13. Constitutional Impasse (October 27, 2008)
history, social science, political studies, international relations, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, Samuel Adams, trotskyite, parliament, legislate, British, economic, commercial, historiography, neo progressive, Qua
9. America As A Post-Reformation Society (October 13, 2009)
history, social science, anthropology, cultural studies, religion, philosophy, ethics, theory, slavery, Puritan, post reformation society, Protestant, multiplicity, denomination, sect, religious persecution, Mormon, muslim, Jehovah's Witness, minister, ci
3. Darwin's Big Book and Its Ideas (October 6, 2008)
history, science, biology, social science, humanities, philosophy, education, evolution, nature, origin of species, natural selection, life, organism, environment, anthropology, human ancestry, Victorian England, Britain, Industrial Revolution, British Em
2. TCP, IP, and the Alphabet Soup
Technology, worldwide web, infrastructure, network, architecture, global, ownership, computer, science, neutrality, telecommunications, economics, policy, packet, TCP, UDP, internet protocol, transmission control, user datagram, history, content provider,
Resistance to institutions
This unit looks at the history of institutions in the twentieth century, starting with a case study of Lennox Castle Hospital. It tries to make sense of the history of Lennox Castle, and of institutional life in general, through testimony of those who experienced institutions as inmates and as nurses, as well as through Erving Goffman's medel of the 'total institution'. It examines the social bases of segragation, the professionalisation of staff in asylums and institutions, and campaigns for ch
Lennox Castle Hospital
This unit looks at the history of institutions in the twentieth century, starting with a case study of Lennox Castle Hospital. It tries to make sense of the history of Lennox Castle, and of institutional life in general, through testimony of those who experienced institutions as inmates and as nurses, as well as through Erving Goffman's medel of the 'total institution'. It examines the social bases of segragation, the professionalisation of staff in asylums and institutions, and campaigns for ch
A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6
Describes the history of the hundred of Leyland, including the parishes of Chorley and Standish. It also covers part of the hundred of Blackburn, including the parish of Blackburn itself. The rest of the hundred is treated in volume 7.
Borough Market Privileges - The hinterland of medieval London, c.1400
This resource contains 2,300 records concerning market and trading privileges in the hinterland of medieval London. Whilst concentrating on the period 1370 to 1425, the database contains information for the period from 1200 to 1500. It was compiled as part of a research project at the Centre for Metropolitan History in 1996-7, and receives its first publication here.
De Facto vs. De Jure Segregation
In this lesson, students will contrast and compare de facto and de jure segregation, listening to oral history examples of each from residents of Charlotte, North Carolina. Students will then brainstorm solutions to each type of segregation, and will discuss why de facto segregation can persist even after de jure segregation is eliminated.
Busing for Integration vs. Neighborhood Schools
This lesson plan will introduce students to the political, social, and economic issues surrounding school desegregation using oral histories from those who experienced it firsthand. They will learn about the history of the "separate but equal" U.S. school system, the 1971 Swann case which forced Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) to integrate, and the recent decision to discontinue busing for racial integration in Charlotte-Mecklenburg. They will compare and contrast neighborhood schools with s
Survey of London: volume 27 - Spitalfields and Mile End New Town
Spitalfields is well-known for the handsome silk-weavers’ houses in and around Spital Square, Fournier Street and Elder Street, with their distinctive weavers’ garret workshops. The greater part of this volume is devoted to a detailed account of these houses. The area’s principal monument — Nicholas Hawksmoor’s masterpiece, Christ Church, Spitalfields (1714–29) — is also studied in detail, and its complex building history explained, making use of the then recently-discovered archiv
Global Pandemics
In his role as a biochemist, Hidde Ploegh explains the "essential features of the lifestyle of the flu virus" discussing not only how viruses work to invade our systems and cause the flu, but also adding insights into the political and societal framework in which public health groups and governments deal with viral disease. <
A History of the County of Wiltshire: Volume 4
A thematic account of the agricultural, industrial, social and sporting history of the county. Also includes an account of the royal forests.
Dr. John Prescott - Academic Spotlight
Missouri State University has a nationally recognized music department. One of the professors in that department, Dr. John Prescott, recently received the National Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, also known as ASCAP.
These coveted awards reflect ASCAP's commitment to assist and encourage writers of serious music. The awards are based upon the prestigious value of each writer's catalogue of original compositions, as well as recent performances of those work
The beginning of Estonian history
The beginning of Estonian history
Grammar Lesson 11: Topic-Comment Patterns, Special Needs Privileges Faculty of Medicine Prestigious Lecture - Manipulating the Human Centenary Prestigious Lecture - Relations Among Nations on a Finite Planet Diversifying Cities: Migration, Habitation, and Community Development Caribbean online - routes to roots
Just look at that barriga! Clearly the polite thing to do, at least in Brazil, would be to have a special line at banks, post offices,
In this packed out lecture, Professor Lord Robert Winston looked back at the history of fertility issues, genetic modification and the way we can manipulate reproduction
Much of past human history can be written without too much reference to the effects of the physical environment, much less the results of our own impacts on it. But human numbers and their increasing impacts have now grown to the point where their scale rivals the planet's natural biogeochemical processes which created the biosphere and which struggle to maintain it.
The largest scale migration in human history, says Xavier de Souza Briggs, is potentially the most transformative as well. It’s time to consider new frames for issues, he says -- not rehash “civic life as a competition over power” but perhaps see this as a moment when we can realize, finally, the ancient idea
This online exhibition, Caribbean Online: Routes to Roots, focuses on archival material related to Caribbean history and politics is from the Commonwealth Institute. The exhibition examines a number of themes in Caribbean history in a broadly chronological sequence, including slavery and abolition, agriculture and trade, the experience of soldiers from the Caribbean in World War One, independence and the development of trade unions and political parties. A highly user-friendly resource, there i
