Iain Mclean and Tom Lubbock
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199546954
- eISBN:
- 9780191720031
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546954.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, Comparative Politics, UK Politics
The Government of Ireland Bill and the Ulster Protestant revolt 1912–14. Bonar Law, Dicey, the Unionist Party, and illegal activity. Curragh ‘mutiny’ 1914. Larne gunrunning 1914.
The Government of Ireland Bill and the Ulster Protestant revolt 1912–14. Bonar Law, Dicey, the Unionist Party, and illegal activity. Curragh ‘mutiny’ 1914. Larne gunrunning 1914.
Jacqueline Baxter
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- January 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447326021
- eISBN:
- 9781447326229
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447326021.001.0001
- Subject:
- Law, Criminal Law and Criminology
What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory ...
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What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on volunteer school governors? Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the ‘Islamisation’ of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.Less
What impact have the unprecedented and rapid changes to the structure of education in England had on school governors and policy makers? And what effect has the intensifying media and regulatory focus had on volunteer school governors? Jacqueline Baxter takes the 2014 ‘Trojan Horse’ scandal, in which it was alleged that governors at 25 Birmingham schools were involved in the ‘Islamisation’ of secular state schools, as a focus point to examine the pressures and challenges in the current system. Informed by her twenty years’ experience as a school governor, she considers both media analysis and policy as well as the implications for the future of a democratic system of education in England.
Jacob N. Shapiro
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691157214
- eISBN:
- 9781400848645
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691157214.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Security Studies
This chapter studies the three most prominent terrorist groups operating in Northern Ireland from the 1960s through 2003: the Provisional IRA, the Ulster Defense Association (UDA), and the Ulster ...
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This chapter studies the three most prominent terrorist groups operating in Northern Ireland from the 1960s through 2003: the Provisional IRA, the Ulster Defense Association (UDA), and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Because the history of terrorism in Northern Ireland is so well known, the case provides an excellent venue for testing hypotheses about the relationship between discrimination and control. The history of the groups fighting in Northern Ireland also provides a critical illustration of the policy importance of this kind of organizational analysis. From 1987 on, leaders on both sides of the Northern Ireland conflict understood the broad contours of a negotiated settlement, but it took them many years to work the internal politics of their organizations to the point at which ceasefire orders were obeyed.Less
This chapter studies the three most prominent terrorist groups operating in Northern Ireland from the 1960s through 2003: the Provisional IRA, the Ulster Defense Association (UDA), and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF). Because the history of terrorism in Northern Ireland is so well known, the case provides an excellent venue for testing hypotheses about the relationship between discrimination and control. The history of the groups fighting in Northern Ireland also provides a critical illustration of the policy importance of this kind of organizational analysis. From 1987 on, leaders on both sides of the Northern Ireland conflict understood the broad contours of a negotiated settlement, but it took them many years to work the internal politics of their organizations to the point at which ceasefire orders were obeyed.
MICHAEL WHEATLEY
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199273577
- eISBN:
- 9780191706165
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199273577.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
A study of the local press, both nationalist and unionist, indicates that there was no ‘Ulster crisis’ in the five counties studied from the 1910 elections up to the autumn of 1913. Only the outbreak ...
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A study of the local press, both nationalist and unionist, indicates that there was no ‘Ulster crisis’ in the five counties studied from the 1910 elections up to the autumn of 1913. Only the outbreak of mob violence — in Belfast in the summer of 1912 and to a lesser extent Londonderry in August 1913 — generated real nationalist unease. For the rest of the time, the publication and passage of the Home Rule Bill generated a considerable volume of press coverage but few great passions either for or against. ‘Ulster's’ campaign against the bill, and the newly-formed Ulster Volunteer Force, were seen not as a looming and ever-growing physical threat, but as a political and propaganda ‘bluff’ to undermine British support for the bill before it could pass. Confidence, complacency, quietude, and even apathy were more typical characteristics of local debate than wild enthusiasm, chagrin, disappointment, or alarm.Less
A study of the local press, both nationalist and unionist, indicates that there was no ‘Ulster crisis’ in the five counties studied from the 1910 elections up to the autumn of 1913. Only the outbreak of mob violence — in Belfast in the summer of 1912 and to a lesser extent Londonderry in August 1913 — generated real nationalist unease. For the rest of the time, the publication and passage of the Home Rule Bill generated a considerable volume of press coverage but few great passions either for or against. ‘Ulster's’ campaign against the bill, and the newly-formed Ulster Volunteer Force, were seen not as a looming and ever-growing physical threat, but as a political and propaganda ‘bluff’ to undermine British support for the bill before it could pass. Confidence, complacency, quietude, and even apathy were more typical characteristics of local debate than wild enthusiasm, chagrin, disappointment, or alarm.
Paul Robinson
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199250219
- eISBN:
- 9780191719547
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199250219.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Modern History
This chapter provides a brief summary of the main events of the Russian Civil War leading up to the evacuation of the Crimea in November 1920. It explains the origins of the White movement, ...
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This chapter provides a brief summary of the main events of the Russian Civil War leading up to the evacuation of the Crimea in November 1920. It explains the origins of the White movement, especially of the units which constituted Wrangel’s Russian Army, namely the units of the Volunteer Army and of the various Cossack hosts. The chapter also examines the modes of thought of the Russian officer corps and explains that in rising up against the Bolsheviks, the White officers were seeking both revenge and the restoration of their own and Russia’s honour. These motivations provided them with unifying notions that held them together regardless of their political opinions and personal origins.Less
This chapter provides a brief summary of the main events of the Russian Civil War leading up to the evacuation of the Crimea in November 1920. It explains the origins of the White movement, especially of the units which constituted Wrangel’s Russian Army, namely the units of the Volunteer Army and of the various Cossack hosts. The chapter also examines the modes of thought of the Russian officer corps and explains that in rising up against the Bolsheviks, the White officers were seeking both revenge and the restoration of their own and Russia’s honour. These motivations provided them with unifying notions that held them together regardless of their political opinions and personal origins.
L. P. CURTIS, JR
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199583744
- eISBN:
- 9780191702365
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199583744.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter describes the political condition of Ireland in 1914. It explains that during this year, Ireland was a country still seeking a national identity, while deeply divided by issues inherited ...
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This chapter describes the political condition of Ireland in 1914. It explains that during this year, Ireland was a country still seeking a national identity, while deeply divided by issues inherited from a past which always seemed to impinge on the present. During this period, Ireland also hovered on the brink of new departures, whose destinations were obscured by the clouds of war on the continent, the role rhetoric of home rule, and the dust of Ulster Volunteer activities.Less
This chapter describes the political condition of Ireland in 1914. It explains that during this year, Ireland was a country still seeking a national identity, while deeply divided by issues inherited from a past which always seemed to impinge on the present. During this period, Ireland also hovered on the brink of new departures, whose destinations were obscured by the clouds of war on the continent, the role rhetoric of home rule, and the dust of Ulster Volunteer activities.
Gareth Mulvenna
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- May 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781781383261
- eISBN:
- 9781786944061
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Liverpool University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5949/liverpool/9781781383261.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of Belfast in 1971 and 1972 many young members of ...
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Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of Belfast in 1971 and 1972 many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as ‘Tartans’ converged with fledgling paramilitary groups such as the Red Hand Commando, Ulster Volunteer Force and Young Citizen Volunteers. This fresh account focuses on the manner in which the loyalist community in Belfast reacted to an increasingly vicious Provisional IRA campaign and explores the violent role that young loyalist men played in the period from 1970 – 1975. Through the use of unique one-on-one interviews former members of Tartan gangs and loyalist paramilitaries explain what motivated them to cross the Rubicon from gang activity to paramilitaries. The book utilises a wide range of sources such as newspaper articles, loyalist newssheets, coroners’ inquest reports and government memorandums to provide the context for a dynamic new study of the emergence of loyalist paramilitarism.Less
Tartan Gangs and Paramilitaries is a new oral history of the loyalist backlash of the early 1970s in Northern Ireland. In the violent maelstrom of Belfast in 1971 and 1972 many young members of loyalist youth gangs known as ‘Tartans’ converged with fledgling paramilitary groups such as the Red Hand Commando, Ulster Volunteer Force and Young Citizen Volunteers. This fresh account focuses on the manner in which the loyalist community in Belfast reacted to an increasingly vicious Provisional IRA campaign and explores the violent role that young loyalist men played in the period from 1970 – 1975. Through the use of unique one-on-one interviews former members of Tartan gangs and loyalist paramilitaries explain what motivated them to cross the Rubicon from gang activity to paramilitaries. The book utilises a wide range of sources such as newspaper articles, loyalist newssheets, coroners’ inquest reports and government memorandums to provide the context for a dynamic new study of the emergence of loyalist paramilitarism.
Joel Williamson
- Published in print:
- 1996
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780195101294
- eISBN:
- 9780199854233
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195101294.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
Before the Civil War, William C. Falkner was one the young men vying for leadership in the town of Ripley and the surrounding countryside. It was flawlessly symbolic of his rise in the social ...
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Before the Civil War, William C. Falkner was one the young men vying for leadership in the town of Ripley and the surrounding countryside. It was flawlessly symbolic of his rise in the social hierarchy that he began the war as a captain, ended it as a colonel, and aspired to be a general. During the Civil War, William C. Falkner helped organize the Magnolia Rifles, which joined the other Mississippi companies to form the Second Mississippi Volunteer Regiment. Falkner subsequently won election as its colonel. Falkner continued his operations until the fall of 1862 with steady losses and no success. In late November, the Union cavalry seized Ripley, and they almost caught the colonel of the First Mississippi Partisan Rangers. Colonel Falkner came out of the war neither conquered nor impoverished.Less
Before the Civil War, William C. Falkner was one the young men vying for leadership in the town of Ripley and the surrounding countryside. It was flawlessly symbolic of his rise in the social hierarchy that he began the war as a captain, ended it as a colonel, and aspired to be a general. During the Civil War, William C. Falkner helped organize the Magnolia Rifles, which joined the other Mississippi companies to form the Second Mississippi Volunteer Regiment. Falkner subsequently won election as its colonel. Falkner continued his operations until the fall of 1862 with steady losses and no success. In late November, the Union cavalry seized Ripley, and they almost caught the colonel of the First Mississippi Partisan Rangers. Colonel Falkner came out of the war neither conquered nor impoverished.
Michael P. Roller
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2019
- ISBN:
- 9780813056081
- eISBN:
- 9780813053875
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813056081.003.0004
- Subject:
- Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Chapter 3 describes the historical context immediately leading up to the Lattimer Massacre, then recounting the event itself and the trial that followed as recorded in textual sources. This history ...
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Chapter 3 describes the historical context immediately leading up to the Lattimer Massacre, then recounting the event itself and the trial that followed as recorded in textual sources. This history is followed by an account of the archaeological survey conducted in the autumn of 2011 with the members of BRAVO (Battlefield Research and Volunteer Organization) of Monmouth, New Jersey. A theoretical context for understanding explicit moments of subjective violence without distracting from the contexts of structural or objective violence is also presented here.Less
Chapter 3 describes the historical context immediately leading up to the Lattimer Massacre, then recounting the event itself and the trial that followed as recorded in textual sources. This history is followed by an account of the archaeological survey conducted in the autumn of 2011 with the members of BRAVO (Battlefield Research and Volunteer Organization) of Monmouth, New Jersey. A theoretical context for understanding explicit moments of subjective violence without distracting from the contexts of structural or objective violence is also presented here.
James McDermott
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719084775
- eISBN:
- 9781781702673
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719084775.003.0009
- Subject:
- History, Military History
The Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) was born to protect the homeland from a German invasion. The Central Association of Volunteer Training Corps (CAVTC) acted principally as an advisory clearing-house ...
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The Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) was born to protect the homeland from a German invasion. The Central Association of Volunteer Training Corps (CAVTC) acted principally as an advisory clearing-house for the multitude of queries and suggestions that poured in from local corps, and as a lobbying body dedicated to extracting from government a commitment to define the role of the VTC. The Tribunals were advised that they could attach a ‘requirement’ that a man being offered an exemption certificate should join the VTC, though the requirement in itself should not constitute the condition of the exemption. The Appeals Tribunal were not deeply involved in the early struggle to establish a consistent VTC policy. Tribunals in Northamptonshire who imposed the VTC requirement had overwhelmingly directed fit men into Section B. The evolution of the Royal Defence Corps from 1916 had the effect of dragging up its least respected component, the VTC.Less
The Volunteer Training Corps (VTC) was born to protect the homeland from a German invasion. The Central Association of Volunteer Training Corps (CAVTC) acted principally as an advisory clearing-house for the multitude of queries and suggestions that poured in from local corps, and as a lobbying body dedicated to extracting from government a commitment to define the role of the VTC. The Tribunals were advised that they could attach a ‘requirement’ that a man being offered an exemption certificate should join the VTC, though the requirement in itself should not constitute the condition of the exemption. The Appeals Tribunal were not deeply involved in the early struggle to establish a consistent VTC policy. Tribunals in Northamptonshire who imposed the VTC requirement had overwhelmingly directed fit men into Section B. The evolution of the Royal Defence Corps from 1916 had the effect of dragging up its least respected component, the VTC.
Paul Bew
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207085
- eISBN:
- 9780191677489
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207085.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History, History of Ideas
This chapter traces the events leading to the civil war in Ireland caused by the home rule crisis. The Irish government's intelligence sources on the Ulster Unionist Council suggested that a ...
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This chapter traces the events leading to the civil war in Ireland caused by the home rule crisis. The Irish government's intelligence sources on the Ulster Unionist Council suggested that a significant section of the Belfast unionist leadership was not interested in an explosive encounter with the government. However, it was reported that Sir Edward Carson had urged employers to recruit male workers into the Ulster Volunteer Force. Police authorities also had no doubt that some of the most prominent businessmen in Belfast were already associated with the Unionist movement and fulfilling its programme by every means in their power.Less
This chapter traces the events leading to the civil war in Ireland caused by the home rule crisis. The Irish government's intelligence sources on the Ulster Unionist Council suggested that a significant section of the Belfast unionist leadership was not interested in an explosive encounter with the government. However, it was reported that Sir Edward Carson had urged employers to recruit male workers into the Ulster Volunteer Force. Police authorities also had no doubt that some of the most prominent businessmen in Belfast were already associated with the Unionist movement and fulfilling its programme by every means in their power.
Sam Goodman
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780719099700
- eISBN:
- 9781526104397
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719099700.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
The Indian Rebellion (1857) occupies a central position in the mythology of late nineteenth-century British history. The shock throughout British colonial society was expressed through a medium ...
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The Indian Rebellion (1857) occupies a central position in the mythology of late nineteenth-century British history. The shock throughout British colonial society was expressed through a medium synonymous with the British experience in India, namely diaries or journals. Differing to accounts from other conflicts of the period, the prolonged and localised nature of fighting at Lucknow and Cawnpore meant that chroniclers represented a cross-section of gender, class and professional status in colonial society, including a range of medical practitioners but also women of various social ranks who had volunteered for medical service. Drawing on printed and manuscript sources from c.1857-c.1900, this chapter argues that the Indian Mutiny diary functions as both a vital record of women’s voices in the history of British colonial experience and a unique example of a nineteenth-century practitioner narrative told from a female perspective. The chapter largely focuses on journals published by participants of the Siege of Lucknow, and will explore the way in which a range of women eyewitnesses acting as nurses were able to participate in the defence of British interests in a time of national emergency thereby contributing to the culture of imperial myth-making that surrounds the Indian RebellionLess
The Indian Rebellion (1857) occupies a central position in the mythology of late nineteenth-century British history. The shock throughout British colonial society was expressed through a medium synonymous with the British experience in India, namely diaries or journals. Differing to accounts from other conflicts of the period, the prolonged and localised nature of fighting at Lucknow and Cawnpore meant that chroniclers represented a cross-section of gender, class and professional status in colonial society, including a range of medical practitioners but also women of various social ranks who had volunteered for medical service. Drawing on printed and manuscript sources from c.1857-c.1900, this chapter argues that the Indian Mutiny diary functions as both a vital record of women’s voices in the history of British colonial experience and a unique example of a nineteenth-century practitioner narrative told from a female perspective. The chapter largely focuses on journals published by participants of the Siege of Lucknow, and will explore the way in which a range of women eyewitnesses acting as nurses were able to participate in the defence of British interests in a time of national emergency thereby contributing to the culture of imperial myth-making that surrounds the Indian Rebellion
Christine E. Hallett
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781784992521
- eISBN:
- 9781526104342
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781784992521.003.0011
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
First World War memoirs were a powerful and influential genre of life writings, but most were written by combatants. This book contributes to the, as yet, limited literature on the writings of ...
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First World War memoirs were a powerful and influential genre of life writings, but most were written by combatants. This book contributes to the, as yet, limited literature on the writings of nurses. This body of texts offers a unique perspective on the consequences of industrial warfare: the wounds, sickness and emotional trauma caused by the First World War. They were heavily influenced by their authors’ social and professional backgrounds. As autobiographical texts, or ‘life writings’, they provide insight into both the nature of warfare; women’s lives; and the nature of nursing in the early twentieth century.Less
First World War memoirs were a powerful and influential genre of life writings, but most were written by combatants. This book contributes to the, as yet, limited literature on the writings of nurses. This body of texts offers a unique perspective on the consequences of industrial warfare: the wounds, sickness and emotional trauma caused by the First World War. They were heavily influenced by their authors’ social and professional backgrounds. As autobiographical texts, or ‘life writings’, they provide insight into both the nature of warfare; women’s lives; and the nature of nursing in the early twentieth century.
Christine E. Hallett
- Published in print:
- 2016
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9781784992521
- eISBN:
- 9781526104342
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9781784992521.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, History of Science, Technology, and Medicine
Some wealthy early-twentieth-century British ladies contributed to the war-effort by providing fully-funded, equipped hospital units. Although rejected by the official military medical services of ...
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Some wealthy early-twentieth-century British ladies contributed to the war-effort by providing fully-funded, equipped hospital units. Although rejected by the official military medical services of their own nation, these were accepted by nations with less well-developed medical services, notably Belgium and Serbia. Significant wealthy volunteer-nurses included Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, Mabel St Clair Stobart and Sarah Macnaughtan.Less
Some wealthy early-twentieth-century British ladies contributed to the war-effort by providing fully-funded, equipped hospital units. Although rejected by the official military medical services of their own nation, these were accepted by nations with less well-developed medical services, notably Belgium and Serbia. Significant wealthy volunteer-nurses included Millicent, Duchess of Sutherland, Mabel St Clair Stobart and Sarah Macnaughtan.
Zina Merkin
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780813168685
- eISBN:
- 9780813169941
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813168685.003.0010
- Subject:
- Biology, Ecology
This chapter highlights aspects of water’s call to the human spirit from a personal perspective. It raises questions about values, priorities, and policies as communities look to the future of water ...
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This chapter highlights aspects of water’s call to the human spirit from a personal perspective. It raises questions about values, priorities, and policies as communities look to the future of water scarcity. In addition to playing a fundamental role in daily life, water is also important psychologically and culturally. How can communities preserve water for animal habitats, scenic beauty, and recreation as well as drinking water and irrigation? The history of Elkhorn Creek in Franklin County illuminates the efforts of people joining forces to preserve access to this valuable creek and illustrations the love of water developed through recreational activities like whitewater paddlesports that drives communities to protect water quality and access.Less
This chapter highlights aspects of water’s call to the human spirit from a personal perspective. It raises questions about values, priorities, and policies as communities look to the future of water scarcity. In addition to playing a fundamental role in daily life, water is also important psychologically and culturally. How can communities preserve water for animal habitats, scenic beauty, and recreation as well as drinking water and irrigation? The history of Elkhorn Creek in Franklin County illuminates the efforts of people joining forces to preserve access to this valuable creek and illustrations the love of water developed through recreational activities like whitewater paddlesports that drives communities to protect water quality and access.
William A. Galston (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300108569
- eISBN:
- 9780300133189
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300108569.003.0012
- Subject:
- History, Social History
“Civic society” encompasses voluntary associations and informal social attachments known as “civil society” as well as the official institutions and processes of political life. Formal membership in ...
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“Civic society” encompasses voluntary associations and informal social attachments known as “civil society” as well as the official institutions and processes of political life. Formal membership in a particular civic community is called citizenship, a legal status carrying with it a bundle of legal rights and duties. This chapter proposes national service as a solution to the challenge of shaping civic character and forging civic unity. It argues that the U.S. military, which is based on the All Volunteer Force that draws disproportionately from the lower economic ranks of society, reinforces polarization between lower- and higher-income groups. It suggests that national service should include young citizens regardless of economic background and recommends a variety of options to address the root causes of terrorism—including military service, service in homeland security, or service in Peace Corps-like activities.Less
“Civic society” encompasses voluntary associations and informal social attachments known as “civil society” as well as the official institutions and processes of political life. Formal membership in a particular civic community is called citizenship, a legal status carrying with it a bundle of legal rights and duties. This chapter proposes national service as a solution to the challenge of shaping civic character and forging civic unity. It argues that the U.S. military, which is based on the All Volunteer Force that draws disproportionately from the lower economic ranks of society, reinforces polarization between lower- and higher-income groups. It suggests that national service should include young citizens regardless of economic background and recommends a variety of options to address the root causes of terrorism—including military service, service in homeland security, or service in Peace Corps-like activities.
Trevor Herbert and Helen Barlow
- Published in print:
- 2013
- Published Online:
- September 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780199898312
- eISBN:
- 9780199345526
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199898312.003.0007
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
The chapter deals with the relationship between the military and the world of amateur music in the second half of the nineteenth century. Two related topics are especially prominent: the rise of the ...
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The chapter deals with the relationship between the military and the world of amateur music in the second half of the nineteenth century. Two related topics are especially prominent: the rise of the amateur brass band movement and the formation of the Rifle Volunteer movement in 1859. A remarkable story is unveiled which shows how funding intended for the defence of the country was actually subverted to support amateur bands.Less
The chapter deals with the relationship between the military and the world of amateur music in the second half of the nineteenth century. Two related topics are especially prominent: the rise of the amateur brass band movement and the formation of the Rifle Volunteer movement in 1859. A remarkable story is unveiled which shows how funding intended for the defence of the country was actually subverted to support amateur bands.
Ryan W. Keating
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780823276592
- eISBN:
- 9780823277117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823276592.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Illinois and the formation of the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Utilizing census data this chapter argues that settlement patterns and the socio-economic ...
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This chapter traces Irish immigration to Illinois and the formation of the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Utilizing census data this chapter argues that settlement patterns and the socio-economic place of Irish immigrants in Illinois differed drastically from those in larger cities such as New York and Boston. As the nation was torn apart by war, Illinois’s Irish responded to Lincoln’s initial call for troops with enthusiasm, organizing into the 23rd Illinois. Enlistment patterns illustrate broad commitment to the war effort by Irish and Irish American volunteers from throughout Illinois and Michigan, and the early service of the regiment at the battle of Lexington, Missouri in the fall of 1861 reinforced, nationally, the notion of Irish loyalty to the Union and encouraged Irish enlistment in other states in the north.Less
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Illinois and the formation of the 23rd Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Utilizing census data this chapter argues that settlement patterns and the socio-economic place of Irish immigrants in Illinois differed drastically from those in larger cities such as New York and Boston. As the nation was torn apart by war, Illinois’s Irish responded to Lincoln’s initial call for troops with enthusiasm, organizing into the 23rd Illinois. Enlistment patterns illustrate broad commitment to the war effort by Irish and Irish American volunteers from throughout Illinois and Michigan, and the early service of the regiment at the battle of Lexington, Missouri in the fall of 1861 reinforced, nationally, the notion of Irish loyalty to the Union and encouraged Irish enlistment in other states in the north.
Ryan W. Keating
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780823276592
- eISBN:
- 9780823277117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823276592.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Connecticut and the formation of the Ninth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Despite nativist challenges in the decade before the Civil War, Irish immigrants ...
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This chapter traces Irish immigration to Connecticut and the formation of the Ninth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Despite nativist challenges in the decade before the Civil War, Irish immigrants nevertheless secured their place in many of Connecticut’s cities, playing important roles in the state’s growing industrial centers. When war broke out, Irish leaders in the state pushed for the organization of an Irish regiment and, in doing so, drew connections between the Connecticut Irish and the military prowess of regiments such as the 69th New York and the 23rd Illinois. The outspoken patriotism of Connecticut’s Irish as well as the national acclaim earned by these other regiments did little to curb lingering questions surrounding Irish loyalty. As the men of the Ninth Connecticut marched to war in the winter of 1862 they struggled to dispel accusations of disorderly conduct that appeared in the press and only through sacrifice on the battlefield were they finally able to earn acceptance at home.Less
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Connecticut and the formation of the Ninth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Despite nativist challenges in the decade before the Civil War, Irish immigrants nevertheless secured their place in many of Connecticut’s cities, playing important roles in the state’s growing industrial centers. When war broke out, Irish leaders in the state pushed for the organization of an Irish regiment and, in doing so, drew connections between the Connecticut Irish and the military prowess of regiments such as the 69th New York and the 23rd Illinois. The outspoken patriotism of Connecticut’s Irish as well as the national acclaim earned by these other regiments did little to curb lingering questions surrounding Irish loyalty. As the men of the Ninth Connecticut marched to war in the winter of 1862 they struggled to dispel accusations of disorderly conduct that appeared in the press and only through sacrifice on the battlefield were they finally able to earn acceptance at home.
Ryan W. Keating
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- January 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780823276592
- eISBN:
- 9780823277117
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823276592.003.0004
- Subject:
- History, American History: Civil War
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Wisconsin and the formation the 17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. When war broke out in 1861 the Irish in Wisconsin were slow to rise in unison in defense of ...
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This chapter traces Irish immigration to Wisconsin and the formation the 17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. When war broke out in 1861 the Irish in Wisconsin were slow to rise in unison in defense of the Union. A relatively stable immigrant community, many Irish chose, early in the war, to enlist in ethnically mixed regiments—illustrating the inclusive communities that developed in this Midwestern state during the antebellum period. In winter of 1862, though, vocal Irishmen, playing upon the success of other ethnic units, were given the opportunity to form their own regiment, the 17th Wisconsin. Publicly declaring their allegiances to the Irish American community, Wisconsin’s Irish regiment was, in reality, an ethnically diverse unit that attracted men from across the state. As the regiment prepared to move south in the spring of 1862, though, tensions rose and a large number of men mutinied. Supported by local newspaper editors, the demands of these men were seen as expressions of republicanism, illustrating (when compared to the experiences of the Ninth Connecticut) the diverse responses to Irish conduct in communities throughout the north, and the ways these men understood their military service.Less
This chapter traces Irish immigration to Wisconsin and the formation the 17th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. When war broke out in 1861 the Irish in Wisconsin were slow to rise in unison in defense of the Union. A relatively stable immigrant community, many Irish chose, early in the war, to enlist in ethnically mixed regiments—illustrating the inclusive communities that developed in this Midwestern state during the antebellum period. In winter of 1862, though, vocal Irishmen, playing upon the success of other ethnic units, were given the opportunity to form their own regiment, the 17th Wisconsin. Publicly declaring their allegiances to the Irish American community, Wisconsin’s Irish regiment was, in reality, an ethnically diverse unit that attracted men from across the state. As the regiment prepared to move south in the spring of 1862, though, tensions rose and a large number of men mutinied. Supported by local newspaper editors, the demands of these men were seen as expressions of republicanism, illustrating (when compared to the experiences of the Ninth Connecticut) the diverse responses to Irish conduct in communities throughout the north, and the ways these men understood their military service.
