The Utopianism of the Zhenotdel

Much attention has been given lately to the utopianism that flourished in Soviet Russia during the civil war and NEP. Scholars have noted that the idea of women's emancipation figured as an important element in this utopianism, affecting diverse aspects of it—fictional portrayals of the communist society of the future, urban architectural plans, the character of public pageants, even clothing design. The names of the women who participated with men in creating these Utopian projects have been recorded. As yet, however, scholars have not asked whether the female Utopians of NEP shared the utopianism of their male comrades or whether women entertained a vision of their own, distinguishable from men's. If there are discernable differences, how do they compare to those which scholars have found between male and female Utopians elsewhere in Europe and in North America? Why did such diversity arise? What were its consequences?

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Investigating the Effects of Trauma on Acts of Violence, Hope for the Future, and Self-Worth of Male and Female African American Juvenile Detainees

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e703712011-001 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Casilda R. Maxwell ◽

Sarah Johnson ◽

Kelechi Anyanwu

Keyword(s):

African American ◽

Male And Female ◽

Juvenile Detainees ◽

The Future ◽

Self Worth

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On South Sudan, in English. Review of the Books by Peter Martell “First Raise A Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace” and John Young “South Sudan’s Civil War: Violence, Insurgency and Failed Peacemaking”

10.31132/2412-5717-2020-51-2-109-115 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 109-115

Author(s):

Anna Sharova

Keyword(s):

Conflict Resolution ◽

Civil War ◽

English Language ◽

South Sudan ◽

International Governance ◽

Refugee Camps ◽

Graham Greene ◽

The Future ◽

Independent Country ◽

Spot Analysis

Anna Sharova reviews two recent books separately published by two English language authors – P. Martell and J. Young. The books are very different in style and mood. While P. Martell presents an excellent example of British journalist prose in the style of his elder compatriots Somerset Maugham and Graham Greene, who did their reporting and writing from exotic countries during fateful periods of history, J. Young offers a more academic, though no less ‘on the spot’ analysis of the situation in the youngest independent country of Africa. J. Young’s considers two possible approaches to conflict resolution as possible outcomes: non-intervention cum continuation of the war, or the introduction of international governance. P. Martell comes up with a disappointing prediction about the future of South Sudan. The war will go on, the famine will return, and the threat of genocide will not disappear. People will continue to flee the country, and refugee camps will grow. New warring groups will appear, new murders will be committed. Neighbouring states will not stop competing for influence and resources. New peacekeepers will arrive. Warlords will be accused of crimes, but, as before, they will escape punishment, while some will be promoted.

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The Identification and Study of Indian Shell Middens in Eastern North America: 1643–1861

North American Archaeologist ◽

10.2190/e9u1-2nh4-d6lj-jwqa ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 227-243 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Andrew L. Christenson

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Civil War ◽

North America ◽

East Coast ◽

Eastern North America ◽

Shell Midden ◽

Shell Middens ◽

Work Done

Although the interest in shell middens in North America is often traced to reports of the discoveries in Danish kjoekkenmoeddings in the mid-nineteenth century, extensive shell midden studies were already occurring on the East Coast by that time. This article reviews selected examples of this early work done by geologists and naturalists, which served as a foundation for shell midden studies by archaeologists after the Civil War.

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Epilogue

10.1093/oso/9780190868161.003.0008 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jason Phillips

Keyword(s):

Twentieth Century ◽

Civil War ◽

Golden Age ◽

American Culture ◽

Postwar Period ◽

The Public ◽

Antebellum Era ◽

Narrative Device ◽

The Future

This conclusion explains how American temporalities changed after the war and sketches how expectations and anticipations of the future have alternated as the dominant view in American culture through the twentieth century to today. This chapter also shows how the short war myth, the story that Civil War Americans expected a short, glorious war at the outset, gained currency with the public and consensus among scholars during the postwar period. It contrasts the wartime expectations of individuals with their postwar memories of the war’s beginning to show how the short war myth worked as a tool for sectional reconciliation and a narrative device that dramatized the war by creating an innocent antebellum era or golden age before the cataclysm. It considers why historians still accept the myth and showcases three postwar voices that challenged it.

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Prologue

10.1093/oso/9780190868161.003.0001 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Jason Phillips

Keyword(s):

Nineteenth Century ◽

Civil War ◽

Antebellum America ◽

Women Slaves ◽

Military Planning ◽

The Future ◽

Future War

This introduction explains that looming, a nineteenth-century term for a superior mirage, shows us how visions of the future war affected antebellum America. First, some spark, an event or object, captured people’s attention. Second, a unique atmosphere elevated and enlarged that spark, making it loom greater than reality. Before the Civil War was fought or remembered, it was imagined by thousands of Americans who peered at the horizon through an apocalyptic atmosphere. Third, observers focused on it and reported what appeared to be beyond the horizon. Popular forecasts rose from leaders but also women, slaves, immigrants, and common soldiers. These imaginings shaped politics, military planning, and the economy. The prologue identifies the two prevailing temporalities of antebellum America, anticipations and expectations, and calls for more historical attention to the diverse temporalities of past people.

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Future Changes in Tropical Cyclone and Easterly Wave Characteristics over Tropical North America

Oceans ◽

10.3390/oceans2020024 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2 (2) ◽

pp. 429-447

Author(s):

Christian Dominguez ◽

James M. Done ◽

Cindy L. Bruyère

Keyword(s):

North America ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

Mitigation Strategies ◽

Track Density ◽

Caribbean Region ◽

Tropical Cyclogenesis ◽

Future Scenarios ◽

Southern Mexico ◽

The North ◽

The Future

Tropical Cyclones (TCs) and Easterly Waves (EWs) are the most important phenomena in Tropical North America. Thus, examining their future changes is crucial for adaptation and mitigation strategies. The Community Earth System Model drove a three-member regional model multi-physics ensemble under the Representative Concentration Pathways 8.5 emission scenario for creating four future scenarios (2020–2030, 2030–2040, 2050–2060, 2080–2090). These future climate runs were analyzed to determine changes in EW and TC features: rainfall, track density, contribution to seasonal rainfall, and tropical cyclogenesis. Our study reveals that a mean increase of at least 40% in the mean annual TC precipitation is projected over northern Mexico and southwestern USA. Slight positive changes in EW track density are projected southwards 10° N over the North Atlantic Ocean for the 2050–2060 and 2080–2090 periods. Over the Eastern Pacific Ocean, a mean increment in the EW activity is projected westwards across the future decades. Furthermore, a mean reduction by up to 60% of EW rainfall, mainly over the Caribbean region, Gulf of Mexico, and central-southern Mexico, is projected for the future decades. Tropical cyclogenesis over both basins slightly changes in future scenarios (not significant). We concluded that these variations could have significant impacts on regional precipitation.

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OMNES QVI SVNT EIVS ORDINIS A POMPEIO EVOCANTVR: THE PROCONSUL POMPEIUS’ SENATORIAL MEETING IN 49 b.c.

The Classical Quarterly ◽

10.1017/s0009838821000057 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-10

Author(s):

Roman M. Frolov

Keyword(s):

Civil War ◽

Domestic Politics ◽

Good Reason ◽

The Political ◽

Political Actors ◽

Republican Rome ◽

The Future ◽

Scholarly Attention

In his Bellum Ciuile, Caesar reports the events of 1 January 49 with these words (1.3.1): misso ad uesperum senatu omnes qui sunt eius ordinis a Pompeio euocantur. laudat <promptos> Pompeius atque in posterum confirmat, segniores castigat atque incitat. When the Senate had been dismissed towards dusk, all who belonged to that order were summoned by Pompeius. He praised the determined and encouraged them for the future while criticizing and stirring up those who were less eager to act. This meeting has not attracted much scholarly attention and admittedly for a good reason: other circumstances of the outbreak of the Civil War are, perhaps, more significant for understanding the events as well as the intentions and decisions of the political actors. The importance of this gathering lies, however, not so much in what its role might have been in the developments of the year 49 but rather in the context of the phenomenon of the promagistrates’ interference in the domestic politics of Late Republican Rome.

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