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Making The Gilded Age: Myth, Money, And Misery In A Market Society, Austbrook D. Hudson

Murray State Theses and Dissertations

This project argues myths are central to society. For the Gilded Age, this was especially true. Myths helped to explain the world, individually and nationally. Stories structure life. Stories structure nations. They are consequential in times of change when the world is incomprehensible. At an individual level, the self-made ideal explained success and failure. It came with an implicit promise: every individual had an equal opportunity to succeed in the new economy, and the system was fair. Myths of the Western experience explained national identity. It revealed traits including rugged individualism, independence, and perseverance came from taming the frontier. These …

Evans, Tattnall, Toombs Counties Historic Resources Survey, Zach S. Henderson Library Special Collections

Finding Aids

This collection consists of ten volumes containing surveys of historic buildings and resources in three Georgia counties (Evans, Tattnall, Toombs) circa 1970.

Find this collection in the University Libraries' catalog.

Review Of The Catholic Enlightenment: The Forgotten History Of A Global Movement By Ulrich L. Lehner, Jeffrey D. Burson

History: Faculty Publications

Book review by Jeffery D. Burson of The Catholic Enlightenment: The Forgotten History of a Global Movement by Ulrich L. Lehner.

Remembering 1965: Indonesian Cinema And The 'Battle For History', Espena Darlene Machell

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Using four films to probe the transformations in Indonesia’s historical memory, this paper examines how the Indonesian society remembers, interrogates, and comes to terms with one of their nation’s most traumatic episodes: the widespread communist purge that followed the failed coup on 30 September 1965. It also demonstrates how they reflect various perspectives on the 1965 killings that are—to an extent—part of the “Battle of History” (van Klinken 2001) in postSuharto Indonesia, wherein different historiographic traditions introduce new actors, reveal the nuances, and challenge longstanding dominant understandings of 1965.

Gloria Anzaldúa’S El Mundo Zurdo: The Necessity Of A Historical Assessment, Malik Raymond

Honors College Theses

This thesis revolves around Chicana lesbian feminist Gloria Anzaldúa and one of her more important theories, El Mundo Zurdo. El Mundo Zurdo was a theory that focused on the marginalized people and the need for unity amongst them; however, up to this point, no historical analysis has been done on this theory. Through piecing together information from interviews and Anzaldúa’s literature, this thesis serves as a biography of her first forty years of life to address from where the theory came and becomes a bridge to link Anzaldúa to the wider Chicana, Third World feminist, and gay and lesbian …

A Case Study Of The Underlying Causes And Implications Of The 2014 Landmark Gm-Opel Automobile Plant Closure In Bochum, Germany, Jennifer P. Shaffer

Honors College Theses

In December 2014, General Motors closed its flagship Opel plant in Bochum after 52 years of operation amidst years of economic struggles in the industrial Ruhr-valley region of northwestern Germany, marking the first closure of a major German automobile plant since 1945. This study examines the primary underlying causes of the landmark closure, such as the insolvency of GM-Opel and tense employer-employee relations compounded by unsatisfactory trade union negotiations between GM-Opel and IG Metall. Subsequent social and economic reactions to the closure are also examined, including the yearlong “This is not Detroit” campaign launched by local Bochum artists to inspire …

The Philadelphia School Of Occupational Therapy: A Centennial Lesson, Christine O. Peters, Peggy M. Martin, Wanda J. Mahoney

Journal of Occupational Therapy Education

The Philadelphia School of Occupational Therapy (P.S.O.T.) was one of five founding occupational therapy academic programs in the United States. The program was led by two powerful occupational therapists, Helen S. Willard and Clare S. Spackman, for nearly a half century. After 60 years, P.S.O.T. was closed. This article provides a historical overview of the progression of occupational therapy education in the United States over the last century, using the story of P.S.O.T as a case study. The historical legacy and lesson from P.S.O.T. is that excellence in today’s academy may not mean security. Historically relevant today, the interaction between …

1874 Minutes Of The Fifty-Fourth Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1875 Minutes Of The Fifty-Fifth Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1917 Minutes Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church: The Ninety-First Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1886 Minutes Of The Sixtieth Session Of The Kentucky Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1829 Journal Of Kentucky Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal of Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1892 Minutes Of The Sixty-Sixth Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1877 Minutes Of The Fiftieth Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

“What Sort Of Communists Are You?” The Struggle Between Nationalism And Ideology In Poland Between 1944 And 1956, Jan Ryszard Kozdra

Theses: Doctorates and Masters

The period between 1944 and 1956, also known as the “Stalinist period”, is one of the most controversial and turbulent in Polish history. The Polish communist party launched the project of restructuring Polish society, whose historically wellestablished national identity seemed incompatible with the communist project. Firstly, the communists effected a demographic change that resulted in a near monoethnic state. Simultaneously, they introduced a centrally planned economy, transformed state symbolism, initiated a national education system, attempted to reshape popular attitudes to religion, and launched a massive propaganda campaign to reinforce and popularize their objectives.

This study seeks to investigate the communists’ …

The Ancestry Of Mary Louise Ormson, Lawrence W. Onsager

Faculty Publications

Cataloging Data

Onsager, Lawrence William, 1944-

The Ancestry of Mary Louise Ormson. Mauston, Wisconsin and Berrien Springs, Michigan: The Lemonweir Valley Press, 2017.

1. Juneau County, Wisconsin

2. Norwegian-Americans--Wisconsin

3. Clifton Township, Monroe County, Wisconsin

4. Suldal Norwegian-American Settlement

5. Suldal Parish, Rogaland County, Norway

6. Roldal Parish, Hordaland County, Norway

7. Ormson Family

1881 Minutes Of The Sixty-First Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1899 Minutes Of The Seventy-Third Session Of The Kentucky Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1825 Journal Of Kentucky Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal of Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1836 Journal Of Kentucky Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal of Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1828 Journal Of Kentucky Annual Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church

Journal of Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1849-1850 Minutes Of The Annual Conferences Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, For The Years 1849-1850, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.

1920 Minutes Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church: The Ninety-Fourth Annual Session, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1939 Official Journal Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church: The One Hundred And Thirteenth Session, Methodist Episcopal Church

Official Journal of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1934 Official Journal Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church: The One Hundred And Eighth Session, Methodist Episcopal Church

Official Journal of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1858 Minutes Of The Annual Conferences Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, For The Year 1858, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.

1857-1858 Minutes Of The Annual Conferences Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, For The Year 1857-1858, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.

1886 Minutes Of The Sixty-Sixth Session Of The Kentucky Annual Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Minutes of the Kentucky Annual Conference

No abstract provided.

1898 Minutes Of The Seventy-Second Session Of The Kentucky Conference Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, Methodist Episcopal Church

Minutes of the Kentucky Conference

No abstract provided.

1854-1855 Minutes Of The Annual Conferences Of The Methodist Episcopal Church, South, For The Year 1854-1855, Methodist Episcopal Church, South

Conference Journals

No abstract provided.