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Fiends Who Bear The Shapes Of Men: Case Studies On White Male And Black Female Relationships In The South
(History, 2007-08-23)
Slave women resisted being sexually dominated by white men, by refusing to accept that their lives were beyond their control. By examining cases of slave women who resisted white sexually assertive men, I will display how ...
Away O'er The Waves: The Transatlantic Life And Literature Of Captain Mayne Reid
(History, 2007-08-23)
Although largely forgotten today, adventure novelist Mayne Reid, an Irish-born veteran of the United States' war with Mexico, was a household name on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean during the mid-to-late nineteenth ...
What Americans Said About Saxony, And What This Says About Them: Interpreting Travel Writings Of The Ticknors And Other Privileged Americans, 1800-1850
(History, 2008-08-08)
In the first half of the nineteenth century, Saxony became an increasingly popular destination for American travelers. After first examining the forces behind the travel trends in order to provide historical context, this ...
Constitutionalism, Social Democracy, And Nationalism, And The First Communist Movement In Iran, 1905-1921
(History, 2007-08-23)
Western expansion into Iran during the latter half of the nineteenth century had a significant impact on the country's social, economic, and political development. By the turn of the century, Western ideas of constitutionalism ...
Early Belgian Colonial Efforts: The Long And Fateful Shadow Of Leopold I
(History, 2007-08-23)
The continuing debate over the causes, effects and future implications of European colonialism and imperialism is perhaps best viewed through a transatlantic lens. The various phases of imperialism from 1415 through 1914 ...
Louisiana Identity On Trial: The Superior Court Case Of Pierre Benonime Dormenon, 1790-1812
(History, 2007-09-17)
Louisiana and Saint-Domingue have intertwined histories with a number of similarities and periods of various interactions, most notably during the Haitian Revolution from 1791-1804 and the flight of refugees from Cuba from ...
How Methodists Were Made: The Arminian Magazine And Spiritual Transformation In The Transatlantic World, 1778-1803
(History, 2008-08-08)
This dissertation examines the spiritual autobiographies and biographies in The Arminian Magazine (later The Methodist Magazine) first published by John Wesley in 1778. The study covers such narratives through the year ...
An "Absent Presence": An Internal History Of Insular Jewish Communities Prior To Expulsion In 1290
(History, 2009-09-16)
This thesis, based on a study based on the legal and popular documents regarding Jews and Judaism in thirteenth-century England, argues that the Expulsion of the Insular Jews in 1290 was not just a financial decision as ...
Mapping The "Red Menace": British And American News Maps In The Early Cold War Period, 1945-1955
(History, 2007-08-23)
This study examines maps published by the national news press in Britain and the United States from 1945 to 1955. The author analyzes these maps to discern similarities and differences in how British and American news ...
Urban Rivalry In A Rural County: The Contest For Dominance Between Rockdale And Cameron In Milam County, Texas, 1873-1954
(History, 2007-08-23)
Throughout the history of the United States, natural resources have played key
roles in determining where towns are formed, and when towns will die. For just as
long, waterways, roadways, and railroads have played an ...