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Showing 1 to 20 of 56 for “"Other History"”.
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William Warren Prescott, Seventh-day Adventist Educator
… interpretation. His scholarly studies in history have been of lasting benefit to the church through his writing and his editorial work. As an administrator Prescott also had a significant influence on the organizational reforms in the church accomplished in 1901. An understanding of …
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Anne Enright’s Reply to James Joyce: A Nation’s Tale Told Through The Gathering
Particular to the Irish gothic, a postcolonial history seems to repeat itself in Anne Enright’s The Gathering. The victims of an atrocious sexual crime seem to circulate this hidden secret that all tragedy revolves around, yet no one is willing to speak about it. Enright suggests that the same …
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The Process of Colonial Adaptation: English Responses to the 1692 Earthquake at Port Royal, Jamaica
<p>This research investigates how colonists adapted to their new tropical environment after a destructive earthquake occurred in Jamaica on June 7, 1692. This earthquake killed approximately two thousand people and destroyed half of the bustling harbor town of Port Royal. The earthquake …
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The Rise Of Public Sector Unionism In Detroit, 1947-1967
<p>In 1947, the Michigan Legislature passed into law the Hutchinson Act banning strikes of state and local workers. The law provided for the termination of striking public sector workers but did not require state and local agencies to bargain with public employees or their representatives. It even …
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John Dewey, Historiography, and the Practice of History.
… writings on historiography, the philosophy of history, and his influence on American historians. Dewey affected several generations of historians from the Progressive historians to the practical realists of today.</p><p>This study evaluates Dewey's pragmatism as a legitimate strain in American …
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The Iron Age I Structure on Mount Ebal: Excavation and Interpretation
… elements of the Ebal site with biblical and other literary data relevant to a cultic interpretation. Chapter 5 examines the site in its historical and sociological position among the new settlement sites of the central hill-country in Iron Age I. Chapter 6 provides a summary and draws …
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Fighting For Survival: Coal Miners And The Struggle Over Health And Safety In The United States, 1968-1988
<p>My dissertation focuses on coal mining and occupational health and safety in the United States from 1968 to 1985. In the late 1960s, coal miners faced the constant risk of injury, occupational disease, and death. The dangerous conditions in the coal industry resulted in a massive explosion at …
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"Black Cowboys: Self-Sufficiency in the American West through the ideology of Booker T. Washington"
… the black cowboy's considerable achievement, the history of their lives remains largely uncovered. Most historiographies present a sympathetic picture, but what is missing is the voice of the black cowboys. Using the views and ideologies of Booker T. Washington, black cowboys were able to become …
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"Queen of All Islands": The Imagined Cartography of Matthew Paris's Britain
<p>In the middle decade of the thirteenth century, the Benedictine monk and historian Matthew Paris drew four regional maps of Britain. The monk's works stand as the earliest extant maps of the island and mark a distinct shift from the cartographic traditions of medieval Europe. Historians have …
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Comparing a Surface Collection to an Excavated Collection in the Lower Skagit River Delta at 45SK51
… and then compare those results to two other site analyses from the Lower Puget Sound. Differences in the selective conditions are proposed to account for differences in artifact types between 45SK51 and the other two sites. These differences may be tied to uneven distributions of …
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Soviet Defectors: Sexuality, Gender, and the Family in Cold War Propaganda, 1960-1990
The purpose of this study is to examine the rhetoric of gender, sexuality, and the family used by the media of the Soviet Union to discuss American and Soviet defectors from 1960 to 1990. Utilizing previously established historiographies of gender, sexuality and the family as well as statements …
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Contrast
… contrast within a piece of artwork as well as a history and explanation of the other elements and principles of art. It is important for artists to understand the elements and principles to have a good base in creating artwork. This thesis will explore the history of the elements and principles, …
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<em>Star Wars: The Clone Wars</em> and Popular Culture in America
<p><em>The Clone Wars</em> animated series is part of the <em>Star Wars</em> storyline taking place before the original <em>Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope</em>. The central premise of <em>The Clone Wars</em> is that of war, one being waged by a biologically manufactured clone army. George …
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In the Shadow of Shuri Castle: The Battle of Okinawa in Memory
… Their emphasis on sole victimization led to other Okinawan narratives being either downplayed or outright denied. To remove American bases off their island, gain recognition for Japanese atrocities plus reparations, the Okinawans portrayed themselves as a peaceful people that were the sole …
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Mattie Castlebury: East Texas Oil Boom Legend
… East Texas Oil Museum honors Castlebury and five other influential women in video format only. The proposed exhibition would be the first stand-alone display for the “Women of the Boom” to specifically detail one of these women in the museum’s main hall. Through curated images and concise textual …
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The Evolution of Cryptology
… as arithmetic, number theory, and probability. Another concern that has brought cryptology into everyday use and necessity is user authentication. How does one or a machine know that a user is who they say they are? Living in the age where most of our information is sent and accepted through …
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Never Again: The Genocide Convention in Review
… lead to genocide. State responsibility is another major issue discussed throughout this thesis given that in every case of genocide the State has had a major role. Hope for the future of the Genocide Convention is the last major theme of this thesis. Despite the many shortcomings of the …
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Inventing Burke: Edmund Burke and the Conservative Party, 1790-1918
<p>This thesis explores the circumstances by which Edmund Burke came to be regarded as the father of Anglo-conservatism. Conventional wisdom assumes Burke was hailed as a Conservative oracle from the moment <em>Reflections on the Revolution in France</em> appeared. In fact, nineteenth century …
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