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Texas And The Good Roads Movement: 1895 To 1948
(History, 2009-09-16)
The Good Roads Movement in America grew directly out of concerns over the debilitating effects of rural isolation. However, as each state faced its own unique challenges to the building and maintenance of roads, the early ...
Overcoming Triple Oppression: Identity, Power, And Feminism Among Women Of Mexican Ancestry In Texas, 1960-1980
(History, 2008-04-22)
The Mexican American civil rights movement surfaced in the 1960s and 1970s as a direct response to blatant institutional discrimination and neglect. The participation of women within the movement, however, has been ...
"The End Followed In No Long Time": Byzantine Diplomacy And The Decline In Relations With The West from 962 to 1204
(History, 2009-09-16)
From the time Otto the Great was proclaimed Western Emperor in 962 to the conquest of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204, numerous ambassadors traveled east on errands from their principals. The diplomacy they ...
Dracula: From Historical Voievod To Fictional Vampire Prince
(History, 2008-08-08)
Vlad Dracula was a fifteenth century historical prince in Wallachia, a part of modern day Romania. Prince Dracula was an ardent defender of Christendom, and staunch opponent of the expanding Ottoman Empire. However, ...
"What Change Hath God Wrought?": How Gender And The Environment Shaped New England Praying Town Identity And Created A Christian Indian Elect
(History, 2011-07-14)
By the 1780s, Christian Indians from praying towns throughout Southern New England accepted an invitation to reside amongst fellow Christianized Oneida in upstate New York. While all parties agreed to live as one "body" ...
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 ...
How Maps Tell The Truth By Lying
(History, 2009-09-16)
Maps do more than simply record geographical locations: maps link locations to the past and present, and even propose future possibilities. Maps graphically display information (or data) that is at once geographic, economic, ...
"If 3000 Men Were Unanimous On Any Subject, You Would Know At Once They Were Not Doctors": The Slow And Difficult Path To Professionalization Of Medicine In Texas
(History, 2007-08-23)
This thesis seeks to explain the growing dominance of allopathic medicine and the struggle of professional organizations, such as the Texas Medical Association, for the professionalization of medicine. Chapter One illustrates ...
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 ...
The Walloon Immigrants Of Northeast Wisconsin: An Examination Of Ethnic Retention
(History, 2013-07-22)
This thesis examines the unusually enduring retention of ethnic culture by the Walloon Belgian immigrants who settled in northeastern Wisconsin between 1853 and 1857, as well as the combination of circumstances which enabled ...