Browsing Dissertations & Theses by Author "Reinhardt, Steven G."
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The Bordes-binford Debate: Transatlantic Interpretive Traditions In Paleolithic Archaeology
Wargo, Melissa Canady (History, 2009-09-16)In the 1960s, Lewis Binford, a young American archaeologist, challenged François Bordes, a venerable French prehistorian, over the interpretation of a taxonomy Bordes had developed to describe stone tools of the European ... -
Cornflakes, God, and Circumcision: John Harvey Kellogg and Transatlantic Health Reform
Loignon, Austin Eli; 0000-0001-5554-1400 (2019-05-09)The health reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth century impacted American and European societies in profound ways. These reforms, while usually represented in a national context, existed within a transatlantic ... -
English Opinions On The French Revolution
Wagoner, Wilburn Thomas (History, 2009-09-16)Just as the French Revolution changed the French political landscape, it also affected other European countries such as England. Both pro-revolutionaries and anti-revolutionaries argued in the public forums the merits of ... -
Giovanni Battista Ramusio And The History Of Discoveries: An Analysis Of Ramusio's Commentary, Cartography, and Imagery in Delle Navigationi et Viaggi
Barnes, Jerome R. (History, 2007-09-17)Giovanni Battista Ramusio was a sixteenth-century Venetian scholar who was very interested in the studies of geography and cartography. Ramusio's keen interest was in the findings of travelers and explorers to all parts ... -
The Great War On Film: Examining The Cinematic Variations Of Three Films On The 1916 Battle Of The Somme
Yarbrough, Nicole Denae (History, 2014-07-14)Propaganda has been an integral part of human history, and while the documentation of conflict through film began in the middle of the nineteenth century, it was not until the First World War that the production and ... -
Man of Virtue, Man of Vice: Maximilien Robespierre and Modern Manhood
Walker, Vanessa Marie; 0000-0003-0360-2333 (2016-09-15)Since his death in 1794, Maximilien Robespierre’s legacy has been debated by scholars and non-scholars alike. Some have called him a blood-thirsty dictator who used his political power to execute innocent citizens who ... -
Manipulating Maria: Marie Antoinette's Image From Betrothal To Beheading And Beyond
Kilgore-Mueller, Mylynka D'Ann (History, 2008-08-08)The shaping of Marie Antoinette's image began before her arrival at Versailles. Prior to her marriage, her mother, Austrian Empress Maria Theresa brought in experts to educate the Archduchess in the ways of life in the ... -
A New System Of Power: The Franks And The Catholic Church in post-Roman Gaul
Haun, James David (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 ... -
Romilly And Rush: The Parallel Paths Of Penal Reform In Britain And America, 1780 - 1830
Hunnicutt, Wendell Allen (History, 2010-11-01)After the end of the American Revolution, efforts were made in both American and in Britain to alter the penal code in order to reduce the number of offenses that carried the death penalty and to replace capital punishment ... -
Shaping British Identity: Transatlantic Anglo-Spanish Rivalry In The Early Modern Period
Haga, Andrea K. Brinton (History, 2009-09-16)Traditional nationalism studies focus primarily on nineteenth-century developments of state-formation and the imposition of nationalistic compulsions from the top down. This study challenges that theoretical framework by ... -
The Trick Of The Tale: Deconstructing Johann Weyer's De Praestigiis Daemonum
Allen, James Robert (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 ... -
Viewing The Champ-Elysses As A Transitional Space
Swiney, Staci L. (History, 2013-07-22)Today the Champs-Élysées serves as one of the most iconic boulevards in the world; however, in the eighteenth century the area functioned similar to a modern day park. The transitional space provided fresh air and ...