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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Colonial America"”.
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Science and the press: nascent institutions in colonial America
… the dissemination and development of science in colonial America. Specifically, I examine a general periodical (or newspaper), the Pennsylvania Gazette, in the years 1729 - 1755 for articles on natural philosophy, naturalism, technics, medicine, and husbandry, among others. I approach several …
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A Comparison of the Status of Widows in Eighteenth-Century England and Colonial America.
… the status of upper-class widows in England to Colonial America. The common law traditions in England established dower, which was also used in the American colonies. Dower guaranteed widows the right to one-third of the land and property of her husband. Jointure was instituted in England in …
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The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House of 1759: From Colonial America to the Colonial Revival and Beyond
… House in Cambridge, Massachusetts is one of America’s best known historic homes. Built in 1759 by Major John Vassall, the grand house exemplified Colonial English tastes and was at the center of a cycle of Colonial Royalist mansions. After the American Revolution, however, the house quickly …
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Colonial American Freemasonry and its Development to 1770
… and cultural organization in the development of colonial America and the men who were active in the organization from its introduction to the colonies up to 1770. Since Freemasonry was the first fraternal organization established in the colonies, I wanted to see how, and if, it affected the …
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Evil No More: The Image of the Witch and Women in the United States From Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries
<p>Women in both colonial America and the twentieth century United States were impacted by the notions of witches and witchcraft. There was an integral change in witchcraft during the era of growing feminism and equality in political status. In the colonial period, what was once a disguise for …
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Effects of a museum-school collaborative on seventh-grade students of an urban public elementary school
… urban public elementary school whose focus was Colonial America. Three types of samples of student work were analyzed: (a) sketchbook/journal notes, (b) creative and descriptive writing about a portrait of ""Mary Greene Hubbard"" by John Singleton Copley, and (c) art work produced. In addition, …
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Contest of Civility: Conformity, Dissent, and the Struggle for Religious Liberty
… the early 1660s, two bordering jurisdictions in colonial America enacted fundamentally divergent political communities. Massachusetts perpetuated civility of conformity, a political formulation that fastened society around a mandated theological construct, which was enforced and nourished by the …
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Colonizing the Mind: The Library as a Site for Colonial American Identity Formation
… as the impetus for society libraries across colonial America. While inspiring ubiquitous learning, the Library Company also reinforced the English language in linguistically diverse Philadelphia. Furthermore, the Company emblematically displayed ownership of a new land and developed an …
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Cultural coverture: an examination of the impact of early American marriage laws on contemporary American women
… foundations of marriage laws/coverture in Colonial America and traces their progression from laws to the cultural practices that women in contemporary America must navigate and negotiate in their lives.
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Women, Nature and Labor on Long Island: A Gendered-Environmental Perspective to Colonial Encounters
… a dimension missing from the historiography of colonial America—that is, the intersection of gender and the environment. It reveals that the labor of Long Island’s women, both Indigenous and European, was instrumental to their communities, specifically because of their relationship to the …
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Thomas Paine: Author of American Independence
… be considered one of the primary author of American Independence. It will illustrate how the writings of Thomas Paine helped propel America towards Revolution and independence. In an age where monarchs held power, Paine believed that the authority should lie in the hands of the people. …
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The Postman Always Rings Twice: Neil Postman's Views on Education are Relevant Again in the 21st Century Classroom
<p>The public education system in America has long been criticized for its inability to prepare students for success as adults. While some engage in a narrative of blame, others ask what can be done to solve this problem. This dissertation examines a narrative crisis in the 21<sup>st</sup>century …
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The Rhetoric and Philosophy of Early American Discourse 1767-1801: Toward a Theory of Common Sense
… philosophical implications of common sense in colonial America during the time immediately preceding, during, and following the American Revolution? A study of seminal texts from the Classical era, the Enlightenment, and the American Revolution will reveal the uses of common sense as rhetorical …
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Reciprocities market : John Bartram's 18th century botanical subscription service and the seeds of independence
… and economic relationships of 18th-century colonial America through the lens of John Bartram's work and network. Bartram (1699-1777), a Pennsylvanian-born Quaker farmer and naturalist, developed a transatlantic botanical subscription service. An exemplar of the broader shift from traditional …
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THE EDUCATION OF AN ARTIST: THE AMERICAN YEARS OF JOHN SINGLETON COPLEY, 1738-1774
<p>The American years of John Singleton Copley have been all but ignored by earlier biographers. Rather, Copley's paintings have received the bulk of historical and critical attention. This study examines the artist's life and work within the context of his Colonial education. Education remains …
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Bumpkin rising: the development of American identity through the country bumpkin character in American manners plays
… character type is analyzed as a reflection of American identity. In the English tradition, the country bumpkin is often the object of ridicule because of his ignorance and buffoonish mistakes, but in America this type morphs into a freedom loving character imbued with common sense, a strong …
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The relationship between the "Great Awakening" and the transition from psalmody to hymnody in the New England colonies
… which occurred in the mid-eighteenth century in colonial America, chapters on the Reformed Church and the beginning and spread of psalmody, the New England colonies to 1700, and the beginning of English hymnody are included.Conclusions1. The primary conclusion of this study is that the Great …
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Being Black: A study of Black panethnicity in the United States
… United States—the oldest form of panethnicity in America. This study traces the origins of black panethnicity to black arrival and slavery in colonial America, follows its evolvement in historical periods, and analyzes its current status. Comparative-historical methods were used to assess the …
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Secondhand Chinoiserie and the Confucian Revolutionary: Colonial America's Decorative Arts "After the Chinese Taste"
… decorative arts, upon an eighteenth century colonial American audience. Chinese products such as tea, porcelain, and silk, and goods such as furniture and wallpaper displaying Chinese motifs of distant exotic lands, had become popular commodities in Europe by the eighteenth century. The …
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The English in America: National Identity and the Transatlantic Book Trade, 1620--1688
… the traditional division between English and American literatures by illuminating the ways the transatlantic book trade accelerated the production of fantasies of Englishness in the early modern era. Literary scholarship has tended to divide English and American literature too sharply at this …
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