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Synopsis of the lectures presented during the three-year program, together with a PowerPoint presentations on CD-ROM. This material can be used for preparation of classroom instructional program or directly in the classroom.
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When France Was King of Cartography investigates over a thousand maps and nearly two dozen map producers, analyzes the map as a cultural artifact, map producers as a group, and the array of map viewers over the course of two centuries in France. The book focuses on situated knowledge or 'localized' interests reflected in these geographical productions. Through the lens of mapmaking, it examines the relationship between power and the practice of patronage, geography, and commerce in early modern France.
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I was awarded sabbatical leave for Fall 2009. My sabbatical proposal was titled “How Web 2.0 Technologies Are Transforming Writing in Nonprofit Organizations.” My plan, as laid out in my sabbatical proposal, involved tracking and analyzing the online presence of 3-5 nonprofit organizations, and reporting on the ways the nature of their organizational writing had changed, directly and indirectly, as a result of the use of web 2.0 technologies, including blogs, wikis, and social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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"In a series of influential essays that appeared in Harper's, W.D. Howells argued for literature as a vehicle for social change. Literature could and should, Howells suggested, mediate across divisions of class and region, fostering cross-cultural sympathies that would lead to comprehensive social and ethical reform." "Paul R. Petrie explores the legacy of Howells's beliefs as they manifest themselves in his fiction and in the works of three major American writers - Charles W. Chesnutt, Sarah Orne Jewett, and Willa Cather. Each author struggled to adapt Howells's social-ethical agenda for literature to his or her own aesthetic goals and to alternative conceptions of literary purpose. Jewett not only embraced Howell's sense of social mission but also extended it by documenting commonplace cultural realities in a language and vision that was spiritual and transcendent. Chesnutt sought to improve relations between Anglo readers and African Americans, but his work, such as The Conjure Woman, also questions literature's ability to repair those divides." "Finally, Petrie shows how Cather, as she shifted from journalism to fiction writing, freed herself from Howells's influence. Alexander's Bridge (1912) and O Pioneers! (1913) both make reference to social and material realities but only as groundwork for character portrayals that are mythic and heroic. The result of Petrie's exploration is a refreshing reassessment of Howell's legacy and its impact on American literature and social history at the turn of the century."--Jacket.
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Poetry included in the partial contents note is composed of contributions from the faculty, staff, students and alumni of Southern Connecticut State University.
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