John Mason Research Articles

(The Bride's Chair)2

This story begins in Nick Lord's workshop session at the Joined Up Mathematics conference at Keele in April 2008. He had decided to talk about Figure 1 and the results concerning it featured in [1]. He was also having an interesting e-mail exchange with Douglas Rogers, who pointed out that iterating such constructions twice produced a triangle homothetic to the original. The exchange focused on the analogous iterated Vecten configuration which John Mason recently discussed in [2]; but Nick could not see a similarly quick argument for the results in [1], which he thus set as a ‘homework problem’ for the workshop participants.

Review John Mason HartThe Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 237 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography. $45.00.)

Review John Mason Hart<b><i>The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons</i></b>. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 237 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, bibliography. $45.00.)

Review: The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons, by John Mason Hart

Review: <i>The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepherd, and the People of the Canyons</i>, by John Mason Hart

The Pequot Conspirator

Historical interpretations of the Anglo-Pequot War have oscillated between ethnographic and conspiratorial explanations, arguing that it resulted either from cultural differences and misunderstandings or from scheming and provocation. But seventeenth-century accounts of the conflict demonstrate the interconnectedness of the ethnographic and conspiratorial frameworks, going as far as to suggest that the Pequots, one of the first Native American groups referred to by name, conspiratorially used their “Indianness” as a weapon. Tracing this connection, from the narratives of Philip Vincent and John Mason to those of John Underhill and Lion Gardiner, helps us better appreciate the racial origins of seventeenth-century conspiracy thought.

The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepard, and the People of the Canyons. By John Mason Hart. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.

The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepard, and the People of the Canyons. By John Mason Hart. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.

The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepard, and the People of the Canyons. By John Mason Hart. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth.

The Silver of the Sierra Madre: John Robinson, Boss Shepard, and the People of the Canyons. By John Mason Hart. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. Pp. 256. Illustrations. Notes. Bibliography. Index. $45.00 cloth. - Volume 66 Issue 1

John Mason and his Religion: An Enthusiastic Millenarian in late Seventeenth-Century England

Almond examines the religion of John Mason, late seventeenth-century Anglican minister, millenarian and visionary. He argues that John Mason's millenarian religion demonstrates the mingling of high scholarly traditions of apocalypticism-those of Joseph Mede and Johann Heinrich Alsted especially-with plebeian modes of millenarian enthusiasm. John Mason exemplifies at the end of the seventeenth century what Nicholas McDowell has discerned in its middle years, namely, that religious radicalism may be generated from the 'top down' as well as from below. The religion of John Mason also provides further evidence of the ongoing importance of millenarian themes at the dissenting edges of the English church after the Revolution of 1688-1689. The apocalypticism of John Mason is further evidence that, 'apocalyptic thought had survived the change in radical fortunes after the decades of the mid-century and was readily adapted to explain the Restoration civil and ecclesiastical context'.

The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One (review)

Reviewed by: The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One Daniel J. Sheerin The Rationale Divinorum Officiorum of William Durand of Mende: A New Translation of the Prologue and Book One. Introduced and translated by Timothy M. Thibodeau. [Records of Western Civilization.] (New York: Columbia University Press. 2007. Pp. xxx, 132. $34.50. ISBN 978-0-231-14180-2.) Durandus’s Rationale divinorum officiorum surely deserves a place in the Records of Western Civilization. It was the definitive “summa” of the centuriesold tradition of commentary on the liturgy in all its aspects, including especially its interconnection with canon law. The number of manuscript and print editions known or assumed to be in circulation (see p. xxii) and the translations into medieval and early-modern vernaculars are a gauge of the Rationale’s popularity and influence. Two modern translations extended the Rationale’s influence to the Gothic revival and other medievalisms of the later nineteenth century: Charles Barthélemy’s translation of the entire work into French in 1854, and John Mason Neale and Benjamin Webb’s translation of book I with essays, notes, and other items, published in 1843 as The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First Book of the Rationale Divinorum Officiorum, and reprinted many times. This volume is offered as a replacement for the Neale and Webb translation, which is considered obsolete partly because it is based on uncritical versions of the text and partly because it is “too antiquated for the modern English-speaking student of medieval liturgy and architecture” (p. xxv). However, it is not only the archaisms of the Neale and Webb version that challenge contemporary students, but the content of Durandus’s work as well, and a glossary of technical liturgical terms would have made a useful appendix to this new translation. [End Page 131] The translator, Timothy Thibodeau, has contributed significantly to scholarship on Durandus’s Rationale, as a collaborator on its first critical edition (Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Mediaevalis [hereafter CCCM] 140, 140A, 140B, Turnhout, 1995–2000) and as author of a series of studies (see bibliography, p. 126). Thibodeau signals (p. xxvi) that he has taken a few liberties— “. . . I have striven for readability and faithfulness to the spirit rather than the letter of what he said”—but both letter and spirit are, unfortunately, too often sacrificed for this translation to be earnestly recommended. The translation contains many slips that the reader might have expected either the translator or the readers provided by Columbia University Press to have caught. Comparison of selected portions of the translation to the CCCM text revealed two principal types of errors: those due to inadvertence and those due to forcing the text into some plausible meaning without sufficient analysis. Space limitations preclude an extensive list of these; the following examples are referenced by section and line number, with discrepancies underlined. Due to Inadvertence From book I.1.316ff: significant contemplatiuos in quibus Deus sine offensa quiescit. “signify the contemplatives who remain at rest in God without offense ” From book I.4.74f: funus usque ad manus quibus continetur extenditur, “the rope extends even beyond the hand of the one holding it” From book I.4.167f: campane tempore interdicti silent quia sepe ob delictum subditorum impeditur lingua predicatorum “during a time of interdict, the bells are silent because often on account of the crime of those under interdict , the tongue of the preacher is obstructed” Due to a Misunderstanding of a Passage or Its Background From book I.1.61f: Quandoque mater quia cotidie in baptismo spirituales filios Deo parit et quandoque filia iuxta illud Prophete: Pro patribus tuis nati sunt tibi filii . Item quandoque ponitur uidua quia propter pressuras nigrescit et ut Rachel non consolatur. “Sometimes it is called a mother because she daily provides God with spiritual sons through Baptism; sometimes, she is called a daughter, according to the Prophet: In place of your fathers, daughters are born to you [Ps. 44:17]. Also, the Church is regarded as a widow, because on account of her afflictions, she grows dark, just as Rachel could not be consoled [cf. Jer...

How the South Joined the Gambling Nation: The Politics of State Policy Innovation (review)

A P R I L 2 0 0 8 149 This collection offers much-needed primary evidence on the social history of the Civil War. Those interested in military developments will enjoy Miller’s perceptions of Confederate leadership and battlefield engagements . The insightful nature of the letters and McMurry’s careful annotations make this an important work for scholars and general enthusiasts of the period. VICTORIA E. OTT Birmingham-Southern College How the South Joined the Gambling Nation: The Politics of State Policy Innovation. By Michael Nelson and John Mason. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2007. xiv, 263 pp. $35.00. ISBN 978-0-8071-3254-8. The authors of How the South Joined the Gambling Nation chronicle the politics of gambling in Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, and Louisiana. Gambling takes on many forms, and states pick and choose among casinos, state-run lotteries, horse or dog tracks, video poker, or charitable bingo. Every southern state supports at least one type of gambling. However different the states are from each other, the story of legalized gambling is similar in all. It starts with a state looking longingly at money that their residents dump into another state’s gambling industry. Then a Democrat claims that it is lost state revenue that can be used for education and scholarships. Finally, the state passes a constitutional amendment or law that allows gambling in the state, to the chagrin of most Republicans, Christian conservatives, and neighboring states that will now have to work harder to attract nonresident gamblers. Nelson and Mason provide systematic analysis of the conflict generated by gambling policy. One of the many benefits of a federal system is that states can experiment with public policies. If successful, those policies will be adopted by bordering states, in a process referred to as policy diffusion. While policy diffusion explains why an issue gets on a state’s agenda, it is a state’s unique internal characteristics that determine the fate of the issue. All of the states considered here had similar internal characteristics such as floundering economies, the risk of large deficits, the desire to increase funding for education, and the opportunity to raise revenue without increasing taxes. Finally, they all turned to some form of gambling as a remedy. Southern Democrats, who were still winning elections on the issue of education, sought to satisfy their constituencies (teachers and parents) and shore up their electoral base while trying to T H E A L A B A M A R E V I E W 150 avoid raising taxes. The Republican Party campaigned against the efforts to legalize gambling because their successful opposition would fragment key Democratic constituencies. Of all the chapters, those on Georgia and Alabama stand out. The authors argue that proponents of lotteries should model their campaign for a legalized lottery after Georgia’s successful education lottery and avoid the missteps of Alabama’s pro-lottery governor Don Siegelman. By copying Georgia’s lottery, Siegelman sent a message to Alabamians that it was Georgia that had the largest say in the design of the failed Alabama lottery plan. Other chapters stand alone very well. Those interested in a particular state can read the relevant chapter. The introductory and concluding chapters, however, provide the context for the case studies and analyze how they collectively inform our understanding of the similarity and differences among the states discussed. Unlike casinos, racing tracks, video poker, and charitable bingo— which are all administered by private, for-profit organizations—state-run lotteries pose a serious moral dilemma. By not explicitly delving into the moral question of whether or not state governments should be peddling lotteries to their citizenry, the authors lost the opportunity to engage the reader on this important issue. Prior to 1964, state-run lotteries were rare and gambling was illegal in most states. The need to generate revenue without increasing taxes has made lotteries the primary “voluntary tax” upon which states have capitalized; most have state-run lotteries. The unfortunate consequence is that the most vulnerable segment of society, minorities and the poor, foot the bill for middle-class whites who receive a disproportionate...

Tasks: a fitting end to an era

This issue of JMTE is special in a number of ways. The most obvious is that it forms a triple ‘‘special’’ issue of the journal with guest editors. The second is that it marks a first decade of JMTE as it completes the tenth volume of the journal. And thirdly, it concludes an editorial era of 6 years as the current editorial team hands over to a new team for Volume 11. To start with the second of these points, JMTE is 10. It began in 1998 published by Kluwer and with Tom Cooney as founding editor. Tom took it through its first four volumes establishing the journal as a serious scholarly work in Mathematics Teacher Education. During Tom’s editorship the journal increased from the original three issues a year to four with Volume 4 in 2001. The new editorial team (Barbara Jaworski, Konrad Krainer, Peter Sullivan and Terry Wood) continued to produce four issues a year until 2005. During this time, publication was taken over by Springer. It was a time when the journal saw a considerable expansion in terms of the number of papers received, Springer encouraged us to increase the number of issues per year to six and we added a new editor to the team (Dina Tirosh). During this time, acceptance rate for papers submitted has remained around 20%, a little lower more recently, which reflects the demands JMTE makes on the quality of papers accepted. This first decade of JMTE has been one of the establishing identity and to some extent of seeking innovation, particularly in considering the special issues. Editors have encouraged colleagues around the world to suggest special issues that might be of interest to readers. In Volume 6, Konrad Krainer edited a special issue on Community in Mathematics Teacher Education, drawing on papers that were submitted as part of the normal process. In Volume 9, Heinz Steinbring and Petra Scherer were guest editors for a special issue on Relating Theory and Practice in Mathematics Teacher Education, drawing from the work of a group at the European Conference CERME 4. The current triple issue of JMTE, therefore, is JMTE’s third special issue and the first for which a call for papers was distributed. Guest editors Orit Zaslavsky, Anne Watson and John Mason proposed a double issue on Tasks in Mathematics Teacher Education. Following agreement with the editorial

Rönesans Dönemi İngiliz Tiyatrosunda Osmanlı Türkleri

Many plays have been composed about the Ottoman Turks in the English Renaissance Period. The main aim of this article is to study the image of the Turks, represented in the plays of playwrights such as William Shakespeare, Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Kyd, Ben Jonson, Robert Davenport, Lodowick Carlell ve John Mason.

Peter V. Hobbs

WeatherVolume 60, Issue 12 p. 359-359 Obituary Peter V. Hobbs Sir John Mason, Sir John MasonSearch for more papers by this author Sir John Mason, Sir John MasonSearch for more papers by this author First published: 29 December 2006 https://doi.org/10.1256/wea.215.05AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume60, Issue12December 2005Pages 359-359 RelatedInformation

Forming an Informal Empire Without Colonies: U.S.-Latin American Relations

The Geopolitics Of Security In The Americas: Hemispheric Denial From Monroe To Clinton. By Martin Sicker. (Westport, CT: Praeger, 2002. Pp. 200. $81.95 cloth.) James G. Blaine: Architect Of Empire. By Edward P. Crapol. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2002. Pp. 157. $65.00 cloth, $19.95 paper.) James G. Blaine And Latin America. By David Healy. (Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2001. Pp. 296. $39.95 cloth.) Integral Outsiders: The American Colony In Mexico City, 1876–1911. By William Schell Jr. (Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2001. Pp. 274. $55.00 cloth.) A World Safe For Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy And America's Rise To Global Power. By Cyrus Veeser. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Pp.238. $27.50 paper.) Missionary Capitalist: Nelson Rockefeller In Venezuela. By Darlene Rivas. (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. Pp. 224. $49.95 cloth, $19.95 paper.) Empire And Revolution: The Americans In Mexico Since The Civil War. By John Mason Hart. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002. Pp. 668. $39.95 cloth.) Scholarly opinion overall supports the view that three interlocking objectives have formed the basis of United States policy toward Latin America in modern times. Beginning with Secretary of State James G. Blaine's espousal of a Pan-American vision in the 1880s, U.S. leaders consistently sought to exclude European presences, to expand trade and investment, and to uphold peace and stability. The rank order of importance among these goals changed from time to time, depending on circumstances and personalities, and the same held true for the tactics. In [End Page 312] contrast, the strategy of forming an informal empire without colonies remained more or less constant throughout the twentieth century. The imperial project picked up momentum as a consequence of the Spanish-American-Cuban-Filipino War in 1898. U.S. leaders first relied on unilateral measures while employing military interventions in the creation of five protectorates. Such practices prevailed during the presidencies of McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Wilson but ultimately entailed high costs and unwanted obligations. As a result, a shift took place after the First World War. The German defeat eliminated for a time European threats and also the principal rationale for intervention. These outcomes, in combination with the onset of the Great Depression, called for multilateral initiatives in efforts to embrace Latin Americans as junior partners during the age of the Good Neighbor. A succession of new policies conjured up cooperative undertakings with hopes of increasing commerce, policing the region against internal strife, and providing safeguards against Nazi Germany. During the Second World War, this change in favor of nonintervention paid off in the form of Latin American support for the United States. For Latin Americans, the gringos no longer appeared as a natural enemy. Most of the books under consideration in this essay exemplify current historiographical tendencies by bestowing agency on Latin Americans. They also employ various methodologies while exploring diverse aspects of complex international relationships, including geopolitics, Pan-Americanism, economic and cultural interactions, and private initiatives by nongovernmental organizations in Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela. Several of these works sparkle with originality and innovation. They also set forth significant findings, heighten levels of understanding, and force consideration of new ideas. The least distinctive among them, Martin Sicker's The Geopolitics of Security in the Americas, may appeal to political science traditionalists but strikes me, a historian, as something of a rehash of theories based on dated secondary accounts. Sicker claims that geopolitics, "the relationship between geography and power politics," retains utility as "a valid approach to understanding the realpolitik of international relations." He explores "the geopolitical and geostrategic factors that have helped shape . . . policies toward Latin America . . . albeit," he says, "largely unacknowledged" (2) by U.S. leaders. In his view, public statements of high purpose and principle seldom reveal true intentions, the formulation of which more typically resides in clandestine...

Conversation with Charles R. Schuster.

Conversation with Charles R. Schuster.

&lt;sc&gt;John Mason Hart&lt;/sc&gt;. &lt;italic&gt;Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War&lt;/italic&gt;. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2002. Pp. xi, 677. $39.95

John Mason Hart. Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2002. Pp. xi, 677. $39.95 Get access Hart John Mason. Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press. 2002. Pp. xi, 677. $39.95. Linda B. Hall Linda B. Hall University of New Mexico Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Historical Review, Volume 108, Issue 5, December 2003, Pages 1419–1420, https://doi.org/10.1086/ahr/108.5.1419 Published: 01 December 2003

Reviews of Books:Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War John Mason Hart

Reviews of Books:Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War John Mason Hart

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:Boys, Literacies and Schooling: the dangerous territories of gender‐based literacy reform L. Rowan, M. Knobel, C. Bigum &amp; C. LankshearBoys and Literacy: exploring the issues T. MaynardGender, Policy and Educational Change Jane Salisbury &amp; Sheila Riddell (Eds)Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder Strategies for Success C. Missiuna (Ed.)Effective Teaching of Science: a review of research Wynne HarlenThe Governance of Science Steve Fuller.Researching Your Own Practice: the discipline of noticing John MasonChanging the Subject: the impact of national policy on school geography 1980‐2000 Eleanor M. RawlingHigher Education and Social Class L. Archer, M. Hutching &amp; A. Ross

"Pobre Mexico" and the Americans

Book reviewed: John Mason Hart. Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico Since the Civil War.

Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War

Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War

Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War. By John Mason Hart (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2002) 507 pp. $39.95

<i>Empire and Revolution: The Americans in Mexico since the Civil War</i>. By John Mason Hart (Berkeley, University of California Press, 2002) 507 pp. $39.95