... a glimpse into a tumultuous period of Americanization. Writing and reading practices mitigated some of the damage that industrial training did to Native education; print culture offered a platform for creative expression and shaped this period in the American Indian intellectual tradition. The chapter...

... of putting information online about the over 400 million specimens found in the world’s herbaria. Curators are creating outreach programs to engage people of all ages, and educators are utilizing herbaria in teaching about biology and environmental issues. Through plant humanities programs, historians...

... with the politics of the Atlantic world and making compelling changes to their visual or textual source. Burman Barbara Fennetaux Ariane form marks marking mobility ownership property textiles agency control creativity Defoe Daniel design choices individual Dyer Serena education Howell William...

...This chapter peeks at how governments, philanthropists, librarians, and bibliographers built a rapidly growing network of public libraries on both sides of the Atlantic at midcentury. It highlights that the public library movement was closely tied to the mission of public education. The chapter...

...This chapter is the first of three that discuss psychoanalytic education, with a focus on authoritarianism and the influences from culture and personality. The chapter presents three observation experiences in three different psychoanalytic institutions; these observations are shown to support...

...This chapter continues a discussion of psychoanalytic education, with the main aim of inspecting the assets and liabilities of various analytic training systems. This may prompt changes to improving analytic training, despite the type of dominant system present. It looks at the traditional Eitingon...

... education. He shows how psychoanalysis can be helpful in addressing such cultural problems as socially-sanctioned violence, and asserts the continued relevance of object relations theory and its compatibility with Freud's dual drive theory....

.... Nothing in Prokofiev's early music education—or in his early compositions—gave any inkling of the future modernistic bent in his music. However, certain traits of his later style, such as its rhythmic energy and penchant for a humorous, mischievous character, as well as a generally active emotional tone...

...This chapter discusses the profound impact of Israel's phenomenal demographic growth on transportation, housing, education, health, and poverty. For instance, a 2007 United Nations study reported that Israel's roads were the most crowded of any Western country participating in the study...

..., an upper-class education, and a genteel background, but also a commitment to the Democratic Party, an appreciation for religious diversity, and a romantic respect for those who stood against the crowd. Anglicanism Catholicism Kane Elisha grandfather of Thomas L Kane Kane John great grandfather of Thomas...

...Sympathy is built upon the imagination, which is cultivated by education. This chapter looks at what Smith means by education, giving particular attention to the passive cultural elements that inform self-identity and awareness of others. The chapter first looks at the rational process by which...

...This chapter focuses on religious and girls' education, both charged issues in eighteenth-century Virginia. Religious education was a topic of some concern because explicit in infant baptism was the promise that the child would be taught about the faith into which they had been inaugurated. Mastery...

... century had its origins in Bloomsbury, it can definitely be considered the heart of intellectual London because it has more libraries, museums, and educational establishments than any other part of the city. The chapter also highlights the role of men and women who fought against entrenched opinion...

..., specialization went against the grain of American culture. But in the last third of the century, resistance to specialization disappeared. Specialization arose due to dissatisfaction with the status of science and scholarship in America. Upholders of education and respectability, outraged by the corruption...

...This chapter paints a satirical picture of education in the USA through Earle Joad's efforts to obtain a first-rate education. He created a new academic persona by hacking into his high school's database and creating glowing letters of recommendation, which he then sent off to the top universities...

... major contributions to the family music making. Another source that sheds light on the home background and education of the Mendelssohn children is Paphlëis, a lengthy comic-heroic poem composed by Felix. A parody of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Achillëis of 1808...

... in the Mendelssohn household contributed to Felix's development. Foreign musicians provided endless entertainment and suggestions to Felix and his sister Fanny. There was also provision for physical education. According to Devrient, Karl Klingemann (later regarded by Mendelssohn as his closest friend) aroused Felix...

... should be treated as graduate students—a view that led to the creation of the “Yale system” of medical education. Diplomacy in human relations, unfortunately, was not always one of Winternitz's strengths. deans faculty medical schools Winternitz Milton C Yale Medical School Yale University Cheever...

...This introductory chapter discusses the theme of this book, which is about the relation among serfdom, society, and the arts in imperial Russia. The book describes the sociocultural space of Russia during this period and examines music, theater, art, and education. It also considers the convergence...

... between accountability and supply and demand of voucher seats is also explored. Finally, the chapter discusses the role of parental choice in the education marketplace. accreditation free market principles Milwaukee Parental Choice Program MPCP parents accountability and teachers test scores...