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Commonwealth: Republican Rhetoric In The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Of 1837-38, Sean Patrick Harvey
Commonwealth: Republican Rhetoric In The Pennsylvania Constitutional Convention Of 1837-38, Sean Patrick Harvey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Men In Green: African Americans And The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942, Michael Shane Hoak
The Men In Green: African Americans And The Civilian Conservation Corps, 1933-1942, Michael Shane Hoak
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"Hitched To A Steam Engine": Marriage And Crises Of Gender At Park Church In Nineteenth-Century Elmira, New York, Bridget Louise Reddick
"Hitched To A Steam Engine": Marriage And Crises Of Gender At Park Church In Nineteenth-Century Elmira, New York, Bridget Louise Reddick
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Struggle For Community In Revolutionary Newport, Joshua Fogarty Beatty
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Struggle For Community In Revolutionary Newport, Joshua Fogarty Beatty
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla
The Wyoming Valley Battle And 'Massacre': Images Of A Constructed American History, Lisa A. Francavilla
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Bishop Madison And The Guardian Angels Of Science, Amanda Kay Mcvety
Bishop Madison And The Guardian Angels Of Science, Amanda Kay Mcvety
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Texture Of Contact: European And Indian Settler Communities On The Iroquoian Borderlands, 1720-1780, David L. Preston
The Texture Of Contact: European And Indian Settler Communities On The Iroquoian Borderlands, 1720-1780, David L. Preston
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation is a comparative study of cultural relationships between European and Indian settler communities along the Six Nations' borders with New York and Pennsylvania from 1720 to 1780. It particularly examines "everyday encounters" between ordinary peoples---a dimension of colonial social and economic life that has usually escaped historians' attention. Palatine, Scots, Irish, Dutch, and English colonists not only lived close to Indian villages but also frequently interacted with Iroquois, Delawares, and other natives. Frontier farms, forts, churches, and taverns were scenes of frequent face-to-face meetings between colonists and Indians. My dissertation explores the dynamics of settler-Indian encounters and how …
A Study Of Transition In Plantation Economy: George Washington's Whiskey Distillery, 1799, Anna Catherine Borden Anderson
A Study Of Transition In Plantation Economy: George Washington's Whiskey Distillery, 1799, Anna Catherine Borden Anderson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Fair Visions: Elkanah Watson (1758--1842) And The Modern American Agricultural Fair, Mark A. Mastromarino
Fair Visions: Elkanah Watson (1758--1842) And The Modern American Agricultural Fair, Mark A. Mastromarino
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
The modern American agricultural fair, an annual harvest-time celebration at which livestock, produce, and handicrafts are exhibited for premiums, originated as an innovative response to conditions in rural New England at the time of the War of 1812. This study explains the birth of the institution by scrutinizing the motives and methods of its founders. In particular, it traces the intellectual journey from Puritan youth to Jeffersonian promoter of Plymouth, Massachusetts, native Elkanah Watson (1758--1842), its chief publicist. This dissertation also examines the specific social, economic, and political forces that shaped Pittsfield, Massachusetts---to which he retired from a mercantile career …
American Attitudes Toward British Imperialism, 1815--1860, Elizabeth Kelly Gray
American Attitudes Toward British Imperialism, 1815--1860, Elizabeth Kelly Gray
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This dissertation explores American attitudes toward British imperialism between 1815 and 1860 to determine what Americans thought of imperialism before the United States became an imperial power. It addresses the debate of whether the United States's acquisition of an empire in the 1890s was intentional or was, as many historians have characterized it, an accidental acquisition by a people long opposed to empire. This study also explores the benefits of incorporating American culture and society into the study of American imperialism.;This era connects the time when Americans re-established their independence from Great Britain---with the War of 1812---to the eve of …
Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White
Living On The Periphery: A Study Of An Eighteenth-Century Yamasee Mission Community In Colonial St Augustine, Andrea Paige White
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Between Slavery And Freedom: African Americans In The Great Dismal Swamp 1763-1863, Edward Downing Maris-Wolf
Between Slavery And Freedom: African Americans In The Great Dismal Swamp 1763-1863, Edward Downing Maris-Wolf
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
In Parisian Salons And Boston's Back Streets: Reading Jefferson's "Notes On The State Of Virginia", David W. Lewes
In Parisian Salons And Boston's Back Streets: Reading Jefferson's "Notes On The State Of Virginia", David W. Lewes
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Shaping Of Kecoughtan, 1607-1624: "A Delicate And Necessary Seat For A City Or Chief Fortification", John Michael Cobb
The Shaping Of Kecoughtan, 1607-1624: "A Delicate And Necessary Seat For A City Or Chief Fortification", John Michael Cobb
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The First Dissenter: Richard B Russell And The Warren Commission, Dani E. Biancolli
The First Dissenter: Richard B Russell And The Warren Commission, Dani E. Biancolli
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Political Reconstruction Of The Southern Lady: A Case Study, 1856-1907, Laura Jean Odendahl
Political Reconstruction Of The Southern Lady: A Case Study, 1856-1907, Laura Jean Odendahl
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Desegregating Boston's Schools: Episode 1, Melisa Kate Nasella
Desegregating Boston's Schools: Episode 1, Melisa Kate Nasella
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
The Measure Of Independence: From The American Revolution To The Market Revolution In The Mid -Atlantic, Richard Smith Chew
The Measure Of Independence: From The American Revolution To The Market Revolution In The Mid -Atlantic, Richard Smith Chew
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study explores the social and economic changes in the mid-Atlantic region generally, and Baltimore City and its hinterlands specifically, between the late colonial period and the dawn of the Jacksonian era. Baltimore foundered as a colonial entrepot until wheat emerged as an important export commodity in the 1740s. Between the mid-1740s and the 1770s, the town grew steadily within the British mercantilist world. its trade was deeply dependent on Atlantic commerce, its social structure reflected the mercantile orientation of the town and the staunchly deferential colonial household economy. The Revolution threatened to overturn this world with the promise of …
Southern Routes: Family Migration And The Eighteenth-Century Southern Backcountry, Creston S. Long
Southern Routes: Family Migration And The Eighteenth-Century Southern Backcountry, Creston S. Long
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
In the early 1730s, small groups of settlers started moving into the Valley of Virginia, beginning the movement into the southern backcountry. By the late 1740s Scots-Irish, English, and German settlers pressed into North Carolina's western Piedmont, and the small trickle of migrants quickly turned into a flood which persisted for the next three decades. This is a study of mid-eighteenth-century migration to the backcountry South.;The purpose of this study is to describe the process of eighteenth-century southern backcountry migration and to determine migrants' underlying motivations and considerations as they went about this process. It explores the experiences of settlers …