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From Red Dirt to Red State: Oklahoma and the Equal Rights Amendment, 1972-1982
(2016-05-14)
This thesis details the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) debate in Oklahoma from 1972 to 1982. It is a multifaceted story of how both local and national factors, race, religion, family ties, gender norms, politics, and feminism ...
Settler Intrusion and Indian Survival in California's Round Valley, 1849-1860
(2016)
Scholars currently focusing on white-Indian relations in California are involved in a polarized debate regarding genocide in the state. While this scholarship has undoubtedly brought forth new research and viewpoints on ...
Road Power: The Politics of American Highway Development, 1900-1939
(2018)
Road Power uses the development of the American highway system to examine the foundations of the federal state. This thesis argues that the highway bureaucracy accrued power throughout the early twentieth century, providing ...
A Martial Environment: The Rocky Mountain Arsenal and Ecological Change, 1942-2010
(2016)
This thesis examines the military-industrial complex and ecological change in the American West during and after the Cold War. By specifically examining one munitions factory—the Rocky Mountain Arsenal—this thesis demonstrates ...
"Make It An Indian Massacre:" The Scapegoating of the Southern Paiutes
(2016-05-13)
Overall, this project attempts to move dialogue beyond the cause of the Mountain Meadows Massacre to examine how and why Mormon perpetrators manipulated and covered their tracks in order to frame the Southern Paiutes. This ...
Additions From an Apostate: Petrus Alfonsi and a Shift in Anti-Jewish Polemic
(2018-05-12)
In the Twelfth Century, Petrus Alfonsi converted from Judaism to Christianity and wrote his Dialogi contra Iudaeos. In this polemical text, Alfonsi utilized Islamic science and reason to attack Judaism and the Talmud as ...
The Weapon of Dress: Identity and Innovation in Cherokee Clothing, 1794-1838
(2017-05-12)
In the decades leading up to Removal, Cherokees underwent a variety of sartorial changes. This thesis examines these changes, the resulting tensions, and the use of clothing as a weapon of resistance against Removal. ...