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Caleb McDaniel | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. Author Archives: Caleb McDaniel. November 23, 2011. Here is the Google Doc that we used in class today to divide our labor for the exhibit. Please note which page you have been assigned to write text for. As you begin thinking about your page, remember that there … Continue reading →. Comments Off on Page assignments. For Wednesday …. November 21, 2011. Comments Off on For Wednesday …. November 18, 2011. Comments Off on Weekend Reading. November 14, 2011. I forgot to...
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Announcements | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. October 18, 2011. I was not selected for a jury (sorry, Elizabeth), so we will meet as usual tomorrow. Please note two important changes to our schedule for the next couple of weeks. Position Paper #4 will now be due on Friday, October … Continue reading →. Comments Off on Changed dates. August 30, 2011. Comments Off on Appiah Talk. August 17, 2011. Comments Off on Welcome! Humanities Bldg 330, x2556. Office Hours: M/W, 10-11a. You can download a PDF version.
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Browse Exhibits · Woodson Research Center - Fondren Library - Rice University
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Search using this query type:. Search only these record types:. Advanced Search (Items only). Browse Exhibits (16 total). Around the World with Edgar Odell Lovett, 1908-1909. Edgar Odell Lovett, newly chosen as Rice Institute's first president, was sent by Rice's Board of Governors on a trip around the world seeking out the best characteristsics of the top universities. The Life and Work of architect William Ward Watkin. Business and Pleasure on Houston's Waterways, 1897-1927. Rice Presidents and Provosts.
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Weekend Reading | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. For Wednesday … →. November 18, 2011. As discussed in class today, we need to decide next week on the basic structure of our exhibit for the Dowling collection. That means that over the weekend, you should read the following items; on Monday, you will be the “resident experts” about these texts, so be prepared to answer questions about them as we discuss our plans together. Clare and Elizabeth: Read Living Memory of Dick Dowling. And Historians on Dowling Over Time.
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General Information | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. Assistant Professor, Department of History. Office: Humanities Building 330; Office Hours: MW 10-11, and by appt. Phone: x2556 Email: caleb.mcdaniel@rice.edu. You can download a PDF version of the course syllabus. That reproduces the most important information of the course. And the Washington Post have created blogs devoted to the subject. Some Confederate heritage groups, meanwhile, are working this year to promote their own version of the war’s history a...We will...
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Brown Book Comments | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. Horwitz Book →. October 21, 2011. Monday’s reading is from one of our required books for the semester, Thomas J. Brown’s. The Public Art of Civil War Commemoration. The assigned pages (pp. 1-55, 79-108) cover a wide range of documents and themes related to how people have commemorated the war in the past and how it is remembered today. For your required comment on this post, I would like you to visit the Dick Dowling statue in Hermann Park. Horwitz Book →. The statue...
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Levine Discussion | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. 8220;Black Confederates”? Dowling Links →. November 11, 2011. I forgot to mention in class today that there may be some high school students joining us in class next Wednesday for our discussion of Levine. They are from Carnegie Vanguard High School in Houston and will be visiting Rice with their class to check out a college course. How does Levine explain why, when, and how Confederate officials began to embrace the idea of enlisting slaves as soldiers? November 15,...
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Dowling | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. November 23, 2011. Here is the Google Doc that we used in class today to divide our labor for the exhibit. Please note which page you have been assigned to write text for. As you begin thinking about your page, remember that there … Continue reading →. Comments Off on Page assignments. For Wednesday …. November 21, 2011. Comments Off on For Wednesday …. November 18, 2011. Comments Off on Weekend Reading. November 14, 2011. Comments Off on Dowling Links. Monday’...
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Changed dates | HIST 246: The American Civil War Era
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HIST 246: The American Civil War Era. Brown Book Comments →. October 18, 2011. I was not selected for a jury (sorry, Elizabeth), so we will meet as usual tomorrow. Please note two important changes to our schedule for the next couple of weeks. Position Paper #4 will now be due on Friday, October 28 instead of October 26. The packet and prompt for the paper should appear on OWL-Space shortly, and we will talk about the topic of the paper tomorrow in class. This entry was posted in Announcements.
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