Browsing by Department "History"
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A City Divided: Debates over Slavery in Antebellum Pittsburgh
(2019-09-25)Although much attention has been paid to the influence of southern slavery on the secession crisis and subsequent Civil War, far less has been spent analyzing the complexities of how northern communities in the antebellum ... -
Continentals and coureurs de bois: The American invasions of Canada and Illinois in the Revolutionary War
(2018-11-06)Although the American invasion of the francophone British territories of Canada in 1775 and the Illinois Country in 1778 had radically different endings, the course of the invasions were remarkably similar. Each was defensive ... -
Corrupting Humanity: The Morale and Physical Well-Being of Civil War POW's in Texas
(2020-04-01)Between June 1863 and May 1865, almost seven thousand Union prisoners were held in two Confederate prisoner of war camps in Texas: Camp Groce near Hempstead, Texas, and Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas. While both camps had ... -
Down the Lines: US Army Communications in Europe, 1942-45
(2017-07-05)The incredible complexity of the Second World War continues to fire the imagination of the public and historians, alike. However, historians have largely ignored the immense importance of communications within the respective ... -
Echoes of Honor: Reflections on the Life of Bill Halbert and the Greatest Generation
(2016-09-01)It was called the “Greatest Generation” – an era of Americans venerated for their extraordinary and selfless contributions to the preservation of freedom and democracy during World War II. They were a variegated mosaic ... -
Effects of Imperialism on British Society: How Cultural Interactions and Social Adaptation Created a New British Identity
(2021-04-13)From the late sixteenth through the nineteenth century, Great Britain expanded across the globe building an empire in diverse regions of the world on every livable continent. British engagement in overseas expansion initiated ... -
Fallen Tiger: The Fate of America's Missing Airmen in China
(2017-10-27)During World War II, America’s air forces in China reported 605 aircraft and 1,722 airmen as missing on combat missions. Fighting a savage guerrilla air war against the Japanese, the prospect of crash-landing or bailing ... -
Familiar with the Deaf World: The Influence of Alexander Graham Bell and Oralism on the History of the North American Deaf Community
(2020-04-19)This research examines the history of the North American deaf community over the past century and how the influence of Alexander Graham Bell, eugenics, and Oralism shaped the course of deaf history. Through the control of ... -
HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES MILITARY PARTICIPATION IN OPERATION DEEP FREEZE
(2018-04-13)In 1955, the longest non-combat military operation in United States history began; it continues to this day. Operation Deep Freeze began in support of the then upcoming International Geophysical Year (IGY), but it went ... -
Inmates on display: The reinforcements of social exclusion and silences through the presentation of history at the Texas Prison Museum
(2015-12)The aim of this research is to provide an understanding of how the representation of an ostracized social group, that also happens to be a stakeholder, is affected by museum exhibits. Moreover, it intends to provide critical ... -
Joe Arpaio and the Phenomenon of the 'Toughest Sheriff in America'
(2016-11-14)Since first winning election as the Sheriff of Maricopa County in 1992, Joe Arpaio has cultivated an image as the ‘toughest sheriff in America.’ While Sheriff Arpaio has often been the subject of headlines and contemporary ... -
Life After Death: How Olivewood's Cemetery Records Resurrect the History of Houston's Black Community
(2018-11-20)Cemeteries contribute to the tapestry of a community’s social history. Olivewood, the oldest incorporated African American cemetery in Houston, tells the stories of courage, struggle, joys, and the sorrows that contribute ... -
Martin Dies Jr., The House Un-American Activities Committee, and Racial Discrimination in Mid-Century America
(2019-07-09)As global conflicts spiraled out of control in the late 1930s, many Americans became concerned about foreign threats, particularly from fascists and communists. This study examines how U.S. Congressman Martin Dies, Jr. ... -
Michael J. Stolee: An Educator's Career in School Desegregation
(2017-07-10)The historic decision of Brown v. Board of Education (1954) declared that separate schools were inherently unequal, yet the U.S. Supreme Court did not specifically make instructions on how school desegregation would occur. ... -
"No night was ever too dark or road too long for her”: Ella Ware, M.D., the country doc, a state-educated woman practicing medicine in early 20th-century rural Texas
(2016-11-15)Around the turn of the twentieth century, women carved out paths for themselves as physicians in the young field of modern medicine in Texas, graduating at a rate of about one per year from the state’s first medical school, ... -
“Physicians of the Public Weal”: Jefferson Davis, His Cabinet, and Confederate Identity, Nationalism, and Morale
(2021-04-26)The Confederate States of America was dependent on the success of its military. Civilian leaders stood behind the military, creating and dictating policy at all levels of Confederate society. President Jefferson Davis ... -
Race, rhetoric, and fear 1958-1968: How elected officials exploited white middle class racial anxiety in 1960’s America
(2017-06-19)This work is a sociopolitical history focusing on the relationship between political rhetoric and white middle class racial anxiety in America from 1958 to 1968. Throughout the 1960s, elected officials employed coded ... -
Remembering the Battle of Milliken's Bend
(2018-11-20)On June 7, 1863 Union and Confederate forces clashed at a Federal encampment on the Mississippi River near the town of Milliken’s Bend. While this engagement was influential for the future of the United States Colored ... -
Runaways and the Río Grande River: The Texas Underground Railroad to Mexico and Mexico's Resolve to Uphold the Río Grande River as a Line of Resistance to Slavery, 1836-1861
(2021-04-26)The tale of a runaway, an enslaved Black man or woman choosing to abscond, is nothing short of miraculous. Listen between the lines a runaway speaks, and their story will be found as a testament entailing multiple dynamics. ... -
Spiritual Mothers Educating Republican Daughters: Elizabeth Bayley Seton, the Sisters of Charity, and St. Joseph's Academy for Girls
(2017-06-26)In 1809, Elizabeth Bayley Seton founded the Sisters of Charity of St. Joseph’s, the first American community of women religious. A year later, she and the sisters established St. Joseph’s Academy and Free School in Emmitsburg, ...