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At Any And All Hazards: Manifest Destiny, The Monroe Doctrine, And The Balance Of Power In North America, Keith Thomas Ressa

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Contrary to the beliefs of New Left historians seeking to revive the once discredited theory that American territorial expansion was driven by a motivation to expand the institution of slavery, a position that I have dubbed the Neo-Abolitionist view, rather that Manifest Destiny developed as an early national security strategy and primitive strategic doctrine, what might be termed in today’s vernacular as a kind of preemptive threat displacement theory. That is, early on in the history of the Republic, many American statesmen believed that the most effective means of preventing a “balance of power” geopolitical system from being established in …

"They Would Do As They Pleased, As They Had The Power": Gender Violence And The American Settler-Colonial Project, 1830-1890, Noelle Iati

Women's History Theses

This thesis investigates the role of gender violence and sexual terror in westward settler expansion of the United States in the nineteenth century. I posit that gender violence was not simply a symptom of war and colonization, but an integral piece of the American colonization strategy. Using studies of three locations during three different periods, I have found that the local, territorial, state, and federal governments all actively deployed sexual assault and other forms of gendered terror as methods of removing Indigenous peoples to reservations and rancherías, opening their lands to settlement and resource exploitation for the purpose of acquiring …

Asian American Voting During The 2020 Elections: A Rising, Divided Voting Group, Vi Nguyen

CMC Senior Theses

Asian Americans continue to be an untapped force within American politics. Despite their status as the fastest-growing racial or ethnic group in the United States they have had surprisingly low political participation rates.[1] But 2020 represented a watershed moment. Campaign outreach and voter participation increased, and Asian Americans assumed new prominence on the national stage. Nonetheless, the 2020 elections also demonstrate historical divides within the community and a lack of cohesion as a voting group.

This thesis investigates Asian American voter behavior during the 2020 election and links trends within this year's elections to assess Asian American panethnicity. It …

Law Library Blog (September 2020): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Law Library Newsletters/Blog

No abstract provided.

Commentary: California Secessionists Channel Logic Of Southern Slaveholders, Allen C. Guelzo, James H. Hulme

Civil War Era Studies Faculty Publications

'Thursday night the streets were filled with excited crowds. No one talks of anything but the necessity for prompt action. . . . It is hardly prudent for any man to express his opinion adverse to immediate secession, so heated are the public passions, so intolerant of restraint is the popular will."

You would probably assume that this report came from California in the wake of the 2016 election, right? After all, Alex Padilla, the California secretary of state, has now authorized the Yes California Independence Campaign to begin collecting signatures for a state referendum on California's secession from the …

Untold Narratives: Refugee Experiences From Laos To Richmond, California, Laiseng Saechao

Scripps Senior Theses

Untold Narratives: A Refugee Experience from Laos to Richmond, California is focused on the Mien refugee experience from Laos to Richmond, California. This thesis highlights the ways Cold War politics, the Secret War, and heavy industrialization have impacted Mien communities who have been displaced from their homelands into refugee camps, and again through sponsorship into the United States. This thesis looks at political theories that discuss inequalities that exist, particularly through environmental degradation and negative health impacts that Mien refugees are experiencing in their resettlement into Richmond, California. Due to the limited scholarly articles and documented narratives that are available …

Mcdonald, Dan Allyn, 1905-1974 - Collector (Mss 343), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 343. Correspondence, legal papers, financial records and sundry other documents related to Eugene Scott Brown and his father-in-law, Gilbert Marshall Mulligan, attorneys of Scottsville, Allen County, Kentucky. Also includes stray Allen County court records, research notes related to the Civil War, and records about early telephone service in Allen County.

Sampson, Flemon Davis, 1875-1967 (Mss 342), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

MSS Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Collection 342. Family correspondence of Flemon Davis "Flem" Sampson, attorney, judge, and governor of Kentucky from 1927-1931. Includes correspondence of Sampson, his wife, daughter and their families, and miscellaneous papers.

Remapping A Nation Without States: Personalized Full Representation For California’S 21st Century, Mark Paul, Micah Weinberg

Mark Paul

California is a state of many distinct regions. To give citizens a voice on regional issues and to reinvigorate California’s Legislature, the state’s central institution of self-government, we propose Personalized Full Representation for the 21st Century (PFR21), a system of representation by means of regionally based legislative elections that will allow the state’s citizens to set the agenda for their regions and for the state as a whole. By reshaping the stage on which legisla- tive politics is played out, California can make state govern- ment more attentive to regional issues and give its citizens a means of holding elected …

Dan White To George Agnost, 22 November 1978, Dan White

Mayor Moscone

Letter claiming that he, Dan White, did not really resign

George Moscone To Dan White, 20 November 1978, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

A letter by Moscone to Dan White after White resigns from Board of Supervisors

Dan White To George Moscone, 10 November 1978, Dan White

Mayor Moscone

Dan White's resignation letter

San Francisco Magazine Article, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Article written by Moscone highlighting his accomplishments as mayor

Moscone's Proposition 13 Article, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone writes about his views on Proposition 13 in an article for Brief/case Magazine.

Yerba Buena Center Statement [Moscone Center], George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's Remarks on the Yerba Buena Center (YBC) Project

Mayor's Statement Against The Briggs Initiative Petition, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's statement affirming his opposition to the Briggs Initiative

Gay Rights: Sf, Yes; Sj, No, Bay Area Reporter

Mayor Moscone

Article about Moscone signing the Human Rights Ordinance, pictured with Harvey Milk

Mayor's Newsletter, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Newsletter discussing policy and the mayor's decisions

Bay Area Rapid Transit (Bart) Advertisment, [Circa 1978], Bay Area Rapid Transit

Mayor Moscone

Clippings about BART Advertisment

George Moscone In Office, [Circa 1977], Unknown

Mayor Moscone

Moscone Pictured at his desk

Moscone Lectures, (Circa 1977), Unknown

Mayor Moscone

Picture of Moscone giving a lecture

Moscone And Milk, [Circa 1977], Associated Press

Mayor Moscone

George Moscone and Harvey Milk

Moscone With The Public, [Circa 1977], Unknown

Mayor Moscone

Picture of George Moscone talking to the public

Walter Mondale To George Moscone, 15 November 1976, Walter Mondale

Mayor Moscone

Letter thanking Moscone for his support

Jimmy Carter To George Moscone, 11 November 1976, Jimmy Carter

Mayor Moscone

Letter thanking Moscone for his support

George Moscone To Board Of Supervisors, 19 October 1976, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's letter to Board of Supervisors appointing Jim Jones to Housing Authority.

One Market Plaza, Southern Pacific Land Company

Mayor Moscone

Moscone giving a speech at the opening of One Market Plaza

Jim Jones To George Moscone, 16 August 1976, Jim Jones

Mayor Moscone

Letter asking Moscone to give Amos a good recommendation

Clint Eastwood To Jack Levitan, 13 August 1976, Clint Eastwood

Mayor Moscone

Letter from Clint Eastwood defending Moscone

George Moscone To Richard Mcdougal, 3 August 1976, George Moscone

Mayor Moscone

Moscone's letter in support of Cesar Chavez