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"Chinese" And Chinoiserie: Exoticization And Orientalism In The West During The 19th And 20th Century And Its Effects On Museum Practices, Janine Salapantan Apr 2026

"Chinese" And Chinoiserie: Exoticization And Orientalism In The West During The 19th And 20th Century And Its Effects On Museum Practices, Janine Salapantan

Honors Capstones

During the 19th and 20th centuries, the west experienced a keen interest in the lives of the east. In an era of mystery, the people of the west relied on furniture, textiles, and objects to fill in the gaps of their fantasy of the mystical east and its people. This led to the boom of East Asian export and attempts of replication through Chinoiserie, the west’s interpretation of East Asian aesthetics. Chinoiserie and exportquickly filled the homes of affluent families in the west, such as the Ellwood family in Dekalb. This study aims to investigate the origins of various East …


Entry Nr. 487 Kossola, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Jan 2026

Entry Nr. 487 Kossola, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 134 Isaac Anderson, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Jan 2026

Entry Nr. 134 Isaac Anderson, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Hot Topic Of The Cold War: Analyzing The Bomb In American Media During The Late Twentieth Century, Ryan Lambert Jan 2026

Hot Topic Of The Cold War: Analyzing The Bomb In American Media During The Late Twentieth Century, Ryan Lambert

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This thesis explores nuclear war–related media (i.e., media involving “the Bomb”) from the late twentieth century, beginning in the early 1950s and ending in the late 1990s, although media from the 2000s and beyond are briefly touched on. Unlike other studies of nuclear war narratives, this analysis intends to explore this media through a rhetorical framework of an “eroding” society, and the “erosion” concepts of the 50s–70s paved the way for cumulative “erosion” storylines in the 80s (the height of the Cold War), and then “restoration” storylines in the 90s (after the end of the Cold War). This framework is …


Moses Fleetwood Walker's Views On Race, Edward Hoffman May 2025

Moses Fleetwood Walker's Views On Race, Edward Hoffman

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This paper details the life of Moses Fleetwood Walker, the first Black Major League baseball player as well as a scholar, and explores his views on race. Despite the fact that he published a manifesto outlining his opinions on racial separation in 1908, very little has been written about Walker’s views on race, and there is no prior research on how Walker’s racial ideologies compare to other contemporary African American intellectuals. Through analysis of primary and secondary sources, I have concluded that Walker offers a unique perspective on race: He advocated for the complete, immediate, and mandatory separation of Black …


Labor And Residence Within The Mexican Community In Aurora, Illinois, 1920-1940., Eddie Guerrero Apr 2025

Labor And Residence Within The Mexican Community In Aurora, Illinois, 1920-1940., Eddie Guerrero

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This research examines how labor opportunities in Aurora, Illinois, between 1920 and 1940 shaped the growth and development of the Mexican community. Using U.S. census data from 1920, 1930, and 1940, historical city maps, oral histories, and special agent reports, the project traces employment patterns across three distinct waves of migration. It explores the role of industries such as the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad, the Cotton Mill, and New Deal initiatives like the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and National Youth Administration (NYA) in the formation and growth of the Mexican community. The findings reveal that labor not only shaped …


Performance Patriotism: The State Council Of Defense, The Illinois Women’S Committee, And The Role Of The State In World War I Illinois, Joshua David Fulton Jan 2023

Performance Patriotism: The State Council Of Defense, The Illinois Women’S Committee, And The Role Of The State In World War I Illinois, Joshua David Fulton

Graduate Research Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation traces the role of the State Council of Defense and Women’s Committee as Illinois’s wartime state between 1917-1918. Centered around dynamics of voluntarism, pageantry, and how the state negotiated the use of coercion in mobilization for war, the project draws heavily on the State Council and Women’s Committee records at the State Archives in Springfield, Illinois. Wartime mobilization in Illinois—and nationally in 1917—relied on a complex combination of federal messaging and resources working in concert with state and local forces who were supportive of the Wilson administration’s war effort. Bringing together disparate prewar communities, the State Council and …


Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 042 Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 072 Un-Named Moko Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 072 Un-Named Moko Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 093 Un-Named Carabali Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 093 Un-Named Carabali Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 335 William Henry Pratt, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 335 William Henry Pratt, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 407 N Gonga, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 407 N Gonga, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 425 Otsétse, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 425 Otsétse, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 397 Nyámse, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 397 Nyámse, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 055 First Un-Named Sokko Or Asokko Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 036 Johannes, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 036 Johannes, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 092 Un-Named Okwoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 092 Un-Named Okwoi Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 064 First Un-Named Watje Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 081 Fourth Un-Named Kanga Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 081 Fourth Un-Named Kanga Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 105 Anna Margaretha, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 105 Anna Margaretha, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 087 Second Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 087 Second Un-Named Amina Merchant, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 109 First Un-Named African Man In Pennsylvania, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 109 First Un-Named African Man In Pennsylvania, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 254 Cawley, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 254 Cawley, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 375 Isambakon, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 375 Isambakon, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 426 Otén, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 426 Otén, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 067 Un-Named Atja Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 067 Un-Named Atja Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 424 ‘Otu, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 424 ‘Otu, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 033 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 033 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 031 Un-Named African Man, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd Mar 2022

Entry Nr. 032 Un-Named African Woman, Aaron Spencer Fogleman, Robert Hanserd

500 African Voices

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