bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Mapping Flood-Prone Areas Using GIS Through as Geo-Artificial Intelligence (Geo-Ai) Approach in Bengkulu City
Authors: Apriana Agnes , Al Ansory Andre Rahmat , Agustina Tari , Amalia Isra , Refrizon Refrizon
Published: May 2024

Bengkulu City is an area prone to flooding due to its proximity to the river estuary. Flooding in Bengkulu City usually occurs during the rainy season, when high rainfall and overflowing rivers can cause inundation in several areas around the city. This research aims to identify flood-prone areas in Bengkulu City through a Geographic Artificial Intelligence (Geo-AI) approach. Geo-AI is an artificial intelligent machine with geospatial data, including satellite images and weather data, whose data analysis is more accurate and efficient in identifying flood-prone areas. Geographic Information System (GIS) can present objects of flood-prone areas from the real world in digital form. Through Google Earth Engine (GEE), satellite imagery data and other geospatial data are processed and analyzed using artificial intelligence algorithms to identify flood patterns and frequently flooded areas. The final result of this research is a map of flood-prone areas in Bengkulu City. On the map, it can be concluded that the red-colored areas including Rawa Makmur, Tanjung Agung, Bentiring, Kebun Tebeng, Penurunan, Sukarami, Pekan Sabtu, and Air Sebakul are areas that are often flooded so that these areas can be confirmed as flood-prone.
Напрями гармонізації економічних інтересів агарних підприємств та держави в контексті модернізації інститутів розвитку сільського господарства
Authors: Бобро Н.С.
Published: May 2024

В статті розглянуто напрями гармонізації економічних інтересів аграрних підприємств та держави в контекст модернізації інститутів розвитку сільського господарства. З метою реалізації принципу інституціональної системності обгрунтовано фактори модернізації розвитку сільського господарства за допомогою поєднання інноваційних ресурсів виробників і управлінських структур різного рівня в межах прийнятого комплексу встановлених заходів на засадах програмно-цільового підходу з розробкою і реалізацією загальнодержавних, регіональних, галузевих і підгалузевих цільових програм. Для взаємоузгодження стратегічних напрямів гармонізації економічних інтересів аграрних підприємств та держави визначено стимулятори процесу нарощування економічного потенціалу суб’єктів господарювання, підвищення ефективності його використання на інноваційній основі та конкурентоспроможності, а також якісних параметрах змін економіки і доцільності реалізації стратегії в перспективі. Обгрунтовано, що модернізація інститутів розвитку сільського господарства на регіональному рівні потребує консолідації спільних зусиль влади та безпосередньо аграрних товаровиробників. Реалізацію основних стратегічних сценаріїв розвитку аграрного регіонального комплексу і координації взаємодій суб’єктів модернізаційного процесу запропоновано покладати на сформовані інституційні центри розвитку, які функціонуватимуть у формі координаційної ради з паритетом участі в ньому представників агробізнесу, держави. Інституційні центри розвитку виступають ядром структури за кластерним типом і забезпечують формування і реалізацію економічного потенціалу для всіх аграрно-виробничих структур, готових і зацікавлених у взаємодії та концентрують свою діяльність на стимулюванні господарської діяльності товаровиробників; розширенні споживачів агроінновацій й розвитку інноваційної інфраструктури. Відповідно до прийнятої регіональної стратегії при розробці цільових програм запропоновано деталізувати в них пріоритетні складові розвитку, враховуючи концентрацію ресурсів у базових «точках зростання» в межах загальнонаціональних та найбільш важливих інноваційних проектів з їх відповідним фінансовим забезпеченням за кошти державного і регіонального бюджетів.
Методичні підходи до оцінювання ефективності напрямів державної підтримки аграрних підприємств у межах державного регулювання їх діяльності
Authors: Гривківська О.В. , Бобро Н.С.
Published: May 2024

У статті розкрито форми державного регулювання діяльності аграрних підприємств, зокрема: протекціоністську, що полягає у забезпеченні протекціонізму на товари вітчизняного виробництва; ринкову, що має місце у випадках, коли ринок, як саморегулівна система, дає збої та потребує втручання з боку держави, яке ґрунтується на підтриманні попиту та пропозиції і орієнтоване на забезпечення реалізації усього обсягу виробленої продукції аграрних підприємств; програмну, що в сучасних умовах знаходить свій прояв у здійсненні заходів підтримки розвитку агарних підприємств. Охарактеризовано методи державного регулювання розвитку аграрних підприємств: прямі (адміністративні, що представляють собою сукупність розпоряджень держави, обов’язкових до виконання суб’єктами економічної діяльності) та непрямі (економічні, такі, що здійснюють вплив на реалізацію економічних інтересів суб’єктів господарювання стимулюючого або пригнічуючого характеру). Розкрито сучасну практику державної підтримки розвитку аграрних підприємств, як одного з вагових механізмів їх державного регулювання у розрізі напрямів підтримки. Детально представлено нормативно-правову базу надання державної підтримки та найбільші з 36-и банків, що підписали з Міністерством розвитку економіки, торгівлі та сільського господарства України Меморандум з питань реалізації положень державної підтримки сільськогосподарських товаровиробників. Запропоновано науково-методичний підхід щодо оцінювання ефективності напрямів державної підтримки для аграрних підприємств, спеціалізацією яких є як рослинництва, так і тваринництво, та для аграрних підприємств зі спеціалізацією – рослинництво та проаналізовано отримані результати розрахунків.
КАДРОВА БЕЗПЕКА ПІДПРИЄМСТВА: ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ЗАСАДИ ЗАБЕЗПЕЧЕННЯ
Authors: Вітик Б.М.
Published: May 2024

Теоретичні основи забезпечення економічної безпеки підприємства потребують постійного переосмислення у відповідності до фактичних умов здійснення господарської діяльності. Останні кілька років відзначилися зростанням суттєвості впливу тих загроз, які функціонально пов’язані із кадровою безпекою. Трудові міграція та демографічна криза через перевищення рівня смертності над народжуваністю спровокували дефіцит кваліфікованих кадрів. Військові дії загострили проблеми формування кадрового складу кожного українського підприємства. Існуючі раніше підходи в забезпеченні кадрової безпеки в більшості передбачали захист підприємства від злочинних дій персоналу. Поточні умови вимагають першочергового перегляду теоретичних засад, де пріоритетними повинні стати: моніторинг ринку праці, формування кадрового резерву, створення умов для продуктивної й ініціативної роботи, покращення лояльності працівників тощо. В межах проведеного дослідження критично розглянуто існуючі підходи та запропоновано власний варіант трактування поняття «кадрова безпека підприємства», що повинно послужити основою для подальших наукових розвідок.
ПРИНЦИПИ СТРАТЕГІЧНОГО ПЛАНУВАННЯ РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІЙ
Authors: Есманов О.М. , Штика Ю.М. , Линник М.А.
Published: May 2024

Стратегічне планування розвитку територій фактично визначає напрями і параметри довгострокового розвитку територій, їхньої економіки, екології, культури, соціальної сфери тощо і його помилки можуть не тільки означати теоретичні прорахунки, крах цієї функції управління, а й уповільнення регіонального розвитку, відставання від конкурентів у тих сферах, де потенційно міг бути досягнутий успіх тощо. Актуальність теми дослідження обґрунтовується необхідністю удосконалення методичного інструментарію процесів стратегічного управління територіальним розвитком, від якості якого залежить досягнення довготермінових цілей розвитку територій, його успішність. Метою статті є визначення та систематизація принципів стратегічного планування розвитку територій. Об’єктом дослідження є принципи стратегічного планування розвитку територій. Предметом дослідження є процеси стратегічного планування розвитку територій. Методи дослідження: порівняльний та логічний аналіз, узагальнення, систематизація. У статті проаналізовано принципи стратегічного планування розвитку територій, які виокремлюють українські вчені, та запропоновано поділяти їх на дві групи («Загальні» і «Специфічні»). До загальних запропоновано відносити принципи, які застосовують до будь-якого виду і рівня стратегічного планування (комплексності, прозорості, ефективності тощо). До специфічних віднесено принципи, які забезпечують реалізацію ініціатив з місцевого економічного розвитку та урахування його особливостей (місцевого лідерства, партнерства, залучення громади тощо). Це дозволяє поглибити розуміння сутності різних за змістом принципів та вдосконалювати процес стратегічного планування, відповідно до кожного з управлінських рівнів. У подальшому результати даного дослідження можуть бути покладені в основу розроблення/удосконалення механізму управління територіальним розвитком.
ТОВАРНІ ЗАПАСИ ЯК ОБ'ЄКТ ОБЛІКУ ТА УПРАВЛІННЯ: НАУКОВО-ПРАКТИЧНИЙ ПІДХІД
Authors: Степаненко О.І.
Published: May 2024

Товарні запаси є складовою активів підприємств оптової та роздрібної торгівлі. Їх основна властивість – належність до оборотного капіталу, здатність швидкого перетворення на грошові кошти. В статті проведено аналіз дисертацій в яких вивчалась товарні запаси як похідна категорій "товари" та "запаси". З метою виділення ознак, які розкривають економічну природу товарних запасів, досліджено їх інтерпретацію, підходи до розуміння їх сутності. Проаналізовано погляди українських науковців до побудови класифікації товарних запасів, їх групування для потреб бухгалтерського обліку та управління. Обґрунтовано доцільність їх використання в обліковій практиці торговельних підприємств. Виділено роль товарних запасів в сферах господарської діяльності підприємств торгівлі: економічній, маркетинговій, логістичній, обліковій, майновій. За результатами проведеного дослідження деталізовано обліково-економічні ознаки товарних запасів. Виділено етапи формування інформаційних потоків про наявність і рух товарів в системі обліку і звітності підприємства.
ВПЛИВ ЛОГІСТИЧНИХ ПРОЦЕСІВ НА ЕКОНОМІЧНУ БЕЗПЕКУ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЇ
Authors: Бикова А.Л. , Єфіменко І.В.
Published: May 2024

Логістика є критичним елементом сучасного бізнесу, оскільки вона безпосередньо впливає на ефективність та конкурентоспроможність організацій. Проблема впливу логістичних процесів на економічну безпеку організацій виникає в контексті постійних змін у глобальному середовищі, що вимагає розуміння та оптимізації цих процесів для забезпечення стійкості та успішності бізнесу. Метою дослідження є аналіз впливу логістичних процесів на економічну безпеку організацій. Об’єктом дослідження є логістичні системи підприємств, а предметом – їх взаємозв'язок з економічною безпекою. Методологічну базу дослідження складають аналітичні та емпіричні методи, включаючи аналіз наукової літератури, статистичні дані, а також експертні опитування. У дослідженні використано аналіз наукової літератури з питань логістики та економічної безпеки для з'ясування теоретичних основ та практичних аспектів взаємозв'язку між ними. Додатково проведені емпіричні дослідження у формі опитувань серед практикуючих логістів та керівників підприємств для отримання практичних висновків та рекомендацій. Проаналізовано вплив сукупності факторів та причинно-наслідкові зв’язки логістичних процесів на економічну безпеку організацій, визначено ключові чинники, що впливають на цей процес та розглянуті можливі шляхи оптимізації. На основі дослідження зроблено висновок, що ефективне управління логістичними процесами може значно підвищити економічну безпеку організацій. Рекомендується впровадження стратегій оптимізації, таких як використання інформаційних технологій, стратегічне партнерство та постійне вдосконалення процесів, для забезпечення стабільності та успішності бізнесу.
Sistem Generate Surat Berbasis Website Pada Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Sebelas Maret
Authors: Aan Triadi  , Nurajijah
Published: May 2024

Semakin bertambahnya jumlah mahasiswa, maka pelayanan dalam hal akademik di universitas juga dituntut lebih baik. Saat ini di Fakultas Pertanian Universitas Sebelas Maret masih membuat surat Surat Keterangan Aktif Kuliah, Surat Keterangan Bebas Tanggungan Beasiswa, dan Surat Rekomendasi dengan cara membuat satu persatu jika ada permohonan dari mahasiswa yang bersangkutan. Prosesnya pun terbilang lama yaitu 1 sampai dengan 3 hari kerja. Oleh karena itu, dibutuhkan sebuah sistem yang dapat digunakan oleh mahasiswa untuk mengajukan surat keterangan yang dibutuhkan secara online. Hal ini diharapkan dapat menambah efektifitas kegiatan pengajuan, validasi, hingga cetak surat yang dibutuhkan oleh mahasiswa. Dengan adanya sistem tersebut diharapkan dapat mempercepat dan mempermudah proses surat yang dibutuhkan mahasiswa.
Monitoring the photographic process, degradation and restoration of 21st century Daguerreotypes by wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry, X-ray fluorescence spectrometry
Authors: Da Silva Eric , Robinson Mike , Evans Christopher , Pejović-Milić Ana , Heyd Darrick V
Published: May 2024

This study applied wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry (WDXRF), with its high spectral resolution, to monitor the photographic process, tarnishing and restoration of pristine Daguerreotypes made in the traditional 19th century fashion. The elemental changes upon restoration via thiourea treatment, were evaluated and compared to a method based on bulk electrolysis. The WDXRF system was found to successfully resolve all lines of interest including in the mercury-bromine-gold region. Sulfur, one of the main components of tarnish, was removed efficiently from the surface of the Daguerreotype when restored by electro-cleaning. Restoration by thiourea immersion removed sulfur from the surface of the Daguerreotype to a point at which the residual sulfur was equivalent in content to the residue left after gilding (i.e. from thiosulfate). Thiourea treatment was found to remove a significant amount of gold from the surface of the Daguerreotype, which may explain the sometimes observed dullness imparted to the Daguerreotype after restoration with thiourea. Also, Daguerrian measles were found to accumulate on thiourea treated plates versus those cleaned by electro-cleaning which ultimately negatively imparts further artefacts to the image after restoration.
Global review of shorebird tracking publications: Gaps and priorities for research and conservation
Authors: Michel Grégoire , Nightingale Josh , Beal Martin , Bernard Alice , Dias Maria , Alves José
Published: May 2024

Electronic tracking has enabled rapid advances in knowledge of the movement behaviour and habitat use of shorebirds (Charadriiformes), and is thus making a growing contribution to their conservation. However, developing a useful coherent global strategy for tracking these taxa requires an overview of the current availability of data and how it varies along regional and ecological lines. To this end we undertook a comprehensive review of published shorebird tracking studies. We reviewed 353 scientific publications covering 73 species from five shorebird families. Over half of species, and half of families, lacked any tracking publication. Migratory species were more likely to be tracked, as were those of intermediate body size. Data availability was considerably higher in temperate regions and in migratory routes that include wealthy countries, and very few tags were deployed in the Global South. In total, only 27.2% of publications reported that the data is archived in a repository, though this figure is increasing. We highlight species and regions whose conservation needs and lack of available data make them relevant priorities for future tracking research. Given the increasing impact and potential of re-using tracking data stored in online repositories to inform conservation, we emphasise the need to improve both the co-ordination amongst shorebird trackers to deploy tags strategically, as well as the urgency of archiving tracking data and making it widely available to researchers and conservationists.
MECHANISTIC MODEL OF VEGETATION STRUCTURE AND ANIMAL COMMUNITY INTERACTIONS-INTEGRATING GEDI & TLS DATA IN THE MADINGLEY MODEL
Authors: Gaillard Camille , Doughty Christopher , Abraham Andrew , Harfoot Michael , Goetz Scott , Santini Luca , Shenkin Alexander , Jackson Toby , Jantz Patrick , Burns Patrick
Published: May 2024

Background Vegetation structure is increasingly recognized as a key variable to explain ecosystems states and dynamics. New Remote Sensing tools are available to complement labor intensive field investigations and consider the global biogeography of this parameter. Objectives We propose to model the processes explaining the interaction between vegetation structure and animal community assembly globally, while requiring minimal computing power, based on the most fundamentals assumptions. Methods We integrate spaceborne (GEDI: Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation) and ground based (TLS: Terrestrial Laser Scanning) Lidar data in the Madingley general ecosystem model. We compare the outcome of this integration to previous version and to the TetraDensity estimate of animal biomass and Elton traits database for arboreality. Results Animal biomass density simulated by Madingley is closer to global estimates when integrating vegetation structure. The strength of this effect increases with higher cohort body mass and varies with local environmental conditions and stochastic processes. Simulated proportion of arboreality across cohorts is consistently higher than observations. This is consistent with the divergence of biases between model and database. Conclusions Our results concur with our hypotheses about the role of vegetation structure on animal community assembly, as it reduces total animal biomass abundance. However, assessing the accuracy of its relative weight is challenging. While we have global products about arboreality and animal biomass density, they represent modern day ecosystem state, including anthropogenic activity, while Madingley simulates potential ecosystem optimum. Therefore, we call for further research in this field and for challenging modelling attempts to compare with.
Exploring Investment Optimization and “Greenwashing” from ESG Disclosure: A Dual Examination of Investor Perception
Authors: Deng Pan , Zhang Yuqi , Yu Qi
Published: May 2024

This study investigates the intricate correlation between environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information and the financial performance of companies, with a focus on the fundamental nature of ESG and its influence on the choices made by investors. This study examines available literature and data analysis to uncover how disclosing ESG information impacts investment optimization. Additionally, it clarifies the relationship between greenwashing and the advancement of green financial products. The study employs the XGBoost ensemble learning method, using non-financial features of ESG combined with financial features to construct a prediction model, achieving a prediction accuracy rate of 71.26%. Furthermore, applying this model aims to further utilize it in stock selection and constructing a stock pool. By analyzing the financial performance of companies predicted by the model, we will select potential high-performance stocks to build an investment portfolio. Then, we use the Markowitz portfolio theory to optimize the weight combination of stocks in the pool to maximize expected returns and minimize risk. After backtesting the investment portfolio using the closing prices in 2021, its annualized return was a positive 5.76%, significantly higher than the benchmark portfolio. Additionally, this study provides theoretical references and practical guidance for insight and addressing the potential large-scale greenwashing behavior under the trend of increasing ESG information disclosure in the future.
SYMBOLISM AND ITS ARTISTIC AND SEMANTIC DIMENSIONSIN THE NOBLE QURAN: A CASE STUDY OF STORY OF PROPHET YUSUF
Authors: Oniyide Daud A.
Published: May 2024

Among the literary devices that aid works of art to convey specific meanings and hook the attention of reader is symbolism. This is when a word or an image or character represents a complex idea, feeling and thought that is beyond the literal meaning; either in poetry, novel, story, picture and sculpture.  Al-Quran being masterpiece of Arabic language and literature, contains stories that are characterized of various techniques, including symbolism. It is, therefore, the interest of this paper to examine the use of this technique and its dimensional meaning in the story of Prophet Yusuf. The paper employs a qualitative research approach which is descriptive and interpretive to respond to the emerging questions such as; what is symbolism? What is the features and factors behind its usage? To what extent does the story of Yusuf contain symbolism and meanings. Findings reveal among other things, that featuring of symbolism in the story of the Prophet Yusuf would enable one to appreciate the unique literary form of the al-Qur’an. The paper concludes that knowledge of literary tools enhances deep understanding of the Quranic text that leads to the proper understand Islam.
Análisis de las características sociodemográficas y factores académicos que inciden en el logro de la eficiencia terminal del TECNM/ITSLP
Authors: Rosales Escobar María Leonor , Navarrete Sánchez María Eugenia , Garcés Rodríguez Ángela Rebeca
Published: May 2024

La presente investigación tiene como objetivo analizar las características sociodemográficas y los factores académicos que resultan significativos para lograr la eficiencia terminal en el TecNM/ITSLP. El estudio es descriptivo, con un enfoque cuantitativo. Se estudiaron tres cohortes con datos obtenidos del Sistema Integral de Información. Se aplicó el test de Chi cuadrado para el análisis de independencia de las variables de estudio, con a = 0.05. Para determinar las características y factores significativos que inciden en el logro de la eficiencia terminal se empleó el análisis de regresión logística binaria multivariada, con 13 grados de libertad y a = 0.05; los resultados muestran que el sexo, la edad, el nivel educativo del padre, el promedio aritmético en el 1er año de carrera y el nombre de materias reprobadas son altamente significativos para lograr la eficiencia terminal. Para complementar este estudio se aplicó una encuesta a estudiantes del 7° al 12° semestre, de donde se obtuvo que los impedimentos que tienen para titularse al terminar su carrera, por orden de importancia, son: la certificación del segundo idioma (inglés), la asignación del proyecto de titulación y la constancia de servicio social, entre otros.
Waldron, The End Of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917
Authors: Whisenhunt William
Published: May 2024

The End of Imperial Russia, 1855-1917, which is part of St. Martin's European History in Perspective series, analyzes the decades leading to the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. Peter Waldron focuses his attention on one of the most important and controversial eras in Russian history. Most historians of Russia agree that the changes and turmoil of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries set the stage for the events of 1917 and afterwards. In this work, Waldron divides his era into five major themes.
First, the Russian autocracy, often seen as one and the same with the state in Imperial Russia, initiates reform and counterreform. The author clearly shows that the nobility was not united, especially during the reign of Nicholas II (1894-1917). Some of the nobility supported reform, while others vehemently opposed it. Waldron emphasizes the reign of Nicholas II, while leaving the reform efforts of Alexander II (1855-1881) and the counterreform initiatives of Alexander III (1881-1894) relatively unexplored. A fuller explanation of the Great Reform era (1860s) and the Counterreform era (1880s) would have provided the reader with a better understanding when analyzing the end of the Romanov monarchy.
Young, Britian And The World In The Twentieth Century
Authors: Romer K. Gird
Published: May 2024

Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century is a fine book. It is well written, well organized, and very informative. The work is part of a series titled "International Relations and the Great Powers," a series that includes Japan and the World since 1868, with titles such as France and the World in the Twentieth Century, and The United States and the World in the Twentieth Century forthcoming.
The author of Britain and the World in the Twentieth Century, John W. Young, Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester, also wrote Britain and European Unity, 1945-92, Winston Churchill's Last Campaign, and Cold War Europe. Professor Young has a firm grasp of the material and the ability to present it clearly. The author does presuppose a slight knowledge of twentieth-century English and European history on the part of the reader, but a detailed knowledge is not necessary.
Daniels, Puritans At Play - Leisure And Recreation In Colonial New England
Authors: Mulligan William
Published: May 2024

Puritans at Play will be welcome by those looking for a supplementary reading to break down the stereotypical view of the gloomy, repressed Puritans and help students see them as real people. In Puritans at Play Bruce Daniels of the University of Winnipeg develops a neglected aspect of colonial New England society-how people spent their leisure time and what they did for fun. The first section of the book poses the question directly-"Did Puritans Like Fun?" Daniels's answer is a well developed and finely nuanced yes. He begins by reviewing the literature of "modem" Puritan studies with the seminal works that began the reevaluation of Puritanism and Puritan life, Samuel Eliot Morison's Builders of the Bay Colony (1930) and Perry Miller's The New England Mind in the Seventeenth Century (1939). The limited degree to which the more balanced image of the Puritans Morison and Miller presented has replaced the joyless, prudish Puritans of earlier scholars and Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter in the popular imagination is testimony to the powerful appeal the image has.
Homel, Unlocking City Hall - Exploring The History Of Local Government And Politics
Authors: Janick Herbert
Published: May 2024

About the time I received this book for review, I received a note from a graduating history major who had written her senior thesis on the short life (1978- 2000) of a local grassroots organization, the Danbury Preservation Trust. The purpose of the student's letter was to thank me for suggesting the topic because her research on the efforts to save "the old, dusty buildings" that provided the physical backdrop to her life had made the study of history exciting and meaningful. This young historian without realizing it strongly endorsed the rationale for the Exploring Community History series of which this slim volume is the third and most recent publication.
Marks, The Illusion Of Peace - International Relations In Europe, 1918-1933
Authors: Howell Michael
Published: May 2024

Sally Marks's new edition of The Illusion of Peace: International Relations in Europe, 1918-1933 is a fine book in a strong series, The Making of the Twentieth Century. This series bravely promises "sufficient narrative and explanation for the newcomer to the subject while offering, for more advanced study, detailed source references and bibliographies, together with interpretation and reassessment in the light of recent scholarship." Marks, well known in the field, comes as close to reaching that goal as anyone is likely to do in so few pages.
Zieger, America's Great War - World War I And The American Experience
Authors: Bourque Stephen
Published: May 2024

It is difficult to capture the complex nature of a large-scale conflict, such as World War I, in the classroom. Sophisticated instruction requires an examination of the conflict's battles, leaders, and weapons, but issues of nationalism, commerce, manufacturing, and labor are important as well. Students in the best classes investigate some of the more troubling elements of the conflict, including its true purpose, race relations, and political manipulation.
Harth, Ed., Last Witness - Reflections On Th Wartime Internment Of Japanese American
Authors: Sims Robert
Published: May 2024

Immediately after September 11, 2001, many compared that event with Pearl Harbor and its aftermath, when all persons of Japanese ancestry living on the West Coast of the United States were imprisoned. Did national security require such action and, is it necessary, in the current situation, to take similar measures against persons with connections to a perceived enemy? A recent publication argues that the imprisonment of Japanese Americans in 1942 was justified and that similar measures should be taken today in defense of the country. (See Michelle Malkin, in Defense of Internment: The Case/or "Racial Profiling" in World War JI and the War on Terror, 2004.)
Des Jardins, Women And The Historical Enterprise In America - Gender, Race, And The Politics Of Memory, 1800-1945
Authors: Baker Carrie
Published: May 2024

Julie Des Jardins' text is a rich resource for a range of courses, including historiography, women's history, African-American history, and social and cultural history courses. Des Jardins, an Assistant Professor of History at City University of New York, Baruch College, has written an excellent account of how history has been told in the United States, paying special attention to the "politics of memory"- how the social location of those telling history has shaped their results. Between the late nineteenth century and World War II, the growing professionalization of the study of history within academic institutions resulted in the privileging of political, economic, and military history written by men and based upon a "scientific" inquiry into official legal and governmental documents.
Moore, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois, And The Struggle For Racial Uplift
Authors: Schulkin Carl
Published: May 2024

Jacqueline Moore has succeeded admirably in achieving the stated objectives of her new history of the struggle for racial uplift in the United States at the turn of the twentieth century. She has produced a book that can be readily understood and enjoyed by "readers with little or no background on the subject." She has provided high school and college students and instructors at both levels with a detailed explanation of the Washington-Du Bois conflict, a topic "that most textbooks only briefly outline."
Rees & Pollock, Eds., The Voice Of The People - Primary Sources On The History Of American Labor, Industrial Relations, And Working Class Culture
Authors: Wilson Gregory
Published: May 2024

The goal of The Voice of the People is to present primary sources and critical thinking questions on workers, industrial relations, and working class life in British North America and the United States from 1620 to the present. Covering this large span and employing a thematic approach, labor historians Jonathan Rees and Jonathan Pollack have selected a number of interesting and useful sources. However, these choices also leave serious gaps, at times create a lack of focus, and weaken its potential appeal for U.S. history instructors.
To Illuminate History
Authors: Blackey Robert
Published: May 2024

Teaching can be improved dramatically if we use images creatively and in a way that was not possible until recently. As a student, I was fortunate to be in the classrooms of several extraordinary teachers who inspired with their words, stories, and insights, but I had to use my imagination to supply the visual content inherent in what they said, much as I did when reading. This was not a bad thing; I eventually wondered, however, whether it was something to build upon, not be satisfied with. At the start of my teaching career, several decades ago, I launched a collection or history related cartoons to circulate in class- for both their perspective and the light touch they provided-and, almost immediately thereafter, I began to include occasional pictures from books and other sources. I also made use of art slides and others from my travels to historic places. But passing materials among students sometimes distracted as much as enlightened, and by the time everyone had a chance to examine a given image, the class was usually onto another topic. And using slides served-and sometimes still serves-a purpose, but mostly as separate and distinct presentations. In contrast, transparencies and PowerPoint give teachers greater flexibility. 1 What I want to suggest here, however, might very well be perceived as a more imaginative and educational way to employ these images or what can be called "Illuminated Teaching, Learning, and Understanding."
Simulations, Sources, And The History Survey Course
Authors: McKenzie Brian
Published: May 2024

How will the digital age change the nature of teaching and learning history?1 This is one of the most important questions facing historians today. In 1998 the American Historical Association (AHA) received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to begin addressing this question. The project has focused on the teaching of survey courses in two-year and four-year institutions.2 The results thus far, posted at the AHA's website and described by the leader of one of topic clusters (they exist for the History of Americas and World History), are an impressive collection of syllabi and digitized sources that address a number of topics. The projects are notable for two additional reasons as well.3 First, rather than use source material already on the Internet, many units rely on sources digitized by the faculty. Increasing digital literacy and understanding the process for digitizing sources is important, but this approach might not be the best use of time or resources to address issues of teaching and learning. Primary and secondary source material for just about any topic or period now can be retrieved from the Internet.4 Furthermore, primary sources exist in a variety of media: speeches, video clips, songs, photographs, paintings, and text documents. Secondly, by focusing on the use of technology, the AHA's project demonstrates that no necessary link exists between digitizing sources and developing innovative pedagogy that encourages active learning and historical thinking. The purpose of this article is to recommend classroom strategies and activities for the survey course that use digital resources and promote active learning.
Shepherding The Space Program
Authors: Rulli Daniel
Published: May 2024

On May 5, 1961, President John F. Kennedy, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, McGeorge Bundy, Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson, Arthur Schlesinger, Admiral Arleigh Burke, and Jackie Kennedy watched the television broadcast of Alan B. Shepard's flight into space from the office of the President's secretary. Shepard was launched on a suborbital flight that carried him to an altitude of 116.5 miles, for 15 minutes, at 5,134 miles per hour, pulling 11 g, to a landing point 303 miles downrange in the Atlantic Ocean.
Johnson, British Imperialism
Authors: Voeltz Richard
Published: May 2024

This handy book, as the series title indicates, "aims to explain some of the histories and controversies about British Imperialism. It offers an introduction, critical analysis, and overview of the debates that surround the British Empire from its origins to the return of Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997 ." The author is also aware of the debate between those who claim to be "Imperial Historians" and those who see themselves as post-colonial theorists and subaltern scholars. Frequent references are made to the recently published, monumental Oxford History of the British Empire but not to the Companion Series.
Southern, The Progressive Era And Race - Reaction And Reform, 1900-1917
Authors: Peters Ralph
Published: May 2024

In The Progressive Era and Race: Reaction and Reform, David W. Southern makes an impressive and solid contribution to the study of U.S. race relations from Reconstruction through the First World War. His book, part of the American History Series, presents a broad, multi-layered textual analysis that follows thematic and chronological lines of organization.
Chaffin, Sea Of Gray - The Around-The-World Odyssey Of The Confederate Raider Shenandoah
Authors: Gudmestad Robert
Published: May 2024

On October 8, 1864, the Sea King slipped down the Thames River and sailed into the Atlantic Ocean. The ship arrived at the island of Las Desertas, where it took on supplies. It also revealed its true name, the CSS Shenandoah. A Confederate commerce raider in the style of the CSS Alabama and Florida, the mysterious ship had orders to attack Yankee whaling ships in the Bering Sea.
Teaching The Middle East
Authors: Ardia Holly
Published: May 2024

"The Perspectives Method" was developed and taught successfully as a semester long history elective for upper-level students at Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School in Michigan, but it could easily be adapted as a unit in a Global Studies or Modern History course at both the secondary and college levels. Despite the challenges, which we will address here, it is imperative that history departments in American secondary schools and colleges somehow include Middle East studies in their curriculum. Although students today are coming to adulthood during the "Age of Terror," they possess little understanding of the ideas and events involving the Middle East and its relationship with the United States.
"If Teachers Would Only..." How Students View Their College Experience
Authors: Mugleston William
Published: May 2024

For a period of some eighteen months I asked classes to complete this sentence in a short written statement: "My college life would be easier and more productive if teachers would only .... " This teaching note is based on some 130 replies. The responses fall into several categories: Some are predictably whiny, juvenile, insipid, and immature. Others are self-revealing in ways students might not even intend. Still others are surprisingly perceptive and on the mark, with very practical advice for faculty. Nearly all can teach us teachers something about the mentality and attitudes of this generation of students, which, not so incidentally, might be very different from when we were college undergraduates. They can be broken down into some half dozen broad areas: l) how teachers test; 2) time management by both students and teachers; 3) the style in which teachers present their classes and course material; 4) explaining course requirements; 5) how teachers connect or fail to connect with their students; and 6) miscellaneous observations and suggestions.
Using "Influential Persons" To Teach World History
Authors: Nielsen Fred
Published: May 2024

The questions start early in the first class of the semester, smacking of curiosity with some hints of "what's in this for me?" "What's the point of learning about the past?" "What connection do dead people have to me?" Questions such as these, whether directly expressed or not, are the most basic ones that students bring to introductory history classes. They deserve answers.1
McMichael, History On The Web - Using And Evaluating The Internet
Authors: Woestman Kelly
Published: May 2024

As history educators, we are concerned not only with teaching our students how to think historically but also how to find authentic and reliable sources for historical study. The Internet has brought both benefits and challenges to our classroom door as we figure out ways to help our students separate the wheat from the chaff. Because the web is so vast and so complex, our task only continues to get harder. However, Andrew McMichael's History on the Web: Using and Evaluating the Internet provides an excellent starting point for any instructor or student of history from the high school through the graduate level conducting historical research on the web.
Sheffield, Women And Science - Social Impact And Interaction
Authors: Olwell Russell
Published: May 2024

In Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction, Suzanne Le-May Sheffield provides a unique look at women in science from medieval Europe to the present. This is clear from the beginning of the book, where rather than proceeding chronologically, Sheffield dives right into the career of Marie Curie as a biographical case study of the forces that hindered women in science and the strategies they used to overcome these barriers.
Holmes & Evans, Eds., Battlefield - Decisive Conflicts In History
Authors: Van Hartesveldt Fred
Published: May 2024

Richard Holmes and Martin Evans are both good writers and scholars. Holmes's works such as The Little Field Marshall (1981), Riding the Retreat: Mons to the Marne (1995), The Western Front: Ordinary Soldiers and the Defining Battles of World War I (1999), and many others (he has published twenty) mark him as thoughtful and articulate as well as an able scholar. Evans's publications tend to be more popular in nature, but nonetheless he has made real contributions to military history. In the current volume, the two are updating and revising information about battles covered in The Oxford Companion to Military History, which Holmes edited.
Lyons, Sex Among The Rabble - An Intimate History Of Gender & Power In The Age Of Revolution
Authors: Reisinger Andrew
Published: May 2024

Clare A. Lyons skillfully crafts a book exploring the evolution of power in colonial and early American Philadelphia. The author asserts that sexuality served as a key category in the formation, contestation, and regulation of gender, race, and class hierarchies and that contrary to popular understandings, Philadelphia at this time was not a city of "chaste Quakers." The mid-eighteenth-century city was a complex environment where inhabitants engaged in a variety of nonmarital and extramarital affairs, where women forged spaces in which they could exercise their autonomy, where sex commerce and bastardy proliferated largely unchecked, and where many such acts and behaviors transgressed lines of gender, race, and class.
Gelvin, The Modern Middle East - A History
Authors: Martin Kevin
Published: May 2024

Due to recent events that are distressingly familiar to all, the Middle East currently occupies a more prominent place in American popular consciousness than ever before. As a result, we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of academic positions, course offerings, and publications that take the "modern Middle East" (however defined) as their focus. Among the more significant of such recent publications is James Gelvin's The Modern Middle East: A History. Gelvin, Professor of History at UCLA, is both a prominent scholar of the region and the recipient of multiple teaching awards. Thus, he is more qualified than most to produce a textbook for undergraduate surveys of the subject.
The Incorporation Of America - Culture And Society In The Gilded Age
Authors: Screws Raymond
Published: May 2024

Any era in American history can be viewed as pivotal, but the time period that The Incorporation of America covers was truly a time of change that reached the country's core. The one thing that has changed about this book, which covers Gilded Age culture and society, is that it is more relevant today and has evolved into a classic. In the new "Preface" to this 25th Anniversary Edition, Alan Trachtenberg writes that "My focus was not only on change but also on conflict and contradiction." But the author also explains that the book "describes the origins of our own times."
Civic And Moral Learning In America
Authors: Molnar Christopher
Published: May 2024

Since the birth of the Republic, Americans have asked what sort of civic and moral education would best serve the needs of the nation. This edited collection gives a sense of the great variety "of ways in which that question has been answered throughout America's history. Inspired by B. Edward McClellan's Moral Education in America, the authors, most of them coming from the field of education, investigate the locations where civic and moral learning have taken place.
Encouraging Students To Read The Texts
Authors: Resor Cynthia
Published: May 2024

"The information in the book will be on the exam" is probably the most common technique used to inspire college history students to read assigned texts. Unfortunately, this vague threat does not always encourage students to read and analyze the assignment carefully. College history students are much more likely to read assigned monographs, chapters, or articles if the instructor provides a specific purpose for the assignment. The jigsaw method is a teaching and learning strategy with a specific purpose that can promote comprehension and retention as well as encourage in-depth scrutiny of assigned readings. Additionally, students enjoy the peer interaction involved in jigsaw activities and instructors appreciate lessons in which students must take the initiative.
Unshuttered Lens
Authors: Conrad Carol
Published: May 2024

In November 1940, on Arizona State Highway 87, south of Chandler, in Maricopa County, Dorothea Lange took a photograph of a mother and four small children. Caught in the powerful forces of the Great Depression, this migrant family's plight was used to drive government relief policy. Twenty months later, at the Manzanar Relocation Center in California, Lange photographed another family: a Japanese American family whose migration was intentional, forced by government order.
The Battle Of Chernobyl
Authors: Blankenship Steve
Published: May 2024

In the early morning hours of 26 April 1986, in the Ukrainian city of Pripyat, a reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Soviet technicians at the No. 4 unit, paralyzed by the fear of responsibility and failure (though not of death), delayed to inform the highest authorities, including General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, until the surrounding population and countryside had been saturated with high levels of deadly radioactivity that has rendered the region around the abandoned city uninhabitable now and into the future.1
Lang, On Course - A Week-By-Week Guide To Your First Semester Of College Teaching
Authors: Long Bronson
Published: May 2024

The first semester and indeed the first year of teaching at the college level presents instructors with a number of challenges. James M . Lang's On Course: A Week-by-Week Guide to Your First Semester of College Teaching addresses many of the common issues that instructors confront during their first semester. Lang's work is a useful survival guide for what can be a difficult experience. Although he advises new instructors to organize for an entire semester of teaching that integrates learning objectives into the syllabus and uses them as a road map for the semester, his approach offers a fair amount of flexibility.
Whalen, A Higher Purpose - Profiles In Presidential Courage
Authors: Akemon Scott
Published: May 2024

Inspired by John F. Kennedy's 1955 Profiles in Courage, Thomas J. Whalen's most recent book narrows its focus to nine politically challenging and defining conflicts in the history of the American presidency. A Higher Purpose: Profiles in Presidential Courage clearly depicts the events surrounding these presidential actions, whereas one of the work's subjects Andrew Jackson once remarked that "one man with courage makes a majority."
Brown & Cottrell, Modern America Lives - Individuals And Issues In American History Since 1945
Authors: Newman Louise
Published: May 2024

Modern American Lives was conceived as a college text, meant to supplement the usual survey textbooks. It is composed of thirteen chapters, each focused on two individuals and a key issue. The chapters are grouped into three chronological sections (1945-60, 1960-80, and 1980-present) and cover a broad range of topics: national politics, foreign policy, social and political activism, popular and literary culture, sports, and business. Each chapter is nicely set up by a two-page overview and ends with useful study questions and a selected bibliography.