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Mask of the southern lady: Virginia Foster Durr, southern womanhood and reform
(2007-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examines the life and reform efforts of Virginia Foster Durr. Her reform work spans the years of the Great Depression into the era of the modern Civil Rights Movement. Durr's story has ...
Whirlwind Woman: Native American tornado mythology and global parallels
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This research encompasses Native North American tornado-related ethnohistorical material from the seventeenth century through the twentieth century. It explores and analyzes the relationships ...
Green means green, not asphalt gray: State parks and development of the Raleigh metropolitan area, 1936-2016
(2017-05)
State parks are a ubiquitous presence on the American landscape with thousands of units in all fifty states that attract far more visitors than the U.S. National Park System. While the sheer diversity and number of state ...
Religious scruples and the politics of anticommunism in Oklahoma, 1917-1951
(2009-12)
Scope and Method of Study: This study surveys the progression and interaction between anticommunism and religious faith in Oklahoma state and local politics from 1917 to 1951. Employing primary source materials that include ...
Politics of race in a free and a slave society: Free black issues in the legislatures of Antebellum Ohio and Tennessee
(2010-12)
Scope and Method of Study: An examination of legislative proceedings and roll-call voting behavior on free black issues in the antebellum general assemblies of Ohio and Tennessee.
Cortes after the conquest of Mexico: Constructing legacy in New Spain
(2013-12)
This dissertation examines an important yet woefully understudied aspect of Hernan Cortes after the conquest of Mexico. The Marquisate of the Valley of Oaxaca was carefully constructed during his lifetime to be his lasting ...