Browsing The University of Oklahoma by series "OU historical journal ; 1 (Fall 2012)"

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    • The Bases The Story of Norman's Naval Bases during 1942  Undergraduate

      Edwards, Breanna (2012-10-01)
      This paper was selected because it exemplifies good storytelling. The author, Breanna Edwards, traces the establishment of several naval bases in Norman, Oklahoma through reports in the local newspaper in 1942. From the ...

    • The Death Dealer  Undergraduate

      Carter, Michael Lewis (2012-10-01)
      The post-war confessions of Rudolf Höss, who, as commandant of Auschwitz, supervised the mass killing of Jews, however, invite readers to re-examine the role of evil as part of the historical commentary on the SS. In Hössʼs ...

    • Famine, Genocide, and Memory: Ukrainians and the Commemoration of the 1932-1933 Holodomor  Undergraduate

      Schmidt, Taylor (2012-10-01)
      History is political. Never has this been truer than in the former Soviet Union, where the past was subject to incessant ‘revisions.’ Mr. Schmidt takes on the Ukrainian famine, or Holodomor, from an international perspective, ...

    • The Influence of Indigenous Artistis in the Maps of the Relaciones Geográficas  Undergraduate

      Brockway, Mark (2012-10-01)
      In the late sixteenth century the Spanish cosmographer López de Velasco ordered maps of cities and towns in America to be produced and returned to Spain to gain a more accurate understanding of Spanish territory in the New ...

    • The Legacy of Honor in War  Undergraduate

      Blanchard, Tessa J (2012-10-01)
      From the earliest accounts of warfare, honor has been central to the warrior ethos. But is honor today the same as it was thousands of years ago? From the Iliad to the Peloponnesian War, from the Romans to the Crusaders, ...

    • Stolen Victories, Evaluating the War Cult in Soviet Russia  Undergraduate

      Riley, Meghan (2012-10-01)
      Meghan Riley is the inaugural winner of the Griswold Prize. Although the competition for this prize was fierce, the editorial board concurred that Ms. Riley’s essay embodied most clearly the standards of exceptional ...

    • The University of Oklahoma Historical Journal  Undergraduate

      Blanchard, Tessa; Riley, Meghan; Carter, Michael; Geary, Ryan; Renner, Scott; Folsom, Raphael; Holguín, Sandie; Levenson, Alan (2012-10-01)
      Preface to the Inaugural Issue of the OU Historical Journal by Raphael B. Folsom, Assistant Professor of History

    • Who's the Imperialist? American Marxists Respond to the Russo-Finnish War  Undergraduate

      Moore, Nathan (2012-10-01)
      In this paper, Nathan Moore explores the complicated question of how American communists responded to the Soviet Union’s 1939-1940 invasion of Finland, and reveals its long-lasting consequences in American political ...

    • The Worlds of Monticello Mountain: How Space Reflected Power and Politics on an Eighteenth Century Chesapeake Plantation  Undergraduate

      Pittman, Kayla (2012-10-01)
      This distinguished article reminds us that written texts are not the only historical evidence available to us. The author makes creative use of visual and archaeological sources in conjunction with cutting-edge theories ...