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Title: Reclaiming the Unredeemed: Irredentism and the National Schism in Greece's First World War
Author: Kinley, Christopher
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: History, Military history, Area studies
Description: Greece’s role in the First World War, although short, was characterized by political and social tumult that tore the small country in half, splitting it into two political camps both with their own public supporters. This divide is known as the Na...

Title: COMMEMORATING QUEEN CHARLOTTE: RACE, GENDER, AND THE POLITICS OF MEMORY, 1750 TO 2014
Author: Gregory, Bethany
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: Sex role, History
Description: Despite the vast research by historians on Queen Sophia Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz as a person, little research has been conducted on what she meant to the people of regions named in her honor. This thesis seeks to uncover the significance ...

Title: Mary Boleyn: "A Great Whore, Infamous Above All"
Author: Plough, Christine
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Women's studies, History
Description: This thesis is a case study that explores the life and influence of Mary Boleyn, royal mistress to King Henry VIII from 1522-1525. The intent is to present an analysis of primary documents in combination with secondary sources, which provide cruci...

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...

Title: NOBILITY AND WITCHCRAFT IN FIFTEENTH AND SIXTEENTH CENTURY ENGLAND
Author: Frye, Lincoln
Date Created: 2020
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: Between 1419 and 1536, five English noble women, including three queen consorts, stood accused of witchcraft: Joan of Navarre, queen of Henry IV; Eleanor Cobham, Duchess of Gloucester; Jacquetta of Luxembourg, Duchess of Bedford and Countess River...

Title: The New World Meets the Old: German-Americans and the Temperance Struggle in Ohio, 1870 - 1875
Author: Sorensen, Niles
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: AbstractNiles Sorensen. The New World Meets the Old: German-Americans and the Temperance Struggle in Ohio, 1870 – 1875 (Under the Direction of Dr. John David Smith) In the middle decades of the nineteenth century more than 3,000,000 immigrants arr...

Title: Two days and seventy years: sites of memories and silences from Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and the United States
Author: Hawks, Julie
Date Created: 2016
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: My primary goal for this thesis was to investigate current American and Japanese practices of remembrance about the atomic bombings and to trace cross-cultural influences on the commemorations and narratives. On the surface, these narratives and p...

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...

Title: The Influence of Road, Road Verge and Landscape Characteristics on the Occurrence of Raptor-Vehicle Collisions
Author: Bates, Jennifer
Date Created: 2023
Subjects--Topical: Geography, Ecology, Wildlife conservation
Description: The increasing prevalence of roads has had a corresponding impact on the risk of road mortality for wildlife, particularly for avian species such as birds of prey that commonly make use of foraging opportunities along roadside verges. Birds of pre...

Title: “AN ABYSS OF ANARCHY, NIHILISM, AND DESPAIR”: HISTORICAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ANARCHISTS IN BRITAIN
Author: Jutila, Alexander
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: Studies on historical representations of anarchists tend to focus on terrorist depictions and how they compare to the actual activities of the anarchist movement. Using British print media, this thesis explores other political, cultural, and socia...