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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"American Southeast"”.
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Clovis Technology and Settlement in the American Southeast
… organization, and settlement in the American Southeast. Evidence suggests that traditionally-accepted, western-centric models do not fully explain Clovis technological characteristics and settlement patterns in the region. My second chapter presents the results of a 40 square meter …
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"""This Country Is Worth the Trouble of Going to War to Keep It"": Cultures of Violence in the American Southeast to 1740"
… the violence that marked the colonization of the American Southeast by the English, French and Spanish. It eschews older interpretations that emphasize Native savagery, and those that replaced Indian savagery with European savagery during the 1960s and 1970s. The dissertation also moves beyond the …
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Africa, Appalachia, and acculturation: The history of bluegrass music
… white musical interaction that occurred in the American Southeast. This document begins by reviewing the first complete definition of bluegrass music written by Mayne Smith. It then proceeds to explore the history of cross cultural exchanges in the South, particularly in the Appalachian …
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Las Familias De Los Pioneros: Identity of Greenville, South Carolina's First Colombian Immigrants and Their Children
… the oldest Latino immigrant communities in the American Southeast. The first Colombian immigrants, or pioneros, were recruited from 1968-1975 to work in the town's textile mills. Over 10,000 live in Greenville today. The early community was close-knit and was able to preserve aspects of …
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Improbable Dreams: A Qualitative Case Study Of Elite High School Football Players
… of an elite high school football program in the American Southeast. I conducted twelve interviews with former players from Lake Kolofa High School to better understand how young men are socialized into pursuing elite levels of sport. Using the society spectacle framework, this thesis extends …
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From The Mouths Of Mississippian: Determining Biological Affinity Between The Oliver Site (22-Co-503) And The Hollywood Site (22-Tu-500)
<p>The Mississippian period in the American Southeast was a period of immense interaction between polities as a result of vast trade networks, regional mating networks which included spousal exchange, chiefdom collapse, and endemic warfare. This constant interaction is reflected not only in the …
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(In)Visible
… I focus specifically on Muskogean origins in the American Southeast, tracing the emergence and submersion ((dis)appearances) of Mvskoke language and cultural forms throughout time, personal history, and national space.</p>
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"The Perfect Scheme of it in his Head...:" Shaftesbury's Carolina Design in the Context of England's Atlantic Economy
… first serious attempt to make advances into the American southeast. Its success was critical in the geopolitical battle between European nations to gain hegemony over the North American mainland. Historians have long agreed the region's eight Lords Proprietors planned from the very outset to …
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Creek diplomacy in an imperial Atlantic world
… visited important seats of European power in the American southeast, and they sent delegations to England, Mexico, and Canada. The Creeks were often successful in these missions, and their hosts recognized the Creeks' economic and political goals. The way Creeks dealt with outsiders within Creek …
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Horses, Culture, and Trade: The Impact of the Horse on Southeastern Native Nations, 1650-1830
… literature details the impact of horses on Southeastern Native nations and focuses on a few of the larger groups, particularly the Choctaw, from the mid-eighteenth to the nineteenth century. This thesis intends to increase the scope to analyze the entire Southeastern region, as well as …