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“Redeeming" the Canal, Centralizing the Nation: Omar Torrijos and the Quest for Panamanian Sovereignty
Title
“Redeeming" the Canal, Centralizing the Nation: Omar Torrijos and the Quest for Panamanian Sovereignty
Author
Winch, Debora
Date Created
2021
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
From October 1968 to September 1977, the Panamanian government under the leadership of Omar Torrijos Herrera conducted negotiations with the United States regarding the Panama Canal, controlled and established by the United States. This thesis see...
The Warrior and the Maiden: The Participation and Representations of Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous in the Greek Revolution
Title
The Warrior and the Maiden: The Participation and Representations of Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous in the Greek Revolution
Author
Mastrokolias, Olympia
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History, Sex role, History, Modern
Description
This thesis explores the participation and representations of two popular and exceptional heroines of the Greek Revolution of 1821-1832, Laskarina Bouboulina and Manto Mavrogenous, and how their legacies have been used as symbols of nationalism by...
The City of KIngs Mountain: The Historical City with a Misplaced Identity
Title
The City of KIngs Mountain: The Historical City with a Misplaced Identity
Author
Barnett, Melissa
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
Fought on October 7th, 1780, on a ridgetop in the backcountry of South Carolina, the battle of Kings Mountain turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. A century later, the City of Kings Mountain was founded along the Charlotte-Atlanta Railroad, n...
The Bloody Ground: The Chickamauga Wars and Trans-Appalachian Expansion, 1776-1794.
Title
The Bloody Ground: The Chickamauga Wars and Trans-Appalachian Expansion, 1776-1794.
Author
Kane, Sean
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History, Indigenous peoples, North America, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
Despite the plethora of works on the American Revolution and the Cherokee, few scholars have placed the Cherokee within the context of the Revolution. This thesis explores the often overlooked history of the Cherokee during last quarter of the eig...
BOHEMIAN NATIONALISM AND THE IMPACT OF CZECH AND SLOVAK NATIONALS ABROAD ON THE EMERGENCE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Title
BOHEMIAN NATIONALISM AND THE IMPACT OF CZECH AND SLOVAK NATIONALS ABROAD ON THE EMERGENCE OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Author
Stouse, Eugene
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
This thesis examines the emergence of Czechoslovakia in Central Europe during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. It analyzes the nationalist views of the expatriates who immigrated to the U.S. from Bohemia, Moravia, Austrian Silesi...
An Undeveloped Picture Comes Into Focus: The Role of Women in Irish Nationalism, Suffrage, and The Easter Rising
Title
An Undeveloped Picture Comes Into Focus: The Role of Women in Irish Nationalism, Suffrage, and The Easter Rising
Author
Lowenstein, Teresa
Date Created
2022
Subjects--Topical
History, Women's studies, Sex role
Description
This thesis draws attention to the role of women in Ireland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the suffrage movement, Irish nationalism, and the Easter Rising. It contributes to historiography with the inclusion of new inf...
"In His Country's Service:" Irish Catholic Military Participation in the First World War
Title
"In His Country's Service:" Irish Catholic Military Participation in the First World War
Author
Glynn, Hannah
Date Created
2023
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
This thesis examines how Irish Catholic and nationalist military participation in the Great War reflected colonial tensions between Ireland and Great Britain in the early twentieth century. Whereas prior scholars have tended to examine Irish Catho...