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Reactions And Responses To The American Chestnut Blight In The Twentieth Century, Sarah Heavren
Reactions And Responses To The American Chestnut Blight In The Twentieth Century, Sarah Heavren
Undergraduate Craft of Research Prize Papers
The tale of the American chestnut tree offers incredible insight on Americans’ changing relationship with their environment and the complications added by economic motivations and scientific advancements. The American chestnut tree was known for its favorable timber and delectable nuts, which allowed the tree to assume a level of economic and cultural significance in twentieth century America. The timber was versatile and durable, and picking chestnuts and roasting them during the holidays were common seasonal traditions. However, the arrival …
Re-Thinking Pandemics: State, Society, And Disease In British History, 1830-1960, Meghan Walsh
Re-Thinking Pandemics: State, Society, And Disease In British History, 1830-1960, Meghan Walsh
History & Classics Undergraduate Theses
Written during the COVID-19 pandemic, this paper began in an attempt to understand why, after 100 years since the most devasting pandemic in modern history, the world was faced with yet another, but more importantly how people responded to this new normal. In order to understand better how society today responded to the COVID-19 pandemic, we need to know the past and see what has emerged with each new pandemic. For the purpose of this thesis, I examine the cholera epidemics of 1831-1866, the 1918 influenza pandemic, and the polio epidemics of the mid-twentieth century in British history. The thesis …
It’S My Body: The Biomedical Ethics Of Cell And Organ Harvest, Christina Perri
It’S My Body: The Biomedical Ethics Of Cell And Organ Harvest, Christina Perri
Common Reading Essay Contest Winners
First Place