scholarly journals Agricultural Development under Thal Development Authority (1949-69)

2020 ◽  
Vol V (II) ◽  
pp. 80-89
Author(s):  
Muhammad Wasim Abbas ◽  
Imran Ahmad ◽  
Muhammad Farooq Akbar Leghari
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Economic Effects ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Historical Event ◽  
Canal Water ◽  
The West ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Punjab Province ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Masses

The Thal is a desert in the west of Punjab province of Pakistan having an area of five million-acre. It had been a barren piece of land for centuries. West Pakistan Government not only provided canal water to almost 2.1 million acres of the region but also developed the area from 1949 to 1969. The agricultural development of the Thal region carried out by the Thal Development Authority is a historical event in the history of Pakistan. This study is historical research and data has been collected through primary and secondary sources. This paper will highlight the agricultural development of the region in detail and its socio-economic effects on the masses as well.

Victor Almon McKusick (21 October 1921–22 July 2008): Philosophical approach and historiography

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
pp. 264-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikaela I Poling
Keyword(s):  
History Of Medicine ◽  
Analytical Approach ◽  
Medical Genetics ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Philosophical Approach ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
History Of ◽  
Selection Of

While many authors have surveyed the contributions of Victor Almon McKusick, MD (21 October 1921–22 July 2008) to establishing the field of medical genetics, no authors have reviewed his significant contributions as an historian to the field of the history of medicine. In discussing relevant biographical themes and their functional influence in his life, his philosophical approach to the study of the history of medicine and his unique historiography, blending various major schools of thought into a hybrid analytical approach to historical research, was evaluated. The evaluation drew on a series of interviews conducted with McKusick in 2004 and 2005, review of a selection of his published historical contributions, and review of secondary sources.

scholarly journals TRANSFORMATION OF CHARITIES BY ISLAMIC SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN YOGYAKARTA, 1912-1931: A HISTORY OF ISLAMIC WEALTH MANAGEMENT

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Ghifari Yuristiadhi ◽  
Bambang Purwanto
Keyword(s):  
Social Movements ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Management Culture ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Local Responses ◽  
History Of ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Third Shift

This article was written in order to find a model of the development ofIslamic charities organized by bumiputera in the early 20th century inYogyakarta. This socio-economic history research using historical research methods that utilize primary sources such as archives, photographs, books and newspapers as well as the contemporary of secondary sources such as books, journals, and articles. The conclusion of this article is that the presence of transformation of charities in Yogyakarta in the period 1920s-1930s caused by 1) the dynamic moments around the period of the emergence of privately plantation by European, 2) the implementation of the land reorganization in the region of Yogyakarta Sultanate, 3) the emergence of �urban santri� as the new middle class in urban Yogyakarta, and 4) dynamic Islamic social organizations. In addition, the transformationof charities happens consists of three processes. First, change the concept and definition of waqf be more specific. Secondly, changing of the charities model that presented by the Islamic social movements. Third, shift of waqf and charities authority management that also change management culture. One thing that can be seen from this phenomenon is the emergence of local responses on colonialism with a more elegant and become the new social movements as well as showing the existence of civil society.

scholarly journals The Preminence of Ahmad Ibn Tulun as the Leading Amir of the Tulunid Kingdom

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 4863-4867
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
The West ◽  
Historical Interpretation ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Close Relationship ◽  
Umayyad Dynasty ◽  
Full Independence ◽  
History Of ◽  
Biographical Study ◽  
Set Up

The Abbasid Empire emerged as the main power ruling the Muslim world in the year 132H/750CE with its centre in Baghdad, after defeating the Umayyad Dynasty in the battlefield. The Abbasid Empire began to achieve its golden age during the era of Caliph Harun al-Rashid (171-193H/787-809CE). However, the Abbasids gradually experienced decline after the rise of the Turkic military which was brought en masse during the rule of Caliph al-Mu‘tasim (218-226H/833-841CE). The Turkic military began to seize power and some of them set up their own small kingdoms. The most influential leader among the Turkic was Amir Ahmad ibn Tulun (254-270H/868-884CE), who succeeded in founding the Tulunid Kingdom in Egypt. Thus the objective of this research is to examine in detail the biography of Amir Ibn Tulun and attempt to understand and appraise from history, his attitude, interests and authority as the leading Tulunid ruler. This is in view of the close relationship partially between an individual’s current interests and behaviour with the environment in which he grew up. This is a qualitative research using historical and biographical study. This research uses documentation as a method of collecting data by focusing on primary and secondary sources. Analysis of data is descriptive using content analysis and interpretation of sources based on historical interpretation. Research results find that Ibn Tulun succeeded in laying down the ultimate benchmark in the history of Egypt by establishing his domain extending from Syria to the borders of Iraq in the East and to Libya in the West, and declaring full independence from the Abbasid Dynasty centred in Baghdad at that time

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.

Philip Harris (1926-2018)

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (03) ◽  
pp. 371-373
Author(s):  
Michael Hodgetts
Keyword(s):  
Eastern Mediterranean ◽  
British Museum ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Reading Room ◽  
The West ◽  
Birkbeck College ◽  
Final Project ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
History Of ◽  
West European

Philip Harris, who died on 21 July 2018 at the age of ninety-one, was born in Woodford, Essex, and educated at St Anthony’s School in Woodford (1932-7), St Ignatius College in London (1937-44), Birkbeck College, London, and the Institute of Historical Research. In 1953 he was awarded an M.A. for a thesis on ‘English Trade with the Eastern Mediterranean in the Late 16th Century’. From 1947 onwards he was on the staff of the British Museum (of which the Library was then part), becoming Assistant Secretary in 1959, Deputy Superintendent of the Reading Room in 1963 and Deputy Keeper in 1966. He was in charge in turn of the Acquisitions, the English and North European, and the West European Branches of the Department of Printed Books. In 1998 he published his History of the British Museum Library, the fruit of more than ten years’ research after his ‘retirement’ in 1986.1 His final project there, almost complete when he died, was on the Old Royal Library donated to the Museum by George II.2 At his funeral the first reading was read by a former head of the Chinese Department there.

The Present State of Ukrainian Historiography in Soviet Ukraine: A Brief Overview

1979 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Lubomyr R. Wynar
Keyword(s):  
Present State ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Free Society ◽  
Research Centers ◽  
The West ◽  
Historical Scholarship ◽  
History Of ◽  
Historical Writings ◽  
Definition Of

“To write history well, one must live in a free society.”— Voltaire to Frederick the GreatHistoriography, as a special historical discipline, is defined as a history of historical scholarship reflecting the development of historical thought. In the context of this definition the study of modern Ukrainian historiography is directly related to the analysis of present historiographical trends, historical concepts, the conditions under which the discipline developed, the role of Ukrainian historical research centers in Ukraine and the West, the nature and scope of historical serials, critical evaluations of contributions of individual historians, as well as the study of characteristics of various historical schools. In my opinion, the older definition of historiography as the history of historical writings is too narrow and sometimes results only in critical or enumerative historical bibliography covering writings of individual historians.

scholarly journals Kaavi Kalé: The indigenous architectural ornamentation technique of the Konkan Coast, India

2020 ◽  
pp. 383-394
Author(s):  
Janardhan Rao Havanje ◽  
Caroline D’Souza
Keyword(s):  
West Coast ◽  
Western Ghats ◽  
Domestic Architecture ◽  
The West ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Art Form ◽  
Western Ghats Of India ◽  
History Of ◽  
Hindu Temples ◽  
Lime Plaster

At the foothills of the formidable Western Ghats of India lies a coastal strip of land, the Konkan Coast, which forms part of the extended coastline along the west coast of the country. The unique culture found in the Konkan coastal landscape has produced a magnificent ornamental style named Kaavi Kalé. Kaavi, or kavé, means in this context “red oxide”, while kalé means “art form”. It is fundamentally an incised work performed on an architectural surface that has been previously finished with lime plaster and then a red oxide layer over it. This forms elaborate murals and motifs inspired by the unique folklore of Dravidian culture. Although predominantly found in Hindu temples, this secular art form can also be seen in churches, a mosque, Jain temples and folk deity temples, as well as in domestic architecture. This paper presents the history of the art form, its techniques, a brief iconographic study of its compositions and possible methods of conservation, through accounts of extensive primary surveys and on-site experiments and a study of secondary sources.

scholarly journals Ambiguous Memories of the Reformation: The Case of Norway

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-303
Author(s):  
Tarald Rasmussen
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Middle Ages ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
Medieval Period ◽  
History Writing ◽  
The West ◽  
The People ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Church

AbstractThe Reformation came to Norway along with Danish annexation of political and ecclesiastical power. For this reason, Norwegian history writing seldom appreciated the history of the Norwegian Reformation, and preferred to look further back to the history of the Middle Ages in search of national, as well as religious, roots of Norwegian Christianity. This was already the case in late sixteenth and early seventeenth century Norwegian historical writing. In nineteenth century historical research, the strategy was underpinned by focussing on the medieval period of Christianization: Norwegian Christianity was imported from the West, from England. Here, the Pope was not at all important. Instead, some key Reformation values were addressed in a kind of “proto-Reformation” in the eleventh and twelfth centuries. The King was the ruler of the church; native, Old Norse language was used and promoted; and the people (strongly) identified themselves with their religion.

scholarly journals Joseph Needham’s inspiration for research on agricultural history in China

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-96
Author(s):  
Siming Wang
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Agricultural History ◽  
Annual Conference ◽  
The West ◽  
Science Society ◽  
History Of ◽  
Academic Relations ◽  
Needham Puzzle

Ancient Chinese civilization was agricultural. To grasp the essence of science and civilization in China, Dr Joseph Needham drew attention to its agricultural development. He maintained close academic relations with Chinese historians of agriculture and obtained their help from time to time for the compilation of his Science and Civilisation in China. Needham also had a far-reaching influence on research on the agricultural history of China, both on its institutionalization and on transitions in the directions of research. The so-called ‘Needham puzzle’ was first proposed systematically in his address titled ‘Science and agriculture in China and the West’ at the annual conference of the China Agronomic Association in Chongqing in 1943. He believed that science is not isolated from society but is an indivisible part of civilization and that civilization has evolved as the result of the interactions of science, society and the environment.

A Pacific Rim: Crime and Punishment in Santa Clara County, 1922

1992 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-152
Author(s):  
Lawrence M. Friedman ◽  
Paul Tabor
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Historical Research ◽  
The West ◽  
The Public ◽  
Crime And Punishment ◽  
Santa Clara County ◽  
History Of ◽  
One Year

The history of American criminal justice is, to say the least, by no means an overplowed field. In fact, it has gotten systematic attention only in recent years. The public, of course, is fascinated with crime and horrified by crime; stories about crime and criminal justice cry out from the pages of newspapers and dominate movies and television. Historical research is another matter.The first half of the twentieth century should be a rich field for research. Records are available in abundance and in every county. Moreover, there are, particularly for the 1920s and 1930s, a fair number of state crime surveys and other empirical studies of criminal justice. California and the West, however, have been somewhat neglected. This article presents some data on one county, Santa Clara County, in one year, 1922, as a modest beginning.

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