{"id":3031,"date":"2016-10-09T21:00:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-09T21:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/?p=3031"},"modified":"2016-10-16T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2016-10-16T18:30:13","slug":"1848-annotated-bibliography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/hist-204pinsker\/2016\/10\/09\/1848-annotated-bibliography\/","title":{"rendered":"1848 Annotated Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"

I set out on this annotated bibliography with two ideas of a final project in mind.\u00a0 First, I want to examine the United States Postal Service in the 19th<\/sup> Century and early 20th<\/sup> Century because I have two Postmaster Generals in my designated Dickinson College class of 1848.\u00a0 They are John Andrew Jackson Creswell and James William Marshall, and served consecutively in President Grant\u2019s Cabinet.\u00a0 Second, I want to research James Bernard Hank, another graduate from 1848 who was a surgeon for the Russian Army during the Crimean War.\u00a0 Hank died in 1859, three years after the war ended, and it was possible that he died of one of the many illnesses that plagued the armies involved in that war.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it is too early to finalize my decision as to which topic I will write about for my final project, so this annotated bibliography has sources for both sources.<\/p>\n

Articles:<\/p>\n

Dvoichenko-Markov, Eufrosina. \u201cAmericans in the Crimean War\u201d The Russian Review<\/em>. 13, 2 (1954): 137-145. [JSTOR]<\/strong><\/p>\n

This article examined the antebellum amicability between Russia and the United States, and the possibility of an alliance during the Crimean War had the United States revoked its neutrality.\u00a0 However, the article also analyzed the American surgeons who served in the Russian Army, most of whom eventually died from diseases like cholera and smallpox.\u00a0 The author, was a scholar of American-Russian relations.\u00a0 Her bias, as a Russian living in the United States during the Cold War might have been to show that various Americans, alluding to the surgeons in the Crimean War, have supported Russia even when the US government unofficially supports Russia\u2019s adversary, or remains neutral.<\/p>\n

House, Albert V. Jr. \u201cPresident Hayes\u2019 Selection of David M. Key for Postmaster General\u201d The Journal of Southern History<\/em>. 4, 1 (1938): 87-93. [JSTOR] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This article examined the process surrounding Rutherford B. Hayes\u2019 nomination of David Key to Postmaster General.\u00a0 The article dug deeper into the reasons why having a Southern Democrat, from Tennessee, would be fruitful to show unity between the North and South after the Civil War.\u00a0 This source might be very bias towards the South.\u00a0 I had the impression, after reading, that this celebrated the fact that a Southern Democrat was nominated to the cabinet of a Republican President.<\/p>\n

Miller, Byron S. \u201cParties. Judicial Control over Executive. Postmaster General as Indispensable Party in Suit Against Local Postmaster\u201d The University of Chicago Law Review<\/em>. 4, 2 (1937): 342-343. [JSTOR] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This article reviewed the legal aspect of postal fraud.\u00a0 Specifically, it examined the inconsistencies and lack of communication between the Postmaster General and local regional postmasters.\u00a0 Byron S. Miller was the editor in chief for the law review from 1936-1937, so I put him as the author, because I could not determine who out of the other authors of the law review wrote this specific article.\u00a0 The University of Chicago Law School was a prestigious law school (and still is), so I trust this law review\u2019s interpretation of such high profile cases involving federal government employees and institutions.\u00a0 I could not see any bias in the article.<\/p>\n

Osborne, John M., and Christine Bombaro. \u201cForgotten Abolitionist: John A.J. Creswell of Maryland\u201d House Divided Project at Dickinson College<\/em>. (2015): 1-69. [United States History Commons] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This article was an examination of John Creswell\u2019s life.\u00a0 The portion of the article I was most concerned with was his time serving as Postmaster General, where the authors discussed his abolition of inefficiency in the United States Postal Service.\u00a0 Osborne and Bombaro were employees at Dickinson College, with Osborne being an associate professor and co-founder of the House Divided Project and Bombaro serving as a librarian.\u00a0 Their bias might be over-praise for John Creswell and his achievements, since he graduated from the authors\u2019 institution of employment.<\/p>\n

Pearce, Robert L. \u201cWar and Medicine in the Nineteenth Century\u201d Australian Defense Force Health. <\/em>3, (2002), 88-92. [Department of Defense]<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Crimean War section of this article examined the British and French disregard towards that war, as well as health issues for soldiers and personnel in those armies.\u00a0 Lieutenant Colonel Robert Pearce appeared to be very educated in the field of battlefield medicine and battle tactics.\u00a0 In addition to his military rank, he was a plastic surgeon.\u00a0 It would be easy to assume his bias towards the British army, especially since Australia was a former colony of Great Britain, but after reading the article, Lt. Colonel Pearce attacked the British and French armies for their unpreparedness and inability to avoid illnesses during the Crimean War.<\/p>\n

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Books:<\/p>\n

Gallagher, Winifred. How the Post Office Created America: A History<\/em>. New York: Penguin Press, 2016. [Google Books] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This book explained the importance of the Post Office in the United States\u2019 national identity.\u00a0 The book chronologically examined the evolution of the Post Office and how it became the largest bureaucratic organization during the 19th<\/sup> century.\u00a0 This book did not have any bias, instead it was a level-headed analysis of the United States Postal Service.<\/p>\n

John, Richard R. Spreading the News: The American Postal System from Franklin to Morse<\/em>. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1998. [Harvard University Press] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This book also showed the evolution of the Post Office and its importance as a bureaucratic agency.\u00a0 However, in addition, John explained how the Post Office was a unifying force in such a diverse country.\u00a0 I did not notice any bias in this book.<\/p>\n

McCallum, Jack E. Military Medicine from Ancient Times to 21st<\/sup> Century<\/em>. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2008. [Google Books] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This book examined the evolution of battlefield medical practices up to the present day.\u00a0 Where the book discussed about the Crimean War, McCallum analyzed the deadliness of the infections endured by soldiers and the lack of communication within the armies to properly treat those infections.\u00a0 I did not notice any bias in the book, rather a detailed overview of every era of history to examine its usefulness of military medicine.<\/p>\n

Nightingale, Florence \u201cI Have Done My Duty\u201d Florence Nightingale in the Crimean War 1854-1856<\/em>. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987. [Google Books] <\/strong><\/p>\n

This book examined Nightingale\u2019s service in the Crimean War.\u00a0 It gave some insight of battlefield medical practices in the Crimean War from one of the most well-known nurses from the war.\u00a0 I did notice a little positive bias in this book directed at the British and French alliance.<\/p>\n

Greg Parker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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