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"Plucking Roses from a Cabbage Patch": Class Dynamics in Progressive Era Louisville as understood through the Contested Relationship of Mary Bass and Alice Hegan Rice
Title
"Plucking Roses from a Cabbage Patch": Class Dynamics in Progressive Era Louisville as understood through the Contested Relationship of Mary Bass and Alice Hegan Rice
Author
Hardman, James
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
American literature, History
Description
In 1901, Alice Hegan Rice, a wealthy socialite reformer, published the novel Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch which dealt her experiences working with the poor. By the end of 1902 her novel had become a national phenomenon and finished the decade a...
A United Front: The American Relief Administration in Ukraine
Title
A United Front: The American Relief Administration in Ukraine
Author
Hunt, David
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History, Slavs--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
Description
The United States has been involved in humanitarian assistance missions since the late nineteenth century. However, Herbert Hoover’s American Relief Administration (ARA) was the first organization that combined the abilities of several smaller org...
Charlotte's Airport Enters The Jet Age: Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983
Title
Charlotte's Airport Enters The Jet Age: Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983
Author
Ross, Lucas
Date Created
2016
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
ABSTRACTLUCAS CHARLES ROSS. Charlotte’s airport enters the jet age:Charlotte Douglas, 1954-1983. (Under the direction of DR. MARK WILSON) The history of airports is a neglected topic despite the incredible economic and social changes the world has...
City of Racers: The Growth of the NASCAR Industry in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1949-2000
Title
City of Racers: The Growth of the NASCAR Industry in Charlotte, North Carolina, 1949-2000
Author
Gable, Bryan
Date Created
2018
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
This study explores the development of the NASCAR industry in the city of Charlotte and its surrounding region through the second half of the twentieth century. I argue that NASCAR and Charlotte were seeking the same goals in the late twentieth ce...
Lorain: Ohio's First Colonia - A Blueprint for Midwestern Mexican Migration
Title
Lorain: Ohio's First Colonia - A Blueprint for Midwestern Mexican Migration
Author
King, Elizabeth
Date Created
2019
Subjects--Topical
History
Description
Within this piece, I am arguing that Mexican migration to the Midwest in the early twentieth century is highly overlooked in literature. Most often, the historiography deals with characteristics that typify the Southwest, and I assert that Mexican...
“Live by the Spirit:” Institutional Discipline for Crimes Against Order and Morals, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1767 - 1839
Title
“Live by the Spirit:” Institutional Discipline for Crimes Against Order and Morals, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 1767 - 1839
Author
Carpenter, Layne
Date Created
2015
Subjects--Topical
History--Religious aspects, Law, History
Description
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina was located in the Carolina backcountry—an area frequently viewed as immoral, disorganized, and barbaric by contemporaries. However, this study demonstrates that institutions of authority—both legal and ecclesias...