Religion, anti-slavery, and identity: Irish Presbyterians, the United States, and transatlantic evangelicalism, c. 1820-1914

Scholars have devoted much attention to the causes and consequences of Presbyterian emigration from Ulster to the thirteen colonies before 1776. This article moves beyond the eighteenth century to examine the continued religious links between Presbyterians in Ireland and the United States in the nineteenth century. It begins with an examination of the influence of evangelicalism on both sides of the Atlantic and how this promoted unity in denominational identity, missionary activity to convert Catholics, and revivalist religion during the first half of the century. Though Irish Presbyterians had great affection for their American co-religionists, they were not uncritical, and significant tensions did develop over slavery. The article then examines the religious character of Scotch-Irish or Ulster-Scots identity in the late nineteenth century, which was articulated in response to the alleged demoralising influence of large-scale Irish immigration during and after the Famine of the 1840s, the so-called Romanisation of Catholicism, and the threat of Home Rule in Ireland. The importance of identity politics should not obscure religious developments, and the article ends with a consideration of the origins and character of fundamentalism, perhaps one of the most important cultural connections between Protestants in Northern Ireland and the United States in the twentieth century.

Pianos for the people: the manufacture, marketing and sale of pianos as consumer durables, 1850-1914

During the second half of the nineteenth century, British society experienced a rise in real incomes and a change in its composition, with the expansion of the middle classes. These two factors led to a consumer revolution, with a growing, but still segmented, demand for household goods that could express status and aspiration. At the same time technological changes and new ways of marketing and selling goods made these goods more affordable. This paper analyzes these themes and the process of mediation that took place between producers, retailers, and consumers, by looking at the most culturally symbolic of nineteenth century consumer goods, the piano.

The defence of the settlers of Honduras against the unjust and unfounded representations of Colonel George Arthur, late superintendent of that settlement. Principally contained in his Correspondence relative to the condition and treatment of the slaves of Honduras, 1820-1823, and printed by order of the House of commons, 16th June, 1823.

Mode of access: Internet.

Progress and results of cattle-tick eradication. April 4, 1914.

Mode of access: Internet.

Jewish labor in U.S.A. : an industrial, political and cultural history of the Jewish labor movement, 1914-1952 /

Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-457).

Cedric "Pat" Smith, UM Football, 1914-1916

[Captain in absentia of 1917 team, in the Navy ]

How Commonwealth Edison company works : papers descriptive of departmental aims, organization and system, written in competition for prizes offered by the Commonwealth Edison company section, National electric light association ... and presented and discussed at the Section meetings, January 9, 1914, to May 28, 1914 ...

Mode of access: Internet.

Municipal Ordinances, Rules, and Regulations Pertaining to Public Health Adopted 1910-1914 by Cities of the U.S. Having a Population of over 10,000 in 1910

Mode of access: Internet.

Regulations for the transportation of explosives and other dangerous articles by freight and express and specifications for shipping containers ... Effective October 1, 1914, except as noted herein ...

Cover dated 1916.

Report upon the value of the properties of the Charleston light and water company, Charleston, S.C. May 1, 1914,

Mode of access: Internet.