Bonds Of Union: Religion, Race, And Politics In A Civil War Borderland

Religious Difference and the Making of Unionism before the Civil War In Bonds of Union: Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland, Bridget Ford argues that Civil War-era Americans living in Ohio and Kentucky forged communal ties through urbanization that were strong enough to s...

Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future

In Looming Civil War: How Nineteenth-Century Americans Imagined the Future, Jason Phillips argues that in the decades before the Civil War most Americans shared one of two visions of the future. “Some people imagined themselves traveling through time, into a future ahead of them, and forging that future and their lives in the process” (4). Phillips calls this sort of temporal thinking “anticipation,” arguing that it was a feature of more modernist outlooks, and urges readers that it was built on a belief in free will and progress. “Other people imagined themselves stationary while time passed through them. The future remained ahead, but instead of moving toward it, these people watched as the future approached them” (5). Phillips describes this phenomena as “expectation,” stressing that it was common among more traditionally-minded men and women, and that it was characterized by an acceptance of fate and providence

UNDERSTANDING THE EFFECT OF DETERRENCE MECHANISMS ON CYBERLOAFING: EXPLORING A GENERAL DETERRENCE MODEL WITH A SOCIAL PERSPECTIVE

As the use of the Internet has grown, so have new ways for employees to loaf. Cyberloafing has become a pervasive problem for firms. Information systems researchers have suggested that a deterrence approach through the use of acceptable use policies for Internet-based applications coupled with Internet monitoring mechanisms can be an effective way to reduce cyberloafing without actively blocking websites and impeding on the positive aspects of the Internet. However, the effectiveness of the deterrence approach is still in question due to inconsistent results in existing research. This study aims to reconcile these inconsistencies by exploring how other factors interact with the deterrence model. We propose that the deterrence model will affect more deviant types of behaviors differently than those that are perceived to be more socially acceptable. We also suggest that employees will self-impose expected ramifications or sanctions on themselves when they expect to get caught cyberloafing

Reference to the index of the Tasmanian Biological Survey, 1937 - 1983 and the Biological Club 1937 - 1959

In the 1920's and 1930's scientists studying animals began to realise that little attention was being paid to how animals lived and how they reacted to their environment and each other. Thus a worldwide interest in their general ecology began. In 1936 a Biological Survey of Australia was recommended with all states being represented. The Tasmanian representative, Dr Joseph Pearson, director of the Tasmanian Museum, sought the help of the Biological Club and in May 1937, the Tasmanian Biological Survey was born. A committee was established consisting of Pearson (chair); Prof. V V Hickman (University -Spiders); Dr D Martin (CSIRO -Botany); J W Evans (Dept. of Agriculture -Entomology); D Colbrum Pearson (Museum -as secretary). Later others joined: Dr H Gordon (University -Botany); Prof. H N Barber (University -Botany); Mr L Miller (Dept. of Agriculture -Entomology) & Dr E Guiler (University -Mammals). Includes Minutes of the Executive Committee 18 June 1937 -August 6 1953, correspondence and collectors of specimens. Includes list of members of the Biological Club and minutes of the informal meetings held a the members houses 1937 - 1959