SEAN P. CORCORAN
HIS 300 – INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL METHOD
OCTOBER 13, 2004
TYPEPAD POST #5 – BIBLIOGRAPHY [A WORK-IN-PROGRESS]
Here is a very raw bibliography for my reserach paper. It is still a work in-progress in terms of both content and structure. Everyday I am finding more information to assist me in writing my research paper and at the same discarding other resources that I have found.
BOOKS:
Military Brats: Legacies of Childhood Inside the Fortress
Mary Edwards Wertsch
Harmony Books, New York, New York
Copyright Ó 1991
· This book is both a love letter and a troubled meditation on the way children are raised in military families.
Notes From a Traveling Childhood
Foreign Service Youth Foundation, Washington DC
http://www.fsyf.org/publications.htm
· An anthology of writings by parents and children, educators, researchers and mental health professionals about the effects of international mobility on families.
DISSERTATIONS and PAPERS:
Military Brats/Third Culture Kids: A Phenomenological Study of the Effects of Being Raised in the Military
Doctoral Dissertation for Pacifica Graduate Institute
Patricia Shealy
Copyright Ó1993
· The military is a large, complex organization established for the purpose of training soldiers in the best and most effective ways to protect, fight, and defend our nation, even to death. How are children affected by the lived experiences of growing up inside a veritable war machine?
As Parents Go, So Go The Children: The Adjustment and Development of Military Children
Research Project Report for the US Air Force and US Navy
Family Research Center: Graduate School of Human Behavior
Edna J. Hunter and Robert A. Hickman
Written in 1981
· Identification with the military lifestyle and the rank structure within it provides a special status for the military child. Interest in the development of military children and the adjustments they must make appears to have begun during World War II, but until recently, attention paid to the topic has been minimal.
ARTICLES and JOURNALS:
Growing Up with a World View: Nomad Children Develop Multicultural Skills
Foreign Service Journal, September 1994, pp. 32 – 41
Norma M. McCaig
· I am acutely aware that had I not been given a childhood overseas, this mélange of memories from the old to the recent past would likely not exist. But they are indelibly part of my heritage as a “global nomad”, someone who has lived abroad as a child because of a parent’s job.
The Family Business – Children of Military Personnel
Airman, April 2001
Jim Greeley
Copyright Ó 2001
· Military “brats” grow up in a different world than their civilian counterparts, and they learn at an early age to cope with change, loss and travel.
A Military Brat’s Moving Life Story
Star-Telegram, February 25, 2003
Frank Perkins
· Marilyn Celeste Morris of Forth Worth is a military brat and proud of it. She grew up in a military family, living in places as exciting as Korea and Austria and as mundane as Lawton, Oklahoma and Killeen.
Military Children Have Wonderful Experiences, but Face Tough Challenges
American Forces Press Service, July 23, 2004
Rudi Williams
· Opportunities are unbounded for military children who trek the globe seeing different things and experiencing different cultures – opportunities other children will never have, according to Air Force Gen. Ralph E. "Ed" Eberhart.
Third Culture Lids Are Left a Complex Legacy
Article filed with Interaction International on September 22, 2003
http://www.tckinteract.net/militarykids.html
Robin Pascoe
· What happens when children who spend their formative years following expatriate parents from country to country grow up?
Adult “Brats” Wander: Military Lifestyle Becomes Ingrained
Article filed with Interaction International
http://www.tckinteract.net/militarykids.html
Mathew I. Pinzur
· Wanderlust is rampant in these “military brat alumni”, even decades after they enter the civilian world.
Rooted to Nowhere: Globe Hopping can be an emotional Strain on Expat Kids – but it can also bring them Lifelong Benefits
Article filed with Interaction International on Monday, October 6, 2003
(Article from the October 13, 2003 issue of TIME Asia Magazine)
Hanna Kite
· Whether their parents are missionaries or managing directors, almost all expat kids have a moment when they realize that their adopted home means as much, if not more, to them than their country of origin.
PERSONAL ACCOUNTS
Being a Global Nomad: The Pros and Cons
World Weave Publications
Debra Carlson
Copyright Ó 1997
· When I use the term “global nomad(s)” I do so loosely to describe my own thoughts as one member of that groip. This is not an academic treatise on the subject – only a sketch of some elements of the experience I have found particularly noteworthy.
Phoenix Rising: A Question of Cultural Identity
World Weave Publications
Barbara F. Schaetti
· I don’t think of myself as “American.” Rather, I identify myself as an American-Swiss global nomad with a very European-influenced international background.
My First Move
Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com
Diane (Morency) Russell
· Personal “military brat” experience
Story of An Army Brat
Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com
Jensina Anderson
·Personal “military brat” experience
Where Is Home?
Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com
Lisa Anderschat
·Personal “military brat” experience
Another Generation of Brats
Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com
Wendy Jeffries
· Personal “military brat” experience
Military Brats – or the Legacy of Finding Home
Military Brats Online
http://www.militarybrats.com
Kathryn Elizabeth Kirk
· Personal “military brat” experience
Tweens: A Survival Guide for Parents of Pre-Teens
LifeLines Service Network
http://www.lifelines.navy.mil
Jensina Anderson
· A collection of personal “military brat” experiences
Military Teens on the Move
LifeLines Service Network
http://www.lifelines.navy.mil
Deb Trzcinski
· A collection of personal “military brat” experiences
Voices of the Military Child
LifeLines Service Network
http://www.lifelines.navy.mil
Barbara A. Eastom-Bates
· A collection of personal “military brat” experiences
Surviving as the New Kid on the Block: Coping with the First Day at School
LifeLines Service Network
http://www.lifelines.navy.mil
Jennifer Hochlan
· A collection of personal “military brat” experiences
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