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Superdome Services, Inc.: Tracing The Convergence Between Black Enterprise And Neoliberalism In A Post-Civil Rights Era New Orleans, 1974-1977, Daniel Pantini , '22

Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards

Utilizing records drawn from New Orleans’ Times Picayune and Louisiana Weekly newspapers, this research paper will attempt to explore early manifestations of neoliberalism during the 1970s Superdome controversy. In 1974 a predominantly-Black firm, Superdome Services, Inc. (SSI) was awarded a multi-million-dollar contract to manage the new Superdome, making them the largest Black-owned public contractor in the country. Within 3 years, political and media campaigns emphasizing on the company and its leaders’ alleged incompetence, theft, and criminality led to the cancellation of their contract and privatization of Superdome management. This paper will attempt to relate the press coverage of this era …

Babel Fish: Court Interpreters In America (1790-1921), John Alcalde

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation examines court interpretation and English language fluency in US law from the Revolution to the Progressive Era. From its inception, the United States has operated with an Anglophone legal system that presumes English fluency embedded in a society that has contained an ever-evolving population of non-English speakers. Using legal records from cases with non-English speakers, I study how court interpretation evolved over the course of the long nineteenth century. The major themes that emerge from my research tell the story of how the American legal system discovered interpreters as the tool for communication with non-English speakers in the …

Religion And Queen Katherine Parr, Gregory Mersol

Masters Essays

No abstract provided.

The 1973 Termination Of The Use Of U.S. Military Forces In Indochina, Barry M. Block

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

On June 26, 1973, Congress passed a supplemental appropriations bill that included a rider that immediately cutoff the use of U.S. funds for U.S. combat activities in Cambodia or Laos. President Nixon vetoed this bill and the House failed to override the veto. Nixon and Congress negotiated a “compromise” under which the cutoff did not take effect until August 15, 1973 and applied also to Vietnam. This thesis concerns the reasons that Congress passed this revised rider, that Congress expanded the rider to Vietnam, and that Nixon signed the revised rider. Changed circumstances (such as the Vietnam Peace Accords) helped …

Big Screen Empire : What Foreign Films Reveal About The Perceptions Of U.S. Military Bases In Affected Host Nations, John Richard Walker

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Existing scholarly literature on U.S. military bases in foreign nations does not adequately take films depicting such installations into account. This master’s thesis is a corrective for this oversight. Recognizing the utility of foreign films featuring American military bases or troop presences, this thesis examines them in light of scholarly work on these installations. Of particular importance in this analysis are the periodization of U.S. basing favored by Robert Kaplan and the categorization of varieties of antibase protest favored by Kent Calder. Using these two writers as an analytical framework, as well as histories of U.S. basing and military occupations, …

Theodor Eicke And His Contributions To The Nazi Party: An Essay On The Development Of The Nazi Concentration Camp System And Ss-Totenkopfdivision, Erin Jackson

Lawrence University Honors Projects

This project will focus on Theodor Eicke, and how he shaped the Nazi Party. Eicke is responsible for many key identifiers of the Nazi Party: the concentration camp system, the punishment system within concentration camps, the usage of prisoner labor, Shutzstaffel [SS] formations and indoctrinations, and other organizational schemes of the Nazi Party. This essay will examine Eicke’s background and his contributions to the Nazi Party as Dachau Camp Comandante, Camp Inspectorate, and Commander of the Waffen-SS Death Head Division, and how each of these components contributed to greater Nazi violence and the Final Solution.

What Is The Sound Of Holiness? The Regulation Of Sound And Silence In Early Medieval Monastic Communities, 600-900, Melissa Kapitan

Theses and Dissertations--History

This dissertation explores how the regulation of sound and silence in the early medieval monastery formed a distinct soundscape imbued with personal, communal, and theological resonances. More narrowly, this investigation focuses on the Frankish empire of the ninth century, which saw a series of monastic reforms led by the Carolingian royal family and ecclesiastical figures and consolidated in imperial legislation and treatises on the monastic life.

These ninth-century reforms witnessed not only the promotion of a single rule and custom to guide monastic life, but also a great flowering of liturgical texts, including the earliest treatises on musical theory. These …

Monastic Landscapes: A New Approach To Columbanian Monasticism, Albrecht Diem

History - All Scholarship

T his contribution proposes different notions of "monastic landscapes" (geographic, political, textual, economic, spiritual) and discusses whether applying them to the monastic movement allegedly initiated by Columbanus may help us to refine or deconstruct the concept of "Columbanian monasticism." Comparing evidence on monastic life in Gregory of Tours' hagiographic and historiographic works with the depiction of monastic life in Jonas of Bobbio's Vita Columbani shows that we can indeed identify a shift from a "landscape with monasteries" in sixth-century Merovingian Francia to a politically integrated "monastic landscape" in the seventh century. However, this does not mean that the fundamental shift …

“What Have We Got To Celebrate?”: Native American Contestation To Commemoration During The Late 20th Century, Jennifer C. Tennison

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines how Indigenous groups in the United States have contested mainstream historical narratives of America’s founding during major commemorative events in the late twentieth century. To analyze this, I have examined two major national commemorative events during which Native Americans spearheaded a marked shift in the popular interpretation of national origins. The first event I analyze is the 1976 Bicentennial of the American Revolution; the second event is the 1992 Columbus Quincentenary. Native Americans contested the ways that the federal planning bodies for both events represented the history of the nation’s founding. How could they be called on …

The Cartulary Of Prémontré: People, Places, And Networks From Medieval To Digital, Yvonne Seale, Heather Wacha

History

The cartulary of the northern French abbey of Prémontré was produced in the mid-thirteenth century, and preserves acts dating mostly from the 1120s to 1230s, with some later additions. Although the abbey of Prémontré was the mother house of a prominent monastic order, and despite the relative abundance of its documentary record, that source base has been comparatively little studied. In this article, we discuss the process of undertaking the first full edition of this manuscript, some preliminary findings, and the scope that new digital technologies might afford in future prosopographical studies of the cartulary.

The Night Of The Long Knives: Reconsidered, Edward G. Gunning Jr.

Dissertations and Theses

The "Night of the Long Knives"—June 30, 1934, and the murderous days that followed is one of the more fascinating episodes in the history of the Third Reich. A year after taking power, multiple circles of influence challenged Nazi control. The National Socialists perceived enemies everywhere. At times the internal challenges were as significant as the external.

Much of the conflict centered on a myriad of perspectives on the nature and direction of the Nazi revolution. For Hitler, the revolution was complete, at least for now. His real revolution was a racial one, whose full dimensions only became manifest later. …

Flawed Judgment: The Prolonged Failure Of Handschu V. Special Services Division, 1971-2022, Henry A. Burby

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis explores Handschu v. Special Services Division, an ongoing federal class-action suit brought by New York activists in 1971 to challenge the NYPD's right to use covert tactics to monitor them and undermine their political projects. The Handschu plaintiffs originally hoped that the court would find the NYPD's covert activities unconstitutional and would intervene on behalf of all New Yorkers thus targeted. After the conservative Burger Court challenged the pro-activist decisions of the previous Warren Court, the plaintiffs abandoned their ambitious goals and settled with the defendants. The Handschu defendants easily sidelined this settlement in the wake of the …

Roots And Webs And Nets And Branches And Bulletin Boards And Banners And Newsletters And Mutual Aid Text Threads And Kin And Caretakers And Porches And Poems Of Today And Spaces Of Survival, Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

Theses and Dissertations

As I welcome Richmond, VA into my family, I find myself needing to make roots and webs and nets and branches that ground me, that place myself as a Black, queer, mixed race, artist, activist, educator, storyteller, and cultural worker in this city. I am called to the streets before I am called to my studio. I question what it means to be a part of an institution that is slowly eating this city up. I become a story collector. I need to know where I am and whose land I now call home.

Snapshots Of A Fictional Past: Photographic Nostalgia In The Early 20th Century Art Novel., Harry A. Jones Iv

Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation I argue that the proliferation of a mass codependent relationship with nostalgia in the twentieth century shares a parallel history with the widespread adoption of the reproducible image being used by collective audiences as a supplement for natural memory, or what Proust names “voluntary memory.” This conflict between nostalgia-hungry consumers and artists inspired groups such as Alfred Stieglitz’s Photo-Secessionists and artistically minded authors like Henry James, who employed increasingly complex photographic and literary practices to resist the images’ tendency to debase the aesthetic quality of their own work. Authors such as Marcel Proust and William Faulkner used …

A Distinguished U.S. Ambassador To Switzerland— Joseph B. Gildenhorn, C. Naseer Ahmad

Swiss American Historical Society Review

For over two hundred years, Switzerland and United States have enjoyed strong bilateral relationship. This relationship has endured so long due to the shared interests and common values. Leadership at governmental and business level in both countries have helped keep the bonds between Switzerland and United States strong and enduring.

Bernstadt: The Last Swiss Colony, Jan Sparkman

Swiss American Historical Society Review

The final attempt by Swiss immigrants to develop an independent colony in the United States was made in Laurel County, Kentucky, in 1881. This settlement was the result of efforts on the part of Kentucky’s newly-formed Bureau of Immigration to compensate for the fact that the state had been all but ignored by European immigrants in the past. This endeavor was assisted by the active intervention of three men in Switzerland—Otto Brunner, Paul Schenk, and Karl Imobersteg—who were eager to capitalize on Kentucky’s deficiency.

Harry Redner. Beyond Civilization: Society, Culture And The Individual In The Age Of Globalization. Routledge, 2014., Mariana Tepfenhart

Comparative Civilizations Review

Harry Redner was a reader at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a visiting professor at Yale University, University of California-Berkeley and Harvard University. His book has three parts: An Overview of History, The Present Predicament of History, and The Future Prospects of Civilization.

The book addresses two major issues affecting our society today. One of them is globalization and its effect on civilization. The topic is analyzed not only from a cultural perspective but also from a political and cognitive standpoint. The second issue is technology and its place in a global society. Redner argues Western civilization’s development of …

Life In Utah As An Apostate Plural Wife, Markelle Jensen

AWE (A Woman’s Experience)

No abstract provided.

Kokoro: Hints And Echoes Of Japanese Inner Life, Lafcadio Hearn, Koizumi Yakumo

Zea E-Books Collection

The works of Lafcadio Hearn (Koizumi Yakumo) played a critical role in introducing his adopted Japan to a worldwide audience. In Kokoro: Hints and Echoes of Japanese Inner Life, he writes, “The papers composing this volume treat of the inner rather than of the outer life of Japan, — for which reason they have been grouped under the title Kokoro (heart). This word signifies also mind, in the emotional sense; spirit; courage; resolve; sentiment; affection; and inner meaning, — just as we say in English, ‘the heart of things.’” After centuries of isolation Meiji-era Japan was forced to adjust …

Revised Corporate History Of Northern Pacific Railway Company As Of June 30, 1917. Centennial Edition Including A Foreword With Later Corporate Changes, Rollin R. Davis , Ed.

Zea E-Books Collection

doi: 10.32873/unl.dc.zea.1330

From the Foreword: Railroads have been important in American history since the mid-nineteenth century for national unification, the settlement of the American West, the industrial revolution, economic growth, models of complex organization for other large corporations, and the transition of America from rural, agrarian society to urban, industrial society. The railroads’ transformative influence of technological change and social change has been termed “railroadization” (Schumpeter 1939, 1:325-351). Alfred D. Chandler Jr. (1965, 9-12) characterized the railroad industry as the first big business in America. The transcontinental railroads were especially significant. A transcontinental railroad may be defined as a railroad …

The Motivation Of Chinese Retirees Moving To Thailand, Li Jiaqi

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This study aims to investigate the motivation of Chinese retirees who choose to reside in Thailand and to explore the living arrangements of this group. The study employed an integrative review to collect data from relevant research related to Chinese retirees abroad, Chinese online social media, and semi-structured interviews. The respondents included 10 individuals from Chinese social media and 4 retirees who were purposively interviewed. The content analysis technique was used for data analysis. The result of this study found that the motivation of Chinese retirees aligns with Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, particularly in fulfilling their basic needs. Factors …

The Images Of Thailand In Thai Television Dramas And Their Impacts On Vietnamese Audiences, Nguyen Thi Ngoc Thoa

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

The study aims to explore the function of good images of Thailand represented through Thai television dramas, and their impacts on Vietnamese audiences. An analysis of the two series “I Told Sunset About You” and “A Tale of Thousand Starts” and a field research reveal that Thailand portrayed in the series is the country possessing a diversity of natural resources and cultures with hospitable and friendly people. Remarkably, in the series audiences can see a society where gender diversity is accepted and respected in a proper way. Positive images of Thailand as represented via the series inspire Vietnamese audiences to …

The Representation Of Muay Thai In Prachya Pinkaew's Tom Yum Goong (2005), Qian Wang

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

Through a textual analysis of the popular Thai film Tom Yum Goong (2005), this paper explores how the director, Prachya Pinkaew, expresses his own nationalistic and localistic argument by creating a myth of a hero that uses Muay Thai to defeat the villains in order to save his elephant, which symbolizes (as the allegory of) Thailand. Considering the historical context of this film where a strong sense of modern nationalism was prevailing in the Thai society; it is reasonable to further infer that Muay Thai in this film represents the Thai intellect, the film title Tom Yum Goong refers to …

การเข้าสู่ความเป็นสังคมนิยมซ้ายจัดของขบวนการนักศึกษา ระหว่าง 14 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2516 - 6 ตุลาคม พ.ศ. 2519, จันทนา ไชยนาเคนทร์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

ช่วงเวลาสามปีระหว่าง 2516 ถึง 2519 เป็นช่วงเวลาที่ขบวนการนักศึกษาเติบโตมากที่สุดในประวัติศาสตร์การเมืองไทย และกลายเป็นพลังสำคัญในการเคลื่อนไหวต่อต้านรัฐ พร้อมทั้งเสนออุดมการณ์ใหม่ผ่านแนวคิดสังคมนิยม วิทยานิพนธ์นี้ต้องการศึกษารูปแบบการเผยแพร่และเรียนรู้แนวคิดทางการเมืองของขบวนการนักศึกษา รวมทั้งลักษณะความคิดและการเปลี่ยนแปลงความคิดทางการเมือง สังคม และวัฒนธรรม ที่ได้หันไปเป็นซ้ายสังคมนิยมมากยิ่งขึ้นในช่วงเวลา 14 ตุลาคม 2516 ถึง 6 ตุลาคม 2519 ผลการศึกษาพบว่า ขบวนการนักศึกษาใช้วิธีการหลากหลายในการเผยแพร่ อาทิ การจัดนิทรรศการ การจัดเสวนาทางวิชาการ การจัดจำหน่ายหนังสือ เพื่อเผยแพร่วาทกรรมสังคมนิยมสู่พื้นที่สาธารณะ ขบวนการนักศึกษารับความคิดสังคมนิยมมาจากหลายทาง แต่อิทธิพลแนวคิดเหมาอิสต์แบบพรรคคอมมิวนิสต์แห่งประเทศไทยได้รับการยอมรับมากที่สุด เนื่องด้วยการแพร่กระจายความรู้เกี่ยวกับประเทศจีน ชัยชนะของฝ่ายสังคมนิยมในประเทศเพื่อนบ้าน และการที่ประเทศไทยเป็นที่ตั้งของฐานทัพอเมริกา ทำให้ทฤษฎีกึ่งเมืองขึ้นกึ่งศักดินาถูกนำมาใช้เป็นแนวทางในการวิเคราะห์ลักษณะสังคมไทย ด้วยเหตุนี้ ขบวนการนักศึกษารณรงค์ให้รื้อถอนวัฒนธรรมแบบศักดินานิยม ทุนนิยม-จักรวรรดินิยม ซึ่งสะท้อนให้เห็นได้จากกรณีวิพากษ์วรรณคดีไทย การชำแหละหลักสูตรการศึกษา การอธิบายความเป็นหญิงแบบใหม่ตามแนวทางสังคมนิยม การวิพากษ์วาทกรรม“ชาติ ศาสน์ กษัตริย์” และการตีความ “เจตนารมณ์ 14 ตุลา” ให้สอดคล้องกับอุดมการณ์สังคมนิยม

นักรบที่ถูกลืม:การศึกษาทหารรับจ้างไทยในสงครามลับในลาวผ่านสารนิยายของสยุมภู ทศพล พ.ศ.2516 - 2519, สืบสายสยาม ชูศิริ

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้ต้องการศึกษาทหารรับจ้างไทยในสงครามลับในลาวที่ปรากฏผ่านสารนิยายของประจิม วงศ์สุวรรณหรือเจ้าของนามปากกาว่า “สยุมภู ทศพล” โดยมุ่งเน้นประเด็นในการศึกษาไปที่ภาพลักษณ์ในตัวทหารรับจ้าง 3 แบบที่สยุมภูได้นำเสนอเอาไว้ในงานเขียนของตน อันได้แก่ ภาพวีรบุรุษ, เหยื่อ, และ คนธรรมดา วิทยานิพนธ์ฉบับนี้เสนอว่า การรับรู้ของสังคมไทยที่มีต่อบรรดาทหารรับจ้างไทยที่ไปรบในสงครามลับในลาวออกไปในทางคลุมเครือเสียส่วนใหญ่ และค่อนข้างไปในทางลบ สืบเนื่องมาจากทางรัฐบาลไทยต้องการปกปิดตัวตนของทหารกลุ่มรับจ้างกลุ่มนี้เพื่อไม่ให้เป็นการละเมิดข้อตกลงระหว่างประเทศว่าด้วยความเป็นกลางของลาว ในขณะเดียวกันสังคมไทยกลับให้ความสนใจและเชิดชูบรรดาทหารไทยในสงครามเวียดนามมากกว่า เพราะตัวตนของทหารไทยในสงครามเวียดนามไม่ได้ถูกปกปิดตัวตนเฉกเช่นเดียวกับทหารรับจ้างไทยในสงครามลับในลาว ดังนั้น เพื่อไม่ให้สังคมไทยลืมเลือนการมีตัวตนอยู่ของทหารรับจ้างไทยในลาว สยุมภูจึงออกมาเปิดเผยเรื่องราวของทหารรับจ้างในลาวกลุ่มนี้ให้เป็นที่รับรู้อย่างกว้างขว้าง พร้อมทั้งนำเสนอภาพลักษณ์ของทหารในแง่ที่ดีมากยิ่งขึ้น โดยนำเสนอว่าทหารรับจ้างล้วนแต่เป็นวึรบุรุษที่ไปรบเพื่อประเทศชาติ ไม่ใช่คนที่ไปรบเพื่อเงินค่าจ้างของพวกอเมริกันอย่างที่สังคมเข้าใจกัน สยุมภูบอกต่อด้วยว่าทหารรับจ้างไทยในสงครามลับในลาวตกอยู่ในสถานะเหยื่อผู้ถูกกระทำเช่นกัน ไม่ว่าจะเป็นเหยื่อของสงครามหรือเหยื่อจากการกดขี่ของผู้บังคับบัญชาทั้งจากฝ่ายไทยและฝ่ายอเมริกัน นอกจากนี้สยุมภูก็ไม่ได้ปฏิเสธว่าทหารรับจ้างนั้นทำเพื่อเงิน เพราะตัวทหารรับจ้างเองก็เป็นคนธรรมดาที่มีความต้องการเหมือนมนุษย์ทั่วไป

Agriculture, Environment, And Sustainable Development In Nigeria, Chima J. Korieh

History Faculty Research and Publications

Agriculture is the most critical economic activity in every society. It has historically remained the source of food that sustains the population and a source of wealth accumulation. This chapter looks at the intersection of environment, agriculture, and sustainable development. Whether it be crop production or animal husbandry, suitable agricultural production is dependent on a suitable and sustainable environment. This article looks at the link between the environment, agricultural productivity, and sustainable development. It also examines the link between contemporary agricultural crisis and environmental crisis and how both issues have posed a challenge to continued and future suitable, sustainable development.

What Mother Meant: Maternal Competence, Medical Authority, And Memory In The Case Of Mary Bickerdyke (1820-1910), Megan Marie Vangorder

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

Mary Ann Bickerdyke, a poor widowed mother from Galesburg, Illinois, cared for sick and wounded soldiers across the Western theater throughout the course of the American Civil War. As a result of her efforts, authors and historians lauded her accomplishments. Her success as a Civil War nurse and Sanitary Commission agent has been the subject of several biographies and young adult books that idealize the role of women during the war. These portrayals suggest that Mary Bickerdyke provided an example of determined professionalism during the war years.

Those histories, however, do not tell the whole story. Mary Bickerdyke’s professional journey …

The Bulletin: Sidney Kimmel Medical College At Thomas Jefferson University, Volume 71, Issue 1, Winter 2022

The Bulletin (formerly the Jefferson Medical College Alumni Bulletin)

This issue includes:

• 5 - Dean's Column
• 6 - Time Capsule - The No Limits Klasko Era
• 14 - ICYMI (In Case You Missed It)
• 19 - A Message from Elizabeth A. Dale
• 20 - Discovery - University’s Global Reach Will Soon Extend into Space
• 21 - First Class of Med Students Completes JeffMD Curriculum
• 26 - Student Profile - Ryan Emoff
• 28 - Faculty Profile - Marc Altshuler, MD ‘01
• 30 - Reimagine
• 36 - Class Notes
• 38 - Alumni Weekend 2021
• 44 - Class Agent
• 46 - In Memoriam
• 48 - By the Numbers - SKMC Class of …

When Numbers Lie, Brandon Johnson

Tredway Library Prize for First-Year Research

This paper breaks down officially-reported statistics surrounding Japanese-American internment in the United States. Specifically, his paper argues that numbers have a voice, hold power, and that the many discrepancies surrounding these statistics have far-reaching and lingering implications.

Mothers Leading By Example: Maternal Influence On Female Leadership In Kenya, Catherine Chege

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This qualitative research aimed to study the experiences of Kenyan female leaders and explore Kenyan maternal influence in their lived experiences. It examined how maternal influence shapes female leadership in Kenya by embodying relational and transformational leadership qualities and proves that maternal influence makes women congruent with leadership roles. Despite global advances recognizing the principle of women’s political, economic, and social equality, Kenyan women continue to be marginalized in many areas of society, especially in leadership and decision making. Kenyan women also continue to rank very low in their communities’ social hierarchy, yet they play a critical role in their …