Browsing University of Central Oklahoma by Subject "United States"
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Americanizing the beautiful game : the rise of mainstream American soccer, 1960-2005.
(2017)This thesis examines the rise of mainstream soccer in the United States from 1960 to 2005 with a national, a regional (Oklahoma), and then a local (Edmond, OK) focus. It argues between 1960 to 2005 conservative-leaning ... -
Arthur Gooch : the political, economic, and social influences that led him to the gallows.
(2010)Born in 1908, Arthur Gooch came of age in the prosperous 1920s, but something changed for him and for America in 1930. The socioeconomic depravity and increased media coverage of crimes in the Thirties affected those who ... -
Behavioral Characteristics of Stalkers Who Kill
(2021)The purpose of this study is to identify behavioral characteristics of stalkers who ultimately kill their targets, with the goal of creating a risk factor checklist to help identify current offenders most at risk for ... -
Disconnected.
(2010)Abstract excerpt: Contains eight short stories exploring themes of displacement, isolation, emotional stagnation, and personal transformation. Primarily set in the American South and narrated by first-person male narrators, ... -
From Judy Chicago to the Guerrilla Girls: an analysis of the evolution of feminist art movement
(2021)This thesis examines and analyzes the evolution in feminist art that contributed to and expanded the idea of change through protests and demonstrations in a patriarchal society. The Women's Rights Movement and Feminist Art ... -
Leon Phillips and the New Deal in Oklahoma.
(2015)Leon C. Phillips and the New Deal in Oklahoma looks at how one governor in the state reacted to the New Deal by attempting to be fiscally conservative. Particularly in regards to the overspending trend, taking on supporters ... -
The Moment We Realized: Triple Consciousness and the Intersectionality of Race, Gender and Sexuality in 20th and 21st Century African American Women
(2021)The Triple Consciousness Theory (TCT), inspired by W.E.B. Du Bois' Double Consciousness, argues that Black women view themselves through multiple lenses and not solely two (gender and race). Although it is unclear who first ... -
The myth of women having it all : gender performativity in American media
(2022)The effects of the cult of domesticity, which have been fought against since the first suffragette movements, have permeated the history of the culture of the United States. In what follows, I will examine the ways the ... -
The battle of Belleau Wood : America's indoctrination into 20th century warfare.
(2010)The battle of Belleau Wood serves as a microcosm of the American experience in the Great War. Several misconceptions surrounding the battle, born largely out of its propaganda value, created a legacy that overshadows the ... -
Third world revolutionaries : the activism of the Third World Women's Alliance and Alliance Against Women's Oppression, 1970s-1980s
(2021)The Third World Women's Alliance (TWWA) emerged from the Black Power politics of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and two black women's caucuses, the Black Women's Liberation Committee and the Black Women's ...