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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Revolutionary War"”.
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Caregiving, Crisis and Coercion in the American Revolutionary War
… uses the health crisis of the American Revolutionary War to interrogate the coercive labour dynamics underpinning care work in early America. It examines the Continental Army’s efforts to utilise existing coercive labour regimes (including enslavement, indentured servitude and gendered …
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Unanimous Voice, Unanimous Symbol: George Washington during the Revolutionary War.
… the duties of Washington throughout the Revolutionary War from four different perspectives a more holistic interpretation of Washington during America's fight for independence may be gained. This study examines the relationships Washington had with Congress as well as with his fellow …
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British Military Theatricals in New York City During the Revolutionary War
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Remembering the revolution: monuments and commemorations of American Revolutionary war sites in New York
… the heritage narratives presented by Civil War Confederate monuments, there is a paramount need for archaeologists to lend their expertise in material culture studies to these dialogues. I also believe it remains important to expand this critical examination of Civil War monuments to other …
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From Revolutionary War heroes to navy cruisers : the role of public history and military history in Vincennes, Indiana
This thesis looks at the role that public history, expressed through civic pride and public memory, and military history have played in shaping the history of Vincennes, Indiana, from the battle fought by George Rogers Clark to the memorial named after him and finally with the four United States …
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“We are all going into log huts – a sweet life after a most fatiguing campaign”: The Evolution and Archaeology of American Military Encampments of the Revolutionary War
… and evolution over the course of the war. By employing a multifaceted approach towards the documentary record, this dissertation illustrates as many perspectives as possible by consulting a diverse collection of primary source material to construct a historical framework that explores …
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Physical disability, disabled veterans and the American Revolution
… ideas of physical disability in the era of the War for Independence. In the colonies, physical disability never stood alone as an independent category of difference, but was anchored in discourses of poverty and morality. However, the tumultuous events that occurred during the period 177 5 to …
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From Enlightenment to Romanticism: Early American travel writers on Spain
… and developed in the United States between the Revolutionary War and the first three decades of the nineteenth century. Specifically, it analyzes the shift from a politically-centered to a spiritually- or aesthetically-based perception of Spain whereby American readers ceased to envision that …
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Producing America's Enemies and the Contested Rhetorics of Nationhood in the United States, 1775--1815
… participation that brought victory in the war were no longer desirable. Hence, this dissertation investigates how the radical democracy of the Revolutionary War was tamed in the founding years of the United States. I conclude that Americans were brought under the control of government …
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The young Thomas Jefferson's geographic thought, 1743 - 1784
… his influence on military movements during the Revolutionary War, his contribution to the Public Land Survey System, and the compilation of Notes on the State of Virginia. By reviewing Thomas Jefferson's collection of writings, we can see how his geographic thought evolved and how it may have …
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Constitución y guerra: Una revisión del sistema de derechos fundamentales de Colombia durante el siglo XX
… by violence?. The last century began with the War of a Thousand Days and continued with the regional war in the thirties. Then came La Violencia, the revolutionary war and guerrilla warfare. In the eighties, there were the paramilitary and terrorism related to drug trafficking. Yet the legal …
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Crafting Clementina: Using Material Culture to Interpret the Contributions of 18th-century American Craftswomen in Scholarship and at Public History Sites
… newspaper produced by Clementina Rind before the Revolutionary War, to show her involvement in early American discussions and events. It also addresses how material culture can be used to teach visitors about the 18th-century women who labored in other non-domestic trades, including blacksmiths, …
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The Larz and Isabel Anderson House, Washington, D. C., by Little and Browne (1902-1905)
… a patriotic organization established by Revolutionary War officers in 1783. Larz Anderson was a member and a descendant of one of the founders of the Society. The fact that Anderson House was designated a national historic landmark in 1996 indicates that it is worthy of national …
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From the Bottom up: Isaac Craig and the Process of Social and Economic Mobility During the Revolutionary era
… frontier, illustrates the paradox presented in upward mobility during the Revolutionary era. The era was an exceptional time for social and economic mobility yet few men were able to accomplish it. Thus the period allowed for many men to gain more economically, while the inability to increase …
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John Adams and France: A Remarkable but Costly Relationship
… due to his military leadership in the Revolutionary War. John Adams was narrowly elected and had little popular support such as had been evident in the Washington Administration for two terms. John Adams stood up for his beliefs and was willing to absorb the consequences of his actions. …
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A Market for Death: The Use and Abuse of Cadavers in Nineteenth-Century America
… study focuses primarily on the period from the Revolutionary War through the passage of the first mandatory anatomy act in 1883. As a work of public history, this thesis builds upon an online exhibit that provides a new means for the public to learn about the ways that bodies were used for both …
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Revised History of Fort Watauga.
<p>The history of the Revolutionary War Fort Watauga located in present day Elizabethton, TN has yet to be completed.</p><p>The critique of several Tennessee historians including J. G. M. Ramsey, Lyman C. Draper, Samuel Cole Williams, and others uncovered discrepancies and errors in Fort Watauga’s …
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Dermatophyte Respiration Antagonism in Vitro by Juglone
… about 200 years before Christ. During the Revolutionary War it was used to cure colonial troops suffering from dysentery and severe gastro-intestinal disorders. Whether any medicinal value was obtained from the naphthoquinone in many of the aforementioned diseases is debatable, but the …
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By force or by fraud: optimizing U.S. information strategy with deception
… victories in every U.S. conflict since the Revolutionary War. However, the United States has allowed its deception capability to atrophy. Possible explanations for our MILDEC divestiture range from structural insufficiencies to an ethical framework that emphasizes truth and transparency. …
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