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The Chinese Labor Corps In The First World War: Forgotten Allies And Political Pawns
(History, 2010-03-03)
By the beginning of the twentieth century, China was considered the "Sick Man of Asia." Almost eighty percent of its territory and infrastructure were controlled by European powers and Japan. Although many anticipated ...
To Keep Those Red Lights Burning: Dallas' Response To Prostitution, 1874 to 1913
(History, 2010-03-03)
This thesis examines the responses of city leaders, purity reformers, and citizens to prostitution within two red-light districts in Dallas between the years 1874 and 1913. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth ...
"Independence, Liberty, And Justice": The Birth, Life, And Death Of Haden Edwards' Fredonian Rebellion
(History, 2010-03-03)
To populate Texas, the government of Mexico encouraged foreign empresarios like Stephen F. Austin to bring families and settle. One of those men, Haden Edwards, hoped to turn a profit with his grant in the area around ...
True Barbarians?: The Role Of Visigothic Iberia In Medieval Persecutory Discourse
(History, 2010-07-19)
During the last twenty-five years, there has been wide-spread debate about the extent of the notion of persecution in medieval Europe. Those who believe that persecution existed deliberate to what extent, as well as when ...