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The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of the Icelanders Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Caleb Farris’s The King and I?: An Analysis of Social Class and Loyalty in the Sagas of the Icelanders, describes the role of social hierarchies in Viking society. It is not only brilliantly written, but underscores the ... -
The Legacy of Honor in War Undergraduate
(2012-10-01)From the earliest accounts of warfare, honor has been central to the warrior ethos. But is honor today the same as it was thousands of years ago? From the Iliad to the Peloponnesian War, from the Romans to the Crusaders, ... -
A Lengend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Kiley Foster’s paper, A Legend in the Making: The Evolution of the Conquest Accounts of Al-Andalus, on the conquest accounts of Al-Andalus is well constructed, consistently interesting, and unique vis-à-vis the other ... -
The Liberal Libertine: Gender and Revolution in the Writings of Francisco de Miranda Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)Francisco de Miranda's life embodied the contradiction which was central to the Age of Democratic Revolution: to what extent could the liberal ideologies emerging from the Enlightenment replace the old order? Just as other ... -
The Lie in the Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The Lie in The Teapot: China, China Export Porcelain, and the Construction of Orientalism during the American Republic, by Kiersten Strachan is an original and provocative contribution to our understanding of early American ... -
Much to Lose by Revolution: Nothing to Dread from Reform: Education Reform as a Means of Class Alliance in Victorian England Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Many historians agree that the Victorian period was crucial in the development of education in England. In fact Dinah Birch, in her 2008 book Our Victorian Education goes so far as to say that it was the genesis of the ... -
Mussolini the Revolutionary: The March on Rome Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)The English language press appears to have been fascinated by the “March on Rome” – the peaceful Italian revolution – which is highly convenient, as it gives us a day by day account of the event, allowing us to see how the ... -
The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“The National and International Responses to the Trial of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg,” by Mallory Hogan, analyzes a controversial episode in American history from a global perspective, discussing the reactions of the public ... -
Navigating the Revolution Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“I believe that, regrettable though it is, our defeat in war is imminent and inevitable.” – Prince Konoe. By February 14th, 1945 the Japanese war position had become untenable. The Japanese military had been suffering ... -
Night of Broken Glass Remembered: How the New York Times Reported Kristallnacht in a Historical Context Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)It is often said that news organizations write the first draft of history. However, news organizations are not just recording history and filing it away. They distribute this draft to the public, whose world perceptions ... -
Out of the Ashes: African American Responses to the Second Italo-Ethiopian War Undergraduate
(He has few)Writing in 1938, two years after Fascist Italy conquered Ethiopia, the eminent African American intellectual and columnist George S. Schuyler proclaimed the Rise of the Black Internationale. Having faced the travails of ... -
Outrage at Oklahoma: Campus Protests in the Weeks after the Kent State Shootings Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)“Outrage at Oklahoma: Campus Protests in the Weeks after the Kent State Shootings,” by Dominic Granello, uses deep research in memoirs, campus newspapers, and oral history to paint a nuanced portrait of OU in the tumultuous ... -
Plague and Population in Early Medieval Europe Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)This meticulous and compelling paper shows that late antiquity and the incipient dark ages glimmered with more prosperity than most scholars have realized. Even as plague decimated the Mediterranean world, certain areas ... -
The Political Marginalization of Arab Christians in the British Mandatory Period Undergraduate
(2016-04-01)The Arab/Israeli conflict has been addressed as an ethnic conflict to a simple conflict over land. The use of a religious framework receives a lot of attention in the popular imagination, pitting Islam against Judaism. ... -
The Post-Conflict Transformation of Gender Norms in Nicaragua Undergraduate
(2013-10-01)Helen Kerwin’s engaging and informative article elucidates the recent social and political history of Nicaragua. But she accomplishes more than this single task. She also contributes to the history and theory of women and ... -
Religion and Resistance: An Analysis on the Influence of Christianity on the White Rose Resistance Movement Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Because religion often leads people to do seemingly irrational things, understanding a person’s religion is essential to understand his/her actions. This was especially true in Nazi Germany when religious conviction led ... -
The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in the Nineteenth Century Great Britian: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews Undergraduate
(2014-04-01)Maggie McKee-Huey’s “The Role and Impact of Jewish Evangelism in Nineteenth Century Great Britain: The London Society for Promoting Christianity Amongst the Jews,” provides insight to causes of the movement of Christian ... -
A Satisfying Death: Eighteenth Century Creek Spiritual Traditions Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)A Satisfying Death, Eighteenth Century Creek Spiritual Traditions, by Margaretta Gabriela Báez, is above all a fascinating story. I found this paper compelling in part because I am a history major focusing on American and ... -
Sephardi Identity in Greater Syria in the Late Ottoman Period Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)Identity is fluid for any individual or group of people, and depends on changing cultural, political, social, and economic environments as well as histories. Tensions between Sephardim and the Ottoman Empire, Ashkenazim, ... -
Sino-Korean Relations and the Ming-Qing Transition Undergraduate
(2015-04-01)China and Korea have long had a close relationship. However, during the early Qing dynasty, the relations between China and Korea were not as warm as usual. Following the Chinese Ming dynasty, one of the more intimate ...