Download or read book College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era written by Kurt Edward Kemper and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2023-12-11 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War era spawned a host of anxieties in American society, and in response, Americans sought cultural institutions that reinforced their sense of national identity and held at bay their nagging insecurities. They saw football as a broad, though varied, embodiment of national values. College teams in particular were thought to exemplify the essence of America: strong men committed to hard work, teamwork, and overcoming pain. Toughness and defiance were primary virtues, and many found in the game an idealized American identity. In this book, Kurt Kemper charts the steadily increasing investment of American national ideals in the presentation and interpretation of college football, beginning with a survey of the college game during World War II. From the Army-Navy game immediately before Pearl Harbor, through the gradual expansion of bowl games and television coverage, to the public debates over racially integrated teams, college football became ever more a playing field for competing national ideals. Americans utilized football as a cultural mechanism to magnify American distinctiveness in the face of Soviet gains, and they positioned the game as a cultural force that embodied toughness, discipline, self-deprivation, and other values deemed crucial to confront the Soviet challenge. Americans applied the game in broad strokes to define an American way of life. They debated and interpreted issues such as segregation, free speech, and the role of the academy in the Cold War. College Football and American Culture in the Cold War Era offers a bold new contribution to our understanding of Americans' assumptions and uncertainties regarding the Cold War.
Download or read book To Prevent Profiteering in Time of War written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Loyola University New Orleans College of Law written by Maria Isabel Medina and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2016-05-18 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maria Isabel Medina's chronicle of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law examines the prominent Jesuit institution across its hundred-year history, from its founding in 1914 through the first decade of the twenty-first century. With a mission to make the legal profession attainable to Catholics, and other working-class persons, Loyola's law school endured the hardships of two world wars, the Great Depression, the tumult of the civil rights era, and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to emerge as a leader in legal education in the state. Exploring the history of the college within a larger examination of the legal profession in New Orleans and throughout Louisiana, Medina provides details on Loyola's practical and egalitarian approach to education. As a result of the school's principled focus, Loyola was the first law school in the state to offer a law school clinic, develop a comprehensive program of legal-skills training, and to voluntarily integrate African Americans into the student body. The transformative milestones of Loyola University New Orleans College of Law parallel pivotal points in the history of the Crescent City, demonstrating how local culture and environment can contribute to the longevity of an academic institution and making Loyola University New Orleans College of Law a valuable contribution to the study of legal education.
Download or read book Hearings written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 2208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Universal Military Training and Service Act of 1951 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Preparedness Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 1304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considers (82) S. 1.
Download or read book Texas Aggies Go to War written by Henry C. Dethloff and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2008-06-24 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When their country calls, Texas Aggies go to war. From the Spanish-American War and World War I to Operation Iraqi Freedom, Aggies have been in the forefront of America’s armed forces, producing more officers than any other school outside the service academies. More than 20,000 Texas Aggies served in World War II, for instance, including more than 14,000 as commissioned officers. Trained in leadership and the knowledge required for warfare, Aggies have served with distinction in all branches of the military service. In this first-ever compilation of the impressive war record of Texas Aggies, stories of individual soldiers, airmen, sailors, and marines are displayed with an abundance of statistics, maps, and tables. These narratives include • First-person accounts of Aggie heroism in battle in all the wars in which A&M former students have fought; • The horrific experiences of some of the eighty-seven Aggies who were stationed at Corregidor and Bataan; • The perils of five Aggies who participated in the raid over Tokyo with Jimmie Doolittle; • The heroics of the seven Medal of Honor recipients from Texas A&M during World War II; • James Earl Rudder’s leadership of the Ranger assault at Normandy on D-Day; • Examples of vigorous support and devotion to duty given by Aggies in Korea, Vietnam, and the Middle East. Texas Aggies Go to War celebrates the school’s distinctive Corps of Cadets and its military contributions while honoring the individual sacrifices of its members. Those who fought and those who remember them will find here a comprehensive account of the distinguished war record of this school. This book was initiated and sponsored by a group of former students who provided funding through the Texas A&M Foundation. All proceeds from the book will be used to benefit the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets.
Download or read book Employment of Women in the Early Postwar Period with Background of Prewar and War Data written by Mary Elizabeth Pidgeon and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Statement of Col F V Keesling Before Committee to Investigate Draft Deferments Under Selective Service Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee Sept 12 1944 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1944 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Power Legal Education and Law School Cultures written by Meera Deo and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a myth that lingers around legal education in many democracies. That myth would have us believe that law students are admitted and then succeed based on raw merit, and that law schools are neutral settings in which professors (also selected and promoted based on merit) use their expertise to train those students to become lawyers. Based on original, empirical research, this book investigates this myth from myriad perspectives, diverse settings, and in different nations, revealing that hierarchies of power and cultural norms shape and maintain inequities in legal education. Embedded within law school cultures are assumptions that also stymie efforts at reform. The book examines hidden pedagogical messages, showing how presumptions about theory’s relation to practice are refracted through the obfuscating lens of curricula. The contributors also tackle questions of class and market as they affect law training. Finally, this collection examines how structural barriers replicate injustice even within institutions representing themselves as democratic and open, revealing common dynamics across cultural and institutional forms. The chapters speak to similar issues and to one another about the influence of context, images of law and lawyers, the political economy of legal education, and the agency of students and faculty.
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Download or read book Inquiry Into Operations of the United States Air Services written by United States. Congress. House. Select committee of inquiry into operations of the United States air services and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 1130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Munitions Industry written by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry and published by . This book was released on 1935 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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