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“ARE THE GREEN FLAGS READY?” RECRUITMENT OF THE IRISH BRIGADE IN THE CIVIL WAR
(2022-09-06)This thesis argues that the Irish Brigade’s reliance on the Irish-American communities of Boston, New York, and Philadelphia was crucial to its continued existence throughout the Civil War. The Irishmen continued the ... -
How Eric Sloane Retold American History
(2020-05-01)This thesis seeks to prove the significance of Eric Sloane during the Cold War reconstruction of America's historical memory. Sloane's quest for identity parallels that of his country: grappling with the past to form ... -
Witches, Wolves, and Wilderness: Notions of Purity and Righteous Domination in Early America
(2020-06-01)An examination of the ideological, theological, and archetypal forces behind early New England colonists' conception of America as the potential for a "New Canaan", an idealized and restocked version of the overburdened, ... -
The Science of Intolerance: Puritans and Dissention in Seventeenth-Century New England
(2020-05-01)This thesis examines the relationship between science and Puritanism in colonial New England during the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century by examining outbreaks of opposition to Puritan hegemony. It examines ... -
A Call to Arms to Grieve Over Themselves: Chinese Intellectual Trends in the Early Twentieth Century
(2008-01-01)On August 11, 1872, the Chinese government sent a total of 120 young men, who ranged from seven to thirteen years old, to the United States of America for fifteen years of study. The Chinese government paid stipends to ... -
Bending the Rules: How Canton Became the Success it Was not Meant to Be
(2005-05-01)Much has been written on the First Opium War (1839-42), which forced open the trade ports of the Chinese Celestial Kingdom. However, relatively little research has been done that looks more closely at what factors enabled ... -
THE REVENANT SCREEN: Cinematic Hauntings, Horror, and American Culture
(2020-05-06)This thesis analyzes ghosts and hauntings in horror cinema from the earliest inceptions through the early twenty-first century through the lens of cultural history. Through a synthetic treatment of literary and filmic ... -
Come In and Hear the Truth: Jazz and Race on 52nd Street
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Mavericks and Other Traditions in American Music
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Rhode Island Historical Society
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Women, Westernization and the Origins of Modern Vietnamese Theatre
(2006-06-01)Modern spoken theatre emerged in Vietnam in the context of intellectual and social upheaval in the 1920s and 1930s. Plays in this period focused on the status of women, the effects of Westernization and the emergence of ... -
Papers of James Madison: 25 October 1813-30 June 1814, The
(2013-01-01)The article reviews the book "The Papers of James Madison, Presidential Series, vol. 7: 25 October 1813-30 June 1814," edited by Angela Kreider, J. C. A. Stagg, Mary Parke Johnson, Anne Mandeville Colony, and Katharine E. Harbury. -
War Experiences in Rural Germany 1914-1923.
(2009-03-01)
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