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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: Crime and Punishment: Peasant Resistance in the Ukraine, 1927-1933
Author: Slawson, Larry
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: World history, History
Description: Between 1927 and 1933, the Soviet Union underwent numerous social, political, and economic changes under collectivization and the "First Five-Year Plan." In their struggle to industrialize, the Soviet regime often resorted to excessive grain-procu...

Title: Following in the Footsteps of Homer, Plato, Caesar and Augustus: French-British Competition to Re-Claim Ancient Egypt After the Napoleonic Wars
Author: Mitchell , Jillian
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: History, Museums--Study and teaching
Description: Napoleon’s disastrous campaign in Egypt was a military and political failure; however, it opened up Egypt to European attention and competition. The campaign's aftermath yielded two significant developments, the Capitulation of Alexandria and the ...

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: Opposition and Reaction: The Union of Democratic Control, The Press, and the British Government's Suppression of Dissent During The First World War
Author: Steigerwald, Alison
Date Created: 2015
Subjects--Topical: History
Description: The Union of Democratic Control (UDC) formed after Britain entered the First World War against the Central Powers on August 4, 1914. The British government argued that it joined the war to uphold international laws and prevent Germany from taking ...

Title: Swimming for the Fatherland: Journalism, Pronatalism, and Modernization in the World of Weimar Sport
Author: Gillespie, Hallie
Date Created: 2017
Subjects--Topical: History, Modern, History
Description: The perplexities of the interwar era in Germany—the Weimar Republic—continue to spark scholarly intrigue. A tumultuous political atmosphere and an unstable economy coupled with societal reform and cultural advancements in film, arts, and architect...

Title: Underground Circles and Clandestine Romance: Queer Resistance under the Third Reich
Author: Roberson, Keira
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, History
Description: This study proposes a framework through which to examine queer resistance and oppositional behaviors under oppression and persecution, such as the Nazi regime. Under the Weimar Republic, queer circles coalesced into communities that developed a de...

Title: Underground Circles and Clandestine Romance: Queer Resistance under the Third Reich
Author: Roberson, Keira
Date Created: 2021
Subjects--Topical: Queer studies, History
Description: This study proposes a framework through which to examine queer resistance and oppositional behaviors under oppression and persecution, such as the Nazi regime. Under the Weimar Republic, queer circles coalesced into communities that developed a de...

Title: War in the Shadows: IRA Intimidation and Assassination, 1919-1921
Author: Cannady, Michael
Date Created: 2014
Subjects--Topical: Military history, History
Description: This work addresses a gap in the historiography of the Irish revolution: the use of intimidation and assassination by the IRA. Although some studies have focused on whether IRA assassinations were justified, little scholarship exists about their e...

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...