Book review : The Enchanted Years of the Stage : Kansas City at the crossroads of American theater 1870-1930
(2007)
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Porter, J. (2007). Book review : The Enchanted Years of the Stage : Kansas City at the crossroads of American theater 1870-1930. Journal of the West, 46(4), 96 - 96
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White savage: William Johnson and the invention of America (2007)
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Porter, J. (2007). White savage: William Johnson and the invention of America. Journal of American Studies, 41(2), 489 - 490. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875807003763
Dangers to going it alone: Social capital and the origins of community resilience in the Philippines (2007)
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Bankoff, G. (2007). Dangers to going it alone: Social capital and the origins of community resilience in the Philippines. Continuity and Change, 22(2), 327-355. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0268416007006315Robert Putnam's influential article 'Bowling alone: America's declining social capital' puts forward a number of possible factors to explain the decline of civil society in the USA. Many of these same forces are also at work in America's erstwhile co... Read More about Dangers to going it alone: Social capital and the origins of community resilience in the Philippines.
'To marry an Indian': The marriage of Harriet Gold and Elias Boudinot in letters, 1823-1839 (2007)
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Porter, J. (2007). 'To marry an Indian': The marriage of Harriet Gold and Elias Boudinot in letters, 1823-1839. Journal of American Studies, 41(1), 208 - 209. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875806383454
Europe Through Indian Eyes: Indian Soldiers Encounter England and France, 1914-1918 (2007)
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Omissi, D. (2007). Europe Through Indian Eyes: Indian Soldiers Encounter England and France, 1914-1918. English Historical Review, 122(496), 371-396. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/cem004
No place to call home: The 1807-1857 life writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, chronicler of outlying Mormon communities (2006)
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Porter, J. (2006). No place to call home: The 1807-1857 life writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, chronicler of outlying Mormon communities. Journal of the West, 45(1), 90The article reviews the book "No Place to Call Home: The 1807-1857 Life Writings of Caroline Barnes Crosby, Chronicler of Outlying Mormon Communities," edited by Edward Leo Lyman, Susan Ward Payne and S. George Ellsworth.
Book Review : The Scotch-Irish: from the North of Ireland to the making of America (2006)
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Porter, J. (2006). Book Review : The Scotch-Irish: from the North of Ireland to the making of America. Journal of the West, 45(2), 84 - 84
Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot (2006)
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Harper, M., & Evans, N. J. (2006). Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot. Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, 34(4), 529-552. https://doi.org/10.1080/03086530600991456During the 1920s emigration from Scotland exceeded the natural growth of population. Yet relatively little attention has been paid to the mechanisms of relocation, the regional and occupational origins and destinations of the emigrants or their demog... Read More about Socio-economic dislocation and inter-war emigration to Canada and the United States: A Scottish snapshot.
Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila (2006)
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Bankoff, G. (2006). Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila. Medieval History Journal, 10(1-2), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1177/097194580701000215Manila, was one of the grandest early modern European cities in Asia, yet it was destroyed by fire and earthquake on numerous occasions. Over successive reconstructions, it evolved a style of architecture and urban planning that reconciled alien noti... Read More about Fire and quake in the construction of Old Manila.
The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004 (2006)
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Baker, C. (2006). The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004. Ethnopolitics, 5(3), 275-293. https://doi.org/10.1080/17449050600911075This paper examines transnational relations between the Yugoslav successor states from the point of view of popular music, and demonstrates how transnational musical figures (such as Djordje Balasevic, Momcilo Bajagic-Bajaga and Ceca Raznatovic) are... Read More about The politics of performance : transnationalism and its limits in former Yugoslav popular music, 1999-2004.
Making nature sacred: Literature, religion, and the environment in America from the Puritans to the present. (2006)
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Porter, J. (2006). Making nature sacred: Literature, religion, and the environment in America from the Puritans to the present. Journal of American Studies, 40(2), 431 - 432. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021875806401808
Learning to write "Indian": The boarding-school experience and American Indian literature (2006)
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Porter, J. (2006). Learning to write "Indian": The boarding-school experience and American Indian literature. Journal of the West, 45(3), 118 - 118
Winds of colonisation: The meteorological contours of Spain's imperium in the Pacific 1521-1898 (2006)
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Bankoff, G. (2006). Winds of colonisation: The meteorological contours of Spain's imperium in the Pacific 1521-1898. Environment and History, 12(1), 65-88. https://doi.org/10.3197/096734006776026827This paper examines the relationship between prevailing weather systems and colonialism in the context of Spanish possessions in the Pacific from Magellan till the end of the nineteenth century. It argues that any historical appreciation of Hispanic... Read More about Winds of colonisation: The meteorological contours of Spain's imperium in the Pacific 1521-1898.
Book review : Indian views of the Custer fight: a source book (2005)
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Porter, J. (2005). Book review : Indian views of the Custer fight: a source book. Journal of the West, 44(2), 107 - 107
Book review : Individuality incorporated: Indians and the multicultural modern. (2005)
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Porter, J. (2005). Book review : Individuality incorporated: Indians and the multicultural modern. Journal of American history, 92(2), 651 - 652. https://doi.org/10.2307/3659366
Book review: Finding Sand Creek: History, archeology, and the 1864 massacre site (2005)
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Porter, J. (2005). Book review: Finding Sand Creek: History, archeology, and the 1864 massacre site. Journal of the West, 44(2), 107 - 108
Ancient roads and GPS survey: modelling the Amarna Plain (2004)
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Fenwick, H. (2004). Ancient roads and GPS survey: modelling the Amarna Plain. Antiquity, 78(302), 880-885. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0003598X00113511Remote mapping is painting in the context and filling the gaps of some of the best known archaeological places. Here Helen Fenwick shows what can be done to understand the 'blank' part of the great site at Tell el-Amarna using a differential GPS.
Political Culture and the Origins of a Party System in the Southern Ohio Valley: The Case of Early National Tennessee, 1796-1812 (2004)
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Ray, K. (2004). Political Culture and the Origins of a Party System in the Southern Ohio Valley: The Case of Early National Tennessee, 1796-1812. Ohio Valley History, 4(4), 3-26
The Port Jews of Libau, 1880–1914 (2004)
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Evans, N. J. (2004). The Port Jews of Libau, 1880–1914. Jewish Culture and History, 7(1-2), 197-214. https://doi.org/10.1080/1462169x.2004.10512018
The fall and rise of Anzac Day: 1965 and 1990 compared (2002)
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Macleod, J. (2002). The fall and rise of Anzac Day: 1965 and 1990 compared. War and Society, 20(1), 149--168