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Illusions of independence: The Teton Sioux and the American fur trade, 1804-1854
(2011-12)
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American copyright: Its English origins and evolution from public good to private property in the nineteenth century
(2017-07)
The original purpose of the American copyright law was to promote the progress of science and useful arts by granting exclusive rights to an author in their works for a limited time. While these ideas originated in English ...
Reel Indians: Native American representation in film, 1950-1970
(2017-05)
The perception of Native Americans has constantly been in flux since Europeans began to colonize North America. Whether it was the Spanish, British, or later the Americans, each had a vision for what Indians were and could ...
"No longer objects of history:" American Indian activism in the late twentieth century
(2018-07)
Native American activism after the occupation of Wounded Knee in 1973 has been an understudied, yet critical period of twentieth century Indigenous history. The events in the two decades that followed the alleged zenith ...
Self-evident lie: Southern slavery and the erosion of American freedom
(2010-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The thesis of this dissertation is that northerners feared slavery, in part, because the rationales for black slavery were inherently subjective and therefore posed a threat to the liberty of all ...
Remembering the Forgotten Legions: The Veteranization of British War Horses, 1850-1950
(2015-12)
My dissertation, entitled, "Remembering the Forgotten Legions: The Veteranization of British War Horses, 1850-1950," looks at the changing perceptions of war horses in the British military and society from nationalized ...
Financing the Mexican War
(2003-05)