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EBONY IN EXILE: AN EXAMINATION OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK AMERICA AND THE CUBAN INFLUENCE 1960s-1980s
Title
EBONY IN EXILE: AN EXAMINATION OF REVOLUTIONARY BLACK AMERICA AND THE CUBAN INFLUENCE 1960s-1980s
Author
Willard, Joseph
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Area studies, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
ABSTRACTJOSEPH WILLARD. Ebony in Exile: An Examination of RevolutionaryBlack America and the Cuban Influence 1960s-1980s.(Under the Direction of DR. JURGEN BUCHENAU)In the 1960s Black America began to embrace an ideology of revolution shifting the...
RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, ROSALINA TUYUC, AND LAURA REYES: CONTEMPORARY MAYA WOMEN IN GUATEMALAN POLITICS
Title
RIGOBERTA MENCHÚ, ROSALINA TUYUC, AND LAURA REYES: CONTEMPORARY MAYA WOMEN IN GUATEMALAN POLITICS
Author
Moore, Mary
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
Women's studies, Area studies, History
Description
This Master’s thesis analyzes the role of notable human rights activists, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, Rosalina Tuyuc Velásquez, and Laura Reyes Quino, examining their directed efforts toward relieving the plight of the Mayan people in Guatemala facing g...
THE 1986 WORLD CUP AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY DURING MEXICO’S “LOST DECADE”
Title
THE 1986 WORLD CUP AND POLITICAL LEGITIMACY DURING MEXICO’S “LOST DECADE”
Author
Pliego Campos, Noe
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
Using newspapers from Mexico City, Ciudad Nezahualcotyl, Queretaro, and other cities throughout Mexico and outside of Mexico alongside official documents and publications, I argue that the Mexican government led by President Miguel de la Madrid su...
War of the Words: Propaganda, Public Opinion, and Revolutionary Mexico during the Great War
Title
War of the Words: Propaganda, Public Opinion, and Revolutionary Mexico during the Great War
Author
Needham, Matthew
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
In August 1914, Mexico was between war and revolution. The defeat of Victoriano Huerta marked a turning point in the Mexican Revolution as Venustiano Carranza came to power. At the same time, Britain severed German telegraph cables to the Americas...
We Are Paraguayan: Construction of Paraguayan National Identity Through Guaraní Language Use, 1814-1870
Title
We Are Paraguayan: Construction of Paraguayan National Identity Through Guaraní Language Use, 1814-1870
Author
Hanna, Nicole
Date Created
2017
Subjects--Topical
History, Area studies
Description
This research project examines the creation of the Paraguayan national identity from 1814 to 1870 as a mestizo, Guaraní-speaking people. It explores the language ideology of the Paraguayan government, which placed importance on Guaraní versus Span...