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A Teacher of Souls: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Theologian
(2019-11-15)
This thesis is an analysis of Elizabeth Anne Seton’s conversion to Catholicism. It is also a discussion of her interpretation of traditional Catholic doctrine and eventual teaching and systemization of it within the American ...
Wild by Design The Technological Construction of Authenticity, Wilderness, and Nature in America's National Parks, 1860-1945
(2019-05-16)
This dissertation explores the origins of American national park experiences. It explores how several social groups attempted to make the national parks conform to their expectations and desires using political power, ...
Out and Proud: Gay and Lesbian Organizing at Alabama Universities, 1983-1997
(2019-04-16)
This is an attempt to fill a void in the historical literature on gay rights, student activism, and the South by examining the recognition of and responses to gay and lesbian focused student organizations at Alabama state ...
Between a Nation and a Country: the Creek Nation, the United States, and the Life of James Moore
(2019-04-18)
This thesis examines the life of James Moore, an Indian countryman who lived nearly fifty years in the Creek Nation. A study of Moore’s life offers insight into the massive changes that the Creek Nation endured in the first ...
A Manifesto of Impossibilities? Workers, Politics, and the History of the Luxembourg Commission, February-May 1848
(2019-05-02)
The Luxembourg Commission was the response of the provisional government of France during the Revolution of 1848 to demands by workers of Paris that the government do something to help alleviate the harsh conditions under ...
Militias, Manhood, and Citizenship in Southern Reconstruction, 1863-1877
(2019-11-22)
This dissertation analyzes institutional violence and politics in the nineteenth century South, with a focus on the Civil War and Reconstruction Era. It considers how and why institutional violence provided a means for ...
Why a Diamond Means Forever: The Creation of the Diamond Engagement Ring Tradition in the United States, 1939-1996
(2019-04-23)
In 1947 “a diamond is forever” became the official slogan of the De Beers Consolidated Mines Limited and is to date one of the most recognizable slogans in the history of American advertising. This dissertation utilizes ...
Movement, Migration, and the Material History of the AIDS Closet
(2019-12-06)
This thesis explores the choices that people living with HIV and AIDS in the United States made to embody various identity constructions as a strategy for survival. While ‘coming out’ is often seen as a social goal, for ...
The Sehoy Legacy: Kinship, Gender, and Property in a Tensaw Creek Community, 1783-1851
(2019-04-18)
In 1783, Alexander McGillivray and his sister, Sophia Durant, migrated to the Tensaw Delta with a herd of cattle and forty enslaved laborers to establish a plantation on the periphery of Creek territory adjoining Spanish ...