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A Three Part Analysis Of The Antiwar Movement During The Vietnam War, Gus Anchondo
A Three Part Analysis Of The Antiwar Movement During The Vietnam War, Gus Anchondo
Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Apathy and Activism in the Heartland: The Antiwar Movement at the University of Nebraska, 1965-1970
Modern Warriors: An Examination of The Veteran and Vietnam Veterans Against the War using MALLET and Voyant
A Historiography of the Antiwar Movement in the American West
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Meatpacking And Immigration: Industrial Innovation And Community Change In Dakota County, Nebraska, 1960-2000, Dustin Kipp
Meatpacking And Immigration: Industrial Innovation And Community Change In Dakota County, Nebraska, 1960-2000, Dustin Kipp
Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Latino immigration to the Midwest during the twentieth century has received significant attention from historians, but most have focused on the early and middle decades of the century. The later decades of the twentieth century, when a significant new wave of Latino immigration brought many new arrivals to small rural communities have received less attention. This study examines the intersection of the restructuring of the meatpacking industry and Latino immigration to rural Midwestern communities from 1960 to 2000. Dakota County, Nebraska--home to the flagship operation of Iowa Beef Packers, Inc. (IBP) from 1964 until the company was sold to Tyson, …
Redeeming The Time: Protestant Missionaries And The Social And Cultural Development Of Territorial Nebraska, Robert J. Voss
Redeeming The Time: Protestant Missionaries And The Social And Cultural Development Of Territorial Nebraska, Robert J. Voss
Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
The passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in May of 1854 formally opened a new region of the United States to settlers. Hundreds came with news of the creation of Nebraska Territory, but not in comparable numbers to the major western migrations that would follow after the Civil War. Instead, the initial small waves of Nebraska settlers would cling to the Missouri River and its settlements establishing communities on the eastern edges in the newly opened territory. These first settlers set the foundations for culture and society in Nebraska.
From 1854 until 1860, pioneers claimed lands near the Missouri, with few …