Litigation of the Sabotage Claims Against Germany

1941 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 282-304
Author(s):  
Lester H. Woolsey
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
The United States ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

The awards of October 30, 1939, of the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany, in the sabotage cases, have recently been the subject of litigation in the United States courts. To understand this litigation, it is necessary to complete the history of these cases before the Commission.

The Limits of Possibility: Rand McNally in American Culture, 1898-1929

2000 ◽  
pp. 7-26
Author(s):  
Susan Schulten
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Twentieth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Large Share ◽  
Complex Interplay ◽  
History Of Cartography ◽  
The World ◽  
Commercial Market ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

In the early twentieth century, Rand McNally held a large share of the commercial market for maps and atlases in the United States. How the company built its reputation as an American cartographic authority—by both accepting and resisting change—is the subject of this essay. Critical to the company’s success was its ability to design materials that reinforced American notions of how the world ought to appear, an indication that the history of cartography is governed not just by technological and scientific advances, but also by a complex interplay between mapmakers and consumers.

The San Patricio Deserters in the Mexican War

1951 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-142 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Blaine McCornack
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Army ◽  
The United States ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Mexican War ◽  
Irish Immigrants ◽  
Catholic Faith ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
American Army

One of the perplexing problems in the history of the Mexican War has been the account of a body of deserters from the American army which called itself the San Patricio Battalion. Many of these deserters were being tried and executed or severely punished as the troops of General Scott pushed into the heart of Mexico’s capital. The account of the desertion of the San Patricios has been the subject of much debate, a great deal of it bitter, between historians with either a Catholic or Protestant point of view. Many Protestant writers have been prone to use this event as an illustration of placing faith above patriotism, the desertions being laid at the door of the Mexican clergy who are charged with actively attempting to entice Catholic soldiers among the American forces, largely recent German and Irish immigrants, to leave the army of a Protestant power bent on the destruction of a Catholic nation and on the spoliation of the temples of the Catholic faith. Catholic writers have been quick to issue a full denial of such charges. To date most of the charges and countercharges concerning the San Patricio Battalion have been based almost exclusively on secondary evidence. The essential truth of the matter would appear to be obtainable only from the actual records of the deserters in the files of the United States Army. It is on these records that this article is based.

Our Columnists on the A-Bomb

1950 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72-87
Author(s):  
Janet Besse ◽  
Harold D. Lasswell
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
General Theory ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Making Process ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

Opinion differs about the role of syndicated columnists in the forming of national opinion and in the decision-making process in the United States. Our columnists have been the subject of pioneering studies, but we have a long way to go before the picture can be called historically complete, scientifically precise, or fully satisfactory for policy-making purposes. What the columnists say is an important chapter in the history of the American public, and history is most useful for critical purposes when written close to the event. The general theory of communication and politics can be refined as the details of the opinion process are more fully known.

The Parvin-Brigham Mission to Spanish America, 1823–1826

1945 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-103
Author(s):  
J. Orin Oliphant
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Latin America ◽  
The United States ◽  
War Of 1812 ◽  
Spanish America ◽  
The People ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Impact

Slowly during the years just preceding our War of 1812, and rapidly during the decade that followed the Peace of Ghent, the vast reaches of Latin America swam within the ken of the people of the United States. Of this “discovery” of our southern neighbors and of our relations with Latin America before 1830, we have learned much from a volume recently brought out by a distinguished historian of the United States, Professor Arthur P. Whitaker. Professor Whitaker's informing study was intended to be nothing less than a well-rounded history of the impact of Latin America upon the United States to 1830; and such it has proved to be—with one exception. Professor Whitaker completely overlooked the religious phase of the subject he otherwise treated so skillfully. Upon this neglected part of the history of our early relations with Latin America this paper will endeavor to throw some light.

Is Globalisation Yesterday’s News?

Itinerario ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-128
Author(s):  
A. G. Hopkins
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
United States ◽  
Eighteenth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Full Potential ◽  
The West ◽  
History Of ◽  
Lively Debate ◽  
The Subject

Globalisation is now a fashionable topic of historical research. Books and articles routinely use the term, though often in a loose manner that has yet to realise the full potential of the subject. The question arises as to whether globalisation, as currently applied by historians, is sufficiently robust to resist inevitable changes in historiographical fashion. The fact that globalisation is a process and not a single theory opens the way, not only to over-general applications of the term, but also to rich research possibilities derived in particular from other social sciences. One such prospect, which ought to be at the centre of all historians’ interests, is how to categorise the evolution of the process. This question, which has yet to stimulate the lively debate it needs, is explored here by identifying three successive phases or sequences between the eighteenth century and the present, and joining them to the history of the empires that were their principal agents. These phases, termed proto-globalisation, modern globalisation, and postcolonial globalisation provide the context for reviewing the history of the West, including the United States, and in principle of the wider world too.

scholarly journals “Design Thinking”: Defending Silicon Valley at the Apex of Global Labor Hierarchies

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lilly Irani
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Design Thinking ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Silicon Valley ◽  
The United States ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Public Debates ◽  
The Face ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

This paper examines the emergence of “design thinking” as a form of technical expertise. It demonstrates that “design thinking” articulates a racialized understanding of labor, judgment, and the subject and attempts to maintain whiteness at the apex of global hierarchies of labor.“Design thinking” is a form of expertise that poses design not as form giving, but as a form of empathic reason by which executives can plan products, services, and accumulation. Silicon Valley, business schools, and reformers promote it as a form of caring technical expertise by which some guide futures for others. The paper will examine the history of the concept of “design thinking” – a category forged by Silicon Valley designers in the face of mounting competitive pressures on design professions in the United States in the mid-2000s. By drawing on artifacts, documents, public debates about the design profession from this period, I will demonstrate how champions of “design thinking” responded to expanded availability of design labor globally by figuring Asians and machines as the creative subject's Other.

scholarly journals Me-FAS, You-FAS, We All Eat PFAS: What To Do About the Forever Chemical

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Noel M. Johnson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Health ◽  
Human Exposure ◽  
The United States ◽  
Industrial Processes ◽  
Natural Processes ◽  
Initial Release ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Human Health Effects

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl, more commonly known as PFAS, has been found in the blood of 95% of the population. PFAS is a family of over 3,000 human-made chemicals. One chemical in the PFAS family, PFOA, is most well-known for its use in Teflon products and has been the subject of multiple litigations. While PFOA has been phased out of production in the United States due to its known negative human health effects, other PFAS that are just as harmful are now used in place of PFOA. The molecular structure of PFAS contains strong bonds that are difficult to break down through natural processes. This characteristic makes PFAS both extremely helpful to industrial processes and harmful to human health and the environment. Because of its resiliency, PFAS remain in the environment long after initial release. Its stability and endurance have led scientists to dub PFAS as “the forever chemical.” This Note explores the history of PFAS production in the United States and concludes with potential regulatory action that can be taken to limit human exposure to PFAS.

scholarly journals Sexual Assault against Women of Color

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Victoria Catherine Olive
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Women Of Color ◽  
White Women ◽  
The United States ◽  
Additional Research ◽  
Sexually Assaulted ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Refined Technique

This paper approaches the issue of sexual assault against women of color from an intersectional perspective. By analyzing the current body of research on the subject, I argue that women of color's experience of sexual assault is fundamentally different from that of White women for multiple reasons. While the available research does explain certain aspects of women of color's experiences, additional research is necessary in order to improve our understanding of and the care we provide for women of color who have been sexually assaulted. Because women of color have been subjugated to a long history of racism and socioeconomic forces, such as poverty and lack of services, in the United States, a better, more refined technique is needed that can address their multi-faceted and complicated experiences. This paper also outlines how this technique can be achieved and what it would look like in practical and professional applications.  

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1958 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 1048-1049
Author(s):  
HEINZ J. WITTIG
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Army ◽  
Plasma Cell ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia ◽  
Fatal Case ◽  
Pneumocystis Carinii ◽  
The United States ◽  
Negro Child ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject

In Pediatrics (21:345, March, 1958) is the report of a case of interstitial plasma cell pneumonia, by Eberling and Cohen, of Tucson, Arizona. The authors include a brief but very informative review of the history of this disease and the difficulties in establishing its etiology. While serving in the United States Army in France, I had the opportunity to follow a fatal case of this disease in an American Negro child and was thereby prompted to do some more exhaustive studies on the subject.

America post-razziale? Percorsi di analisi su razza ed etnicitŕ negli Stati Uniti

2012 ◽  
pp. 123-136
Author(s):  
Nadia Venturini
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Race And Ethnicity ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Student ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Unites States ◽  
The U.S ◽  
Scholarly Attention ◽  
Post Racial America

Some interpretations of the meanings of race and ethnicity in contemporary Unites States. Since the new century the United States has witnessed a popular debate on the concept of "post-racial America". This debate has attracted scholarly attention, and has been greatly enhanced by the election as President of Barack H. Obama, a bi-racial person who also happens to be the son of an immigrant student from Africa. The article presents a synthetic review of some of the books and articles on the subject itself, as well as historical interpretations of the multiracial history of the U.S.

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