eighteenth century, and studies the way the wealthy and the poor, the powerful and the powerless, were managed without substantial violence. The chapter also discusses the population of Annapolis, the historical preservation of the city, and the ideology and theory presented in this book.
Mark P. Leone
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520244504
- eISBN:
- 9780520931893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520244504.003.0005
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter identifies some central habitual patterns that James Deetz believed were the organizing thoughts which were reflected throughout the world of New Englanders, focusing specifically on the ...
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This chapter identifies some central habitual patterns that James Deetz believed were the organizing thoughts which were reflected throughout the world of New Englanders, focusing specifically on the eating habits, such as the arrangement of the dishes on the dining table. It also presents a study of Annapolis ceramics, which covers the period from 1700 to 1900, and African American ceramic use.Less
This chapter identifies some central habitual patterns that James Deetz believed were the organizing thoughts which were reflected throughout the world of New Englanders, focusing specifically on the eating habits, such as the arrangement of the dishes on the dining table. It also presents a study of Annapolis ceramics, which covers the period from 1700 to 1900, and African American ceramic use.
Mark P. Leone
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520244504
- eISBN:
- 9780520931893
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520244504.003.0006
- Subject:
- Anthropology, American and Canadian Cultural Anthropology
This chapter studies the author's efforts to connect the past with the present using archaeology. It first studies the Marxist thoughts of Georg Lukács and Louis Althusser, explaining how the author ...
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This chapter studies the author's efforts to connect the past with the present using archaeology. It first studies the Marxist thoughts of Georg Lukács and Louis Althusser, explaining how the author was able to combine their ideas, then showing how the author created more awareness toward ideology. The chapter also takes a look at the ceramics and toothbrush exhibits, as well as Archaeological Annapolis, and ends with a discussion of Jürgen Habermas's notion of the “lifeworld.”Less
This chapter studies the author's efforts to connect the past with the present using archaeology. It first studies the Marxist thoughts of Georg Lukács and Louis Althusser, explaining how the author was able to combine their ideas, then showing how the author created more awareness toward ideology. The chapter also takes a look at the ceramics and toothbrush exhibits, as well as Archaeological Annapolis, and ends with a discussion of Jürgen Habermas's notion of the “lifeworld.”
Daniel C. Kurtzer, Scott B. Lasensky, William B. Quandt, Steven L. Spiegel, and Shibley Z. Telhami
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- August 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780801451478
- eISBN:
- 9780801465864
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9780801451478.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter looks at George W. Bush's second term, during which the administration supported Palestinian elections that brought Hamas—a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization—to power. This ...
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This chapter looks at George W. Bush's second term, during which the administration supported Palestinian elections that brought Hamas—a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization—to power. This resulted to the anomalous situation in which Bush could declare the Palestinian elections to have been “free, fair and democratic” but also vow that the United States would not deal with Hamas unless it changed its policies and its involvement in terrorism. Meanwhile, the Lebanon War in 2006—initially supported by the administration as offering the possibility of defeating Hezbollah—gave way to Israeli despair and demands from Arab moderates for the United States to reengage in peacemaking. Bush then organized the Annapolis conference in November 2007, wherein the administration promoted a new opportunity to negotiate a conflict-ending agreement and set a one-year deadline, but then assumed a noninterventionist posture. In the end, nothing was concluded.Less
This chapter looks at George W. Bush's second term, during which the administration supported Palestinian elections that brought Hamas—a Palestinian Islamic fundamentalist organization—to power. This resulted to the anomalous situation in which Bush could declare the Palestinian elections to have been “free, fair and democratic” but also vow that the United States would not deal with Hamas unless it changed its policies and its involvement in terrorism. Meanwhile, the Lebanon War in 2006—initially supported by the administration as offering the possibility of defeating Hezbollah—gave way to Israeli despair and demands from Arab moderates for the United States to reengage in peacemaking. Bush then organized the Annapolis conference in November 2007, wherein the administration promoted a new opportunity to negotiate a conflict-ending agreement and set a one-year deadline, but then assumed a noninterventionist posture. In the end, nothing was concluded.
David J. Bettez
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813144573
- eISBN:
- 9780813145143
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813144573.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, Military History
Six months after joining the Marine Corps, Feland ships out to the Philippines to fight an insurrection in the newly acquired territory in the U.S. empire. After being promoted to captain, subsequent ...
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Six months after joining the Marine Corps, Feland ships out to the Philippines to fight an insurrection in the newly acquired territory in the U.S. empire. After being promoted to captain, subsequent expeditionary duty takes him to Panama and Cuba, where he gains valuable military administrative experience. Back in the States, he trains new Marine officers at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and oversees construction of the Marine Barracks there. He also serves as commander of the Marine Guard aboard several ships. On Valentine's Day 1907, Feland marries Katherine Cordner Heath, a well-known soprano, in New York City.Less
Six months after joining the Marine Corps, Feland ships out to the Philippines to fight an insurrection in the newly acquired territory in the U.S. empire. After being promoted to captain, subsequent expeditionary duty takes him to Panama and Cuba, where he gains valuable military administrative experience. Back in the States, he trains new Marine officers at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and oversees construction of the Marine Barracks there. He also serves as commander of the Marine Guard aboard several ships. On Valentine's Day 1907, Feland marries Katherine Cordner Heath, a well-known soprano, in New York City.
Andrew W. Kahrl
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781469628721
- eISBN:
- 9781469628745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469628721.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Black beaches proliferated across the coastal South in the 1940s and 1950s and became thriving centers of black leisure and entertainment and incubators of post-World War II black popular music and ...
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Black beaches proliferated across the coastal South in the 1940s and 1950s and became thriving centers of black leisure and entertainment and incubators of post-World War II black popular music and culture. The chapter tells the history of Carr’s and Sparrow’s Beaches in Annapolis, Maryland, and Bay Shore Beach in Hampton, Virginia, which became two of the most prominent black-owned beaches, performance venues, and amusement parks in the mid-Atlantic South. It traces the rapid growth and commercial success of black beaches and amusement parks in the years following World War II, when these venues attracted large crowds and hosted popular black musicians and performers on the “chitlin circuit.” It explores the deep and murky financial ties between black-owned leisure enterprises and operators of illicit urban economies. It shows how black beaches spawned a wide range of related business ventures (including, nightclubs, hotels, restaurants, and carnivals), opened new opportunities for African Americans in security and law enforcement, and facilitated the emergence of some of the era’s most popular black musicians and performers.Less
Black beaches proliferated across the coastal South in the 1940s and 1950s and became thriving centers of black leisure and entertainment and incubators of post-World War II black popular music and culture. The chapter tells the history of Carr’s and Sparrow’s Beaches in Annapolis, Maryland, and Bay Shore Beach in Hampton, Virginia, which became two of the most prominent black-owned beaches, performance venues, and amusement parks in the mid-Atlantic South. It traces the rapid growth and commercial success of black beaches and amusement parks in the years following World War II, when these venues attracted large crowds and hosted popular black musicians and performers on the “chitlin circuit.” It explores the deep and murky financial ties between black-owned leisure enterprises and operators of illicit urban economies. It shows how black beaches spawned a wide range of related business ventures (including, nightclubs, hotels, restaurants, and carnivals), opened new opportunities for African Americans in security and law enforcement, and facilitated the emergence of some of the era’s most popular black musicians and performers.
H. Michael Gelfand
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830475
- eISBN:
- 9781469605449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807877470_gelfand.6
- Subject:
- History, Military History
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland, is the most revered source of officers for the Navy, for the Marine Corps since 1887, and for the Air Force between 1949 and 1963. The ...
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The United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland, is the most revered source of officers for the Navy, for the Marine Corps since 1887, and for the Air Force between 1949 and 1963. The Naval Academy is an institution abundant with traditions, and this book employs culture as a vehicle to study and analyze the dramatic changes in Annapolis. It describes the activities within the institutional culture of USNA, beginning with an overview of the history of the academy and an outline of the USNA administrative organization. The chapter then describes aspects of midshipmen's admission, lives and activities in the Academy, and the graduation process. It also highlights one of the Academy's dramatic transformations, what came to be known as the “Academic Revolution.”Less
The United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis, Maryland, is the most revered source of officers for the Navy, for the Marine Corps since 1887, and for the Air Force between 1949 and 1963. The Naval Academy is an institution abundant with traditions, and this book employs culture as a vehicle to study and analyze the dramatic changes in Annapolis. It describes the activities within the institutional culture of USNA, beginning with an overview of the history of the academy and an outline of the USNA administrative organization. The chapter then describes aspects of midshipmen's admission, lives and activities in the Academy, and the graduation process. It also highlights one of the Academy's dramatic transformations, what came to be known as the “Academic Revolution.”
H. Michael Gelfand
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830475
- eISBN:
- 9781469605449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807877470_gelfand.7
- Subject:
- History, Military History
When the Naval Academy football team won the Sugar Bowl in 1955, USNA administrators realized the benefits of television exposure to the American public. This chapter examines the origin and ...
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When the Naval Academy football team won the Sugar Bowl in 1955, USNA administrators realized the benefits of television exposure to the American public. This chapter examines the origin and development of Naval Academy recruiting, including specialized recruiting activities involving radio programs, the television series Men of Annapolis, films, and the creation of the Blue and Gold program, a system of admission advisers responsible for spreading information about the Academy and searching prospective candidates. It also examines midshipmen who were members of a variety of minority groups who experienced discrimination at USNA before 1965.Less
When the Naval Academy football team won the Sugar Bowl in 1955, USNA administrators realized the benefits of television exposure to the American public. This chapter examines the origin and development of Naval Academy recruiting, including specialized recruiting activities involving radio programs, the television series Men of Annapolis, films, and the creation of the Blue and Gold program, a system of admission advisers responsible for spreading information about the Academy and searching prospective candidates. It also examines midshipmen who were members of a variety of minority groups who experienced discrimination at USNA before 1965.
H. Michael Gelfand
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830475
- eISBN:
- 9781469605449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807877470_gelfand.10
- Subject:
- History, Military History
Women's acceptance into the Brigade of Midshipmen—the formal name for the population of midshipmen enrolled in the United States Naval Academy (USNA)—was a significant step in helping women fulfil ...
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Women's acceptance into the Brigade of Midshipmen—the formal name for the population of midshipmen enrolled in the United States Naval Academy (USNA)—was a significant step in helping women fulfil their roles and responsibilities as American citizens. This chapter describes women's earliest presence at Annapolis and their roles in the Naval Academy community prior to 1976. It also follows a number of young women in their attempts to seek admission to the Academy, many of which were unsuccessful. In spite of many issues regarding the policy changes to integrate women into the USNA, the federal government eventually allowed women to attend the Naval Academy.Less
Women's acceptance into the Brigade of Midshipmen—the formal name for the population of midshipmen enrolled in the United States Naval Academy (USNA)—was a significant step in helping women fulfil their roles and responsibilities as American citizens. This chapter describes women's earliest presence at Annapolis and their roles in the Naval Academy community prior to 1976. It also follows a number of young women in their attempts to seek admission to the Academy, many of which were unsuccessful. In spite of many issues regarding the policy changes to integrate women into the USNA, the federal government eventually allowed women to attend the Naval Academy.
H. Michael Gelfand
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807830475
- eISBN:
- 9781469605449
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807877470_gelfand.13
- Subject:
- History, Military History
This chapter demonstrates how midshipmen reacted to both administrative attempts to tighten control over their lives and to national and international events and trends. It begins by examining the ...
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This chapter demonstrates how midshipmen reacted to both administrative attempts to tighten control over their lives and to national and international events and trends. It begins by examining the first steps made by the classes of 1951, 1952, and 1953 in creating an Honor Concept and dealing with honor violations. The chapter then discusses the relative quiet and subdued pranks in the 1950s and the 1960s, and how this period gave way to an era of remarkable midshipmen activity at Annapolis. These activities include challenging the Academy's mandatory chapel policy, staging a sit-in on the superintendent's lawn in the fall of 1968, and the creation of an action group to provide community service to Annapolis.Less
This chapter demonstrates how midshipmen reacted to both administrative attempts to tighten control over their lives and to national and international events and trends. It begins by examining the first steps made by the classes of 1951, 1952, and 1953 in creating an Honor Concept and dealing with honor violations. The chapter then discusses the relative quiet and subdued pranks in the 1950s and the 1960s, and how this period gave way to an era of remarkable midshipmen activity at Annapolis. These activities include challenging the Academy's mandatory chapel policy, staging a sit-in on the superintendent's lawn in the fall of 1968, and the creation of an action group to provide community service to Annapolis.
Vincent Giroud
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199399895
- eISBN:
- 9780199399932
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199399895.003.0009
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
In 1940, Nabokov took up a new position at St. John’s College, Annapolis, where he taught the “Great Books Course,” first in tandem with Carter. In Washington, he became close to a circle of young ...
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In 1940, Nabokov took up a new position at St. John’s College, Annapolis, where he taught the “Great Books Course,” first in tandem with Carter. In Washington, he became close to a circle of young diplomats and Russian specialists which included Charles Bohlen and George Kennan. He formed a solid friendship with Isaiah Berlin, through whom he met W. H. Auden, also frequenting the exiled Alexis Léger (the poet Saint-John Perse). He made his debut as a music critic, writing on Soviet music. His disparaging comments on Shostakovich won him praise from Stravinsky, with whom friendship was renewed.Less
In 1940, Nabokov took up a new position at St. John’s College, Annapolis, where he taught the “Great Books Course,” first in tandem with Carter. In Washington, he became close to a circle of young diplomats and Russian specialists which included Charles Bohlen and George Kennan. He formed a solid friendship with Isaiah Berlin, through whom he met W. H. Auden, also frequenting the exiled Alexis Léger (the poet Saint-John Perse). He made his debut as a music critic, writing on Soviet music. His disparaging comments on Shostakovich won him praise from Stravinsky, with whom friendship was renewed.
Matthew R. Bahar
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- April 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780190874247
- eISBN:
- 9780190874278
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780190874247.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, American History: early to 18th Century
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 drastically reconfigured the geopolitics of the northeast. Wabanaki adapted to and then manipulated the new imperial arrangement by modernizing their diplomatic and ...
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The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 drastically reconfigured the geopolitics of the northeast. Wabanaki adapted to and then manipulated the new imperial arrangement by modernizing their diplomatic and military strategy for regional ascendancy. The process of modernization was threefold. Indians applied their historic claim to sovereignty over sea and shore to the new postwar world while also amplifying their insistence on the tributary status of English neighbors. As much as Europeans might wish to remap the region, Indians insisted on the proper order of things. At the same time, they detached their seaborne campaigning from wars rooted in the distant power circles of European courts, from conflicts touched off by imperial priorities that increasingly seemed arbitrary and unpredictable. The new face of Wabanaki’s hegemonic ambition was born of a desire to unfetter the political and economic fortunes of native communities from those of Europe.Less
The Treaty of Utrecht in 1713 drastically reconfigured the geopolitics of the northeast. Wabanaki adapted to and then manipulated the new imperial arrangement by modernizing their diplomatic and military strategy for regional ascendancy. The process of modernization was threefold. Indians applied their historic claim to sovereignty over sea and shore to the new postwar world while also amplifying their insistence on the tributary status of English neighbors. As much as Europeans might wish to remap the region, Indians insisted on the proper order of things. At the same time, they detached their seaborne campaigning from wars rooted in the distant power circles of European courts, from conflicts touched off by imperial priorities that increasingly seemed arbitrary and unpredictable. The new face of Wabanaki’s hegemonic ambition was born of a desire to unfetter the political and economic fortunes of native communities from those of Europe.
Jennifer Welchman
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780190240318
- eISBN:
- 9780190240349
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190240318.003.0007
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
Mindful of the keen public interest in heritage preservation, environmental organizations have routinely characterized nature as a “heritage” asset to be preserved for future generations. But while ...
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Mindful of the keen public interest in heritage preservation, environmental organizations have routinely characterized nature as a “heritage” asset to be preserved for future generations. But while doing so has often proved effective for winning public support for environmental initiatives, it can lead to a conflation of environmental with “natural heritage” stewardship that is at best misleading and at worst can undermine both endeavors. The chapter uses a failed campaign to nominate the Annapolis River to Canada’s Heritage Rivers program to illustrate the problems that can arise when divergences between these two forms of stewardship are overlooked. Recognizing the differences is essential if we are to maximize our changes of achieving a satisfactory convergence between them.Less
Mindful of the keen public interest in heritage preservation, environmental organizations have routinely characterized nature as a “heritage” asset to be preserved for future generations. But while doing so has often proved effective for winning public support for environmental initiatives, it can lead to a conflation of environmental with “natural heritage” stewardship that is at best misleading and at worst can undermine both endeavors. The chapter uses a failed campaign to nominate the Annapolis River to Canada’s Heritage Rivers program to illustrate the problems that can arise when divergences between these two forms of stewardship are overlooked. Recognizing the differences is essential if we are to maximize our changes of achieving a satisfactory convergence between them.
John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199759897
- eISBN:
- 9780190254452
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199759897.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter describes the mood in Washington on April 23, 1861 as Union forces continued to make preparations against the Confederacy. It first looks at the return of only two of the eight men ...
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This chapter describes the mood in Washington on April 23, 1861 as Union forces continued to make preparations against the Confederacy. It first looks at the return of only two of the eight men dispatched by General Winfield Scott, commander of the U.S. Army, from the capital. It then cites the disappointment of many residents of Annapolis who were waiting for the landing of the Union troops in their city, the united public front put up by the administration of President Abraham Lincoln against the looming war with Confederate forces, and the administration officials' animosity towards Baltimore. The chapter also considers the quartering problems encountered by the volunteer regiments in Washington.Less
This chapter describes the mood in Washington on April 23, 1861 as Union forces continued to make preparations against the Confederacy. It first looks at the return of only two of the eight men dispatched by General Winfield Scott, commander of the U.S. Army, from the capital. It then cites the disappointment of many residents of Annapolis who were waiting for the landing of the Union troops in their city, the united public front put up by the administration of President Abraham Lincoln against the looming war with Confederate forces, and the administration officials' animosity towards Baltimore. The chapter also considers the quartering problems encountered by the volunteer regiments in Washington.
John Lockwood and Charles Lockwood
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- March 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780199759897
- eISBN:
- 9780190254452
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:osobl/9780199759897.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter focuses on the arrival of the Seventh New York Regiment in Washington on April 25, 1861 to reinforce the Union against the Confederacy, marking the immediate salvation of the nation's ...
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This chapter focuses on the arrival of the Seventh New York Regiment in Washington on April 25, 1861 to reinforce the Union against the Confederacy, marking the immediate salvation of the nation's capital and paving the way for other Northern volunteer regiments to follow suit. The Seventh New York Regiment was initially camped outside the Annapolis Junction station before boarding the train for Washington, where they were met with a thunder of jubilation that brought joy to the despairing President Abraham Lincoln. The Seventh New York began to mythologize its march from Annapolis to Annapolis Junction soon after landing in the city. This chapter also considers the strategic planning being done by the Baltimore leadership, along with the unequivocal and repeated calls for retaliation against Baltimore, both from Washington and elsewhere in the North. Finally, it looks at the resumption of mail service in the capital.Less
This chapter focuses on the arrival of the Seventh New York Regiment in Washington on April 25, 1861 to reinforce the Union against the Confederacy, marking the immediate salvation of the nation's capital and paving the way for other Northern volunteer regiments to follow suit. The Seventh New York Regiment was initially camped outside the Annapolis Junction station before boarding the train for Washington, where they were met with a thunder of jubilation that brought joy to the despairing President Abraham Lincoln. The Seventh New York began to mythologize its march from Annapolis to Annapolis Junction soon after landing in the city. This chapter also considers the strategic planning being done by the Baltimore leadership, along with the unequivocal and repeated calls for retaliation against Baltimore, both from Washington and elsewhere in the North. Finally, it looks at the resumption of mail service in the capital.
