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History And The Fundamentals Of Computer Science, Edward L. Ayers Jan 2004

History And The Fundamentals Of Computer Science, Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Where The Clouds Meet The Water, Kimberly E. Contag, James A. (Jim) Grabowska Jan 2004

Where The Clouds Meet The Water, Kimberly E. Contag, James A. (Jim) Grabowska

MSU Authors Collection

Where the Clouds Meet the Water follows the historical journey of the German Ecuadorian widower, Ernst Contag, and his four young children from their home in the South American Andes to Nazi Germany in 1942. Blacklisted as an enemy alien, Ernst Contag and his children are forcibly repatriated to the country of Ernst's grandparents as part of a diplomatic exchange arranged by the United States' State Department and cooperating countries. In Nazi Germany, Ernst and his children must deny their Ecuadorian past and learn to live as Germans. The Contag family strives to keep the ray of hope in their …


History Of Costume : The Consumption, Governance, Potency And Patronage Of Attire In Colonial Western Australia, Damayanthie Eluwawalage Jan 2004

History Of Costume : The Consumption, Governance, Potency And Patronage Of Attire In Colonial Western Australia, Damayanthie Eluwawalage

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

This dissertation represents a new' departure in the study of dress in colonial Western Australia, focusing on the rationale behind individual and collective clothing practices in the new society. As a study of significant social and cultural practices, rather than an account of fashion, this research contributes to the understanding of previously disregarded elements in colonial Western Australian ethno-economic and social histories. The study investigates the internal and external influences which impacted upon colonial inhabitants' ways of dressing, their societal attitudes and social demeanour. The research compares the influences on attire and finery in colonial Western Australian society with the …


Vulcan Historical Review 8 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2004

Vulcan Historical Review 8 (Front Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Truth Was Where You Found It: Race In The Press In Birmingham, Alabama, September 1963, Thomas Scales Jan 2004

Truth Was Where You Found It: Race In The Press In Birmingham, Alabama, September 1963, Thomas Scales

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 6-28


Plain Words, Plain Meanings: Hugo Black And The Right To Counsel, William Grayson Jan 2004

Plain Words, Plain Meanings: Hugo Black And The Right To Counsel, William Grayson

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 50-60


Crossing The Gulf: Christian-Muslim Interactions During The Renaissance Era, Robert P. Collins Jan 2004

Crossing The Gulf: Christian-Muslim Interactions During The Renaissance Era, Robert P. Collins

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 29-49


Birmingham In Transition: The Mayoral Campaign Of 1917, William Watt Jan 2004

Birmingham In Transition: The Mayoral Campaign Of 1917, William Watt

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 108-118


Making A Greater Birmingham: The Annexation Of Ensley, Jeremy Campbell Jan 2004

Making A Greater Birmingham: The Annexation Of Ensley, Jeremy Campbell

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 72-81


"Knocked In The Head Promiscuously": Oliver Cromwell And The Destruction Of Drogheda, Matthew Marsh Jan 2004

"Knocked In The Head Promiscuously": Oliver Cromwell And The Destruction Of Drogheda, Matthew Marsh

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 82-90


Colbert County Politics, 1926-1928, Christopher Long Jan 2004

Colbert County Politics, 1926-1928, Christopher Long

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 61-71


They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967, Jerry Tiarsmith Jan 2004

They Marched Into Sunlight: War And Peace, Vietnam And America, October 1967, Jerry Tiarsmith

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 141-143


Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams And The Roots Of Black Power, J D. Jackson Jan 2004

Radio Free Dixie: Robert F. Williams And The Roots Of Black Power, J D. Jackson

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 138-140


Trial Of The Times: Slanting Of The Facts, Daniel Fowler Jan 2004

Trial Of The Times: Slanting Of The Facts, Daniel Fowler

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 99-107


Mountain Brook: The Making Of An Elite Community, Deborah Hayes Jan 2004

Mountain Brook: The Making Of An Elite Community, Deborah Hayes

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 119-128


The Landscape Of History: How Historians Map The Past, Christopher Long Jan 2004

The Landscape Of History: How Historians Map The Past, Christopher Long

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 144-145


Death Of An Overseer: Reopening A Murder Investigation From The Plantation South, John Gilchrist Jan 2004

Death Of An Overseer: Reopening A Murder Investigation From The Plantation South, John Gilchrist

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 146-148


Review Essay: The House Un-American Activities Committee, Mark Kiehle Jan 2004

Review Essay: The House Un-American Activities Committee, Mark Kiehle

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 130-137


Vulcan Historical Review 8 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2004

Vulcan Historical Review 8 (End Matter), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Vulcan Historical Review 8 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff Jan 2004

Vulcan Historical Review 8 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.


Questioning The Warren Report, April Cash Jan 2004

Questioning The Warren Report, April Cash

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 91-97


Utah's Plight: A Passage Through The Great Depression, Joseph F. Darowski Jan 2004

Utah's Plight: A Passage Through The Great Depression, Joseph F. Darowski

Theses and Dissertations

The Great Depression marked a fateful passage in the annals of the American people. President Roosevelt's New Deal, the nation's signature response, proved to be a determined but erratic reaction. Against the backdrop of a nation deeply mired in an unrelenting international depression, dramatic events played themselves out in the lives of the men and women of Utah. Throughout, fidelity to principles of independence, self-reliance, and self-sufficiency were sorely challenged.

The people of Utah found succor in two almost diametrically opposed responses. The New Deal offered an amalgam of programs and panaceas through which the federal government attempted to deliver …


Oliver Optic 1822-1897, Children's Author, Dale Freeman Dec 2003

Oliver Optic 1822-1897, Children's Author, Dale Freeman

Dale H. Freeman

No abstract provided.