Economic history : High tech down south

Industries ; Federal Reserve District, 5th ; Economic development

The very recent fall and rise of Harris Tweed

In September 2009, the UK's BBC4 televised Tweed, the story of an iconic, indigenous, handwoven fabric-Harris Tweed. This article is edited from the transcript of the program, written by Ian Denyer

The Strange and Spooky Battle over Bats and Black Dresses: The Commodification of Whitby Goth Weekend and the Loss of a Subculture

From counterculture to subculture to the ubiquity of every black-clad wannabe vampire hanging around the centre of Western cities, Goth has transcended a musical style to become a part of everyday leisure and popular culture. The music’s cultural terrain has been extensively mapped in the first decade of this century. In this article, we examine the phenomenon of the Whitby Goth Weekend, a modern Goth music festival, which has contributed to (and has been altered by) the heritage-tourism marketing of Whitby as the holiday resort of Dracula (the place where Bram Stoker imagined the Vampire Count arriving one dark and stormy night). We examine marketing literature and websites that sell Whitby as a spooky town, and suggest that this strategy has driven the success of the Goth festival. We explore the development of the festival and the politics of its ownership, and its increasing visibility as a mainstream tourist destination for those who want to dress up for the weekend. By interviewing Goths from the north of England, we suggest that the mainstreaming of the festival has led to it becoming less attractive to those more established, older Goths who see the subculture’s authenticity as being rooted in the post-punk era, and who believe that Goth subculture should be something one lives full-time

The Most Lustrous Branch: Watergate and the Judiciary

Article by Leon Jaworski of Fulbright and Jaworski, former President of the American Bar Association (1971-72) and Watergate Special Prosecutor, regarding the duty of a lawyer in a publicly scrutinized trial. Document includes handwritten notes and was originally published in the Fordham Law Review.https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/events_programs_sonnet_articles/1000/thumbnail.jp

Fighting spirit: Victorian women's ghost stories

Abstract available: p. i-i