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The Mexican Revolution: Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940
(The University of Texas at ArlingtonTexas A&M PressDigital Creation Department, Central Library, The University of Texas at ArlingtonDepartment of History, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2013)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** -
Mexico's Break Up: Mexico City's Misconceptions And Mismanagement Of Its Peripheries: Central America And Texas, 1821-1836
(History, 2013-07-22)In 1822, Mexico's boundaries held the territories of what is now Central America and Texas. Just after independence from Spain, it seemed Mexico would emerge as a powerful nation to challenge the United States in North ... -
¿MI TIERRA, TAMBIÉN? MEXICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS IN FORT WORTH, 1940-1990s
(2016-09-15)This thesis focuses on the city of Fort Worth during the second half of the twentieth-century and provides an analysis for how the struggles of the Mexican American population were shaped by the long history of discrimination ... -
Missed Identity: Collective Memory, Adina De Zavala, And The Tejana Heroine Who Wasn't
(History, 2013-07-22)As greater attention is paid to Hispanic and Tejano contributions to Southwest history, many journalists, Tejano activists, and even historians have commandeered Adina De Zavala's life and legacy as an example of Tejano ... -
Modern European Culture and the Making of Beyond Good and Evil
(2019-05-07)Modern European Culture and the Making of Beyond Good and Evil offers a historical picture of nineteenth-century European culture by means of examining one of its chief artifacts, Friedrich Nietzsche’s Beyond Good and Evil, ... -
The Nadir Of Alliance: The British Ultimatum Of 1890 And Its Place In Anglo-Portuguese Relations, 1147- 1945
(History, 2008-09-17)As has been stated many times before, the Anglo-Portuguese alliance is the oldest pact still currently in force in the world. It has been the bedrock cornerstone of Lisbon's foreign policy as a means of insuring Portuguese ... -
Naked And Alone In A Strange New World: Early Modern Captivity And Its Mythos In Ibero-American Consciousness
(History, 2008-09-17)This study compares and contrasts early modern (1500 - 1650) American captivity narratives of Jerónimo de Aguilar, Gonzalo Guerrero, Juan Ortiz, Cabeza de Vaca, Hans Stade, Hernando d'Escalante Fontaneda, Fray Francisco ... -
A New System Of Power: The Franks And The Catholic Church in post-Roman Gaul
(History, 2014-03-10)The Franks developed a new system of power in post-Roman Gaul with the help of the Catholic Church. From the sixth through the ninth century three Frankish kings played crucial roles in the development of this new ... -
The Old Bailey: The Court Of Londoners In An Era Of Revolution
(History, 2012-07-25)The history of the laws and courts of England is a rich subject, but little work has been done on the history of common law prior to the eighteenth century. With fewer sources than later periods and a confusing system of ... -
Organic Farmers, German Vintners, And The Atomic Monster Of Seabrook: A Trans-atlantic History Of Social Activism And Nuclear Power From New England To West Germany
This study focuses on citizen intervention, direct action, and antinuclear activism from West Germany to New England in the twentieth century. Samuel Lovejoy's war against the nuke in Montague, the politicization of German ... -
OTHERNESS AND BELONGING IN “DEMOCRATIC EMPIRES”: THE SYRIAN DIASPORA AND TRANSATLANTIC DISCOURSES OF IDENTITY, 1890s-1930s
(2016-08-15)This dissertation examines the arguments that Syrians in diaspora at the turn of the twentieth century used in constructing their group identity. It traces the transnational and transimperial discourses that centered on ... -
Overcoming Triple Oppression: Identity, Power, And Feminism Among Women Of Mexican Ancestry In Texas, 1960-1980
(History, 2008-04-22)The Mexican American civil rights movement surfaced in the 1960s and 1970s as a direct response to blatant institutional discrimination and neglect. The participation of women within the movement, however, has been ... -
Pearl Chase and Thomas More Storke: Two Community Builders in Twentieth Century Santa Barbara, California
(2022-05-12)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 5/12/2024** ABSTRACT: Pearl Chase (1888-1979) and Thomas More Storke (1876-1971) are the main protagonists in this dissertation which analyzes Santa Barbara, California, ... -
Performing Masculinity And Reconciling Class In The American West: British Gentlemen Hunters And Their Travel Accounts, 1865-1914
(History, 2011-03-03)This dissertation investigates accounts by British gentlemen of the upper-middle and upper class, whose hunting narratives in the Western United States in the second half of the nineteenth century reveal their sentiments ... -
Place-names, Conquest, And Empire: Spanish And Amerindian Conceptions Of Place In The New World
(History, 2011-09-12)This research corrects the one-sided historiography of toponyms in the New World, which focus only on the European imposition of place-names, viewed by many postmodernist scholars as a way to oppress and suppress the native ... -
The Prison On The Moor: A Study Of The American Prisoner-of-war Experience Within Dartmoor Prison, 1813-1815
(History, 2011-07-14)The War of 1812 is a conflict best characterized by two adjectives: ironic and forgotten. Conventional histories of the War of 1812 focus almost exclusively on the land engagements of the war, despite the occurrence of ... -
Project Jobs: Reagan, the INS, and Undocumented Workers in 1982
(2023-05-11)Using digitized archival material, newspaper articles, and court documents, this thesis examines a 1982 federal deportation campaign in the United States called “Project Jobs,” which resulted in the apprehension of an ... -
Race And Cricket: The West Indies And England At Lord's, 1963
(History, 2011-10-11)Cricket became a sport in which there was a clear separation based on race and class; and these distinctions initially determined function within the sport. In England, where the distinction was based mostly on class, the ... -
RADICALS ON THE MOVE: FRENCH MIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1850-1900
(2021-05-05)The following dissertation examines the activities of French radical migrants within the United States from 1850-1900. This dissertation illustrates that studying French migration highlights the interconnectedness and ... -
Regency Rabble Rousers: The Impact And Legacy Of The Cato Street Conspiracy
(History, 2012-07-25)What were the reasons behind the virtual disappearance of the Cato Street Conspiracy from historical discussion and debate as well as from public consciences? This thesis poses the question: How could a group whose ...