Browsing History and Government by Title
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4-F: The forgotten unfit of the American military in World War II
(2013-01-01)This research explores how different segments of American society understood, interpreted, and responded to militarily rejected men, classified as 4-F by the Selective Service System during the Second World War. The first ... -
Alla Delphia Clary: The Speaker's secretary
(1995-08-30)This biographical study of Alla Clary, who was Texas Congressman Sam Rayburn's secretary for more than forty years, portrays a woman who witnessed major historical events during the first half of the twentieth century. ... -
American imperialism?: The United States interventions in Nicaragua, 1909 to 1933
(2013-08)This thesis is an examination of the active policies of the United States in the early twentieth century and the effects of the interventions these policies influenced. This essay reveals that U.S. presence in Nicaragua ... -
Anamnesis, myth, and the political in selected works of Murakami Haruki
(2003-12)This thesis analyzes two novels of the contemporary Japanese author Murakami Haruki. It seeks to dispel the premise advanced by Ōe Kenzaburo, a Nobel Laureate in Literature, which regards Murakami as an inferior writer. ... -
Anna Raguet Irion: Writing a woman's life into Texas history
(1995-08)Anna Raguet Irion (1819-1883) came with her family from Pennsylvania by way of Cincinnati, Ohio to Nacogdoches in 1833. Her father, Henry Wynkoop Raguet, and Sam Houston became friends and political allies during the ... -
Beyond East and West: Political melancholy in the works of Orhan Pamuk
(2013-05)This thesis examines Orhan Pamuk's use of melancholy as a political concept. While the Nobel committee argues Pamuk's work is an example of clashing civilizations, this thesis argues Pamuk's novels examine how collective ... -
Beyond oil: The Cold War relationship between the United States, Britain, and the Iraqi monarchy, 1946-1958
(6/6/2018)ABSTRACT This thesis examines Anglo-American relations in Iraq during the Cold War and evaluates the way that the conflict, along with the growing demand for oil, shaped the relationship between Great Britain and ... -
Beyond orientalism: A study of three Arabic women writers
(2007-05)In 1978, Edward Said, a Palestinian-American literary theorist, published his famous book, Orientalism. The book was an attack on the concepts of "Orient" and "Occident". Said described orientalism as a discourse that ... -
Beyond the apparatus: Karl Jaspers as political theorist
(2012-05)Karl Jaspers is considered a founder of existentialism and while this may be true such a characterization misses some of the fundamental aspects of his philosophy. Existentialism begins with a concept of the absurd. Jaspers' ... -
Bui Doi: Vietnamese Amerasian experiences in Vietnam and the United States
(2004-05)When examining the devastation of the Vietnam War, the experiences of the children of American soldiers and Vietnamese women: the Bui Doi, “children of the dust,” must be considered. Discriminated, ostracized and unwanted ... -
The Civil War in North Central Texas: Its impact on frontier families, 1860-1874
(1991-05)The Civil War was experienced differently by north central Texas frontier families in Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Fannin, Grayson, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise and Young counties. In 1860, many viewed these ... -
The concepts of sovereignty at the American founding
(2003-08)This thesis examines the importance and influences of the concepts of sovereignty throughout the establishment of the United States structure of government. It is an examination of the different aspects of sovereignty ... -
The decline and fall of Thomas Cardinal Wolsey
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Elizabeth Whitear Sermon Camm: Atypical Mormon pioneer
(8/30/2017)This study examines the life of one Mormon pioneer woman, Elizabeth Whitear Sermon Camm, who immigrated to the United States with a specific dream of reaching Utah and living among other members of her faith. Everything ... -
Ethics, ambiguity, and the existential novel; A study of Simone de Beauvoir's works of fiction
(2015-05-30)This thesis analyzes five novels of the existentialist French author Simone de Beauvoir. It seeks to challenge the arguments presented by many scholars, which regard Simone de Beauvoir's work as subordinate to and dependent ... -
Evolution of rhymes and fables in England through the Victorian era: From religion to politics
(1992-12)The central theme of this thesis is the evolution of nursery rhymes from religion to politics by the Victorian Era aided by political advocate, William Godwin. Godwin, inspired by Isaac Watts' secular writings, used ... -
The Federal Theatre in Dallas: A new deal for theatre
(1996-08)The Dallas Federal Theatre Project was part of the Works Progress Administration effort to put 3.5 million unemployed people to work starting in 1935. Initial work to create the Dallas Federal Theatre Project began in ...
