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William Lowther Jackson And The Civil War In West Virginia's Mountains, Ronald V. Hardway
William Lowther Jackson And The Civil War In West Virginia's Mountains, Ronald V. Hardway
Theses, Dissertations and Capstones
On the eve of the American Civil War one of the most prominent politicians and businessmen in western Virginia was Judge William Lowther Jackson of Parkersburg, Wood County. Jackson, a native of Harrison County and a member of one of the wealthiest and most politically powerful dans in northwestern Virginia, represented his region In the Virginia Assembly for three consecutive terms in the 1850s. He served as Second Auditor for the State of Virginia and directed the Virginia Literary Fund for public education. He had been lieutenant governor of the state during the administration of Governor Henry A. Wise. He …
African American History At Colonial Williamsburg, Nicole Carroll
African American History At Colonial Williamsburg, Nicole Carroll
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Stormy Weather: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge And The Cultural Politics Of Stardom, Amy L. Howard
Stormy Weather: Lena Horne, Dorothy Dandridge And The Cultural Politics Of Stardom, Amy L. Howard
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant
Between The River And The Flood: The Cherokee Nation And The Battle For European Supremacy In North America, James Allen Bryant
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
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Eying Italians: Race, Romance, And Reality In American Perception, 1880--1910, Joseph Peter Cosco
Eying Italians: Race, Romance, And Reality In American Perception, 1880--1910, Joseph Peter Cosco
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation explores how American representations of Italians and Italian Americans engaged, reflected and helped shape the United States' developing concepts of immigration, ethnicity, race, and national identity from 1880 to 1910, when masses of Italian and other "new immigrants" rigorously tested the country's attitudes and powers of assimilation. In a larger sense, the research examines how the process of constructing the modern Italian/Italian American was part of the process of America constructing for itself a modern national identity for a new century.;The dissertation looks at a variety of "texts," including journalism, travel literature, autobiography, fiction, and photographs and illustrations …