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Cultural origins of the Kamikaze Special Attack Corps and the 442nd regimental combat team during World War II: A comparison between the Japanese soldiers raised in Japan and the Nisei soldiers raised in America
(2011-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Motivated by nationalistic fervor, many young brave soldiers all over the world fought for their country at all costs during World War II. In Japan, the wartime hysteria and the desperation of ...
Meaning of the right of petition: Northern opinion and the antislavery Gag Rule, 1836-1844
(2016-07)
In the 1830s, a national movement against slavery organized in the United States. One of the actions taken by slavery opponents was to petition Congress, most commonly for the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia. ...
Cultural analysis of the early Japanese immigration to the United States during Meiji to Taisho era (1868-1926)
(2010-12)
Scope and Method of Study: Focusing on the years between 1868 and 1926 during which Japan underwent drastic socioeconomic, political, and cultural changes, this study traces the "pushes" (forces that caused the people to ...
From Carlisle to Bradford: The media, stereotypes, football, and American Indians
(2013-12)
Racial stereotypes were a prominent issue in the media's coverage of American Indians throughout the twentieth century. In this study, it is football, both collegiate and professional, that the media used to base their ...
From Praha to Prague: Assimilation and ethnic identity in an American farm town, Prague, Oklahoma, 1891-1930
(2010-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this study was to examine the experiences of an immigrant group living in a rural environment in the midst of a larger native-born population. The group chosen were Czechs, who ...
Angel of the home or the devil in disguise: The representation of women in the Irish press, 1908-1916
(2017-07)
This dissertation addresses the representation of women in the Irish press from 1908 to 1916. The study uses discourse analysis to examine the portrayal of women within three Irish newspapers, the Irish Times, the Irish ...
Where the great plains and south collide: A history of farm tenancy in Oklahoma, 1890-1950
(2010-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examines the rise and fall of farm tenancy in Oklahoma. Primary materials include manuscript collections, agricultural newspapers, government documents, and census data. Secondary ...
To Make Us Independent': The education of young men at the Cherokee National Male Seminary, 1851-1910.
(2013-07)
In the years following forced removal, Cherokee leaders considered how to prevent future assaults on tribal sovereignty. Their answer was education. In 1846, the Cherokee National Council established two high schools, one ...
Of fire and dust: An environmental and social history of the Nebraska Sandhills during the Great Depression, 1929-1941
(2014-12)
During the Great Depression life on the Great Plains of the central United States was harsh, difficult, fiscally challenging, and, at times, deadly. The economic challenges posed to the region's agricultural residents was ...
Illusions of independence: The Teton Sioux and the American fur trade, 1804-1854
(2011-12)
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