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African-American Women and the 1893 Chicago World's Fair: Teaching strategy
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(Binghamton, NY: State University of New York, Binghamton, 2001, originally published 2001),
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(Binghamton, NY: State University of New York, Binghamton, 2001, originally published 2001),
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written by Jessica Derleth, fl. 2014 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2015),
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The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches, The American Missionary Association Division, Seminar on Indian Work
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 7. Seminar on Indian Work, 1941) (1941) , 16 page(s)
Date: February 28 - March 1, 1941. Typewritten document from The Board of Home Missions of the Congregational and Christian Churches: The American Missionary Association Division - seminar on Indian work. A list of the individuals who attended the seminar and some of the issues queried are presented in this essay.
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 86], Folder 7. Seminar on Indian Work, 1941) (1941) , 16 page(s)
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Can We Explain the Co-Evolution of Democracy and Market Economy by Adaptive Preferences?
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produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
In the research presented in this interview, the idea of adaptive preferences is applied to the co-evolution of democracy and market economy. CARL CHRISTIAN VON WEIZSÄCKER explains that the ideal of democracy and market economy though somehow antithetic are inter-dependent in a normative sense: While democracy pr...
produced by Latest Thinking (Hamburg, Hamburg State: Latest Thinking, 2017), 10 mins
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Copy of Letter from Franz Boas to Walter A. Jessup, February 5, 1942
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written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 6. Correspondence: Boas to Others, 1886,1933, 1939, 1942) (05 February 1942) , 1 page(s)
Copy of typewritten letter from Franz Boas to Walter A. Jessup, Carnegie Corporation, asks for the corporation's continued support of Boas' research. In particular, Boas requests funding to expand his research on growth and development variabilities, which he says proves that the 'assumption of uniform racial char...
written by Franz Boas, 1858-1942, in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 114]: Franz Boas, 1858-1947, Folder 6. Correspondence: Boas to Others, 1886,1933, 1939, 1942) (05 February 1942) , 1 page(s)
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Council 1-6
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in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
Four pages contain hand-written notes on councils, ceremonies and clans of Pueblo Indians. They include: a description of a tribal council and its participants; a diagram of the ceremonial organization at Cochiti Pueblo; a chart of clans, kivas and ceremonies at the Hopi pueblos of Walpi and Sichumovi, with refere...
in Ruth Fulton Benedict Papers, of Vassar College. Libraries. Archives and Special Collections Library ([Box 91], Folder 19. Southwest Notes) (1929) , 4 page(s)
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How and Why Did Women in SNCC (the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee) Author a Pathbreaking Feminist Manifesto, 1964-1965?
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written by Kathryn Kish Sklar, 1939- and Elaine DeLott Baker, fl. 1964 (Alexandria, VA: Alexander Street, 2015), 301 page(s),
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How Can German Constitutional Law Promote the Inclusion of Migrants?
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
Through immigration, our society is becoming more diverse. However, the integration and inclusion of migrants is often difficult. ANUSCHEH FARAHAT is interested in the question of how this inclusion can be promoted through the means of law. In particular, she focuses on the structural obstacles migrants face when...
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2017), 11 mins
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How Can Parliaments Optimally Organize Voting Procedures?
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(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2019), 7 mins
Parliaments and parliamentary committees can resolve binary decisions by simple majority voting. In this video, BENNY MOLDOVANU considers the impact of voting procedures on more complex decisions, analyzing factors including the order and sequencing of votes. Modeling the games that specific voting procedures indu...
(Germany: Latest Thinking, 2019), 7 mins
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How Can We Improve the Performance of Immigrants in the Labor Market?
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(Latest Thinking, 2018), 10 mins
Immigrants typically perform much worse than natives in the labor market. Focusing on amendments to German citizenship law enacted since reunification, in this video, CHRISTINA GATHMANN examines the impact of those reforms on the integration of immigrants in the German labor market. The study finds that the German...
(Latest Thinking, 2018), 10 mins
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