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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"American political history"”.
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From the Committee of 100 to the Committee to Re-Elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon
… to the Committee to Re-elect the President: The Political Campaigns of Richard M. Nixon</em> offers the reader a comprehensive biography of Richard M. Nixon through the lens of his political campaigns. This thesis illustrates how Richard Nixon became one of the fiercest campaigners in …
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Ambrose Bierce: Between politics and philosophy
This study examines the political thought of Ambrose Bierce. Because of his aversion to Gilded Age politics, Bierce did not participate in the political process. As a result, his political thought must be considered from an ideological or philosophical perspective; Examination of his views suggests …
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Striking a balance: The centrality of the Hamiltonian/Jeffersonian Debate in American foreign policy development
… peculiarities that have put a unique face on American foreign policy. I will examine the two basic tenets, or impulses, that have characterized U.S. foreign policy development: the Jeffersonian, or idealist, impulse and the Hamiltonian, or realist, impulse. My purpose is to show that each …
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Relocation & Realignment: How the Great Migration Changed the Face of the Democratic Party
<p>After a history of hostility toward Black people, what motivated the Democratic Party of the 1960s to change its position on civil rights? My dissertation examines one of the most significant developments in American political history--the shift of the U.S. political parties on racial issues. In …
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Grassy Knoll-Edges: Conspiracy Theories and Political Rationality in the 1990s
… ways official analyses have assessed them as a political problem. First, I examine the common representations of conspiracy theories by prominent cultural texts and institutions. Mainstream journalism (major newspapers, weekly magazines, and television broadcast news programs), alternative press …
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Mobilizing jazz communities: the dynamic use of jazz as a political resource in the Black Liberation Struggle, 1925-1965
… has played in developing and sustaining African American socio-political movements during the twentieth century, and has a particular emphasis on the New Negro and Civil Rights Movements. Informed by the perspectives of social movement theorists describing culture’s significance in the …
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The right, rights and the culture wars in the United States, 1981-1989
This thesis explores how the American right fought the culture wars of the 1980s in the context of the rights revolution and the regulatory state. It does so by examining divisions over anti-abortion measures in Congress, controversies surrounding allegations of discriminatory withholding of …