The Pan American (1994-02)

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Hemingway's In Our Time : masks, silences and heroes

This thesis sets out to explore the ambiguous concept of American heroism in Ernest Hemingway's short story collection e~titled In Our Time (1925), We shall investigate the author's interpretation of Americanness in its social context during the Roaring Twenties, Because visions of manliness have always been crucial in defining what it means to be an American (Kimmel, 2006, p. ix), the study also gives prominence to Hemingway's representation of masculinity. The surface of his text conforms to contemporary Midwestern defmition of manhood. Accordingly, as existing scholarship asserts, Hemingway's American hero is traumatised in physical and emotional terms, but he conceals his weakness and he comes to terms with his loss, which essentially signifies his American optimism. With the help of men's studies, psychoanalysis and narrative theory, our analysis of In Our Time reveals a different type of man existent in Hemingway's literature. The central protagonist, Nick Adams, displays the characteristics of the inherently melancholic American man. Examining him as a travelling correspondent, we can see how his journey enables him to investigate the meaning of identity and alterity. He comes to acknowledge the shortcomings of his native society. He identifies gaps and hiatuses in the American patriarchal tradition. Nevertheless, Hemingway's innovative narrative style disguises overt criticism about the United States. He manipulates the text and therefore confuses the reader. He applies redundancy - a form of repetition of details --and silencing - a conscious concealment of knowledge - in his narration in order to guide the reader to uncover the truth about preconceived ideals of American heroism and manliness. The American hero emerges as a representative of everything that he is not supposed to be: vulnerable, effeminate, homosexual and open-minded. Nick's "reports" thus deliver an austere critique of the American condition in the 1920s.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

Technology 2000, volume 1

The purpose of the conference was to increase awareness of existing NASA developed technologies that are available for immediate use in the development of new products and processes, and to lay the groundwork for the effective utilization of emerging technologies. There were sessions on the following: Computer technology and software engineering; Human factors engineering and life sciences; Information and data management; Material sciences; Manufacturing and fabrication technology; Power, energy, and control systems; Robotics; Sensors and measurement technology; Artificial intelligence; Environmental technology; Optics and communications; and Superconductivity

The Cotton Plantation South since the Civil War

"The plantation," writes Charles Aiken, "is among the most misunderstood institutions of American history. The demise of the plantation has been pronounced many times, but the large industrial farms survive as significant parts of, not just the South's, but the nation's agriculture."In this sweeping historical and geographical account, Aiken traces the development of the Southern cotton plantation since the Civil War—from the emergence of tenancy after 1865, through its decline during the Depression, to the post-World War Two development of the large industrial farm. Tracing the geographical changes in plantation agriculture and the plantation regions after 1865, Aiken shows how the altered landscape of the South has led many to the false conclusion that the plantation has vanished. In fact, he explains, while certain regions of the South have reverted to other uses, the cotton plantation survives in a form that is, in many ways, remarkably similar to that of its antebellum predecessors. Aiken also describes the evolving relationship of African-Americans to the cotton plantation during the thirteen decades of economic, social, and political changes from Reconstruction through the War on Poverty—including the impact of alterations in plantation agriculture and the mass migration of Southern blacks to the urban North during the twentieth century. Richly illustrated with more than 130 maps and photographs (many original and many from FSA photographers), The Cotton Plantation South is a vivid and colorful account of landscape, geography, race, politics, and civil rights as they relate to one of America's most enduring and familiar institutions

The Trinity Reporter, Spring 2001

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Investigating and Writing Achitectural History: Subjects, Methodologies and Frontiers.

The volume contains the abstracts and full texts of the 157 papers and position statements presented and discussed at the III EAHN (European Architectural History) International Meeting, Torino 19-21 June 201