The 1899 lynching of Sam Hose in Newnan, Georgia, was one of the earliest and most gruesome events in a tragic chapter of U.S. history. Hose was a black laborer accused of killing Alfred Cranford, a ...white farmer, and raping his wife. The national media closely followed the manhunt and Hose's capture. An armed mob intercepted Hose's Atlanta-bound train and took the prisoner back to Newnan. There, in front of a large gathering on a Sunday afternoon, Hose was mutilated and set on fire. His body was dismembered and pieces of it were kept by souvenir hunters. Born and raised twenty miles from Newnan, Edwin T. Arnold was troubled and fascinated by the fact that this horrific chain of events had been largely shut out of local public memory. In "What Virtue There Is in Fire," Arnold offers the first in-depth examination of the lynching of Sam Hose. Arnold analyzes newspapers, letters, and speeches to understand reactions to this brutal incident, without trying to resolve the still-disputed facts of the crime. Firsthand accounts were often contradictory, and portrayals of Hose differed starkly--from "black beast" to innocent martyr. Arnold traces how different groups interpreted and co-opted the story for their own purposes through the years. Reflecting on recent efforts to remember the lynching of Sam Hose, Arnold offers the portrait of a place still trying to reconcile itself, a century later, to its painful past.
This book goes beyond a simple study of Newman’s thought and work and seeks to apply his deductions to modern value conflicts. Although it will be of particular relevance to academic readers with ...some prior knowledge of Newman’s works, it may also be of wider interest to students of history, philosophy, theology and spirituality. More generally, its unusual focus on Newman’s epistemology and philosophical deductions, and how these relate to present-day dilemmas, should also attract interest from his many non-academic followers and devotees.
The "servant question" in the late nineteenth century led to the proliferation of debates and conflicts regarding domestic work. Were household servants to be viewed as workers or as members of the ...household? How should their work be regulated and assessed? This volume examines these debates from multiple perspectives and discusses how domestic service had changed by the time Austria entered into Anschluss with the National Socialist German.
Literature survey on damage due to the 1899 Kii-Yamato earthquake was carried out continuing to the previous paper of the 1936 Kawachi-Yamato event. This earthquake had rather deep focal depth as ...50km and caused moderate damage in wide areas of Kinki district. Detailed damage was picked up from the reports and newspaper articles at that time. These data were sorted by municipalities in table and mapped. Heavy building damage was limited in focal area but damage to brick masonry factory buildings including chimneys is dominated in Osaka. In mountainous areas landslides and rockfalls occurred and caused casualties.
Literature survey on damage due to the 1899 Kii-Yamato earthquake was carried out continuing to the previous paper of the 1936 Kawachi-Yamato event. This earthquake had rather deep focal depth as ...50km and caused moderate damage in wide areas of Kinki district. Detailed damage was picked up from the reports and newspaper articles at that time. These data were sorted by municipalities in table and mapped. Heavy building damage was limited in focal area but damage to brick masonry factory buildings including chimneys is dominated in Osaka. In mountainous areas landslides and rockfalls occurred and caused casualties.
Archives of Times Past Kros, Cynthia; Wright, John; Buthelezi, Mbongiseni ...
02/2022
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Archives of Times Past: Conversations about South Africa's
Deep History explores particular sources of evidence on
southern Africa's time before the colonial era. It gathers recent
ideas about ...archives and archiving from scholars in southern Africa
and elsewhere, focusing on the question: 'How do we know, or think
we know, what happened in the times before European colonialism?'
Historians who specialise in researching early history have learnt
to use a wide range of materials from the past as source materials.
What are these materials? Where can we find them? Who made them?
When? Why? What are the problems with using them? The essays by
well-known historians, archaeologists and researchers engage these
questions from a range of perspectives and in illuminating ways.
Written from personal experience, they capture how these experts
encountered their archives of knowledge beyond the textbook. The
book aims to make us think critically about where ideas about the
time before the colonial era originate. It encourages us to think
about why people in South Africa often refer to this 'deep history'
when arguing about public affairs in the present. The essays are
written at a time when public discussion about the history of
southern Africa before the colonial era is taking place more openly
than at any other time in the last hundred years. They will appeal
to students, academics, educationists, teachers, archivists, and
heritage, museum practitioners and the general public.
Archives of Times Past explores particular sources of
evidence on southern Africa's time before the colonial era. It
gathers recent ideas about archives and archiving from scholars in
southern Africa and elsewhere, focusing on the question: 'How do we
know, or think we know, what happened in the times before European
colonialism?' The essays by well-known historians, archaeologists
and researchers engage these questions from a range of perspectives
and in illuminating ways. Written from personal experience, they
capture how these experts encountered their archives of knowledge
beyond the textbook. The essays are written at a time when public
discussion about the history of southern Africa before the colonial
era is taking place more openly than at any other time in the last
hundred years They will appeal to students, academics,
educationists, teachers, archivists, and heritage, museum
practitioners and the general public.
« L’intérêt général de l’industrie suisse s’oppose aux brevets. » Cet avis, exprimé en 1866 dans la Gazette de Lausanne, est alors largement partagé par les élites économiques et politiques du pays. ...En effet, la Suisse s’industrialise au XIXe siècle sans système de brevets d’invention, c’est-à-dire sans accorder de droits de propriété et d’exclusivité sur les nouveautés techniques. Les informations sur les machines de production ou les procédés chimiques circulent librement, et les fabricants helvétiques ne s’en privent pas pour renforcer leur compétitivité internationale. Les choses changent à la fin du siècle. En 1888, le Parlement adopte la première loi fédérale sur les brevets. Le changement ne s’explique pas seulement par les accusations de piraterie exprimées par les industries d’autres pays, mais aussi par les positionnements et les intérêts des acteurs suisses eux-mêmes. L’ouvrage de Nicolas Chachereau cherche à comprendre quels groupes socio-économiques ont voulu la loi et pourquoi − et lesquels d’entre eux ont ensuite pu en tirer parti. Alors que beaucoup espéraient que les inventeurs modestes profitent des brevets, ceux-ci se révèlent bien plus importants pour les multinationales, notamment dans la fabrication de machines. Loin des discours actuels de célébration de l’innovation, ce livre dresse ainsi le portrait d’une institution en phase avec les évolutions générales du capitalisme helvétique de la même époque.
This social and cultural history of Civil War medicine and science sheds important light on the question of why and how anti-Black racism survived the destruction of slavery. During the war, white ...Northerners promoted ideas about Black inferiority under the guise of medical and scientific authority. In particular, the Sanitary Commission and Army medical personnel conducted wartime research aimed at proving Black medical and biological inferiority. They not only subjected Black soldiers and refugees from slavery to substandard health care but also scrutinized them as objects of study. This mistreatment of Black soldiers and civilians extended after life to include dissection, dismemberment, and disposal of the Black war dead in unmarked or mass graves and medical waste pits. Simultaneously, white medical and scientific investigators enhanced their professional standing by establishing their authority on the science of racial difference and hierarchy. Drawing on archives of the U.S. Sanitary Commission, recollections of Civil War soldiers and medical workers, and testimonies from Black Americans, Leslie A. Schwalm exposes the racist ideas and practices that shaped wartime medicine and science. Painstakingly researched and accessibly written, this book helps readers understand the persistence of anti-Black racism and health disparities during and after the war.
