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The Environmental And Cultural Effects On The Conquest Of Mexico, Tristan Siegel
The Environmental And Cultural Effects On The Conquest Of Mexico, Tristan Siegel
Senior Projects Spring 2012
In this work I examine the environment and cultural attitudes of Mesoamericans, specifically the Mexica (Atzec), and how these factors played a role in the Conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes. I begin by examining Mesoamerican agriculture, lithic technology, and metallurgy. I conclude by examining how these factors played out in the Conquest.
The Professional Cherokee: Elias Boudinot And The Negotiation Of Indian Political Identity, 1817-39, Irina Rogova
The Professional Cherokee: Elias Boudinot And The Negotiation Of Indian Political Identity, 1817-39, Irina Rogova
Senior Projects Spring 2012
Senior Project submitted to The Division of Social Studies of Bard College.
This Must Be The Place: A Return To The Borscht Belt, Ezra Glenn
This Must Be The Place: A Return To The Borscht Belt, Ezra Glenn
Senior Projects Spring 2012
This Must Be the Place: a Return to the Borscht Belt
The Borscht Belt is a region in and around the Catskill Mountains, primarily in Sullivan and Ulster counties, which was once home to over 1,100 resorts, country clubs, golf courses, hotels, and bungalow colonies.
Shortly after the beginning of the 20th century, the first waves of Jewish immigrants arrived from Eastern Europe to New York City in droves. Small Jewish farming colonies that had sprung up in the mid-19th century began opening their doors to vacationers from the city as makeshift boarding houses, in order to supplement …