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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 ... -
Saviors In The South: Restoring Humanity To Irish Famine Immigrants in New Orleans, 1847-1880
(History, 2011-03-03)My thesis begins in during the Irish Famine in 1847, and follows Irish emigrants across the Atlantic Ocean to New Orleans where they faced disease, poverty, and prejudice. During the Irish famine, epidemics struck across ... -
"What Change Hath God Wrought?": How Gender And The Environment Shaped New England Praying Town Identity And Created A Christian Indian Elect
(History, 2011-07-14)By the 1780s, Christian Indians from praying towns throughout Southern New England accepted an invitation to reside amongst fellow Christianized Oneida in upstate New York. While all parties agreed to live as one "body" ... -
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 ... -
Conquest, Colonization, And The Cross: Religious Aspects Of The Conquest And Colonization Of Honduras
(History, 2011-07-14)Religiosity pervades the conquest and colonization of Honduras. The secular church, the missionaries, and the colonial aristocracy all played vital roles in the process. The Hispanic social consciousness emerged out of ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
William Dampier And James Cook: Two Windows Into The British Enlightened Exploration Of The Cultures And Societies Of The Pacific
(History, 2012-04-11)This study looks into the lives of two well-known British explorers and their own observations and interpretations of the Pacific societies and cultures that they encountered on their voyages. More specifically the study ... -
Transatlantic Brinksmanship: The Anglo-American Alliance And Conservative Ideology, 1953-1956
(History, 2012-04-11)The purpose of this transatlantic dissertation is to produce a new post-revisionist history of Anglo-American relations from 1953 to 1956 that seriously re-assesses Eisenhower's "middle path" foreign policy and the differing ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
"To Get Their Labor For Nothing" Criminal Courts And Jim Crow In Tarrant County, Texas: 1887-1908
(History, 2012-07-25)The county jail records reveal that Tarrant County Jim Crow was a function of custom and thoroughly institutionalized as a matter of public policy by 1890, before the Texas state legislature required separate railroad ... -
The Trick Of The Tale: Deconstructing Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum
(History, 2012-07-25)This thesis is an intellectual history of early modern European beliefs in witchcraft. Most research and scholarship on this period has focused on understanding the “witch hunts” and the collective phenomenon known as ... -
Ronsons, Zippos, Brew-ups, And Tommycookers: The M4 Sherman Tank And American Armored Development During World War II
(History, 2012-07-25)In January 1945 the M4 Sherman tank became embroiled in bitter controversy for its inability to match-up with certain tanks of the German Army. Citing many deficiencies of the Sherman, angry American tankers vented their ... -
The Dominican Crisis Of 1962-1965, Communist Aggression Or U.S. Intervention
(History, 2012-07-25)In this paper I deconstructed the U.S. Invasion of the Dominican Republic in 1965. I also look at the events leading up to the military intervention, such as assassination of Trujillo, the Bosch presidency, and the turbulent ... -
The Role Of Ritual And Ceremonial In The Reign Of Edward I
(History, 2013-03-20)Often it is said that no one is better at pomp and pageantry than the British monarchy, and indeed, this has been the case at least since the time when medieval kings ruled England. One monarch in particular stands out ... -
Vanished Legacies And The Lost Culture Of I.M. Terrell High School In Segregated Fort Worth Texas
(History, 2013-03-20)From 1954 until 1973, the Fort Worth Independent School District worked to adhere to the ruling of Brown v. Board and entered several years of litigation brought about by the NAACP and attorney Clifford L. Davis. The ... -
The Walloon Immigrants Of Northeast Wisconsin: An Examination Of Ethnic Retention
(History, 2013-07-22)This thesis examines the unusually enduring retention of ethnic culture by the Walloon Belgian immigrants who settled in northeastern Wisconsin between 1853 and 1857, as well as the combination of circumstances which enabled ... -
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 ... -
The Heir And The Spare: Education And Preparation Among England's "Sudden Monarchs"
(History, 2013-07-22)The English royal family is experiencing a recent surge of popularity. Though they no longer personally govern England, their role is still crucial within the country. The current heir to the throne, Prince Charles, is ...