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R C Scott: A History Of African-American Entrepreneurship In Richmond, 1890-1940, Michael A. Plater
R C Scott: A History Of African-American Entrepreneurship In Richmond, 1890-1940, Michael A. Plater
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study examines the socioeconomic aspects of ethnicity as a way to understand African-American entrepreneurship in the early twentieth century. In an attempt to separate the influence of ethnicity from the social and environmental elements that restrained many African-American entrepreneurs, the study focuses on the African-American funeral industry. The funeral industry provides a rare example of an industry that successfully operated on a voluntarily segregated basis. Sheltered from discrimination and racism, African-American funeral directors not only survived and surpassed their white counterparts, but also organized a national fraternity of economic and political elite who wielded significant power in the United …
Mann Thinking Across Antebellum Culture---Mann Satterwhite Valentine's Literary Aspirations, Deborah Lynn Owen
Mann Thinking Across Antebellum Culture---Mann Satterwhite Valentine's Literary Aspirations, Deborah Lynn Owen
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg
Agent Of Change Or Trusted Servant: The Eighteenth-Century Williamsburg Press, Susan Stromei Berg
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Hanna's Town: A Frontier Town In Western Pennsylvania, John Perry Wood
Hanna's Town: A Frontier Town In Western Pennsylvania, John Perry Wood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Buying Into The World Of Goods: Eighteenth-Century Consumerism And The Retail Trade From London To The Virginia Frontier, Ann Smart Martin
Buying Into The World Of Goods: Eighteenth-Century Consumerism And The Retail Trade From London To The Virginia Frontier, Ann Smart Martin
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This is a study of the cultural problem of consumerism. It examines the complex, rich, and multi-varied world of consumer goods in eighteenth-century Anglo-America, when traditional notions of hierarchy were increasingly challenged by new patterns of social and geographical mobility and changing measures of human worth. It was also a time when more and more consumer goods came into the lives of average men and women.;Few historians have scrutinized the role of those goods or the means and motives for their acquisition. Objects become an important part of the story of consumerism, however, by examining affordability (commodities and value), availability …
A Sketch Of Sufferings: Power And Patronage In Daniel Fisher's Virginia 1750-1755, Wendy Joyce Baker
A Sketch Of Sufferings: Power And Patronage In Daniel Fisher's Virginia 1750-1755, Wendy Joyce Baker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Elisha Jackson's Tavern: A Rural Node Of Power, Joseph T. Rainer
Elisha Jackson's Tavern: A Rural Node Of Power, Joseph T. Rainer
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Artisans In The Carolina Backcountry: Rowan County, 1753-1770, Johanna Carlson Miller Lewis
Artisans In The Carolina Backcountry: Rowan County, 1753-1770, Johanna Carlson Miller Lewis
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
Artisans played an important role in the social and economic life of Rowan County, North Carolina beginning with its creation in 1753. Whether they came individually with their families to obtain land and establish new lives, or they were chosen by the Moravian Church to settle the 100,000 acre Wachovia Tract, all of these artisans were part of the huge wave of immigration to the backcountry of North Carolina which occurred during the third quarter of the eighteenth century.;The development of the artisan population paralleled the growth of Rowan County. In the early 1750s a handful of artisans produced objects …
New Land Acquisition In The Colonial Chesapeake, 1660-1706: A Test Of The Malthusian And Staples Hypotheses, Bruce Chandler Baird
New Land Acquisition In The Colonial Chesapeake, 1660-1706: A Test Of The Malthusian And Staples Hypotheses, Bruce Chandler Baird
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Landlords, Tenants, And Rental Property In Williamsburg And Yorktown, Virginia, 1730-1780, Emma Lou Powers
Landlords, Tenants, And Rental Property In Williamsburg And Yorktown, Virginia, 1730-1780, Emma Lou Powers
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
William M Mcclaskey: A Tavern Keeper In His Community, 1834-1844, Lisa Gail Royse
William M Mcclaskey: A Tavern Keeper In His Community, 1834-1844, Lisa Gail Royse
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Life In Williamsburg, Virginia: 1891-1921, Kari Lauralyn Sessoms
Life In Williamsburg, Virginia: 1891-1921, Kari Lauralyn Sessoms
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A Social Historical Exploration Of The Popularity Of "The Rockford Files", Mary Frances Taormina
A Social Historical Exploration Of The Popularity Of "The Rockford Files", Mary Frances Taormina
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Presenting The Past: Education, Interpretation And The Teaching Of Black History At Colonial Williamsburg, Rex Marshall Ellis
Presenting The Past: Education, Interpretation And The Teaching Of Black History At Colonial Williamsburg, Rex Marshall Ellis
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation began in 1926. Within four years after its initial construction, the need to begin some means of presenting information to a growing population of visitors became apparent. In this study, an attempt will be made to answer the question, "How has the history of interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg influenced its teaching of black history?".;The major research question and the subsidiary questions were prompted by the recent inclusion of a black history program at the foundation. In this study, primary focus will be given to the history of interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg. An attempt will be made …
Evenings At Home: Family Life In Southside Virginia, 1760-1836, Alicia Liberty Boehm Tucker
Evenings At Home: Family Life In Southside Virginia, 1760-1836, Alicia Liberty Boehm Tucker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Urban/Rural Dichotomy Of Status Consumption: Tidewater Virginia, 1815, Ann Morgan Smart
The Urban/Rural Dichotomy Of Status Consumption: Tidewater Virginia, 1815, Ann Morgan Smart
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Prentis Family And Their Library, Caroline Julia Richter
The Prentis Family And Their Library, Caroline Julia Richter
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Mark Twain, Richard Irving Dodge, And The Indian: Myth And Disillusionment, Carol Van Dessel Vaugh
Mark Twain, Richard Irving Dodge, And The Indian: Myth And Disillusionment, Carol Van Dessel Vaugh
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
John Leacock's "The Fall Of British Tyranny" In The Whig Propaganda Offensive: The Personalization Of The Revolution, Philip Bigler
John Leacock's "The Fall Of British Tyranny" In The Whig Propaganda Offensive: The Personalization Of The Revolution, Philip Bigler
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Southern Ambivalence: The Relationship Of Mark Twain And Joel Chandler Harris, William R. Bell
Southern Ambivalence: The Relationship Of Mark Twain And Joel Chandler Harris, William R. Bell
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
In The Shadow Of Settled Society: The Safety Valve In Nineteenth Century American Thought, John M. Coski
In The Shadow Of Settled Society: The Safety Valve In Nineteenth Century American Thought, John M. Coski
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Success In The Limberlost: Concepts Of Nature And The Successful Life In The Limberlost Novels Of Gene Stratton-Porter, Katherine Emma Rasche
Success In The Limberlost: Concepts Of Nature And The Successful Life In The Limberlost Novels Of Gene Stratton-Porter, Katherine Emma Rasche
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Writings Of Thomas Forsyth On The Sauk And Fox Indians, 1812--1832, Lucy Trumball Brown
The Writings Of Thomas Forsyth On The Sauk And Fox Indians, 1812--1832, Lucy Trumball Brown
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Puritan Conscience In The Diary Of Samuel Sewall, Carson Linwood Tucker
The Puritan Conscience In The Diary Of Samuel Sewall, Carson Linwood Tucker
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Maurice Francis Egan: Writer, Teacher, Diplomat, Caroline Patrice Peck
Maurice Francis Egan: Writer, Teacher, Diplomat, Caroline Patrice Peck
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.