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This year marks the centenary of the start of the First World War. This cataclysmic event in world history has been examined by many scholars with different angles over the intervening years, but the academic community hopes to gain fresh insight into the struggles of war on this anniversary. From newly digitized diaries to never-before-seen artifacts, new stories of the war are taking shape.

Oxford University Press has its own war story. With publishing dating back to the fifteenth century, the Press also felt the effects of the war: the rupture of a strong community and culture in the Jericho neighborhood of Oxford, the broken lives of the men and women of the Press who enlisted, the shadow of the Press still operating on the homefront in Oxford, and the disastrous return home — for those who did. We present the first in a series of videos with Oxford University Press Archivist Martin Maw, examining how life at the Press irrevocably changed between 1914-1919. Here he sets the stage for life in Jericho before the outbreak of war.

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Martin Maw is an Archivist at Oxford University Press. The Archive Department also manages the Press Museum at OUP in Oxford. Read his previous blog posts: “Jericho: The community at the heart of Oxford University Press” and “Sir Robert Dudley, midwife of Oxford University Press.”

In the centenary of World War I, Oxford University Press has gathered together resources to offer depth, detail, perspective, and insight. There are specially commissioned contributions from historians and writers, free resources from OUP’s world-class research projects, and exclusive archival materials. Visit the First World War Centenary Hub each month for fresh updates.

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However you feel about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act signed into law today, it’s a historic day. Dangerous social engineering? Desperately needed legislation? It depends what side you’re on. In the midst of all the opinions whirling around, I coincidentally encountered a quote I’ve heard many times but never with the impact it had today. Noted anthropologist (and social agitator) Margaret Mead is credited with saying, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.” And I believe it with all my heart. But then, so do people with worldviews polar to mine. So, if everyone thinks they are the righteous little David, who is the evil giant Goliath? Pondering all this made the choice of Patricia A. Pingry’s The Story of Joshua even more thought-provoking. Granted, it is a child’s board book with a few simple pages and a condensed storyline, but the one-sided account made me a bit uncomfortable. The basic story: Joshua and his people are given land, including Jericho, by God. The brave little band calls upon all their resources to bring down the walls of Jericho and claim their rightful property. But the problem for me is that there is no mention of why Joshua’s people deserve ownership of the land over the current residents. And this got me thinking even more. I decided that, if you and yours are going to change the world, you better be right.

http://www.amazon.com/Story-Joshua-Patricia-Pingry/dp/0824941535


http://www.amazon.com/Patricia-A.-Pingry/e/B000BPFPMC


http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/m/margaret_mead.html

An F in Stephen Chbosky.

An F, for total failure as both pop culture guru AND as young adult lit expert.

How come none of you told me that Stephen Chbosky, author of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, is also the Stephen Chbosky who is the creator of the TV series Jericho?

Links to my Jericho posts: Jericho, uh oh its cancelled, but it came back for a final season.

So, guess who was at ALAN (and when I have more time I will totally do a post about the awesomeness of ALAN)?

Stephen Chbosky.

Which is how I found out about Jericho.

And was then a total, embarrassing myself fangirl.

Resulting in my copy of Perks being signed thusly:























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