PPT-Modern US History

Ch 18 Section 1 Miners Ranchers and Railroads Mining Boom Brings Growth Prior to the Civil War most Americans saw the Great Plains and the west as the Great American Desert and there were few attempts to settle there until after the war 1. Prof . Mark Knights. Early Modernity – what does it mean and is it useful?. c.1500-c.1720 – for now. Jack . A. . Goldstone calls it ‘a wholly meaningless term’ . Randolph . Starn. , ‘the early modern muddle. During the early 1900’s, ballet was still strong in it’s Classical form and with a new modern day form due to choreographers and dancers such as Diaghilev, Nijinsky, Balanchine, Tudor, . Joffery. Stephen Gibbs. University of . Huddersfield. BAM Conference 2011, Aston University, Birmingham UK. http://bloggulentgreytripe.wordpress.com/. s.p.gibbs@hud.ac.uk. Leadership self in textual representations. Martha Graham and Alvin Ailey. Agenda. Things to Get:. Paper from the front of the room (if there is paper .  ) . Things to Do: . Opener:. Review of Modern Art and Music. Class work:. Modern Dance. New Criticism. ENGL 3370: Modern American Poetry. New Criticism. Where are the lions?. Lions in Sweden. No more phrases, Swensen: I was once. A hunter of those sovereigns of the soul. And savings banks. Fides, the sculptor’s priz,. What makes a long imaginative prose text “pre-modern”?. “What distinguishes the ‘modern’ novel from a pre-modern one is its content and intention. Take . Jurji. . Zaydan’s. (1861-1914) long, historical novels…which describe the immense vista of Islamic civilization on which whole generations of Arab youths in the first half of the twentieth century were nurtured. Despite their charm and immense popularity at the time, such novels were decidedly pre-modern. They reflected a blanket culture, its collective personality, the predictable, well-attuned reactions and interactions of protagonists, the repetitive expectation of their behavior, the anticipated turn of their mind, the absolute purity of character delineation (where the protagonists come out clear and unmitigated in their goodness or evil), their momentous acts of chivalry; or their demeaning actions of cowardice, intrigue, greed, or treachery. Everything was in place; everything was in harmony with well-known qualifications.”. Emma,. Julian,. Kelly,. and . Nathen. Introduction. Modern Humans lived a short life. Modern Humans made fire, houses, and came up with the idea about domesticating animals and planting crops. Join us as we learn more about this fascinating group of hominids.. Witch-hunts in modern Africa and early modern Europe Josh Benaloh. Tolga Acar. Fall 2016. October 25, 2016. 2. The wiretap channel. Key (K. 1. ). Key (K. 2. ). Eavesdropper. Plaintext. (P). Noisy insecure. channel. Encrypt. Decrypt. Alice. Bob. Plaintext. Making History. Peter Marshall. Some mind-stretching questions:. ▪ what . is ‘identity’ in an historical context? . ▪ is . it something ‘essential’, or something socially and culturally ‘constructed’? . Liz Cooper, SRS Research and Policy Manager. EAUC Sustainable Procurement Topic Support Network October 2016. Working areas. Why modern slavery?. Increasing visibility of the issue in media and . research. 1915-1945. Dr. Karen Rose. Many . historians argue that America’s cultural coming of age occurs during this . time. . The . artistic innovations . of Modernism are viewed as a . response to . dramatic historical, cultural, and economic events.. Music Appreciation. A Short Introduction to Modern Classical Music. The Fast and Friendly Guide to the Modern Era of Classical Music. Characteristics. A break with the past / “rules” are made to be broken. Explore AP Art History with this comprehensive guide. Get answers to common questions about the course, exam, and preparation strategies.