Ua94/6/11 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Darwin Newton,
2012
Western Kentucky University
Ua94/6/11 Student / Alumni Personal Papers Wku Darwin Newton, Wku Archives
WKU Archives Collection Inventories
Notebooks, notes and papers written by Darwin Newton during his time as a student at WKU.
Identity In Translation: The French Perception Of Immigration, 1789-Present,
2012
Connecticut College
Identity In Translation: The French Perception Of Immigration, 1789-Present, Sarah Seigle
French Honors Papers
No abstract provided.
Fort St. Joseph And The American Revolution,
2012
Western Michigan University
Fort St. Joseph And The American Revolution, Scott T. Macpherson
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Bennett’s Expedition 1779, Raid on Fort St. Joseph 1780, The “Spanish Raid” 1781, Deportation of the French, and Demise of Fort St. Joseph.
The Military At Fort St. Joseph,
2012
Western Michigan University
The Military At Fort St. Joseph, Scott T. Macpherson
Fort St. Joseph Archaeological Project
Showing the Flag, Troupes de la Marine, Militia, and Fort St. Joseph’s Military Actions.
Through The Eyes Of Sailors And Citizens: How Sailors On The Uss Constitution Viewed The Greek Revolution,
2012
Bridgewater State University
Through The Eyes Of Sailors And Citizens: How Sailors On The Uss Constitution Viewed The Greek Revolution, Elizabeth George
Undergraduate Review
Around noon on October 21, 1797, a crowd of men and women gathered at Hartt’s shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts to attend the launching of the USS Constitution. The Americans who witnessed the launching of the Constitution on that cold, overcast, autumn day must have marveled at the sight of the newly completed 44-gun frigate. Joshua Humphreys, a Philadelphian shipbuilder, designed the Constitution longer and thinner than the typical frigate of the time in order to facilitate the ship’s ability to sail with greater alacrity and precision through the ocean. Humphrey also ordered the ship’s hull to consist predominantly of live …
Historical Accuracy And The Ira Over 70 Years Of Cinema,
2012
Claremont Graduate University
Historical Accuracy And The Ira Over 70 Years Of Cinema, Eric Scott Elliott
CGU Theses & Dissertations
The purpose of this research is to examine how the Irish Republican Army has been represented in theatrical cinema since the 1930s. The goal is to demonstrate the necessity for historical accuracy in movies produced for public entertainment, which often neglect historical facts and circumstances in portraying an organization as controversial and complex as the IRA. This has been done by examining five movies produced for wide-distribution and comparing each to the detailed historical record. Upon analysis of these movies, it becomes clear that the films which are the most historically relevant are also the most powerful cinematic productions, both …
Civic Culture: Public Opinion And The Resurgence Of Civic Culture,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Civic Culture: Public Opinion And The Resurgence Of Civic Culture, Yuri Levada
Russian Culture
There has hardly been a stretch in Russian history more saturated with sweeping changes than the period between 1988-1993. Packed into this exceedingly brief historical era are the rise of "perestroika" and the fall of its illustrious leader, Mikhail Gorbachev; the collapse of the Soviet Union and the emergence in its place of 15 independent states; the August '91 communist putsch and the democrats' triumphant ascension to power; the proliferation of virulent ethnic conflicts and the recognition of the abiding need for cooperation; the bloody October '93 confrontation between the executive and legislative powers and the surprising strength that the …
Franco: Ruler Of Spain,
2012
Parkland College
Franco: Ruler Of Spain, Rebecca Davis
A with Honors Projects
This paper examines Francisco Franco's time as ruler of Spain.
The Political Persecution Of A Poet: A Detail Of Dante's Exile,
2012
Parkland College
The Political Persecution Of A Poet: A Detail Of Dante's Exile, Jason Ader
A with Honors Projects
Durante degli Alighieri, known throughout the world as simply Dante, was a fourteenth century Italian poet, philosopher, literary theorist, and politician. He is best known for his epic Commedia, which was later dubbed The Divine Comedy. Commedia is generally considered the greatest Italian literary work and a masterpiece of world literature. Due to the turbulent political atmosphere of his time and place, Dante spent over a third of his life living in exile. This paper will explore the details of Dante's exile and the influence that it had upon his work.
Medieval Torture: A Brief History And Common Methods,
2012
Parkland College
Medieval Torture: A Brief History And Common Methods, Makena Bennett
A with Honors Projects
This essay examines the common devices and practices of torture employed during the medieval inquisition.
A Victorian Class Conflict? Schoolteaching And The Parson, Priest And Minister, 1837-1902,
2012
University of Richmond
A Victorian Class Conflict? Schoolteaching And The Parson, Priest And Minister, 1837-1902, Christopher Bischof
History Faculty Publications
Building on his previous work on the history of education and Methodism, John T. Smith’s new monograph explores clerical attitudes toward and involvement in nineteenth-century English elementary education, particularly the office of the teacher. Though Smith also pays attention to the attitudes of teachers toward clerics and examines how teachers experienced heavy-handed clerical management of elementary schools, Smith is at his best and is most original when writing from the clerical perspective. The result is a welcome new take on clerical-teacher relations, which historians of education have tended to write from the perspective of the teacher, often with little sympathy …
Deterritorialization, Pure War, And The Consequences Of Indian Captivity In Transnational Colonial Discourse,
2012
University of Denver
Deterritorialization, Pure War, And The Consequences Of Indian Captivity In Transnational Colonial Discourse, Billy J. Stratton
English and Literary Arts: Faculty Scholarship
The genre of the captivity narrative has operated as a vital circuit for transnational colonial discourse since its inception. Throughout the age of discovery, accounts of the captivity became an indispensible means of connecting the European metropole to foreign lands in Asia and Africa, as well as North and South America. The development of the Indian captivity narrative within the Atlantic context functioned as an effective tool for the dissemination of knowledge concerning the New World and its Indigenous inhabitants. In this essay, I examine some of the ways in which the captivity narrative functions as a colonial apparatus vital …
Essex Under Cromwell: Security And Local Governance In The Interregnum,
2012
Portland State University
Essex Under Cromwell: Security And Local Governance In The Interregnum, James Robert Mcconnell
Dissertations and Theses
In 1655, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell's Council of State commissioned a group of army officers for the purpose of "securing the peace of the commonwealth." Under the authority of the Instrument of Government, a written constitution not sanctioned by Parliament, the Council sent army major-generals into the counties to raise new horse militias and to support them financially with a tax on Royalists which the army officers would also collect. In counties such as Essex--the focus of this study--the major-generals were assisted in their work by small groups of commissioners, mostly local men "well-affected" to the Interregnum government. In addition …
Political Legitimacy And Technology Adoption,
2012
University of Connecticut
Political Legitimacy And Technology Adoption, Metin M. Coşgel, Thomas J. Miceli, Jared Rubin
Economics Faculty Articles and Research
A fundamental question of economic and technological history is why some civilizations adopted new and important technologies and others did not. In this paper, we analyze the effect that new technologies have on agents that legitimize rulers. We construct a simple political economy model which suggests that rulers may not accept a productivity-enhancing technology when it negatively affects an agent’s ability to provide the ruler legitimacy. However, when other sources of legitimacy emerge, the ruler will accept the technology as long as the new legitimizing source is not negatively affected. We use this insight to help explain the initial blocking …
Front Cover,
2012
Brigham Young University
Georgiana Duchess Of Devonshire: Spark Of The Women’S Rights Movement,
2012
South Dakota State University
Georgiana Duchess Of Devonshire: Spark Of The Women’S Rights Movement, Casey Seger
The Journal of Undergraduate Research
The late eighteenth century of Great Britain displayed a society influenced by outside thinkers, such as Rousseau, and dealing with the results of the American and French Revolutions. During this time a young women named Georgiana Cavendish began to break the mold that many aristocratic nobles adhered to for many years. The purpose of looking at Georgiana’s life and short career in politics is to show that women indeed could campaign in a very effective way. Though her campaigning got her friend a seat in Parliament, her exposure to the public during this time caused her and the person she …
The Softness Of Her Sex: Matilda’S Role In The English Civil War Of 1138-1153,
2012
Liberty University
The Softness Of Her Sex: Matilda’S Role In The English Civil War Of 1138-1153, Catherine R. Hardee
Senior Honors Theses
This thesis examines the life of the Empress Matilda (1102-1167), focusing on how factors beyond her control directed much of its course. It discusses her attempts to take control of the political realm in England and the effect this had on her, her supporters, and her kingdom. It also analyzes her later years and influence on her son Henry II.
Introduction: Continuity And Change In Russian Culture,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Introduction: Continuity And Change In Russian Culture, Dmitri N. Shalin
Russian Culture
This project on Russian culture goes back to the Spring of 1990 when several American and Russian scholars converged at the Russian Research Center at Harvard University and decided to join forces in a study of changes sweeping the Soviet Union. From the start, the participants agreed that they would not try to chase fast breaking news from Russia -- a hopeless task given the pace of recent changes, but rather would focus on the continuity and change in Russian culture, on the long-term social forces that compel the Russian people to reexamine old ways and reevaluate old values.
Historical Culture: Russia In Search Of Itself,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Historical Culture: Russia In Search Of Itself, Boris Paramonov
Russian Culture
Russia's 75 year-long experiment with communism is over, but the question persists as to whether the Soviet regime was a historical aberration or an expression of the country's destiny. This question is as old as the Bolshevik revolution. It has produced a voluminous literature and will no doubt continue to attract attention in the near future. Alas, it can not be answered conclusively, for it is grounded in the questioner's ideological a priori and tells us more about the historian's biases than about Russian history.
Moral Culture: Public Morality And Private Responsibility,
2012
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Moral Culture: Public Morality And Private Responsibility, Igor Kon
Russian Culture
When Mikhail Gorbachev unfurled his reform banners in the late 1980's, many observers inside and outside Russia hailed perestroika as a moral renaissance. The Soviet Union was indeed a spiritually bankrupt society at the time, its citizens demanding a clean break with the past and yearning for a better future. Despite the new openness or glasnost, the changes have been slow in coming and often very controversial. A public opinion survey conducted in February 1991 showed the country morally adrift and deeply divided about the course of reforms.
