Browsing by Subject "history"
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Counterfactuals and revisionism in historical explanation
(Anthropological Theory, 2001-03-01)This article addresses the role of counterfactuals in historical and ethnohistorical explanation. Drawing primarily on examples from the Conquest of Mexico, it argues (1) for a useful role for counterfactual analysis, not ... -
Ecophilosophy of J.R.R. Tolkien: Rural, Urban, and Wilderness Roads to Conscientious Living and Environmental Guardianship
(2019-05-01)A core message of J.R.R. Tolkien's canon concerning the human and non-human global community appears in The Lord of the Rings when Gandalf addresses the Captains of the West, as they prepare their plans to march on the ... -
Emergence and evolution of the gay and bisexual male subculture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1889-2005
(2006-05)Scope and Method of Study: This dissertation traces the development of the gay and bisexual male subculture in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 1889-2005. Utilizing a variety of primary materials -- newspapers, sodomy court records, ... -
Encounters with Alcabitius: Reading Arabic Astrology in Premodern Europe
(2017-08-01)This project examines the transmission and reception in medieval and early modern Europe of the Introduction to Astrology, written by the tenth-century Arabic author al-Qabīṣī and known to his Latin readers as Alcabitius. ... -
Engagement as Theory: Architecture, Planning, and Placemaking in the Twenty-First Century City
(2022)Our recent book, "The City Creative: The Rise of Urban Placemaking in Contemporary America" (University of Chicago Press, 2021), details how participatory design and community engagement can lead to democratically planned, ... -
From "Bat Caves" to "Alabaster Caverns" : a History of the Use and Conservation of Alabaster Caverns State Park
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-05-01)The history of the human use and exploration of Alabaster Caverns reflects the emergence of American environmentalism during the twentieth century. The progression of the management of Alabaster Caverns from exploitation ... -
Intercultural communication
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Organizing the 'living Dead': Civil Rights in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1954-1964
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)By providing an in-depth examination of the civil rights movements in Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma through the lens of the black newspapers in each city, The Black Dispatch and The Oklahoma Eagle, this thesis introduces ... -
Outlawing and becoming native in the colonization of Yosemite National Park: a cultural-ecological perspective
(2022)Since the 1980s, Environmental historians have produced research disproving the myth of pristine wilderness. Yet, few environmental historians have focused their research efforts on considering how such a myth may have ... -
Race, Environment, and Masculinity in Richmond's WWII Shipyards
(2018-05-11)The Kaiser company shipyards in Richmond, California, the largest shipyards in the world for the duration of World War II, employed workers from across America and from around the world. New technological advances and ... -
Relatos de resistencia: Crónicas venezolanas, crisis política y estado de excepción en Venezuela (1992-2021)
(2022-05-13)During a deep crisis in a historical, political, and social context, the chronicles are published as mechanisms before a state of emergency in Venezuela can be included in the annals, as a close, direct, and plausible ... -
Sounds of Payne County: a Museum Exhibition Proposal
(Oklahoma State University, 2013-12-01)The following pages contain a history of the musicians and music that have come out of Payne County, Oklahoma and a description of how to use that history in a museum setting. The history incorporates the contributions of ... -
Telesis 2019
(2019)Front Matter: Telesis editor Emily Hays offers thanks to supporters, as well as an introduction to the issue. This section also includes the table of contents.