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"Reign of Terror": General Thomas C. Hindman and the Confederate Military State in Arkansas, 1862-1863 (thesis)
Through a consideration of this broad historiographical foundation and careful analysis of primary source material from both military and civilian perspectives, this thesis examines the seventy-four day tenure of General ... -
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 ... -
Women's Suffrage in Britain: From Chartist Exclusion to Pankhurst Radicalism (thesis)
Although the language has changed somewhat, there remains a constancy in the way "moral principles" ultimately stifle opportunities available to women, keeping them on unequal grounds with men. Upper- and middle-class women ... -
Remembering Franco: Spanish Collective Memory from the Civil War to Today (thesis)
This work will engage four different bodies of literature: that of Franco and his regime, the history of the transition from dictatorship to democracy, the debate over historical memory in Spain, and the broader topic of ... -
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 ... -
Cracking Open the Golden Door: Race, Great Society Liberalism, and the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 (thesis)
Given the attention that immigration has received lately, it is clear that this topic is extremely contentious when it comes to politics. One wrong move with respect to immigration, visas, and refugees, could tarnish a ... -
The Catholic Church as "Guardian of the Faith"? Sex, Scandal, and Social Progress in the Republic of Ireland (thesis)
What makes Ireland's social and political trajectory notable is not that the debates over marriage equality and abortion departed from the traditional framework used in the West. Instead, it is the distinct historical ... -
"Charlantanerie", Humbug and the Evolution of Evolution: Charles Darwin and Louis Agassiz in Brazil (thesis)
The purpose of the current study is to challenge the Euro-centric stereotype that during the nineteenth century science spread outwards from the center (Europe, Canada, the United States - collectively "the West") to the ... -
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 ... -
Power, Perception, and Performance: The Courtships of Elizabeth I (thesis)
The courtships of Elizabeth I reveal the personal and political sides of the Queen. However, the separation between Elizabeth the monarch and Elizabeth the woman is often difficult to discern; Elizabeth would agree, as she ... -
Striking a Blow Against Labor: The Wagner Act, Market Fundamentalism, and the Limits of the New Deal (thesis)
The causes of the South's unique economic development are not as straightforward as its results. Although unions are undeniably weak in the South and have remained weak throughout several stages of Labor's national ... -
What the Wizard Wrought: Hjalmar Schacht, Monetary Alchemy, and the Nazi Economic Marvel 1933-1938 (thesis)
Mainstream historiography has largely missed the substance of the Nazi economic revival. Many historians accepted at face value the claim that the regime's program of public works (particularly the construction of the ... -
"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 ... -
Revolt on the Clyde: Birth and Significance of Red Clydeside, 1914-1922 (thesis)
Early attempts at characterizing the labor movement in Scotland and the rise of Red Clydeside were often too accepting of the received wisdom of the period and as such require some amount of revision. However, revisionist ... -
You Must Be This to Ride: Class, Gender, and Race in the American Amusement Park (thesis)
The apparent democratization of the amusement park, as explored here, belies the reality that increased inclusion in some aspects of an important mass leisure form does not resolve all problems of inclusion in a society. ... -
The Publicity of Female Sexuality in the Early Modern Period: An Analysis of Reproductive Intervention Techniques (thesis)
This thesis is an attempt to define the ways in which actions such as infanticide, child abandonment, abortion, and contraceptive use existed as methods by which women could take control of their sexuality in early modern ... -
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 ... -
Redefining Jihad in Local Context: From the Rise of Islam to the Islamic State (thesis)
While I have focused primarily on literature produced by the leadership figures within al-Qaeda and the Islamic State and have analyzed how such leaders interpret the historical sources, I would like to suggest that the ... -
Selling Souls From A Distance: Market Revolution Transformations in the United States Domestic Slave Trade and Slave Traders (thesis)
Chapter One of this project explores the dual stereotype of the trader created in the antebellum South. Northerners and Southerners criticized the ignorant, lowly itinerant trader but not the large-scale, wealthy trader ... -
A Contribution by the United States to the Common Stock of Civilization: Francis Lieber and General Orders No. 100 (thesis)
Lieber's Code aimed to encourage nations to renew peace. It relied on commanders understanding this goal and being able to apply it in a way that accomplished this goal. . . . In 1874, Czar Alexander II invited agents ...