17.202 Graduate Seminar in American Politics II (MIT)
This is the second in a sequence of two field seminars in American politics intended for graduate students in political science, in preparation for taking the general examination in American politics. The material covered in this semester focuses on American political institutions. The readings covered here are not comprehensive, but it is sufficiently broad to give students an introduction to major empirical questions and theoretical approaches that guide the study of American political institu
11.014J American Urban History II (MIT)
This is a seminar course that explores the history of selected features of the physical environment of urban America. Among the features considered are parks, cemeteries, tenements, suburbs, zoos, skyscrapers, department stores, supermarkets, and amusement parks. The course gives students experience in working with primary documentation sources through its selection of readings and class discussions. Students then have the opportunity to apply this experience by researching their own historical
American Urban History I, Spring 2005
Seminar on the history of institutions and institutional change in urban America from roughly 1890 to the present. Among the institutions considered are political machines, police departments, schools, courts, hospitals, prisons, welfare departments, and universities. Focuses on readings and discussions.
21L.512 American Authors: American Women Authors (MIT)
This subject, cross-listed in Literature and Women's Studies, examines a range of American women authors from the seventeenth century to the present. It aims to introduce a number of literary genres and styles- the captivity narrative, slave novel, sensational, sentimental, realistic, and postmodern fiction- and also to address significant historical events in American women's history: Puritanism, the American Revolution, industrialization and urbanization in the nineteenth century, the Har
Exposition Des Negres D'America: The American Negro Exhibit, Paris 1900
This site offers visitors an opportunity to explore the context of the "American Negro Exhibit" and view some of the materials used by its curators to create a vision African American identity at the turn of the twentieth century.
Saugus Iron Works: Life and Work at an Early American Industrial Site
examines life and work at the first successful integrated ironmaking plant in colonial America (from 1646 until 1668, 10 miles north of Boston).
Coming Out West Indian in the Twenty-First Century
Presented on October 6, 2010 by Dr. Bedilia Richards, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Richmond. This talk is a part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology's series entitled, "Racial and Ethnic Identity in the year of the Census."
Professor Pat McGorry - Early Intervention, Clinical Staging in Youth Mental Health
Professor Pat McGorry, Executive Director, Orygen Youth Health and Director, National Youth Mental Health Foundation gives this public lecture entitled 'Early Intervention, Clinical Staging in Youth Mental Health' at The Australian National University. This lecture was held in conjunction with the John Curtin School of Medical Research Symposium: New Perspectives in Clinical Neuroscience and Mental Health which was held on Monday 16 August at JCSMR.
Professor Patrick McGorry is a leading intern
Tatung Early Bird Video-Crypt Encoder
Tatung Early Bird Video-Crypt Encoder. Maker: Tatung. Date: 1989 (circa) - from the The Betty Smithers Design Collection at Staffordshire University.
The early years: Regional policy and its effectiveness in the UK up to 1979: lecture notes
Lecture notes supporting RELOCE (Regional and Local Economics), an economics module taught by Dave Clark of the University of Portsmouth in 2010.
The early years: regional policy and its effectiveness in the UK up to 1979: presentation slides
Lecture slides supporting RELOCE (Regional and Local Economics), an economics module taught by Dave Clark of the University of Portsmouth in 2010.
Local economic development: an American view: presentation slides
Lecture slides supporting RELOCE (Regional and Local Economics), an economics module taught by Dave Clark of the University of Portsmouth in 2010.
Bleeding in Early Pregnancy
1 in 4 women will experience an episode of bleeding during pregnancy. We look at the differential diagnosis in this situation, with a particular focus on the different types of miscarriage.
The American Revolution Home Page
This material is a repository of material on the American Revolution. It is an excellent source of information for introductory courses on the American Revolution.
Video: Great ideas of the 19th century
Watch videos of John Lachs, Centennial Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, leading classes at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. The 19th century was an unusually fertile period of thought. The ideas of evolution, progress, liberty, radical encounter with God, the struggle for existence, human control over human destiny, and universal caring were invented orkeep reading »
Jesus, Paul and the Early Church
‘Jesus, Paul and the Early Church’ is the third of three term-length online Modules on an ‘Introduction to the Bible’. Module 1 is an introduction to the content, original contexts, and theology of the main books of the Hebrew Bible together with related texts such as the Dead Sea Scrolls. Module 2 comprises an introduction to the authorship, contexts and distinctive theology of each of the four New Testament Gospels, together with what can be known from these and other sources about the
Nineteenth and early twentieth century American entertainment culture
This is a module framework. It can be viewed online or downloaded as a zip file. As taught in Autumn/Spring Semesters 2009/2010 This resource presents material from four different courses taught across the School of American and Canadian Studies and Film and Television Studies. It addresses various aspects of nineteenth and early twentieth century American entertainment culture. You can view module outlines for 4 modules taught within the school: * American Drama (undergraduate year 3 level) * A
American Prose Writers-Unit 16
Even as the poets covered in Unit 15, Poetry of Liberation, were
fostering a rebellion, contemporary prose writers began creating a new American tradition comprised of many strands, many voices, and many myths about the past. This program explores the search for identity by three American writers: Maxine Hong Kingston, Sandra Cisneros, and
Leslie Feinberg.
Talk: Herding Donkeys: The Fight to Rebuild the Democratic Party and Reshape American Politics
Ari Berman, political correspondent for The Nation, talks to the Shorenstein Center about the challenge of rebuilding the Democratic Party
Visions and Revisions of History in the Latin American Novel of Dictatorship
The twentieth-century Latin American novel of dictatorship has had an important impact on the interpretation of Latin American history. Many novels, such as Yo el Supremo (1974) and El fiscal (1993) by Augusto Roa Bastos, and La novela de Peran (1985) and Santa Evita (1995) by Toma
