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5. The Democracies Between The Wars (1919-1939), Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart Gettysburg College

5. The Democracies Between The Wars (1919-1939), Robert L. Bloom, Basil L. Crapster, Harold L. Dunkelberger, Charles H. Glatfelter, Richard T. Mara, Norman E. Richardson, W. Richard Schubart

Section XVIII: The Western World in the Twentieth Century: The Historical Setting

At first glance, the events of World War I seemed to be a triumphant vindication of the spirit of 1848. It was the leading democratic great powers - Britain, France, and the United States - who had emerged the victors. In the political reconstruction of Europe, republics had replaces many monarchies. West of Russia, new and apparently democratic constitutions were established in Germany, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Czechoslovakia, Austria, Hungary, and Yugoslavia. Yet the sad truth was that by the outbreak of World War II in 1939 the majority of the once democratic states of central and eastern Europe …

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Stalin’S Collectivization: From An Idealistic View To A Defensive Stance, 1928-1934, Kristopher Schendel Western Oregon University

Stalin’S Collectivization: From An Idealistic View To A Defensive Stance, 1928-1934, Kristopher Schendel

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Women And Work: African American Women In Depression Era America, Sarah Ward The Graduate Center, City University of New York

Women And Work: African American Women In Depression Era America, Sarah Ward

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

This project explores whether African American women met similar public sentiments as Caucasian women during the Depression Era and how gender dynamics changed within African American households in urban America as well as the effect of the crisis on a populace that was not new to the work force. Historical statistical analysis and emphasis on labor policy are used to garner information. The Great Depression sparked an abrupt shift in not only the American economy but also American ideology regarding male and female gender dynamics. Despite discouragement from entering the workforce due to dominant masculinity, employment rates rose amongst Caucasian …

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The Unwanted Immigrant, Frank A. Bozich III James Madison University

The Unwanted Immigrant, Frank A. Bozich Iii

Senior Honors Projects, 2010-2019

The social and religious differences between Chinese migrants and Americans of European descent played a large role in the exploitation of the Chinese. Ultimately, nativism became ingrained in Californian society as Irish Americans began to view Chinese as a threat to their economic success and violence toward Chinese became more common due to the Californian government’s support of anti-Chinese and nativist legislation.

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The Evolution Of The “We Can Do It” Poster And American Feminist Movements, Reina Aguierre San Jose State University

The Evolution Of The “We Can Do It” Poster And American Feminist Movements, Reina Aguierre

McNair Research Journal SJSU

World War II created mass destruction and economic distress but was also responsible for creating new opportunities for women. The war had torn families apart and had altered family dynamics. The high demands of the wartime economy called for a reevaluation of American women’s roles in society. In 1942, Pittsburgh artist J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company’s War Production Coordinating Committee to create a range of propaganda posters to encourage women to join the war effort.1 The most iconic was christened “Rosie the Riveter” and further popularized by Norman Rockwell. These images exemplified how the government …

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Critique! Critique! Critique! Black Labor In The Early American Book Trade, John J. Garcia American Antiquarian Society

Critique! Critique! Critique! Black Labor In The Early American Book Trade, John J. Garcia

Criticism

This article pursues two lines of inquiry: first, recovering the presence of Black labor in the history of the book in colonial North America, the British Caribbean, and the early United States, with a second and complementary discussion of why critique must be foregrounded in the field formation of critical bibliography. Free and enslaved Black men and women helped make early American books possible. Their presences are to be found at the edges and vicinities of print cultural production, in roles such as papermaking, wagon driving, and forms of domestic labor that extended to the libraries and reading practices of …

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African Colonial States, Heather Sharkey University of Pennsylvania

African Colonial States, Heather Sharkey

Departmental Papers (NELC)

This chapter sketches a history of European colonial states in Africa, north and south of the Sahara, during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It explains when and why colonial states emerged, what they did, how they worked, and who shaped them. Noting discrepancies between the theory and practice of colonial administration, the chapter shows that colonial administration was far more diffuse and less closely coordinated than official discourses of governance suggested. The performance of colonialism involved a wide range of actors: not only European military and civilian elites and African chiefs, but also African translators and tax collectors, as well …

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Irish And German Immigrants Of The Nineteenth Century: Hardships, Improvements, And Success, Amanda A. Tagore Honors College, Pace University

Irish And German Immigrants Of The Nineteenth Century: Hardships, Improvements, And Success, Amanda A. Tagore

Honors College Theses

This paper examines the economic and social reasons that are attributed to the high emigration rate in Ireland and in Germany during the nineteenth century, and how the lives of these groups turned out in the United States. As a result of economic deterioration and social inequality, pessimism became prevalent in Ireland from the 1840s onward and in Germany from the 1830s onward. Because the United States was perceived as an optimistic avenue for advancement, thousands of Irish and Germans emigrated their homelands and fled to America in search of a better life. During the first few decades upon their …

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Rent: Same-Sex Prostitution In Modern Britain, 1885-1957, Jonathan Coleman University of Kentucky

Rent: Same-Sex Prostitution In Modern Britain, 1885-1957, Jonathan Coleman

Theses and Dissertations--History

Rent: Same-Sex Prostitution in Modern Britain, 1885-1957 chronicles the concept of “rent boys” and the men who purchased their services. This dissertation demonstrates how queer identity in Britain, until contemporary times, was largely regulated by class, in which middle-and-upper-class queer men often perceived of working-class bodies as fetishized consumer goods. The “rent boy” was an upper-class queer fantasy, and working-class men sometimes used this fantasy for their own agenda while others intentionally dismantled the “rent boy” trope, refusing to submit to upper-class expectations. This work also explains how the “rent boy” fantasy was eventually relegated to the periphery of queer …

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Constructing The Panama Canal: A Brief History, Ian E. Phillips Cleveland State University

Constructing The Panama Canal: A Brief History, Ian E. Phillips

The Downtown Review

Seeking to commemorate the construction of the Panama Canal, an engineering marvel widely considered a contender for the eighth wonder of the world, this article attempts to retell the story of the Canal's construction by synthesizing a narrative centered on the Canal under French and American leadership, worker segregation, and labor conditions at the Isthmus.

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Culture Wars And Election Day Riots In The Antebellum American Midwest (1850-1855), Golda Ruckle 2024 Southern Adventist University

Culture Wars And Election Day Riots In The Antebellum American Midwest (1850-1855), Golda Ruckle

Campus Research Day

The Antebellum American Midwest witnessed a tumultuous period marked by a fierce struggle for power and identity between Yankee populations and a growing wave of immigrants. This clash of cultures rose to a fever pitch, particularly between 1850 and 1855, in response to escalating political tensions. The culmination of this cultural war was the eruption of mass violence in the form of election day riots in major cities across the region, namely Louisville, Chicago, and St. Louis. This research project explores the underlying causes, dynamics, and consequences of these election-day riots, shedding light on their role in negotiating power and …

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2024-04-09 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-04-09 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

Message sent by the President to the campus community regarding upcoming dates, congratulatory recognitions, issues with FAFSA, proposed new academic buildings and campus renovations on April 9, 2024.

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2024-03-05 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-03-05 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

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Staff Congress meeting minutes from March 5, 2024.

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2024-03-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-03-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from March of 2024.

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2024-02-29 Pg-57 Revisal, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-02-29 Pg-57 Revisal, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Revisal of PG-57 Retired Faculty and Staff Re-Employment Program as presented to the Staff Congress on February 29, 2024.

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2024-02-07 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-02-07 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

Message sent by the President to the campus community regarding upcoming dates, congratulatory recognitions, Board of Regents meeting summary, college and departmental reorganization, and campus renovations on February 7, 2024.

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2024-02-06 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-02-06 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from February 6, 2024.

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2024-02-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-02-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from February of 2024.

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2024-01-19 Message From The Vice President Of Student Affairs, Morehead State University. Office of Student Affairs. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-19 Message From The Vice President Of Student Affairs, Morehead State University. Office Of Student Affairs.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the Vice President of Student Affairs to the campus community on a drug free work apace from January 18, 2024.

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2024-01-18 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-18 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

Message sent by the President to the campus community regarding the impending snowstorm and the closure of the college on January 19, 2024.

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2024-01-15 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-15 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the President to the campus community on the opening of residence halls and other services on campus, and main campus weather plans from January 15, 2024.

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2024-01-09 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-09 Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes from January 9, 2024.

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2024-01-02 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-02 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the President to the campus community on spring convocation, upcoming events and the Martin Luther King Jr. commemoration event from January 2, 2024.

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2024-01-02 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2024 Morehead State University

2024-01-02 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the President to the campus community on upcoming events sent on January 2, 2024

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Bureau Of Labor Education (University Of Maine) Records, 1847-2018, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University of Maine 2024 The University of Maine

Bureau Of Labor Education (University Of Maine) Records, 1847-2018, Special Collections, Raymond H. Fogler Library, University Of Maine

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The Bureau of Labor Education (BLE) at the University of Maine is a state-funded department of research and advocacy for Maine laborers and their issues. First established in 1966 by the Maine Legislature, the original aim of the Bureau was to foster education about the history and current issues of labor in today's techno-capitalist society, as well as advocate on behalf of labor. The Bureau teaches courses in Labor studies, contributes to and facilitates publications in labor studies and economics, and has retained robust relationships with some of Maine's most important labor allies, like Maine AFL-CIO. Some remains of this …

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2024 Morehead State University Benefits Guide, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2024 Morehead State University

2024 Morehead State University Benefits Guide, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

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2024 Morehead State University Benefits Guide.

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Communism As An Americanism: The Curious Case Of The Red Jeffersonians, Matthew H. Hill 2024 Belmont University

Communism As An Americanism: The Curious Case Of The Red Jeffersonians, Matthew H. Hill

Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS)

The communist movement in the United States has struggled with many issues over its long history. One of these problems is the problem of American history itself. The United States, in many ways the quintessential capitalist state, would seemingly represent the ultimate enemy for a communist. It is more than a little bizarre, then, to see the, sometimes intense, admiration that many American communists had for men like Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln. While contradictory at first, this essay shows the logic behind this admiration, exploring the long history of American communism’s love affair with iconic figures of American history. …

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2023-12-20 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2023 Morehead State University

2023-12-20 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the President to the campus community on the passing of professor of emeritus Larry Albert on December 20, 2023.

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2023-12-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress. 2023 Morehead State University

2023-12-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from December of 2023.

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2023-11-27 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office of the President. 2023 Morehead State University

2023-11-27 Message From The President, Morehead State University. Office Of The President.

Staff Congress Records

A message from the President to the campus community on upcoming events.

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