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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 ...
Angie Debo: In search of truth
(2000-07)
When superheroes go native: Comic books and the images of American Indians since 1940
(2007-12)
This study examines the evolution of American Indian representations in American comic books. It juxtaposes these transformations against a larger context of American Indian history, federal Indian policy, and developments ...
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 ...
American foreign policy toward Korea, 1945 -1950
(2007-05)
This study scrutinizes relations between the Korean nationalist movement and occupying foreign powers when it came to building a nation-state in the aftermath of World War II, set in the broader context of Korean history. ...
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 ...