Browsing by Department "History"
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The Opposition Court of Henry, Prince of Wales, in the Reign of James I, 1610-1612
(2010-04-08)
Henry Frederick Stuart, eldest son of James VI and I and Anne of Denmark, died at the age of eighteen after only two years as Prince of Wales. In his short life he developed a large following and served as the focal point ...
The Origins of American Strategic Bombing Theory: Transforming Technology into Military Doctrine
(2015-03-06)
Perhaps no other technology changed how Americans viewed warfare in the twentieth century more than the airplane. In the minds of forward thinking aerial theorists this new technology removed the limitations of geography, ...
The Other Beecher: Laura Beecher Comer, Plantation Mistress and Daughter of the Confederacy, 1846-1900
(2012-11-16)
This dissertation explores the life of Laura Beecher Comer (1817-1900), which spanned the tumultuous nineteenth century in America. For most of her adult life, Laura resided in what would be the heart of the Confederacy ...
"Our Village Looks Like A Collection of Bee Hives”: The Iron Brigade and Military Encampments During the American Civil War, 1861-1863.
(2024-05-02)
Civil War historians regard the Iron Brigade as one of the preeminent fighting units of the American Civil War. The 2nd Wisconsin, 6th Wisconsin, and 7th Wisconsin regiments; the 19th Indiana; and beginning in October 1862, ...
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 ...
Palmetto Navy: Ironclad Construction and the Naval Defense of Charleston During the Civil War
(2015-05-07)
This dissertation traces the creation and operation of the Charleston Naval Squadron in the Civil War through a look at the different ships and construction strategies implemented within Charleston Harbor. Under the ...
Patriarchy on the Gallows
(2007-12-15)
One of the most telling ways to examine society in the early modern era is to read
the pleadings of the indicted. Typically taking the form of written petitions to the
monarch, the pleadings are indicative of the place ...
Pieces of Peace: An Evaluation of the Nixon Administration's Response to the Rise of Arab Radicalism in the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan
(2008-05-15)
This thesis is an examination and evaluation of the Nixon Administration’s response to the emergence of Arab radicalism in three areas: the Persian Gulf, Libya and Jordan. It examines the foundations of the Nixon ...
Political Patents of Monopoly: Parliamentary and Public Discourse of Economic Policy, 1628-1648
(2014-05-13)
Discussion of patents of monopoly during the reign of Charles I reflected the changing political environment from the 1620s through the 1640s. Members of parliament and merchant pamphleteers described monopolies as ...
Politics and Poverty: Women's Reproductive Rights in Arkansas, 1942-1980
(2009-05-04)
Today, many of us think of birth control and abortion in terms of women's rights and reproductive choice. But, as this study will illustrate, for much of the history of birth control and abortion in Arkansas, it simply has ...
The Power of Preaching: Female Identity, Legitimacy, and Leadership in American Quakerism, 1700-1776
(2010-05-03)
Although 18th-century Quakerism allowed Quaker women ministers to preach as “enlightened” women, in many ways, they still had to transcend the colonial social conventions that inhibited their leadership. Because their ...
The Presidential Records Act of 1978: Its Development From the Right to Know and the Public's Demand for Federal Records Ownership
(2008-05-15)
The Presidential Records Act (PRA) of 1978 established public ownership of presidential records, erasing the previous tradition of presidents retaining records ownership. In 1974, Richard Nixon broke with tradition by ...
Private Paths to Protecting Places: The Creation of a Conservation Infrastructure in the American South Since 1889
(2015-05-08)
This dissertation investigates changes in the ways individuals protected private land in the twentieth century American South. In contrast with iconic parks like Yellowstone or the heavily industrialized lands of the ...
Prophet Without Honor: Hosea Williams and the Anomalies of the Black Freedom Struggle
(2015-05-18)
Examining the life of civil rights activist Hosea Lorenzo Williams’s life illuminates the entire landscape of the civil rights movement from a different vantage point, broadening the familiar geography and chronology of ...
Proposal and Guide for Development of an Archival Special Collection for the Preservation of the Contributions of Auburn University and its Alumni to NASA and Space Exploration
(2013-08-07)
Auburn University, a major research institution, has a long and rich history of
engineering scholarship as well as scholarship in the history of technology and aviation. Many
graduates of Auburn have gone on to serve the ...
Protest Activities in Southern Universities, 1965-1972
(2006-05-15)
This thesis examines the existence and character of protest movements in southern universities from the fall of 1965 through the spring of 1972, and offers an explanation for the student dissent in the South in these years ...
Providing a Voice to Those who Cannot Speak: The Use of the Digital Archaeological Record in Charting the Evolution of the African-American Community
(2014-12-09)
In order to understand the foundations of African-American culture, one must look beyond the meager amount of written records available to researchers and study evidence that many scholars consider unconventional including ...
Publicizing Private Life: Criminal Conversation Trials in Eighteenth-Century Britain
(2010-08-03)
The project examines the gender relationships within the household, between master and mistress, master and servant, and within the servants’ quarters, alongside gendered experiences in the courtroom and constructions of ...
Race and the John Birch Society
(2023-04-27)
This dissertation aims to uncover why the John Birch Society, since its early beginnings, has carried the label racist when the JBS firmly maintains it never considered race. While it could be that the JBS leadership has ...
Reconstructing Religious Identity: Southern Baptists and Anti-Catholicism, 1870-1920
(2012-12-05)
This dissertation examines how Southern Baptists utilized anti-Catholicism to reconstruct their religious identity from 1870-1920. It documents the beliefs, rhetoric, and actions of Baptists as they encountered Catholics ...