Franklin H. Durrah, John William De Forest, and the Varieties of Military Experience

2011 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-72
Author(s):  
Benjamin Cooper
Keyword(s):  
Military Experience ◽  
John William De Forest

The Galaxy, National Literature, and Reconstruction

2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-81
Author(s):  
Brook Thomas
Keyword(s):  
Henry James ◽  
Mark Twain ◽  
National Literature ◽  
Lost Cause ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Fair Treatment ◽  
The Galaxy ◽  
Great Poet ◽  
John William De Forest ◽  
United Nation

Brook Thomas, “The Galaxy, National Literature, and Reconstruction” (pp. 50–81) The North’s victory in the Civil War preserved the Union and led to the abolition of slavery. Reconstruction was a contentious debate about what sort of nation that union of states should become. Published during Reconstruction before being taken over by the Atlantic Monthly, the Galaxy tried, in Rebecca Harding Davis’s words, to be “a national magazine in which the current of thought of every section could find expression.” The Galaxy published literature and criticism as well as political, sociological, and economic essays. Its editors were moderates who aesthetically promoted a national literature and politically promoted reconciliation between Northern and Southern whites along with fair treatment for freedmen. What fair treatment entailed was debated in its pages. Essayists included Horace Greeley, the abolitionist journalist; Edward A. Pollard, author of The Lost Cause (1866); and David Croly, who pejoratively coined the phrase “miscegenation.” Literary contributors included Davis, Walt Whitman, Henry James, Mark Twain, Constance Fenimore Woolson, John William De Forest, Julian Hawthorne, Emma Lazarus, Paul Hayne, Sidney Lanier, and Joaquin Miller. Juxtaposing some of the Galaxy’s literary works with its debates over how the Union should be reimagined points to the neglected role that Reconstruction politics played in the institutionalization of American literary studies. Whitman is especially important. Reading the great poet of American democracy in the context of the Galaxy reveals how his postbellum celebration of a united nation—North, South, East, and West—aligns him with moderate views on Reconstruction that today seem racially reactionary.

Oxygen supply: When military experience could help to the most

2021 ◽  
pp. 100972
Author(s):  
Johan Schmitt ◽  
Marc Danguy Des Deserts ◽  
Mickael Cardinale ◽  
Anaelle Le Roux ◽  
Philippe Aries ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oxygen Supply ◽  
Military Experience

The Recent Occupation and Industry Employment Patterns of American Veterans

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 695-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Schulker
Keyword(s):  
Community Survey ◽  
American Community Survey ◽  
Civilian Life ◽  
Military Experience ◽  
Income Differences ◽  
Job Requirements ◽  
Employment Patterns ◽  
Military Members ◽  
Specific Occupation ◽  
Military Occupations

Programs aiming to ease the transition from military to civilian life have increasingly focused on specific occupation areas where veteran skills might overlap with civilian job requirements. This research uses the American Community Survey to examine the occupations and industries that veterans tend to work in as well as how veteran incomes compare to similar nonveterans in each area. Results show that veterans tend to seek civilian occupations where military experience is likely to apply, as areas of veteran overrepresentation echo technical military functions. Furthermore, veterans generally tend to earn higher incomes than similar nonveterans in these areas of potential military–civilian overlap, but most income differences are relatively moderate. The results imply that programs encouraging transitioning military members to find a civilian occupation that is similar to their military experience may better assist those in military occupations with clear civilian applications.

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