The United States and Cultural Heritage Protection in Japan (1945-1952)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nassrine Azimi
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Heritage Protection

The Mediaeval Cultural Heritage of the Mid-European Area

1956 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 487-507
Author(s):  
Francis Dvornik
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Order ◽  
The West ◽  
European Area ◽  
National Leaders ◽  
History Of

Interest in Slavic and mid-European studies,* so long neglected, is growing considerably in the United States. Unfortunately it concentrates mostly on modern history. In Slavic studies, too much time is often devoted to the history of Russia since the Revolution, and to the analysis of the new social and political order established in that country under the influence of non-Slavic social ideas which had originated in the West, and especially in Germany (K. Marx and Lasalle) in the nineteenth century. The earlier evolution of Russia, other Slav nations, and their mid-European neighbors, is still undeservedly neglected. It is a mistake. In the Middle Ages, the Slavic nations, the Hungarians, and the Rumanians played a prominent role in the civilizing of Europe. The memories of their glorious past helped the Czechs, Slovaks, Poles, Serbs, Bulgars, Magyars, Rumanians and also the small Albanian nation to survive the difficult period of oppression by foreign rulers and inspired their national leaders in their fight for independence and freedom.

scholarly journals Off-Site Storage and Special Collections: A Study in Use and Impact in ARL Libraries in the United States

2015 ◽  
Vol 76 (5) ◽  
pp. 652-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Priddle ◽  
Laura McCann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Special Collections ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Research Resources ◽  
Storage Facilities

Special collections libraries collect and preserve materials of intellectual and cultural heritage, providing access to unique research resources. As their holdings continue to expand, special collections in research libraries confront increased space pressures. Off-site storage facilities, used frequently by research libraries for general circulating collections, offer a solution to these pressures. Using data from a survey of special collections directors from ARL member libraries, this article examines both the current use of off-site storage facilities and its impact on core special collections activities. This study provides a foundation for what has been an underexplored area and identifies areas for further research.

scholarly journals Slow Food in a Fat Society: Satisfying Ethical Appetites

2005 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
heather paxson
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
The United States ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Moral Consideration ◽  
Personal Health ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Slow Food ◽  
Food Movement

Slow Food in a Fat Society Using historian Hillel Schwartz's utopian conception of a "fat society" as inspiration, this essay considers the potential contribution of the Slow Food movement to American notions of dietary ethics. In the United States, eating has been morally evaluated largely in terms of self-control, in relation to personal health and body image. In contrast, the dietary ethos of Slow Food is notable for its disregard of bodily aesthetics and secondary attention to nutrition. Slow Food might offer a path for redirecting moral consideration of food and eating away from the narcissistic, singular body, and toward a culinary ethic emphasizing our responsibilities to human and animal others, to cultural heritage, and to the environment.

Diasporas without a consciousness: Japanese Americans and the lack of a Nikkei identity

2012 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-104
Author(s):  
Takeyuki Gaku Tsuda
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Social Cohesion ◽  
The United States ◽  
Ethnic Community ◽  
Japanese Americans ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
Ethnic Populations ◽  
Diasporic Identity ◽  
Japanese Descent

Some scholars have recently suggested that the concept of diaspora should be regarded as a type of identity or consciousness instead of as a transnational ethnic community. While it is undeniable that some dispersed ethnic populations identify as diasporic peoples, older “economic diasporas“ sometimes have lost their transnational social cohesion and do not have a diasporic consciousness. I illustrate this by examining the experiences of Japanese Americans, an important part of the “Japanese diaspora“ of Japanese descendants (Nikkei) sca ered throughout the Americas. Because they have become assimilated in the United States over the generations, they no longer maintain any notable diasporic identi fication with the ethnic homeland or to other Japanese descent ethnic communities in the Americas. Even when they encounter Nikkei from other countries, national cultural diff erences make it difficult for them to develop a diasporic identity as Japanese descendants with a common cultural heritage or historical experiences.

scholarly journals Codifying Cultural Heritage: Why United States Criminal Law Suddenly Treats Our Rare Materials with Respect

2008 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 205-212
Author(s):  
Travis McDade
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Criminal Law ◽  
The United States ◽  
American People ◽  
Cultural Resources ◽  
Sentencing Guidelines ◽  
Term Benefit

“The Cultural Heritage Guideline will, in my opinion, prove to be one of the most important of all the sentencing guidelines for the long-term benefit of our nation,” said United States Attorney (now federal magistrate judge) Paul Warner. He was testifying before the United States Sentencing Commission, which was about to get serious with cultural crimes. He was also echoing what he had written in a letter to the Commission a mere three months earlier. In that letter, which fully addressed the harm caused to the American people by crimes against cultural resources, he explained that “[f]ew undertakings by the . . .

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