Grant Hardy
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199731701
- eISBN:
- 9780199777167
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731701.003.0004
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature, World Religions
The majority of the Book of Mormon is narrated by Mormon, who is supposed to have lived at the end of Nephite history, in the fourth century AD. Whether one regards him as a historical figure or a ...
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The majority of the Book of Mormon is narrated by Mormon, who is supposed to have lived at the end of Nephite history, in the fourth century AD. Whether one regards him as a historical figure or a fictional construct, he structures his story in characteristic ways. Clues to his character can be found in his autobiographical chapters, two letters and a sermon reproduced verbatim, and especially in the hundred or so brief editorial comments he makes throughout the history he narrates. These passages show Mormon in three modes: 1) as a conscientious historian concerned with names, dates, and documentary sources; 2) as a literary artist who shapes the narrative with aesthetic parallels, significant phrasing, and focused selection; and 3) as a moral guide who explicitly points out the fulfillment of prophecies as well as spiritual lessons. The story of the destruction of the city of Ammonihah is analyzed as an example of what happens when these three agendas are at odds with each other.Less
The majority of the Book of Mormon is narrated by Mormon, who is supposed to have lived at the end of Nephite history, in the fourth century AD. Whether one regards him as a historical figure or a fictional construct, he structures his story in characteristic ways. Clues to his character can be found in his autobiographical chapters, two letters and a sermon reproduced verbatim, and especially in the hundred or so brief editorial comments he makes throughout the history he narrates. These passages show Mormon in three modes: 1) as a conscientious historian concerned with names, dates, and documentary sources; 2) as a literary artist who shapes the narrative with aesthetic parallels, significant phrasing, and focused selection; and 3) as a moral guide who explicitly points out the fulfillment of prophecies as well as spiritual lessons. The story of the destruction of the city of Ammonihah is analyzed as an example of what happens when these three agendas are at odds with each other.
Grant Hardy
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199731701
- eISBN:
- 9780199777167
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199731701.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature, World Religions
For the last fifty pages of the Book of Mormon, there is a new narrator, Mormon's son Moroni. He is portrayed as a reluctant writer, the last survivor of his civilization. He is also the narrator ...
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For the last fifty pages of the Book of Mormon, there is a new narrator, Mormon's son Moroni. He is portrayed as a reluctant writer, the last survivor of his civilization. He is also the narrator with the clearest sense of his audience—readers living many centuries in the future. He appears to have given up on persuading them through the sorts of rational arguments about fulfilled prophecies employed by his father, and instead he hopes that his weakness in writing will be compensated for by God's revelation to readers. Moroni tells the story of the Jaredites, a people who predated the Nephites in the New World, and he emphasizes connections between their history and that of the Nephites. He also seems to have Christianized their account, for the regular references to Jesus are all in his editorial comments rather than in the narrative that he ostensibly paraphrased from Jaredite records.Less
For the last fifty pages of the Book of Mormon, there is a new narrator, Mormon's son Moroni. He is portrayed as a reluctant writer, the last survivor of his civilization. He is also the narrator with the clearest sense of his audience—readers living many centuries in the future. He appears to have given up on persuading them through the sorts of rational arguments about fulfilled prophecies employed by his father, and instead he hopes that his weakness in writing will be compensated for by God's revelation to readers. Moroni tells the story of the Jaredites, a people who predated the Nephites in the New World, and he emphasizes connections between their history and that of the Nephites. He also seems to have Christianized their account, for the regular references to Jesus are all in his editorial comments rather than in the narrative that he ostensibly paraphrased from Jaredite records.
Leo Treitler
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199214761
- eISBN:
- 9780191713897
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199214761.003.0004
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
The problem of establishing a musical text is encountered each time we wish to prepare a medieval piece for performance or study. This problem is raised by variation in the transmission of musical ...
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The problem of establishing a musical text is encountered each time we wish to prepare a medieval piece for performance or study. This problem is raised by variation in the transmission of musical items from one source to another. Usually those problems have been discussed in peripheral compartments of publications: footnotes, prefaces, appendices, etc. This chapter moves the issues to the forefront and asks ‘What does it mean that the editorial problem exists?’. Considering this question means going behind methods of text criticism, to the conceptions on which the idea of text criticism in the domain of medieval music has been based: that the pieces with which we deal are the products of an act of composition (in the modern sense) or redaction; that it is the understanding of composers that they should normally remain fixed; and that variants arise either through revision or through error (corruption). These conceptions refer to a certain relation between musical production and transmission that has prevailed for a long time in the Western tradition.Less
The problem of establishing a musical text is encountered each time we wish to prepare a medieval piece for performance or study. This problem is raised by variation in the transmission of musical items from one source to another. Usually those problems have been discussed in peripheral compartments of publications: footnotes, prefaces, appendices, etc. This chapter moves the issues to the forefront and asks ‘What does it mean that the editorial problem exists?’. Considering this question means going behind methods of text criticism, to the conceptions on which the idea of text criticism in the domain of medieval music has been based: that the pieces with which we deal are the products of an act of composition (in the modern sense) or redaction; that it is the understanding of composers that they should normally remain fixed; and that variants arise either through revision or through error (corruption). These conceptions refer to a certain relation between musical production and transmission that has prevailed for a long time in the Western tradition.
Jane A. Bernstein
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195141085
- eISBN:
- 9780199871421
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195141085.003.0003
- Subject:
- Music, History, Western
This chapter focuses on the production of a music book. The organization of the workforce within the print shop, how a music book was produced, and what materials and supplies were required are ...
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This chapter focuses on the production of a music book. The organization of the workforce within the print shop, how a music book was produced, and what materials and supplies were required are explored. Details are provided concerning editorial practices, typographical materials, paper, formats, title pages, type fonts, decorative initials, and printers' marks used by Venetian presses, giving us a sense of the operation of a 16th-century music print shop.Less
This chapter focuses on the production of a music book. The organization of the workforce within the print shop, how a music book was produced, and what materials and supplies were required are explored. Details are provided concerning editorial practices, typographical materials, paper, formats, title pages, type fonts, decorative initials, and printers' marks used by Venetian presses, giving us a sense of the operation of a 16th-century music print shop.
H. G. M. Williamson
- Published in print:
- 1994
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198263609
- eISBN:
- 9780191600821
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198263600.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Judaism
Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and ...
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Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and parallel elements in Chs. 40–55, and concludes from a comparison of theme and vocabulary that Deutero‐Isaiah could have written specific sections of Proto‐Isaiah as part of his post‐exilic redaction of the book.Less
Examines the evidence as to whether or not Deutero‐Isaiah made any editorial contribution to the original Proto‐Isaiah text that he was continuing, focusing on a textual analysis of Chs. 2–12 and parallel elements in Chs. 40–55, and concludes from a comparison of theme and vocabulary that Deutero‐Isaiah could have written specific sections of Proto‐Isaiah as part of his post‐exilic redaction of the book.
Miles Taylor
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198207290
- eISBN:
- 9780191717277
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207290.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Modern History
Ernest Jones entered a changed political landscape in England upon his release from prison. In defeat many of the Chartist leaders had turned to a more socialist-sounding agenda: ‘the Charter and ...
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Ernest Jones entered a changed political landscape in England upon his release from prison. In defeat many of the Chartist leaders had turned to a more socialist-sounding agenda: ‘the Charter and something more’. Although Jones endorsed this new programme on several occasions in 1851, his instincts on his release were to return Chartism to the political agenda of 1846, at the heart of which lay the land and the church. The opening numbers of Jones’s first editorial venture, Poems and Notes to the People, were defiantly puritanical in their repertoire. However, by the time of the People’s Paper Jones was reproducing Irish horror stories and French melodramas, as well as the goriest titbits from the assizes and police courts. Some gardening tips were thrown in for good measure. Throughout the 1850s, Jones hoped to make ends meet by mixing the politics of the poor with the literature of the ‘million’.Less
Ernest Jones entered a changed political landscape in England upon his release from prison. In defeat many of the Chartist leaders had turned to a more socialist-sounding agenda: ‘the Charter and something more’. Although Jones endorsed this new programme on several occasions in 1851, his instincts on his release were to return Chartism to the political agenda of 1846, at the heart of which lay the land and the church. The opening numbers of Jones’s first editorial venture, Poems and Notes to the People, were defiantly puritanical in their repertoire. However, by the time of the People’s Paper Jones was reproducing Irish horror stories and French melodramas, as well as the goriest titbits from the assizes and police courts. Some gardening tips were thrown in for good measure. Throughout the 1850s, Jones hoped to make ends meet by mixing the politics of the poor with the literature of the ‘million’.
Pablo J. Boczkowski
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- February 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226062792
- eISBN:
- 9780226062785
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226062785.001.0001
- Subject:
- Sociology, Science, Technology and Environment
Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines ...
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Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustomed to instant access to a growing supply of constantly updated stories on the Web. This change in the amount of news available as well as how we consume it has been coupled with an unexpected development in editorial labor: rival news organizations can now keep tabs on the competition and imitate them, resulting in a decrease in the diversity of the news. Peeking inside the newsrooms where journalists create stories and the work settings where the public reads them, this book reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news—even though they dislike it—and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying. Comparing and contrasting two newspapers in Buenos Aires with similar developments in the United States, the book offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news.Less
Before news organizations began putting their content online, people got the news in print or on TV and almost always outside of the workplace. But nowadays, most of us keep an eye on the headlines from our desks at work, and we have become accustomed to instant access to a growing supply of constantly updated stories on the Web. This change in the amount of news available as well as how we consume it has been coupled with an unexpected development in editorial labor: rival news organizations can now keep tabs on the competition and imitate them, resulting in a decrease in the diversity of the news. Peeking inside the newsrooms where journalists create stories and the work settings where the public reads them, this book reveals why journalists contribute to the growing similarity of news—even though they dislike it—and why consumers acquiesce to a media system they find increasingly dissatisfying. Comparing and contrasting two newspapers in Buenos Aires with similar developments in the United States, the book offers an enlightening perspective on living in a world with more information but less news.
Joshua A. Braun
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780300197501
- eISBN:
- 9780300216240
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300197501.003.0012
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter examines the technical underpinnings of MSNBC.com's next-generation content management system called SkyPad. It first describes Newsvine's M3 architecture before turning to SkyPad, which ...
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This chapter examines the technical underpinnings of MSNBC.com's next-generation content management system called SkyPad. It first describes Newsvine's M3 architecture before turning to SkyPad, which was developed to take in and spit out almost any type of multimedia content and allow for the construction of entirely new websites and brands on the fly. It considers SkyPad, along with M3, as a representative of an emerging vision for enlisting provincial editorial groups and diverse audiences in the online distribution of mainstream media products. It also looks at MSNBC.com's series of ever more generic tools for online publishing that are intended to address the need for increasingly divergent and niche editorial products.Less
This chapter examines the technical underpinnings of MSNBC.com's next-generation content management system called SkyPad. It first describes Newsvine's M3 architecture before turning to SkyPad, which was developed to take in and spit out almost any type of multimedia content and allow for the construction of entirely new websites and brands on the fly. It considers SkyPad, along with M3, as a representative of an emerging vision for enlisting provincial editorial groups and diverse audiences in the online distribution of mainstream media products. It also looks at MSNBC.com's series of ever more generic tools for online publishing that are intended to address the need for increasingly divergent and niche editorial products.
Simon Jarvis
- Published in print:
- 1995
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198182955
- eISBN:
- 9780191673924
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198182955.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, Shakespeare Studies
Among the earliest editors of William Shakespeare were several of the eighteenth century's most powerful writers. This book demonstrates how much was at stake for these writers in the editing of ...
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Among the earliest editors of William Shakespeare were several of the eighteenth century's most powerful writers. This book demonstrates how much was at stake for these writers in the editing of English texts. It examines not only eighteenth-century texts of Shakespeare, but also sources as disparate as Alexander Pope's Dunciad, eighteenth-century classical and scriptural editing, and Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to show the importance of politically contested representations of scholars and scholarship for the formation of British public literary culture. Offering an account of both editorial theory and philological practice during the period, the book throws new light on a wide variety of issues, from the debates over the possibility of a polite and settled national language to the epistemological and cultural presuppositions of editorial method.Less
Among the earliest editors of William Shakespeare were several of the eighteenth century's most powerful writers. This book demonstrates how much was at stake for these writers in the editing of English texts. It examines not only eighteenth-century texts of Shakespeare, but also sources as disparate as Alexander Pope's Dunciad, eighteenth-century classical and scriptural editing, and Samuel Johnson's Dictionary to show the importance of politically contested representations of scholars and scholarship for the formation of British public literary culture. Offering an account of both editorial theory and philological practice during the period, the book throws new light on a wide variety of issues, from the debates over the possibility of a polite and settled national language to the epistemological and cultural presuppositions of editorial method.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0022
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial, “Segregation and Neighborhood Agreements,” where Fortune acknowledges that the Supreme Court's decision in Corrigan v. Buckley, in which the Court upheld the ...
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This chapter presents the editorial, “Segregation and Neighborhood Agreements,” where Fortune acknowledges that the Supreme Court's decision in Corrigan v. Buckley, in which the Court upheld the practice of restrictive covenants, and the recent race riots and denial of African Americans' rights in Arkansas and Michigan were signs that African American social and political rights have not improved. He argued, in fact, that the nation has not grown since the Taney Court and its Dred Scott ruling. The community, according to Fortune, may have no recourse but to resort to the “primitive law of self-defense.” Such a condition should not “prevail in any civilized country,” he argued, but getting “mobcrats to understand they will be met with violence in the same way and as often as they resort to it” may again be the only option for the African American citizen.Less
This chapter presents the editorial, “Segregation and Neighborhood Agreements,” where Fortune acknowledges that the Supreme Court's decision in Corrigan v. Buckley, in which the Court upheld the practice of restrictive covenants, and the recent race riots and denial of African Americans' rights in Arkansas and Michigan were signs that African American social and political rights have not improved. He argued, in fact, that the nation has not grown since the Taney Court and its Dred Scott ruling. The community, according to Fortune, may have no recourse but to resort to the “primitive law of self-defense.” Such a condition should not “prevail in any civilized country,” he argued, but getting “mobcrats to understand they will be met with violence in the same way and as often as they resort to it” may again be the only option for the African American citizen.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0023
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorials, “John Brown” and “Nat. Turner”, Fortune's side of a debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. over the need for African Americans to erect a monument in honor of John ...
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This chapter presents the editorials, “John Brown” and “Nat. Turner”, Fortune's side of a debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. over the need for African Americans to erect a monument in honor of John Brown. While Fortune saw the necessity of honoring Brown, he did not see the need of the African American community to give their pennies to perpetuate the memory of the Sage of Osawatomie. Instead, evoking a sense of race pride, Fortune called on the community to honor Nat Turner, a forerunner of Brown and “a black hero.” Fortune questions why every time the community “move[s] that somebody's memory be perpetuated, that somebody's memory is always a white man's.” It was such demonstrations of “the absence of race pride and race unity,” argued Fortune, “which makes the white man despise black men all the world over.”Less
This chapter presents the editorials, “John Brown” and “Nat. Turner”, Fortune's side of a debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. over the need for African Americans to erect a monument in honor of John Brown. While Fortune saw the necessity of honoring Brown, he did not see the need of the African American community to give their pennies to perpetuate the memory of the Sage of Osawatomie. Instead, evoking a sense of race pride, Fortune called on the community to honor Nat Turner, a forerunner of Brown and “a black hero.” Fortune questions why every time the community “move[s] that somebody's memory be perpetuated, that somebody's memory is always a white man's.” It was such demonstrations of “the absence of race pride and race unity,” argued Fortune, “which makes the white man despise black men all the world over.”
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0024
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial, “ The Color Line,” where the young Fortune responded forcefully to the New York Sun's critical comments about the way in which the African American community ...
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This chapter presents the editorial, “ The Color Line,” where the young Fortune responded forcefully to the New York Sun's critical comments about the way in which the African American community separated themselves from the white community or drew the color line. In his response, Fortune demonstrated his call for racial unity and race consciousness. He called on the community to continue to draw the line and be proud of their black skin. They were acting out of their own interest, he explained, similar to the Irish and German immigrants. Moreover, he argued, the color line in the South and increasingly in the North was drawn by the white community, not the black.Less
This chapter presents the editorial, “ The Color Line,” where the young Fortune responded forcefully to the New York Sun's critical comments about the way in which the African American community separated themselves from the white community or drew the color line. In his response, Fortune demonstrated his call for racial unity and race consciousness. He called on the community to continue to draw the line and be proud of their black skin. They were acting out of their own interest, he explained, similar to the Irish and German immigrants. Moreover, he argued, the color line in the South and increasingly in the North was drawn by the white community, not the black.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0030
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial, “We Must Make Literature to Make Public Opinion,” where Fortune aligned himself with others during the Harlem Renaissance, calling on African Americans “to make ...
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This chapter presents the editorial, “We Must Make Literature to Make Public Opinion,” where Fortune aligned himself with others during the Harlem Renaissance, calling on African Americans “to make our own literature” and to “write the story ourselves.”Less
This chapter presents the editorial, “We Must Make Literature to Make Public Opinion,” where Fortune aligned himself with others during the Harlem Renaissance, calling on African Americans “to make our own literature” and to “write the story ourselves.”
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0031
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial, “Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays,” where Fortune called on the community to end the practice of celebrating the lives of both Lincoln and Douglass ...
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This chapter presents the editorial, “Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays,” where Fortune called on the community to end the practice of celebrating the lives of both Lincoln and Douglass during Negro History Week. “Douglass belongs to us,” Fortune proclaimed. The race, he argued, should leave Mr. Lincoln to the whites, and “Mr. Douglass should become their priority, an individual praised and honored for all the generations.” Fortune's argument is reminiscent of his editorial debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. about John Brown in 1889 and is a good example of Fortune's race pride late in his life.Less
This chapter presents the editorial, “Separate the Douglass and Lincoln Birthdays,” where Fortune called on the community to end the practice of celebrating the lives of both Lincoln and Douglass during Negro History Week. “Douglass belongs to us,” Fortune proclaimed. The race, he argued, should leave Mr. Lincoln to the whites, and “Mr. Douglass should become their priority, an individual praised and honored for all the generations.” Fortune's argument is reminiscent of his editorial debate with Frederick Douglass Jr. about John Brown in 1889 and is a good example of Fortune's race pride late in his life.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0032
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial, “The World in Africa Fortune,” where Fortune encouraged the El Mahdi forces in their resistance against British occupation. This editorial is not only a strong ...
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This chapter presents the editorial, “The World in Africa Fortune,” where Fortune encouraged the El Mahdi forces in their resistance against British occupation. This editorial is not only a strong statement of support for the Sudanese fight for independence; it is also a staunch condemnation of imperialism in general.Less
This chapter presents the editorial, “The World in Africa Fortune,” where Fortune encouraged the El Mahdi forces in their resistance against British occupation. This editorial is not only a strong statement of support for the Sudanese fight for independence; it is also a staunch condemnation of imperialism in general.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0033
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial on European colonization of Africa, “An African Empire,” where Fortune predicted the creation of an “African Empire,” an “African Confederation, not unlike that of ...
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This chapter presents the editorial on European colonization of Africa, “An African Empire,” where Fortune predicted the creation of an “African Empire,” an “African Confederation, not unlike that of Germany.” He argued that Europeans may have had their way on the continent for the time being, but “in the course of time, the people will become educated not only in the grasping and cruel nature of the white man, but in the knowledge of their power,...”Less
This chapter presents the editorial on European colonization of Africa, “An African Empire,” where Fortune predicted the creation of an “African Empire,” an “African Confederation, not unlike that of Germany.” He argued that Europeans may have had their way on the continent for the time being, but “in the course of time, the people will become educated not only in the grasping and cruel nature of the white man, but in the knowledge of their power,...”
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0001
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents the editorial “Who Will Own the Soil of the South in the Future,” published in both the Christian Recorder and the Globe. Here, Fortune set forth a position on landownership ...
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This chapter presents the editorial “Who Will Own the Soil of the South in the Future,” published in both the Christian Recorder and the Globe. Here, Fortune set forth a position on landownership that he would further develop in Black and White. Heavily influenced by the ideas of Henry George and other agrarian radicals, Fortune believed that there needed to be a fundamental change in the ownership of land. In this editorial, he demonstrated his frustration with the monopoly of landownership and his belief that land was the common property of the people and should be available to those who cultivate the soil. Although he did not call for the complete abolition of private property in land, as he would in Black and White, one can see the germination of Fortune's idea more than a year before the publication of his larger study.Less
This chapter presents the editorial “Who Will Own the Soil of the South in the Future,” published in both the Christian Recorder and the Globe. Here, Fortune set forth a position on landownership that he would further develop in Black and White. Heavily influenced by the ideas of Henry George and other agrarian radicals, Fortune believed that there needed to be a fundamental change in the ownership of land. In this editorial, he demonstrated his frustration with the monopoly of landownership and his belief that land was the common property of the people and should be available to those who cultivate the soil. Although he did not call for the complete abolition of private property in land, as he would in Black and White, one can see the germination of Fortune's idea more than a year before the publication of his larger study.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0003
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
On October 16, 1883, the Supreme Court ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. Although the Act was never fully enforced, it protected all Americans, regardless of race, in their access ...
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On October 16, 1883, the Supreme Court ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. Although the Act was never fully enforced, it protected all Americans, regardless of race, in their access to public accommodations and facilities such as restaurants, theaters, and trains and other public transportation and protected their right to serve on juries. This chapter presents Fortune's first editorial on the subject, which captures the feeling of much of the African American community whom he claimed felt as though they “had been baptized in ice water” and told they were “aliens in their own land.” The editorial also represents the beginning of Fortune's frustration with the political choices of the African American community and his push for independent politics.Less
On October 16, 1883, the Supreme Court ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875 unconstitutional. Although the Act was never fully enforced, it protected all Americans, regardless of race, in their access to public accommodations and facilities such as restaurants, theaters, and trains and other public transportation and protected their right to serve on juries. This chapter presents Fortune's first editorial on the subject, which captures the feeling of much of the African American community whom he claimed felt as though they “had been baptized in ice water” and told they were “aliens in their own land.” The editorial also represents the beginning of Fortune's frustration with the political choices of the African American community and his push for independent politics.
Shawn Leigh Alexander
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813032320
- eISBN:
- 9780813039084
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Florida
- DOI:
- 10.5744/florida/9780813032320.003.0005
- Subject:
- History, African-American History
This chapter presents “A New Party” and “But It Will Be!”—editorials written while finishing Black and White—where Fortune demonstrates his growing belief that the conditions of workers, black and ...
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This chapter presents “A New Party” and “But It Will Be!”—editorials written while finishing Black and White—where Fortune demonstrates his growing belief that the conditions of workers, black and white, were the same and, consequently, so was their cause. He called for workers “of the South, the North and the West” to create “a solid front to the masterful forces which press them down.” “Opposition to this unification,” he argued, “is suicidal.” Equally important, Fortune attempted to demonstrate that the same economic forces that were shaping the lives of white workers, here and abroad, were also affecting the lives of the African Americans. Because of this, according to Fortune, blacks should have an equal place in the struggle for economic justice. These are themes that he would further develop in the latter half of Black and White.Less
This chapter presents “A New Party” and “But It Will Be!”—editorials written while finishing Black and White—where Fortune demonstrates his growing belief that the conditions of workers, black and white, were the same and, consequently, so was their cause. He called for workers “of the South, the North and the West” to create “a solid front to the masterful forces which press them down.” “Opposition to this unification,” he argued, “is suicidal.” Equally important, Fortune attempted to demonstrate that the same economic forces that were shaping the lives of white workers, here and abroad, were also affecting the lives of the African Americans. Because of this, according to Fortune, blacks should have an equal place in the struggle for economic justice. These are themes that he would further develop in the latter half of Black and White.
Adrian Bingham
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- May 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199279586
- eISBN:
- 9780191707308
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199279586.003.0002
- Subject:
- History, Social History, British and Irish Modern History
This chapter describes the environment in which the popular press was produced and consumed. It begins by outlining the main characteristics of British newspapers, including the structure of the ...
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This chapter describes the environment in which the popular press was produced and consumed. It begins by outlining the main characteristics of British newspapers, including the structure of the market, circulation trends, patterns of ownership and control, and basic editorial practices. The second section describes the wider media landscape. In particular, it describes how other media forms, including the cinema, radio and television broadcasting, magazines and popular literature, approached sex, and private life. The final part provides a broad overview of the patterns of change in British sexual culture over the 20th century. It includes information about fluctuating rates of marriage, fertility, and divorce, and the use of contraception and abortion. It examines the impact of intellectual developments such as feminism, sexology, and psychoanalysis on the understanding of sexuality; the role of the state and changes in the law; the effects of increasing affluence; and medical and scientific advances.Less
This chapter describes the environment in which the popular press was produced and consumed. It begins by outlining the main characteristics of British newspapers, including the structure of the market, circulation trends, patterns of ownership and control, and basic editorial practices. The second section describes the wider media landscape. In particular, it describes how other media forms, including the cinema, radio and television broadcasting, magazines and popular literature, approached sex, and private life. The final part provides a broad overview of the patterns of change in British sexual culture over the 20th century. It includes information about fluctuating rates of marriage, fertility, and divorce, and the use of contraception and abortion. It examines the impact of intellectual developments such as feminism, sexology, and psychoanalysis on the understanding of sexuality; the role of the state and changes in the law; the effects of increasing affluence; and medical and scientific advances.
