Katharine A. Rodger
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520247048
- eISBN:
- 9780520932661
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520247048.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Edward F. Ricketts revised the original draft of Between Pacific Tides throughout the early 1930s, appending his four-page “Zoological Introduction,” in which he defended the book's ecological ...
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Edward F. Ricketts revised the original draft of Between Pacific Tides throughout the early 1930s, appending his four-page “Zoological Introduction,” in which he defended the book's ecological arrangement as “a natural history in every sense of the word.” In this introduction, he notes that arranging Between Pacific Tides according to shore habitats “necessitated a great amount of field work, most of which could have been obviated if the traditional treatment had been used.” Despite the establishment of academic thinking against which he worked, Between Pacific Tides is Ricketts's most recognized scientific achievement, and is revered as a classic and pioneering text in marine biology. In this work, the distribution of Pacific littoral invertebrates within a given region is seen in the light of competition and interrelation between the animals themselves, and the limiting aspects of the following factors: wave shock, tidal level, and type of bottom, along with a good many others of lesser importance, such as temperature, stagnation, silting, etc., all pretty well intermingled and interdependent.Less
Edward F. Ricketts revised the original draft of Between Pacific Tides throughout the early 1930s, appending his four-page “Zoological Introduction,” in which he defended the book's ecological arrangement as “a natural history in every sense of the word.” In this introduction, he notes that arranging Between Pacific Tides according to shore habitats “necessitated a great amount of field work, most of which could have been obviated if the traditional treatment had been used.” Despite the establishment of academic thinking against which he worked, Between Pacific Tides is Ricketts's most recognized scientific achievement, and is revered as a classic and pioneering text in marine biology. In this work, the distribution of Pacific littoral invertebrates within a given region is seen in the light of competition and interrelation between the animals themselves, and the limiting aspects of the following factors: wave shock, tidal level, and type of bottom, along with a good many others of lesser importance, such as temperature, stagnation, silting, etc., all pretty well intermingled and interdependent.
David Manning
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195182392
- eISBN:
- 9780199851485
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195182392.003.0099
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This work is written for the unusual combination of solo string quartet and full-string orchestra. It is very characteristic of the composer, full of unmistakeable Elgarian melody, especially the big ...
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This work is written for the unusual combination of solo string quartet and full-string orchestra. It is very characteristic of the composer, full of unmistakeable Elgarian melody, especially the big tune in D major that comes in the middle of the Allegro, and, it goes without saying, brilliantly and gratefully written for the instruments. In the Introduction the composer seems to be considering his themes one by one and wondering what use he will make of them. The composer has good reasons for the truncation. One understands what Edward Elgar was doing when he dwelt so lovingly on that theme in his Introduction. These discoveries make musical analysis a fascinating subject. It is only when the composer's last note is heard that everything falls into place and the surprises become the inevitable.Less
This work is written for the unusual combination of solo string quartet and full-string orchestra. It is very characteristic of the composer, full of unmistakeable Elgarian melody, especially the big tune in D major that comes in the middle of the Allegro, and, it goes without saying, brilliantly and gratefully written for the instruments. In the Introduction the composer seems to be considering his themes one by one and wondering what use he will make of them. The composer has good reasons for the truncation. One understands what Edward Elgar was doing when he dwelt so lovingly on that theme in his Introduction. These discoveries make musical analysis a fascinating subject. It is only when the composer's last note is heard that everything falls into place and the surprises become the inevitable.
Francesco Calogero
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199535286
- eISBN:
- 9780191715853
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199535286.003.0001
- Subject:
- Physics, Theoretical, Computational, and Statistical Physics
In the introductory Chapter 1 a few representative instances of isochronous dynamical systems are tersely reviewed.
In the introductory Chapter 1 a few representative instances of isochronous dynamical systems are tersely reviewed.
William J. Richardson
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823222551
- eISBN:
- 9780823235247
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823222551.003.0030
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter questions whether there is a reason to maintain that the focus of Heidegger at the time under discussion is on the ontological difference as such. The ...
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This chapter questions whether there is a reason to maintain that the focus of Heidegger at the time under discussion is on the ontological difference as such. The formula of 1943 emphasizes the primacy of Being and implies the ontological difference but does not name it as such. The formula of 1949 names it as such. The discussion argues that the second formula expresses better what the author considers to be the insight that is proper to him. Thus the chapter concludes that Heidegger had a right to alter the first formula.Less
This chapter questions whether there is a reason to maintain that the focus of Heidegger at the time under discussion is on the ontological difference as such. The formula of 1943 emphasizes the primacy of Being and implies the ontological difference but does not name it as such. The formula of 1949 names it as such. The discussion argues that the second formula expresses better what the author considers to be the insight that is proper to him. Thus the chapter concludes that Heidegger had a right to alter the first formula.
David Lyons
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198239642
- eISBN:
- 9780191679971
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198239642.003.0004
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy
Chapter 2 proposed a new interpretation of Bentham's utilitarianism, based on his dual standard in the Introduction and attempting to account for it. This proposal was defended in Chapter 3 by ...
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Chapter 2 proposed a new interpretation of Bentham's utilitarianism, based on his dual standard in the Introduction and attempting to account for it. This proposal was defended in Chapter 3 by arguing that Bentham could consistently have embraced both a standard of self-interest for private ethics and one of community interest for political affairs, even though the standards are not equivalent and might conceivably diverge. This chapter shows that the dual-standard hypothesis, combined with the differential interpretation of his basic principle, is best supported by the texts—at least by that of the Introduction, the most important of Bentham's works.Less
Chapter 2 proposed a new interpretation of Bentham's utilitarianism, based on his dual standard in the Introduction and attempting to account for it. This proposal was defended in Chapter 3 by arguing that Bentham could consistently have embraced both a standard of self-interest for private ethics and one of community interest for political affairs, even though the standards are not equivalent and might conceivably diverge. This chapter shows that the dual-standard hypothesis, combined with the differential interpretation of his basic principle, is best supported by the texts—at least by that of the Introduction, the most important of Bentham's works.
David Lyons
- Published in print:
- 1991
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198239642
- eISBN:
- 9780191679971
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198239642.003.0005
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Political Philosophy, History of Philosophy
It is essential to the interpretive hypothesis that Bentham's dual standard in the Introduction was not his fundamental doctrine but was derivative. This chapter begins by reviewing the origins of ...
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It is essential to the interpretive hypothesis that Bentham's dual standard in the Introduction was not his fundamental doctrine but was derivative. This chapter begins by reviewing the origins of this interpretation, to show why this is so. It then reconstructs an elaborate implicit argument that might plausibly be claimed to express Bentham's unarticulated thoughts. The argument has two stages, one dealing with the government as a whole, the second drawing conclusions about the ordinary official conduct of government functionaries.Less
It is essential to the interpretive hypothesis that Bentham's dual standard in the Introduction was not his fundamental doctrine but was derivative. This chapter begins by reviewing the origins of this interpretation, to show why this is so. It then reconstructs an elaborate implicit argument that might plausibly be claimed to express Bentham's unarticulated thoughts. The argument has two stages, one dealing with the government as a whole, the second drawing conclusions about the ordinary official conduct of government functionaries.
Carol Barash
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198186861
- eISBN:
- 9780191674587
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198186861.003.0007
- Subject:
- Literature, Poetry, 17th-century and Restoration Literature
This chapter, working back and forth between published and manuscript versions of Anne Finch's poems, begins with the political poems, particularly her elegies on the deaths of James II in 1701 and ...
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This chapter, working back and forth between published and manuscript versions of Anne Finch's poems, begins with the political poems, particularly her elegies on the deaths of James II in 1701 and Mary of Modena in 1718. It goes on to suggest a shifting relationship in the position of the subject between public and private in ‘The Introduction’ and ‘The Spleen’. It then discusses the ways in which the manuscript poems, with overlapping personal, political, and religious referents, were shaped into essentially lyric works for inclusion in Miscellany Poems. The chapter concludes by describing the ways in which Finch's debt to a range of earlier women writers is sculpted into the first genealogy of women's writing in ‘The Circuit of Apollo’ and other poems.Less
This chapter, working back and forth between published and manuscript versions of Anne Finch's poems, begins with the political poems, particularly her elegies on the deaths of James II in 1701 and Mary of Modena in 1718. It goes on to suggest a shifting relationship in the position of the subject between public and private in ‘The Introduction’ and ‘The Spleen’. It then discusses the ways in which the manuscript poems, with overlapping personal, political, and religious referents, were shaped into essentially lyric works for inclusion in Miscellany Poems. The chapter concludes by describing the ways in which Finch's debt to a range of earlier women writers is sculpted into the first genealogy of women's writing in ‘The Circuit of Apollo’ and other poems.
LEON LITVACK
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198263517
- eISBN:
- 9780191682582
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198263517.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
This chapter discusses Neale’s History of the Holy Eastern Church. Three parts of the History were published, the first two during his lifetime and the third posthumously: The Patriarchate of ...
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This chapter discusses Neale’s History of the Holy Eastern Church. Three parts of the History were published, the first two during his lifetime and the third posthumously: The Patriarchate of Alexandria, the General Introduction, and The Patriarchate of Antioch, edited by George Williams. This work was Neale’s peculiar interpretation of Orthodox history, doctrine, and practice. His aim was to bring the ancient branch of Christendom closer to his readers. The period between the publication of Neale’s History of the Holy Eastern Church and the formation of the Eastern Church Association was when he produced the bulk of his literary expressions of Eastern Orthodoxy.Less
This chapter discusses Neale’s History of the Holy Eastern Church. Three parts of the History were published, the first two during his lifetime and the third posthumously: The Patriarchate of Alexandria, the General Introduction, and The Patriarchate of Antioch, edited by George Williams. This work was Neale’s peculiar interpretation of Orthodox history, doctrine, and practice. His aim was to bring the ancient branch of Christendom closer to his readers. The period between the publication of Neale’s History of the Holy Eastern Church and the formation of the Eastern Church Association was when he produced the bulk of his literary expressions of Eastern Orthodoxy.
Diana Looser
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- November 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780824839765
- eISBN:
- 9780824869564
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
- DOI:
- 10.21313/hawaii/9780824839765.001.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Pacific Studies
Remaking Pacific Pasts offers the first full-length comparative study of recent drama and theatre in Oceania. It opens with a general introduction to the field of Pacific Islands theatre produced ...
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Remaking Pacific Pasts offers the first full-length comparative study of recent drama and theatre in Oceania. It opens with a general introduction to the field of Pacific Islands theatre produced since the late 1960s, covering key works from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Fiji, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands, Hawai‘i, Guam, New Caledonia, and Tahiti. The following sections explore selected plays from Hawai‘i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Fiji that critically engage aspects of colonial and postcolonial Pacific histories. The book draws together discussions in theatre and performance studies, historiography, and Pacific studies to examine how Pacific playwrights have used the medium of theatrical performance to interrogate and revise repressive or marginalizing models of historical understanding developed through Western colonialism or exclusionary indigenous nationalisms, and to address crucial issues of identity, genealogy, representation, political parity, and social unity. This major study emphasizes the contribution of artistic production to social and political life in the contemporary Pacific, showing how local play production has worked to facilitate processes of creative nation building and the construction of modern regional imaginaries. The book closes with an appendix that catalogs over 200 Pacific Islands plays mentioned in the volume.Less
Remaking Pacific Pasts offers the first full-length comparative study of recent drama and theatre in Oceania. It opens with a general introduction to the field of Pacific Islands theatre produced since the late 1960s, covering key works from Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, Fiji, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Samoa, Niue, the Cook Islands, Hawai‘i, Guam, New Caledonia, and Tahiti. The following sections explore selected plays from Hawai‘i, Aotearoa/New Zealand, New Caledonia, and Fiji that critically engage aspects of colonial and postcolonial Pacific histories. The book draws together discussions in theatre and performance studies, historiography, and Pacific studies to examine how Pacific playwrights have used the medium of theatrical performance to interrogate and revise repressive or marginalizing models of historical understanding developed through Western colonialism or exclusionary indigenous nationalisms, and to address crucial issues of identity, genealogy, representation, political parity, and social unity. This major study emphasizes the contribution of artistic production to social and political life in the contemporary Pacific, showing how local play production has worked to facilitate processes of creative nation building and the construction of modern regional imaginaries. The book closes with an appendix that catalogs over 200 Pacific Islands plays mentioned in the volume.
Tom Cochrane
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199654888
- eISBN:
- 9780191762871
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199654888.003.0001
- Subject:
- Psychology, Music Psychology, Social Psychology
This chapter introduces the first section of the volume on musical expressivity. It begins with a brief overview of the issue of how it is that music is expressive of emotion. The chapters in this ...
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This chapter introduces the first section of the volume on musical expressivity. It begins with a brief overview of the issue of how it is that music is expressive of emotion. The chapters in this section are then summarized. The chapter finishes with a discussion of the ways that research in this area may develop in the future.Less
This chapter introduces the first section of the volume on musical expressivity. It begins with a brief overview of the issue of how it is that music is expressive of emotion. The chapters in this section are then summarized. The chapter finishes with a discussion of the ways that research in this area may develop in the future.
John S. Wilkins
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520260856
- eISBN:
- 9780520945074
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520260856.003.0004
- Subject:
- Biology, Ecology
This chapter discusses the species concepts debate and the revival of the study of logic in the early nineteenth century. It discusses the use of the notions of genus and species in logical ...
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This chapter discusses the species concepts debate and the revival of the study of logic in the early nineteenth century. It discusses the use of the notions of genus and species in logical discussions and suggests that the genera plus differentia definition remained widely accepted by logicians until the introduction of the new set theory and formal logic. It also discusses H.W.B. Joseph's influential book, Introduction to Logic, which suggests that the evolutionary species of Darwin and Spencer came from a different notion to that of the logical species of definitions. Joseph continued the tradition of Richard Whately, separating logical species defined by essence and biological species described by types. The chapter also examines different notions of taxonomic groups and pre-Darwinian evolutionary views of species.Less
This chapter discusses the species concepts debate and the revival of the study of logic in the early nineteenth century. It discusses the use of the notions of genus and species in logical discussions and suggests that the genera plus differentia definition remained widely accepted by logicians until the introduction of the new set theory and formal logic. It also discusses H.W.B. Joseph's influential book, Introduction to Logic, which suggests that the evolutionary species of Darwin and Spencer came from a different notion to that of the logical species of definitions. Joseph continued the tradition of Richard Whately, separating logical species defined by essence and biological species described by types. The chapter also examines different notions of taxonomic groups and pre-Darwinian evolutionary views of species.
William J. Richardson
- Published in print:
- 1993
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823222551
- eISBN:
- 9780823235247
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823222551.003.0008
- Subject:
- Philosophy, General
This chapter examines the lecture Introduction to Metaphysics, noting that the new main lines of Heidegger's new position are firmly drawn here. The text is important ...
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This chapter examines the lecture Introduction to Metaphysics, noting that the new main lines of Heidegger's new position are firmly drawn here. The text is important since the problem of thought is made thematic for the first time. It also shows how and why language holds an important place in posing the question of Being. The discussion begins with an analysis of the grammar and etymology of the word “Being”. It then examines Being in terms of certain modalities. The major part of the analysis deals with the correlation of Being and thought.Less
This chapter examines the lecture Introduction to Metaphysics, noting that the new main lines of Heidegger's new position are firmly drawn here. The text is important since the problem of thought is made thematic for the first time. It also shows how and why language holds an important place in posing the question of Being. The discussion begins with an analysis of the grammar and etymology of the word “Being”. It then examines Being in terms of certain modalities. The major part of the analysis deals with the correlation of Being and thought.
Paul Murgatroyd
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- September 2018
- ISBN:
- 9781786940698
- eISBN:
- 9781786945068
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781786940698.003.0003
- Subject:
- Classical Studies, Literary Studies: Classical, Early, and Medieval
This chapter provides the Latin text and a literal English translation of the introduction to Juvenal’s tenth satire and a detailed critical appreciation of those lines (1-55), paying particular ...
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This chapter provides the Latin text and a literal English translation of the introduction to Juvenal’s tenth satire and a detailed critical appreciation of those lines (1-55), paying particular attention to poetic aspects such as style, sound, rhythm, diction, imagery, vividness and narrative technique, and also assessing the humour, wit, irony and the force and validity of the satirical thrusts. Questions of text are considered as well, where they are of substantial importance. This chapter considers how effectively these lines perform their introductory function, on top of announcing the poem’s main theme (prayer) and main thesis (humans pray for the superfluous, the meaningless and the pernicious), and how well organized they are.Less
This chapter provides the Latin text and a literal English translation of the introduction to Juvenal’s tenth satire and a detailed critical appreciation of those lines (1-55), paying particular attention to poetic aspects such as style, sound, rhythm, diction, imagery, vividness and narrative technique, and also assessing the humour, wit, irony and the force and validity of the satirical thrusts. Questions of text are considered as well, where they are of substantial importance. This chapter considers how effectively these lines perform their introductory function, on top of announcing the poem’s main theme (prayer) and main thesis (humans pray for the superfluous, the meaningless and the pernicious), and how well organized they are.
Mattias Åhrén
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780198778196
- eISBN:
- 9780191823596
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198778196.003.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, Human Rights and Immigration
At the very outset, this chapter presents the basic premise of the book, i.e. that the indigenous rights discourse can essentially be explained by a proper understanding of the meaning of ‘peoples’ ...
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At the very outset, this chapter presents the basic premise of the book, i.e. that the indigenous rights discourse can essentially be explained by a proper understanding of the meaning of ‘peoples’ and ‘equality’ under the contemporary international legal system. The chapter then proceeds to briefly outline the contents of the various chapters of the work. Finally, it seeks to place the book in the context of already existing works within the field.Less
At the very outset, this chapter presents the basic premise of the book, i.e. that the indigenous rights discourse can essentially be explained by a proper understanding of the meaning of ‘peoples’ and ‘equality’ under the contemporary international legal system. The chapter then proceeds to briefly outline the contents of the various chapters of the work. Finally, it seeks to place the book in the context of already existing works within the field.
Fatma Muge Gocek
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199334209
- eISBN:
- 9780199395774
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199334209.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Comparative and Historical Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
To this day, the Turkish state officially denies that what happened to the Armenians in 1915 was genocide, while the Western scholarly community is almost in full agreement that what happened to the ...
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To this day, the Turkish state officially denies that what happened to the Armenians in 1915 was genocide, while the Western scholarly community is almost in full agreement that what happened to the forcefully deported Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 was genocide, in which approximately 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians perished. This book studies why denial of collective violence persists in Turkish state and society. To capture the negotiation of meaning, it undertakes a qualitative analysis of 356 contemporaneous memoirs penned by 307 authors in addition to secondary sources, journals, and newspapers. The main theoretical argument is that denial is a multilayered, historical process consisting of the interaction of the structural elements of collective violence and situated modernity with the emotional elements of collective emotions and legitimating events. In this empirical case, denial emerged through four stages: (1) the initial imperial denial of origins of violence commenced in 1789 with the advent of systematic modernity until 1907; (2) the Young Turk denial of the act of violence lasted for a decade from 1908 to 1918; (3) early republican denial of actors of violence took place from 1919 to 1973; and (4) the late republican denial of responsibility for violence started in 1974 and was still present in 2009 when the book was completed.Less
To this day, the Turkish state officially denies that what happened to the Armenians in 1915 was genocide, while the Western scholarly community is almost in full agreement that what happened to the forcefully deported Armenian subjects of the Ottoman Empire in 1915 was genocide, in which approximately 800,000 to 1.5 million Armenians perished. This book studies why denial of collective violence persists in Turkish state and society. To capture the negotiation of meaning, it undertakes a qualitative analysis of 356 contemporaneous memoirs penned by 307 authors in addition to secondary sources, journals, and newspapers. The main theoretical argument is that denial is a multilayered, historical process consisting of the interaction of the structural elements of collective violence and situated modernity with the emotional elements of collective emotions and legitimating events. In this empirical case, denial emerged through four stages: (1) the initial imperial denial of origins of violence commenced in 1789 with the advent of systematic modernity until 1907; (2) the Young Turk denial of the act of violence lasted for a decade from 1908 to 1918; (3) early republican denial of actors of violence took place from 1919 to 1973; and (4) the late republican denial of responsibility for violence started in 1974 and was still present in 2009 when the book was completed.
Yvonne Ryan
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780813143798
- eISBN:
- 9780813144467
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813143798.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
Roy Wilkins led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, but he has been almost forgotten by historians. ...
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Roy Wilkins led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, but he has been almost forgotten by historians. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, his life spanned the horrors of lynching and the profound injustice of segregation to the momentous pieces of civil rights legislation of the 1960s and the self-determinism of the Black Power movement. This book examines the role Wilkins played during these years and assesses his contribution to the movement, his failures and successes, and his leadership of the biggest civil rights group in the United States. This study complements studies of local NAACP activism by exploring the challenges of coordinating a dynamic and disruptive protest movement at a national level.
Although never a revolutionary, he spent his life working toward what he called the most radical idea of the twentieth century—the total abolition of racial segregation. Rather than taking to the streets, Wilkins was at the center of the political debate about equal rights for African Americans. The extraordinary and courageous efforts of so many men and women who braved snarling dogs and water cannons on southern streets challenged the existing white power structure as never before. But their efforts could have been wasted without the efforts of those such as Wilkins, who lobbied those in power to bring about change. This book shines a light on what took place in the background to change America.Less
Roy Wilkins led the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) during the most turbulent years of the civil rights movement, but he has been almost forgotten by historians. Born at the turn of the twentieth century, his life spanned the horrors of lynching and the profound injustice of segregation to the momentous pieces of civil rights legislation of the 1960s and the self-determinism of the Black Power movement. This book examines the role Wilkins played during these years and assesses his contribution to the movement, his failures and successes, and his leadership of the biggest civil rights group in the United States. This study complements studies of local NAACP activism by exploring the challenges of coordinating a dynamic and disruptive protest movement at a national level.
Although never a revolutionary, he spent his life working toward what he called the most radical idea of the twentieth century—the total abolition of racial segregation. Rather than taking to the streets, Wilkins was at the center of the political debate about equal rights for African Americans. The extraordinary and courageous efforts of so many men and women who braved snarling dogs and water cannons on southern streets challenged the existing white power structure as never before. But their efforts could have been wasted without the efforts of those such as Wilkins, who lobbied those in power to bring about change. This book shines a light on what took place in the background to change America.
Karin Bijsterveld, Eefje Cleophas, Stefan Krebs, and Gijs Mom
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- January 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780199925698
- eISBN:
- 9780199350155
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199925698.003.0001
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western, Psychology of Music
This chapter sets the stage by claiming that the relative silence in our noise-controlled cars secludes us from the world, while the sound of car radio, warning signals and other audio information ...
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This chapter sets the stage by claiming that the relative silence in our noise-controlled cars secludes us from the world, while the sound of car radio, warning signals and other audio information connects us to it. Many of us thoroughly love the auditory privacy that comes with it: the ability to control the sounds that enter our auditory domain. This enables us to dwell in acoustic cocooning and find sonic relief in the car, to enjoy moments in which we can relax with help of sound and music in between home and work. Yet how did we, as a society, manage to turn the car, once a highly noisy vehicle, into a listening booth? After introducingthis question, Chapter One explains how the bookdraws on Sound Studies, Sensory Studies, Mobility Culture, and History of Technology to answer it, and how the study is structured.Less
This chapter sets the stage by claiming that the relative silence in our noise-controlled cars secludes us from the world, while the sound of car radio, warning signals and other audio information connects us to it. Many of us thoroughly love the auditory privacy that comes with it: the ability to control the sounds that enter our auditory domain. This enables us to dwell in acoustic cocooning and find sonic relief in the car, to enjoy moments in which we can relax with help of sound and music in between home and work. Yet how did we, as a society, manage to turn the car, once a highly noisy vehicle, into a listening booth? After introducingthis question, Chapter One explains how the bookdraws on Sound Studies, Sensory Studies, Mobility Culture, and History of Technology to answer it, and how the study is structured.
John Coggon, Sarah Chan, Søren Holm, and Thomasine Kushner
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- January 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719096235
- eISBN:
- 9781781708392
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719096235.003.0001
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Ethical Issues and Debates
This chapter introduces the general themes of and rationale for the book. It explains the importance and scope of the field of bioethics, and of the scholarship of Professor John Harris within that ...
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This chapter introduces the general themes of and rationale for the book. It explains the importance and scope of the field of bioethics, and of the scholarship of Professor John Harris within that field. It explains how the book’s focus is both on theoretical questions in moral philosophy, and practical questions in policy, health, and science. The chapter also offers an overview of the contents of the book.Less
This chapter introduces the general themes of and rationale for the book. It explains the importance and scope of the field of bioethics, and of the scholarship of Professor John Harris within that field. It explains how the book’s focus is both on theoretical questions in moral philosophy, and practical questions in policy, health, and science. The chapter also offers an overview of the contents of the book.
Lisa Westwood, Beth Laura O’Leary, and Milford Wayne Donaldson
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780813062464
- eISBN:
- 9780813053004
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813062464.003.0001
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Chapter 1 introduces the concepts of “importance” and historic preservation at a high-level and explains the biographies of each of the authors. The included chapter outline also provides an overview ...
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Chapter 1 introduces the concepts of “importance” and historic preservation at a high-level and explains the biographies of each of the authors. The included chapter outline also provides an overview of the scope and content of the book.
This chapter begins with an overview and definition of human culture, and how it has changed over time. The concepts of archaeology and space archaeology are introduced within the context of place-based historic preservation and Apollo culture.Less
Chapter 1 introduces the concepts of “importance” and historic preservation at a high-level and explains the biographies of each of the authors. The included chapter outline also provides an overview of the scope and content of the book.
This chapter begins with an overview and definition of human culture, and how it has changed over time. The concepts of archaeology and space archaeology are introduced within the context of place-based historic preservation and Apollo culture.
Rachel Potter
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199680986
- eISBN:
- 9780191766008
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199680986.003.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century Literature and Modernism, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
The Introduction sets out the key arguments made in the book. It broadly outlines the historical context of prohibition in the period 1900–1940, noting the significance of the Obscene Publications ...
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The Introduction sets out the key arguments made in the book. It broadly outlines the historical context of prohibition in the period 1900–1940, noting the significance of the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 and the Hicklin Ruling on obscene literature as the ‘tendency to corrupt’, the material factors of publishing and book dissemination which controlled the circulation of texts, and the attempts in the US and UK to strengthen national borders against obscene books during and after the First World War. It also broadly describes the literary interest in exploring sexual, excremental, and psychic obscenities in modernist literature and the attempts by writers and legal scholars to defend literature on free speech principles. The Introduction sets out a number of key claims: that while legislators strengthened national borders, publishers of obscenity gravitated abroad and free speech organizations defended the international rights of authors.Less
The Introduction sets out the key arguments made in the book. It broadly outlines the historical context of prohibition in the period 1900–1940, noting the significance of the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 and the Hicklin Ruling on obscene literature as the ‘tendency to corrupt’, the material factors of publishing and book dissemination which controlled the circulation of texts, and the attempts in the US and UK to strengthen national borders against obscene books during and after the First World War. It also broadly describes the literary interest in exploring sexual, excremental, and psychic obscenities in modernist literature and the attempts by writers and legal scholars to defend literature on free speech principles. The Introduction sets out a number of key claims: that while legislators strengthened national borders, publishers of obscenity gravitated abroad and free speech organizations defended the international rights of authors.
