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Glory and Empire: The London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews and the Road to the Balfour Declaration
(2016-05)
The Balfour Declaration has often been seen as the culmination of the restorationist tradition and Christian Zionism in Britain. The London Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews was an Evangelical mission ...
Pacifying the Tepehuanes from 1590 to 1642
(2017-12-15)
In the sixteenth century, Spanish missionaries entered the northern frontier of Mexico in hopes of converting the “barbarous” native peoples of the Sierra Madre Occidental. Upon their arrival, they found a population of ...
"The Burro Evil": The Eradication of Feral Burros in Grand Canyon National Park
(2017-05-12)
A population of feral burros has lived in the Grand Canyon since Spanish conquistadors brought the animals to North America in the sixteenth century. More burros entered the canyon in the late nineteenth century with ...
Resolving Ontologies of Antisemitism, Orientalism, and the Question of Zionist Colonialism
(2018)
This study addresses the persistent charge of orientalism leveled against Zionism and explores the relationship between orientalism and antisemitism, which Edward W. Said describes in his 1978 book Orientalism as that of ...
Settler Colonialism on the Southern Plains: Squatters and the Construction of a Settler State in Indian Territory
(2018)
Settler colonialism, a process by which settlers take control of and transform both the land and people who live in a region into the settlers’ image, was a defining force in Oklahoma’s formation and remains pervasive in ...
Pregnancy, Magic, and Medicine: The Many Roles of Midwives in Eighteenth-Century Mexico
(2017-05-12)
Despite the vast research by historians of 18th-century Mexico on women’s and gender history, New World medical cultures, and witchcraft, little is known about the lives and practices of late colonial parteras (midwives). ...
Land of the Fair God: The Development of Black Towns in Oklahoma, 1870-1910
(2016)
Oklahoma’s All Black Town Movement is important to contextualize larger black migration patterns during the nineteenth century. Oklahoma was at the center of black migration from surrounding states. In addition, it played ...
Race, Environment, and Masculinity in Richmond's WWII Shipyards
(2018-05-11)
The Kaiser company shipyards in Richmond, California, the largest shipyards in the world for the duration of World War II, employed workers from across America and from around the world. New technological advances and ...
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 ...