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Merino Wool In America: Migration, Economic Desire And Patriotism, Una R. Winn
Merino Wool In America: Migration, Economic Desire And Patriotism, Una R. Winn
Senior Projects Spring 2023
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Arts and The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
Armed And Dangerous: The Ascendance Of The National Rifle Association, Alexander David Lynch
Armed And Dangerous: The Ascendance Of The National Rifle Association, Alexander David Lynch
Senior Projects Spring 2020
My project, Armed and Dangerous: The Ascendance of the National Rifle Association focuses on the history of the National Rifle Association (NRA). I attempt to chart the NRA’s progression from a fairly apolitical organization into the vitriolic, single issue lobbying/business group that it has been since 1977. My first chapter provides an overview of the NRA in its contemporary iteration. My second chapter will focus on the social and cultural myths that have allowed the NRA to prosper in the face of harsh criticism. In this chapter, I also try to identify the ontological roots of the gun rights argument …
The [E]Motionless Body No Longer: Tracing The Historical Intersections Of Mental Illness And Movement In The American Asylum, Holly Adele Herzfeld
The [E]Motionless Body No Longer: Tracing The Historical Intersections Of Mental Illness And Movement In The American Asylum, Holly Adele Herzfeld
Senior Projects Spring 2017
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Multidisciplinary Studies of Bard College.