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Southern Devices: Geology, Industry, and Atomic Testing in Mississippi's Piney Woods
(2010-05-04)
This work centers on the two underground atomic tests conducted in south central Mississippi on September 22, 1964, and December 3, 1966. The region, known as the “Piney Woods,” hosted the two blasts, conducted by the ...
The 'Fabulous' Fox Theatre and Atlanta, 1929-1975
(2010-05-05)
The Fox Theatre, currently one of Atlanta’s most prestigious performance venues and architectural icons, has stood at the corner of Peachtree Street and Ponce de Leon Avenue since its construction in 1929. Its fantastical ...
The Standoff: First Presbyterian Church of Columbus, Georgia, Robert McNeill, and Racial Equality
(2011-08-17)
The civil rights movements of the mid-twentieth century touched every segment
of American society. American churches were one central battle ground with opponents
and supporters of integration leveraging biblical ...
Asphalt Politics in the Deep South: Race, Housing, and the Interstate Highway System in Atlanta and Birmingham
(2012-05-21)
This thesis explores how the Interstate Highway System was partially responsible for the transition of the American South from a rural agrarian-based society into a more urban industrialized society. With this cultural ...
“The Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man”: The Social Gospel Interracialism of the Southern Sociological Congress
(2012-05-08)
Scholars have long debated the nature and extent of the social gospel movement’s influence on southern religion. The Southern Sociological Congress’ (SSC) rhetoric and actions demonstrated the blending of southern pietistic ...
'This is Ground Control': The Invention of Mission Control Centers in the United States and Europe
(2012-05-14)
This dissertation examines the invention of mission control centers by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the European Space Agency, particularly during the Cold War. The control rooms of Johnson Space ...
At the Tip of the Pyramid: The Iconography of Early Astronauts and Cosmonauts
(2012-04-19)
The first American astronauts and Soviet cosmonauts became household names in the midst of proving that human beings could live and work beyond planet Earth. How and why did these men (along with one Soviet woman) achieve ...
The Revolt of the Majors: How the Air Force Changed After Vietnam
(2008-09-09)
During the Vietnam War, the United States Air Force had performed inconsistently and after the war was faced with a number of challenges. Many of the Air Force senior leadership felt that the challenges could be resolved ...
Baptists in Middle Georgia During the Civil War
(2009-02-23)
Historians thus far have largely portrayed Baptists in the South as uniformly supportive of the Confederacy and Civil War, other than in regional pockets which exhibited widespread Union sympathy. This study focuses on ...
Benjamin Morgan Palmer: Southern Presbyterian Divine
(2009-02-23)
The purpose of this dissertation is to provide an updated life-and-times biography of a major religious and political figure in nineteenth-century American history, Benjamin Morgan Palmer (1818-1902). Palmer rubbed elbows ...