Browsing W&L University Student Scholarship by Subject "Washington and Lee University -- Honors in History"
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Division and Radicalization in the German Working Class: A Study of German Socialism from the Revolution to the Halle Congress (thesis)
While class differences and ideological disagreements did play a role in the permanent division of the German working class, the actions of the Ebert government, especially the violence committed by the Freikorps under ... -
Early New Deal Relief Efforts in Rockbridge County: An Examination of the FERA in a Local Environment
I have limited my work to a consideration of one relief agency of the New Deal: The Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA). I will attempt to follow the history of the FERA during its activity in Rockbridge County ... -
The Fall of France as Viewed from French West Africa
My paper follows a chronological trajectory, commencing with the build-up to World War Two, moving through the dr6le de guerre, and finally the Battle for France. Chapter I shows how the colonial regime prepared their ... -
Feraoun and the Algerian Revolution: The Identities of the Algerian Revolution and the Ways in which an Algerian Writer Interprets These Identities (thesis)
The Algerian revolution was a war fought not only for the independence of Algeria but for the preservation of Arab identity as well. The French had spent over one hundred years attempting to change Algerian identity; they ... -
"The First Fruits of a Re-United People": The Loyalty, Motivation, and Allegiance of the Men of the Second United States Volunteer Infantry Regiment (thesis)
We were discussing the issues facing President Abraham Lincoln's Administration during the war when he mentioned that in 1864 it had to deal with the uprising of the Plains Indians in Minnesota. To address this threat, the ... -
Foreign Policy and the Fourth Estate: Vietnam and the Creation of the "Liberal" Media, 1954-2003 (thesis)
The term "Vietnam syndrome" emerged in the aftermath of the war, used to describe the American people's reluctance to support any potentially open-ended or prolonged military engagement. Post-Vietnam presidents argued that ... -
Foreign Trade and Ecuadorian Regional Development: Cuenca's "Panama" Hats, 1900-1970
I believe that this thesis will present a significant summation of the economic, social, cultural, and to a limited extent the political realities as they relate to the dominant industry of the Austro region of Ecuador ... -
Friendship at Any Cost? Russian Influence on Anglo-Germans Relations, 1890-1914 (thesis)
Despite the well-researched and argued debates that continue to rage regarding the nature of Anglo-German relations, further research into several lingering questions is required. The question of the degree to which Grey ... -
From Ashes Reborn: The Fascist Repression of Female Prisoners in Francoist Spain and Nazi Germany (thesis)
First, the central question that this paper examines is whether the Francoist regime in Spain can be considered a fascist regime as opposed to an authoritarian one. While Franco's dictatorship was undeniably brutal and ... -
From Brown to Green: School Desegregation in Roanoke, Virginia (thesis)
This thesis examines the trajectory of desegregation between 1952 and 1970. The first chapter looks at the early years: the establishment of black schools in the city from the late nineteenth century through the years ... -
From Brown to Rodriguez: Race, Residence, and the Limits of "Equal Protection," 1954-1973 (thesis)
The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision in Rodriguez did not acknowledge wealth as a suspect class, decided education was not a fundamental right, and chose not to consider the issue of race. By reversing the decision of the ... -
From Gangbuster to War Crimes Prosecutor: Joseph Berry Keenan and the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, 1946-48
Of the many efforts to reform Japan, the International Military Tribunal for the Far East has been praised as "one of the bes t examples of international cooperation displayed during the occupation of Japan." [2] The New ... -
Great Britain and the Bagdad Railroad (1888-1914)
In a study such as this, it is quite easy to over-estimate the importance of the Bagdad Railroad. Here the major events of the pre-war era have been mentioned only in the light of the railroad project. Yet when the subject ... -
Historians for All Time: Thucydides, Winston S. Churchill and Their Great Wars
Professor Taylor Sanders recommended that I compare Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War with Winston S. Churchill's account of the First World War, The World Crisis. After browsing through these two interesting ... -
"I am the law": The Life of Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City, 1876-1956
Even in deat h, Frank Hague left a lasting imprint on his city. Today people vividly remember the Boss either from fear or loyalty. The mention of his name excites almost the same emotions it did twenty years ago. The ... -
Indentured Servitude in Colonial Virginia: Genteel Ambitions and Harsh Realities
In order to evaluate the status of indentured servants in colonial Virginia, the student must analyze standards of treatment of servants in the context of history. During the seventeenth century, the term "servant" was not ... -
Indians on the Eastern Shore of Virginia: Evolving Relationships with the English and Powhatan Indians
My work parallels that of historian Helen C. Rountree who closely examined the Eastern Shore Indians in Powhatan Foreign Relations, 1500 - 1722; Pocahontas's People; The Powhatan Indians of Virginia; and Eastern Shore ... -
Instigating Victorian Morality: The Clapham Sect And The Reformation of Manners Campaign (thesis)
In the reformation of manners campaign the Clapham sect attempted to apply universal moral principles to the different classes of British society in different ways. Bifurcated methods of engagement with the upper and lower ... -
An Irrevocable Prejudice: Roman Impressions of Venetians and Normans in Twelfth Century Byzantium (thesis)
The Mediterranean world during the twelfth century was a rapidly shifting and evolving sphere, influenced by the growing power of the papacy, the rise of more centralized states in the previously decentralized and internally ... -
James B. Dorman: Scholar, Politician, and Soldier (1823-1893)
James Dorman lived seventy years. His years of greatest accomplishment were between 18 and 40. After that point a decline set in. This is not to say his life in the last 30 years was not happy, but merely states the fact, ...