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The Role Of The Tobacco Trade In Turkish-American Relations, 1923-29., Robert Carey Goodman
The Role Of The Tobacco Trade In Turkish-American Relations, 1923-29., Robert Carey Goodman
Master's Theses
This study of the tobacco trade between Turkey and the United States provides new perspectives on two major themes in Turkish-American relations between 1923 and 1929: the effect of Turkish nationalism on American interests in Ataturk's Turkey, and the effort to restore Turkish- American diplomatic ties broken during World War I. The marked rise in American cigarette consumption after World War I made the tobacco trade a crucial link between Turkey and America because it required the importation of aromatic tobacco. During the Turkish Republic' s first decades, the value of American tobacco imports from Turkey exceeded the value of …
The Root Mission, William R. Conger
The Root Mission, William R. Conger
Master's Theses
The purpose of this study is to examine the Root Mission to Russia from it conception to its final report and to evaluate the effectiveness of each member individually as well as that of the Mission as a whole. Further, major actions and responses of the Wilson Administration and other American officials have been considered where these actions have a direct bearing on the effectiveness of the Root Mission. This study also provides a narrative account of the constructive work of the commission and attempts to highlight those experiences which might well have had a significant impact on the Mission's …
The American Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1781, Robert Edward Hanie
The American Revolutionary Soldier, 1775-1781, Robert Edward Hanie
Master's Theses
The object of this paper is to present a survey of soldier life in the American Revolutionary Army. Although the study might be labeled "social history", the researcher believes that history is the product of all the kaleidoscopic events of the past, and that no phenomena exerts an influence of undue proportions. History is alive. History provides the continuing link between the vast "eons" of the past and the remarkable shortness of the "present."
An Analysis Of Sovereignty And Its Application To Segregation In Public Schools, Patricia Minor Murphy
An Analysis Of Sovereignty And Its Application To Segregation In Public Schools, Patricia Minor Murphy
Master's Theses
Division of authority between the national goverment and the state governments has been a problem since the origin of the United States and this problem is especially prominent today in so far as it concerns the public schools. In the present situation, both constitutional and emotional difficulties are concerned; for this reason, history, constitutional analysis, and recent developments in trends of thought are all essential parts of a discussion concerning the present problem of segregation in public schools.
Almost three years ago, the Supreme Court rendered its decision in the Segregation Cases, 347 U.S. 483 (1954), in which it held …