Alan Harding
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- April 2004
- ISBN:
- 9780198263692
- eISBN:
- 9780191601149
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198263694.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
There was no significant new study of the Countess of Huntingdon between the complex and confused Life and Times by A. C. H. Seymour (1839) until after the opening up of the Cheshunt College archive ...
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There was no significant new study of the Countess of Huntingdon between the complex and confused Life and Times by A. C. H. Seymour (1839) until after the opening up of the Cheshunt College archive in the late 1960s. The archive contains a major part of the correspondence that Lady Huntingdon received in the last twenty-five years of her life, and shows in detail what day-to-day life was like in the Connexion during that period. Two major studies of Lady Huntingdon were published in the 1990s (by Welch and by Schlenther); the focus of the present work is different from theirs, in that it is concerned principally with the Connexion, rather than its founder. It considers the origins and development of the Connexion, its relations with other sections of the Evangelical Revival, and its impact on the broader religious life of late eighteenth-century England.Less
There was no significant new study of the Countess of Huntingdon between the complex and confused Life and Times by A. C. H. Seymour (1839) until after the opening up of the Cheshunt College archive in the late 1960s. The archive contains a major part of the correspondence that Lady Huntingdon received in the last twenty-five years of her life, and shows in detail what day-to-day life was like in the Connexion during that period. Two major studies of Lady Huntingdon were published in the 1990s (by Welch and by Schlenther); the focus of the present work is different from theirs, in that it is concerned principally with the Connexion, rather than its founder. It considers the origins and development of the Connexion, its relations with other sections of the Evangelical Revival, and its impact on the broader religious life of late eighteenth-century England.
Robert Aunger (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780192632449
- eISBN:
- 9780191670473
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780192632449.001.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Cognitive Psychology
The publication in 1998 of Susan Blackmore's bestselling The Meme Machine re-awakened the debate over the highly controversial field of memetics. In the past couple of years, there has been an ...
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The publication in 1998 of Susan Blackmore's bestselling The Meme Machine re-awakened the debate over the highly controversial field of memetics. In the past couple of years, there has been an explosion of interest in ‘memes’. The one thing noticeably missing though, has been any kind of proper debate over the validity of a concept regarded by many as scientifically suspect. This book pits intellectuals (both supporters and opponents of meme theory) against each other to battle it out and state their case. With a foreword by Daniel Dennett, and contributions from Dan Sperber, David Hull, Robert Boyd, Susan Blackmore, Henry Plotkin, and others, the result is a debate that will perhaps mark a turning point for the field and for future research.Less
The publication in 1998 of Susan Blackmore's bestselling The Meme Machine re-awakened the debate over the highly controversial field of memetics. In the past couple of years, there has been an explosion of interest in ‘memes’. The one thing noticeably missing though, has been any kind of proper debate over the validity of a concept regarded by many as scientifically suspect. This book pits intellectuals (both supporters and opponents of meme theory) against each other to battle it out and state their case. With a foreword by Daniel Dennett, and contributions from Dan Sperber, David Hull, Robert Boyd, Susan Blackmore, Henry Plotkin, and others, the result is a debate that will perhaps mark a turning point for the field and for future research.
John Heil
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199596201
- eISBN:
- 9780191741876
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199596201.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology, General
The concept of reduction is discussed in the context of a discussion of the origins of ‘non-reductive physicalism’. Reduction is identified as a relation among terms, or predicates, or theories, not ...
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The concept of reduction is discussed in the context of a discussion of the origins of ‘non-reductive physicalism’. Reduction is identified as a relation among terms, or predicates, or theories, not a relation among properties. Three influential anti-reductive arguments — Davidson’s advocacy of anomalous monism, Fodor’s defense of the autonomy of the special sciences, and Boyd’s discussion of special science kinds — are discussed and shown to be best understood as pertaining to predicates, not properties. The result is a depiction of the universe as answering to autonomous taxonomies definitive of the special sciences. Considerations are advanced suggesting that this picture is compatible with the idea that the deep truth about truthmakers for truths of the special sciences is provided by fundamental physics. Kinds and essences are discussed and explicated in a manner inspired by Descartes and Locke.Less
The concept of reduction is discussed in the context of a discussion of the origins of ‘non-reductive physicalism’. Reduction is identified as a relation among terms, or predicates, or theories, not a relation among properties. Three influential anti-reductive arguments — Davidson’s advocacy of anomalous monism, Fodor’s defense of the autonomy of the special sciences, and Boyd’s discussion of special science kinds — are discussed and shown to be best understood as pertaining to predicates, not properties. The result is a depiction of the universe as answering to autonomous taxonomies definitive of the special sciences. Considerations are advanced suggesting that this picture is compatible with the idea that the deep truth about truthmakers for truths of the special sciences is provided by fundamental physics. Kinds and essences are discussed and explicated in a manner inspired by Descartes and Locke.
Lynn Schofield Clark
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- January 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199899616
- eISBN:
- 9780199980161
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199899616.003.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Marriage and the Family
This chapter introduces the main themes that structure this book: class, risk, and the role of communication media in creating and sustaining class-related cultural distinctions. The book's ...
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This chapter introduces the main themes that structure this book: class, risk, and the role of communication media in creating and sustaining class-related cultural distinctions. The book's perspective on the role of risk in relation to technology and parenting is closely related to our experiences of economics and social class. Because news and entertainment media aim to appeal to the wealthiest demographic, norms of parenting in advice manuals and in other media are focused on the upper middle class parenting value of “expressive empowerment”. The media-driven definition of middle class life also supports the culture of fear that pervades discussions of technology and leisure and sees media as a distraction. This chapter discusses the relationship between risk and digital/mobile media to get a clear perspective about what is new in the new media environment, how sociologists review these new situations in relation to society-wide heightened risk, how parents and young people address themselves to these new situations.Less
This chapter introduces the main themes that structure this book: class, risk, and the role of communication media in creating and sustaining class-related cultural distinctions. The book's perspective on the role of risk in relation to technology and parenting is closely related to our experiences of economics and social class. Because news and entertainment media aim to appeal to the wealthiest demographic, norms of parenting in advice manuals and in other media are focused on the upper middle class parenting value of “expressive empowerment”. The media-driven definition of middle class life also supports the culture of fear that pervades discussions of technology and leisure and sees media as a distraction. This chapter discusses the relationship between risk and digital/mobile media to get a clear perspective about what is new in the new media environment, how sociologists review these new situations in relation to society-wide heightened risk, how parents and young people address themselves to these new situations.
Jaime Harker
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9781469643359
- eISBN:
- 9781469643373
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/northcarolina/9781469643359.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism
This chapter explores the spatial reimaginations of Southern lesbian feminists, from communes to queer contact zones. This chapter uses geography to reassess the landyke movement and its role in ...
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This chapter explores the spatial reimaginations of Southern lesbian feminists, from communes to queer contact zones. This chapter uses geography to reassess the landyke movement and its role in lesbian feminism literature, which reimagines and queers space.Less
This chapter explores the spatial reimaginations of Southern lesbian feminists, from communes to queer contact zones. This chapter uses geography to reassess the landyke movement and its role in lesbian feminism literature, which reimagines and queers space.
Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan H. Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.003.0006
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This epilogue examines the lessons that can be learned from Lee Boyd Malvo's story. Ten years since the events recounted in the first three chapters of this book, John Muhammad has been executed and ...
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This epilogue examines the lessons that can be learned from Lee Boyd Malvo's story. Ten years since the events recounted in the first three chapters of this book, John Muhammad has been executed and Lee Boyd Malvo remains incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison, where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life. In Malvo's story, issues of neglect, abuse, abandonment, and the missing father prevail. Such a crisis often begins with the break in the family unit; this is significant because it puts the child at greater risk for socially inappropriate behavior, including delinquency, by their teenage years. To prevent cases like Malvo's, the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out fifty-four articles and two Optional Protocols that spell out the basic rights of children everywhere: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse, and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural, and social life.Less
This epilogue examines the lessons that can be learned from Lee Boyd Malvo's story. Ten years since the events recounted in the first three chapters of this book, John Muhammad has been executed and Lee Boyd Malvo remains incarcerated at Red Onion State Prison, where he was sentenced to spend the rest of his life. In Malvo's story, issues of neglect, abuse, abandonment, and the missing father prevail. Such a crisis often begins with the break in the family unit; this is significant because it puts the child at greater risk for socially inappropriate behavior, including delinquency, by their teenage years. To prevent cases like Malvo's, the UNICEF Convention on the Rights of the Child sets out fifty-four articles and two Optional Protocols that spell out the basic rights of children everywhere: the right to survival; to develop to the fullest; to protection from harmful influences, abuse, and exploitation; and to participate fully in family, cultural, and social life.
Geoffrey Sanborn
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199751693
- eISBN:
- 9780199894819
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199751693.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, American, 19th Century Literature, World Literature
Chapter One reconstructs the life history of Te Ara, a Maori chief who led a massacre of the crew and passengers of the British ship Boyd in 1809 in retaliation for having been whipped by the ship's ...
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Chapter One reconstructs the life history of Te Ara, a Maori chief who led a massacre of the crew and passengers of the British ship Boyd in 1809 in retaliation for having been whipped by the ship's captain. The chapter shows, there was a remarkable effort, beginning around 1815, to represent Te Ara's vengeance as the understandable response of an upper-class man to the intolerable insult of a flogging. The true origin of the incident, according to most of the post-1815 commentators on the event, was not the “savagery” of Te Ara but the “imprudence and temerity” of the captain who whipped him.Less
Chapter One reconstructs the life history of Te Ara, a Maori chief who led a massacre of the crew and passengers of the British ship Boyd in 1809 in retaliation for having been whipped by the ship's captain. The chapter shows, there was a remarkable effort, beginning around 1815, to represent Te Ara's vengeance as the understandable response of an upper-class man to the intolerable insult of a flogging. The true origin of the incident, according to most of the post-1815 commentators on the event, was not the “savagery” of Te Ara but the “imprudence and temerity” of the captain who whipped him.
Shawn Francis Peters
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199827855
- eISBN:
- 9780199950140
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199827855.003.0022
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
All of the prisoners at Lewisburg and Allenwood were aware of the presence there of Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters leader who had been convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud. Although ...
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All of the prisoners at Lewisburg and Allenwood were aware of the presence there of Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters leader who had been convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud. Although Hoffa and his lieutenants exerted enormous influence among the prison population, the congenitally suspicious labor kingpin generally distanced himself from inmates who weren't part of his inner circle. But the Berrigans, Hogan, Mische, and Melville were different—they were fellow Catholics, and Hoffa seemed to think that they all were political prisoners. Hoffa took a particular interest in the welfare of Phil Berrigan. Not long after the Baltimore priest arrived at Lewisburg, Hoffa arranged a meeting in which he offered his assistance. But even with Hoffa's protection, Berrigan could not escape discord at Lewisburg. The worst of his woes arose from dealings with a fellow inmate named Boyd Douglas. Douglas approached most of the Baltimore-area draft protesters and told them that he enjoyed a range of special privileges at the prison and offered to smuggle out letters for the men. Most of the men smelled a setup, but Berrigan took the bait. Despite his friends' warnings, he began using Douglas to communicate with friends and confederates outside the prison walls. More a con artist than a committed activist, Douglas surreptitiously copied many of the documents he passed between Berrigan and his supporters outside Lewisburg, and he eventually turned them over to the FBI. It was through Douglas's cooperation that the federal government was able to arrest Dan Berrigan on Block Island and put an end to his time as a fugitive.Less
All of the prisoners at Lewisburg and Allenwood were aware of the presence there of Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters leader who had been convicted of jury tampering, attempted bribery, and fraud. Although Hoffa and his lieutenants exerted enormous influence among the prison population, the congenitally suspicious labor kingpin generally distanced himself from inmates who weren't part of his inner circle. But the Berrigans, Hogan, Mische, and Melville were different—they were fellow Catholics, and Hoffa seemed to think that they all were political prisoners. Hoffa took a particular interest in the welfare of Phil Berrigan. Not long after the Baltimore priest arrived at Lewisburg, Hoffa arranged a meeting in which he offered his assistance. But even with Hoffa's protection, Berrigan could not escape discord at Lewisburg. The worst of his woes arose from dealings with a fellow inmate named Boyd Douglas. Douglas approached most of the Baltimore-area draft protesters and told them that he enjoyed a range of special privileges at the prison and offered to smuggle out letters for the men. Most of the men smelled a setup, but Berrigan took the bait. Despite his friends' warnings, he began using Douglas to communicate with friends and confederates outside the prison walls. More a con artist than a committed activist, Douglas surreptitiously copied many of the documents he passed between Berrigan and his supporters outside Lewisburg, and he eventually turned them over to the FBI. It was through Douglas's cooperation that the federal government was able to arrest Dan Berrigan on Block Island and put an end to his time as a fugitive.
Francis D. Cogliano
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748624997
- eISBN:
- 9780748670697
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748624997.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: 19th Century
Having established the importance of primary sources to Jefferson's understanding of history, Jefferson carefully preserved the corpus of his personal papers-more than forty thousand letters as well ...
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Having established the importance of primary sources to Jefferson's understanding of history, Jefferson carefully preserved the corpus of his personal papers-more than forty thousand letters as well as state and personal papers. He intended that these should published. This chapter reviews the history of the publication of Jefferson's papers which have gone through several editions since 1829, including the origins and evolution of the definitive Princeton edition of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson begun by Julian P. Boyd.Less
Having established the importance of primary sources to Jefferson's understanding of history, Jefferson carefully preserved the corpus of his personal papers-more than forty thousand letters as well as state and personal papers. He intended that these should published. This chapter reviews the history of the publication of Jefferson's papers which have gone through several editions since 1829, including the origins and evolution of the definitive Princeton edition of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson begun by Julian P. Boyd.
Simon Lewis
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813036021
- eISBN:
- 9780813038636
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813036021.003.0004
- Subject:
- Literature, World Literature
The chapter compares and contrasts Gurnah's Paradise and William Boyd's An Ice-Cream War. In the process, and throughout this section, it becomes clear that even well-meaning British writers about ...
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The chapter compares and contrasts Gurnah's Paradise and William Boyd's An Ice-Cream War. In the process, and throughout this section, it becomes clear that even well-meaning British writers about Africa cannot fully free themselves from the confines of colonial discourse. Although many of Boyd's works satirize British governing class attitudes this one particular novel An Ice-Cream War reproduces closely related features familiar from colonial discourse. The main concern of the novel is with the European history of East Africa. However, Gurnah's writings are clearly in contrast with those of Boyd.Less
The chapter compares and contrasts Gurnah's Paradise and William Boyd's An Ice-Cream War. In the process, and throughout this section, it becomes clear that even well-meaning British writers about Africa cannot fully free themselves from the confines of colonial discourse. Although many of Boyd's works satirize British governing class attitudes this one particular novel An Ice-Cream War reproduces closely related features familiar from colonial discourse. The main concern of the novel is with the European history of East Africa. However, Gurnah's writings are clearly in contrast with those of Boyd.
Jeanne Gaakeer
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199246601
- eISBN:
- 9780191697616
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199246601.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Philosophy of Law
This chapter examines the interrelatedness of law, literature, and religion as ethical systems. It considers the congeniality of the views of Martha Nussbaum, James Boyd White, and Milner Ball, ...
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This chapter examines the interrelatedness of law, literature, and religion as ethical systems. It considers the congeniality of the views of Martha Nussbaum, James Boyd White, and Milner Ball, because the ethics of empathy proposed by these authors offers a valuable foundation from which to pursue fundamental questions of law, literature, and religion alike in contemporary pluralistic societies. It then offers two illustrations of performances with language as ethical performances to clarify the idea of justice as reciprocity following from this.Less
This chapter examines the interrelatedness of law, literature, and religion as ethical systems. It considers the congeniality of the views of Martha Nussbaum, James Boyd White, and Milner Ball, because the ethics of empathy proposed by these authors offers a valuable foundation from which to pursue fundamental questions of law, literature, and religion alike in contemporary pluralistic societies. It then offers two illustrations of performances with language as ethical performances to clarify the idea of justice as reciprocity following from this.
Gene Logsdon
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813124438
- eISBN:
- 9780813134734
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813124438.003.0014
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This chapter discusses Joe Dan Boyd, the assistant managing editor at the Farm Journal in Philadelphia. Boyd grew up on a farm in Texas, and is an almost perfect example of a cultural unity that can ...
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This chapter discusses Joe Dan Boyd, the assistant managing editor at the Farm Journal in Philadelphia. Boyd grew up on a farm in Texas, and is an almost perfect example of a cultural unity that can be achieved when art and agriculture join hands. The chapter looks at Boyd's achievements as a writer through the years, starting with his first byline when he was fourteen years old. It also looks at Boyd as an authority on farm songs in music circles and as an authority on cotton in farming circles.Less
This chapter discusses Joe Dan Boyd, the assistant managing editor at the Farm Journal in Philadelphia. Boyd grew up on a farm in Texas, and is an almost perfect example of a cultural unity that can be achieved when art and agriculture join hands. The chapter looks at Boyd's achievements as a writer through the years, starting with his first byline when he was fourteen years old. It also looks at Boyd as an authority on farm songs in music circles and as an authority on cotton in farming circles.
Timothy J. Minchin and John A. Salmond
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813129785
- eISBN:
- 9780813135625
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813129785.003.0013
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
When Josephine Boyd Bradley first entered Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North California in September 1957, she faced several physical threats, racial slurs, and insults from both the students ...
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When Josephine Boyd Bradley first entered Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North California in September 1957, she faced several physical threats, racial slurs, and insults from both the students and the faculty as she was the only African American in the entire student body. She gained support from three white students who befriended her and consequently they had to face exclusion. She was the first black student in the state to graduate from a previously all-white high school. When she returned to the school in 2006, she served as an honored guest and was recognized as a pioneer of civil rights in the school. Dorothy Counts also received comparable recognition for being one of the first to integrate the Charlotte school system. Many of these experiences never made the news, but each of these tributes celebrate various aspects of the civil rights movement and how this has brought on several significant changes to society.Less
When Josephine Boyd Bradley first entered Grimsley High School in Greensboro, North California in September 1957, she faced several physical threats, racial slurs, and insults from both the students and the faculty as she was the only African American in the entire student body. She gained support from three white students who befriended her and consequently they had to face exclusion. She was the first black student in the state to graduate from a previously all-white high school. When she returned to the school in 2006, she served as an honored guest and was recognized as a pioneer of civil rights in the school. Dorothy Counts also received comparable recognition for being one of the first to integrate the Charlotte school system. Many of these experiences never made the news, but each of these tributes celebrate various aspects of the civil rights movement and how this has brought on several significant changes to society.
Aaron Edwards
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719078743
- eISBN:
- 9781781702390
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719078743.003.0004
- Subject:
- Political Science, UK Politics
Labour was greatly facilitated in its bid to direct public attention away from the border issue by Nationalist indifference towards the IRA's campaign. The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was ...
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Labour was greatly facilitated in its bid to direct public attention away from the border issue by Nationalist indifference towards the IRA's campaign. The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was recognised as Her Majesty's Official Opposition. The conduct of the Unionist government administration in its fight against the IRA caused a major headache for British political parties. Northern Ireland's poor socio-economic prospects suffocated the unique qualities of homegrown talent. Terence O'Neill's liberalism sought to steer a middle course between the right of his party and the left of the NILP. The NILP's failure to secure any parliamentary representation at the 1964 Westminster Election only sapped at Tom Boyd's political energy. The full extent of Labour's disastrous performance was not appreciated until six months later when Sam Napier submitted his audit to the Executive Committee (EC). It then became clear that the Protestant working class was undergoing fluctuations of a sectarian nature.Less
Labour was greatly facilitated in its bid to direct public attention away from the border issue by Nationalist indifference towards the IRA's campaign. The Parliamentary Labour Party (PLP) was recognised as Her Majesty's Official Opposition. The conduct of the Unionist government administration in its fight against the IRA caused a major headache for British political parties. Northern Ireland's poor socio-economic prospects suffocated the unique qualities of homegrown talent. Terence O'Neill's liberalism sought to steer a middle course between the right of his party and the left of the NILP. The NILP's failure to secure any parliamentary representation at the 1964 Westminster Election only sapped at Tom Boyd's political energy. The full extent of Labour's disastrous performance was not appreciated until six months later when Sam Napier submitted his audit to the Executive Committee (EC). It then became clear that the Protestant working class was undergoing fluctuations of a sectarian nature.
Rudolph J. Vecoli and Francesco Durante
Donna R. Gabaccia (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- January 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780823279869
- eISBN:
- 9780823281428
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823279869.003.0006
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter examines how Celso Cesare Moreno plotted his revenge after the debacle in Hawaii and describes his role in the education of three Hawaiian students: Robert William Wilcox, Robert ...
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This chapter examines how Celso Cesare Moreno plotted his revenge after the debacle in Hawaii and describes his role in the education of three Hawaiian students: Robert William Wilcox, Robert Napu'uako Boyd, and James Kaneholo Booth. Moreno left Honolulu for San Francisco onboard the steamer Zealandia. He wanted James M. Comly, whom he believed was primarily responsible for his downfall, removed as the U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Hawaii. He enrolled Wilcox, Boyd, and Booth in three different military schools—Royal Academy of Civil and Military Engineers in Turin, Royal Naval Academy in Livorno, and Nunziatella Military Academy in Naples, respectively. The chapter also discusses Moreno's travel across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe with King David Kalākaua and his dignitaries, which included William Nevins Armstrong, now Royal Commissioner of Immigration. Finally, it reflects on the death of Booth due to cholera.Less
This chapter examines how Celso Cesare Moreno plotted his revenge after the debacle in Hawaii and describes his role in the education of three Hawaiian students: Robert William Wilcox, Robert Napu'uako Boyd, and James Kaneholo Booth. Moreno left Honolulu for San Francisco onboard the steamer Zealandia. He wanted James M. Comly, whom he believed was primarily responsible for his downfall, removed as the U.S. ambassador to the Kingdom of Hawaii. He enrolled Wilcox, Boyd, and Booth in three different military schools—Royal Academy of Civil and Military Engineers in Turin, Royal Naval Academy in Livorno, and Nunziatella Military Academy in Naples, respectively. The chapter also discusses Moreno's travel across Asia, the Middle East, and Europe with King David Kalākaua and his dignitaries, which included William Nevins Armstrong, now Royal Commissioner of Immigration. Finally, it reflects on the death of Booth due to cholera.
Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.001.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
In October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After ...
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In October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After the spree, ten people were dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo. Called in by the judge to serve on Malvo's defense team, social worker Carmeta Albarus was instructed by the court to uncover any information that might help mitigate the death sentence the teen faced. Albarus met with Malvo numerous times and repeatedly traveled back to his homeland of Jamaica, as well as to Antigua, to interview his parents, family members, teachers, and friends. What was uncovered was the story of a once promising, intelligent young man, whose repeated abuse and abandonment left him detached from his biological parents and desperate for guidance and support. In search of a father figure, Malvo instead found John Muhammad, a veteran of the first Gulf War who intentionally shaped his protégé through a ruthlessly efficient campaign of brainwashing, sniper training, and race hatred, turning the susceptible teen into an angry, raging, and dissociated killer with no empathy for his victims. This book details the nature of Malvo's tragic attachment to his perceived “hero father,” his indoctrination, and his subsequent dissociation. The text recounts this book's author's role in helping to extricate Malvo from the psychological clutches of Muhammad, which led to a dramatic courtroom confrontation with the man who manipulated and exploited him.Less
In October of 2002, a series of sniper attacks paralyzed the Washington Beltway, turning normally placid gas stations, parking lots, restaurants, and school grounds into chaotic killing fields. After the spree, ten people were dead and several others wounded. The perpetrators were forty-one-year-old John Allen Muhammad and his seventeen-year-old protégé, Lee Boyd Malvo. Called in by the judge to serve on Malvo's defense team, social worker Carmeta Albarus was instructed by the court to uncover any information that might help mitigate the death sentence the teen faced. Albarus met with Malvo numerous times and repeatedly traveled back to his homeland of Jamaica, as well as to Antigua, to interview his parents, family members, teachers, and friends. What was uncovered was the story of a once promising, intelligent young man, whose repeated abuse and abandonment left him detached from his biological parents and desperate for guidance and support. In search of a father figure, Malvo instead found John Muhammad, a veteran of the first Gulf War who intentionally shaped his protégé through a ruthlessly efficient campaign of brainwashing, sniper training, and race hatred, turning the susceptible teen into an angry, raging, and dissociated killer with no empathy for his victims. This book details the nature of Malvo's tragic attachment to his perceived “hero father,” his indoctrination, and his subsequent dissociation. The text recounts this book's author's role in helping to extricate Malvo from the psychological clutches of Muhammad, which led to a dramatic courtroom confrontation with the man who manipulated and exploited him.
Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan H. Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.003.0001
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This introductory chapter provides a background of the Washington Beltway sniper attacks, and the arrest of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper shootings began on October 2, 2002, at ...
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This introductory chapter provides a background of the Washington Beltway sniper attacks, and the arrest of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper shootings began on October 2, 2002, at 5:20 p.m. when a shot was fired through a window of a Michael's Craft Store in Aspen Hill, Maryland, and within twenty-three days, the Beltway sniper shootings claimed the lives of ten victims and injured four others. On October 24, forty-one-year-old Louisiana-born John Allen Muhammad, a black male veteran of the first Gulf War, and seventeen-year-old Jamaican-born Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested. In November 2003, Lee Boyd Malvo went on trial for the murder of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, one of the ten people killed in the sniper shootings, where his defense team presented an insanity defense. Social worker Carmeta Albarus was then appointed as an investigator to assist on the case, primarily because she is Jamaican born like Malvo.Less
This introductory chapter provides a background of the Washington Beltway sniper attacks, and the arrest of John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo. The sniper shootings began on October 2, 2002, at 5:20 p.m. when a shot was fired through a window of a Michael's Craft Store in Aspen Hill, Maryland, and within twenty-three days, the Beltway sniper shootings claimed the lives of ten victims and injured four others. On October 24, forty-one-year-old Louisiana-born John Allen Muhammad, a black male veteran of the first Gulf War, and seventeen-year-old Jamaican-born Lee Boyd Malvo were arrested. In November 2003, Lee Boyd Malvo went on trial for the murder of FBI analyst Linda Franklin, one of the ten people killed in the sniper shootings, where his defense team presented an insanity defense. Social worker Carmeta Albarus was then appointed as an investigator to assist on the case, primarily because she is Jamaican born like Malvo.
Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan H. Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.003.0002
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter provides a biography of Lee Boyd Malvo. Lee Boyd Malvo, the son of Una James and Leslie Malvo, was born on February 18, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica. Malvo recalled that his father was the ...
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This chapter provides a biography of Lee Boyd Malvo. Lee Boyd Malvo, the son of Una James and Leslie Malvo, was born on February 18, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica. Malvo recalled that his father was the nurturing parent, while his mother, Una, was a hard taskmaster. She exercised the strict discipline with which she'd been raised, and often beat Malvo for any insignificant thing. In August 1990, Una left Leslie, accusing him of having an affair, and took Malvo with her, which resulted in Malvo's depression. He later lived with his Aunt Marie, who was also harsh and mean to him. However, despite all of his hardships, he became an exceptional student, and his high scores in the Common Entrance Exam ensured him a placement at York Castle High School, a prominent school in Brown's Town. In 1999, Una and Malvo tried to go to the U.S., but failed and later returned to Antigua, where Una's previous boyfriend, Thomas, assisted them and saw to their welfare.Less
This chapter provides a biography of Lee Boyd Malvo. Lee Boyd Malvo, the son of Una James and Leslie Malvo, was born on February 18, 1985 in Kingston, Jamaica. Malvo recalled that his father was the nurturing parent, while his mother, Una, was a hard taskmaster. She exercised the strict discipline with which she'd been raised, and often beat Malvo for any insignificant thing. In August 1990, Una left Leslie, accusing him of having an affair, and took Malvo with her, which resulted in Malvo's depression. He later lived with his Aunt Marie, who was also harsh and mean to him. However, despite all of his hardships, he became an exceptional student, and his high scores in the Common Entrance Exam ensured him a placement at York Castle High School, a prominent school in Brown's Town. In 1999, Una and Malvo tried to go to the U.S., but failed and later returned to Antigua, where Una's previous boyfriend, Thomas, assisted them and saw to their welfare.
Carmeta Albarus and Jonathan H. Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.003.0004
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter recounts the extrication of Lee Boyd Malvo from the psychological control of John Muhammad. In order to separate Malvo from Muhammad, social worker Carmeta Albarus decided that it would ...
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This chapter recounts the extrication of Lee Boyd Malvo from the psychological control of John Muhammad. In order to separate Malvo from Muhammad, social worker Carmeta Albarus decided that it would be helpful to find an alternative object for Malvo's attachment. It had to be someone from his past who would be able to stimulate his reconciliation with himself as Lee Boyd Malvo, so she went to Jamaica and met Malvo's biological father, Leslie. In her description of Leslie's hate for Muhammad—the man who had taken his son down the path of destruction—she had given Malvo the hero father he had been seeking in Leslie, the one who would come and save him. However, it was not until Malvo's last meeting with Ms. Winsome Maxwell, his former teacher, that he agreed to testify against Muhammad.Less
This chapter recounts the extrication of Lee Boyd Malvo from the psychological control of John Muhammad. In order to separate Malvo from Muhammad, social worker Carmeta Albarus decided that it would be helpful to find an alternative object for Malvo's attachment. It had to be someone from his past who would be able to stimulate his reconciliation with himself as Lee Boyd Malvo, so she went to Jamaica and met Malvo's biological father, Leslie. In her description of Leslie's hate for Muhammad—the man who had taken his son down the path of destruction—she had given Malvo the hero father he had been seeking in Leslie, the one who would come and save him. However, it was not until Malvo's last meeting with Ms. Winsome Maxwell, his former teacher, that he agreed to testify against Muhammad.
Jonathan H. Mack
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780231143110
- eISBN:
- 9780231512688
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231143110.003.0005
- Subject:
- Social Work, Crime and Justice
This chapter provides a forensic mental health analysis of Lee Boyd Malvo. According to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Neil Blumberg, in his guilt phase, Malvo had a dissociative disorder not otherwise ...
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This chapter provides a forensic mental health analysis of Lee Boyd Malvo. According to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Neil Blumberg, in his guilt phase, Malvo had a dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (NOS) as a consequence of his preexisting vulnerability to and the brainwashing and indoctrination by John Muhammad. Dr. Blumberg also diagnosed Malvo with depressive disorder NOS and conduct disorder, childhood-onset type. Acts of tragic violence are often foretold by tragedy in the childhood of the perpetrator. One of the lessons from the multiple tragedies of the D.C. sniper killings—of which Malvo himself is a victim—is that abandonment, instability, abuse, neglect, and extreme inconsistency in childhood can cause more problems and, frequently in the case of males, lead to violent criminal acts. The chapter concludes that the current epidemic of violence can be controlled by improving early childhood environments.Less
This chapter provides a forensic mental health analysis of Lee Boyd Malvo. According to forensic psychiatrist Dr. Neil Blumberg, in his guilt phase, Malvo had a dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (NOS) as a consequence of his preexisting vulnerability to and the brainwashing and indoctrination by John Muhammad. Dr. Blumberg also diagnosed Malvo with depressive disorder NOS and conduct disorder, childhood-onset type. Acts of tragic violence are often foretold by tragedy in the childhood of the perpetrator. One of the lessons from the multiple tragedies of the D.C. sniper killings—of which Malvo himself is a victim—is that abandonment, instability, abuse, neglect, and extreme inconsistency in childhood can cause more problems and, frequently in the case of males, lead to violent criminal acts. The chapter concludes that the current epidemic of violence can be controlled by improving early childhood environments.
