History M.A. Thesis

Dec 14, 2012

For the Sake of Freedom: Landownership, Education, and Memory in Halifax County, North Carolina, 1900-1960

Strickland, Shantara Nicole. “For the Sake of Freedom: Landownership, Education, and Memory in Halifax County, North Carolina, 1900-1960.” (Under the direction of Dr. Katherine Mellen Charron.) This thesis explores the symbiotic relationship between landownership and education in eastern North Carolina from 1900 to 1960. Centering the experiences of African American farmers in a black majority… 

Nov 2, 2012

The Role of Civil Air Transportation in Foreign Relations Between the United States and Great Britain

Wofford III, Drewry Frye. “A Special Relationship in the Air: The Role of Civil Air Transportation in Foreign Relations Between the United States and Great Britain.” (Under the direction of Dr. Nancy Mitchell.) In 1977 James Earl Carter assumed the presidency of the United States. Within a month of his inauguration, two significant events in… 

Aug 14, 2012

A Change in German-American Relations: The German Nuclear Deal with Brazil, 1977

Ham, Oliver Benjamin. “A Change in German-American Relations: The German Nuclear Deal with Brazil, 1977.” (Under the direction of Dr. Nancy Mitchell.) The German-Brazilian nuclear deal was the first of its kind. The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) planned to export a full-nuclear cycle to Brazil, a non-nuclear nation. As a result, Brazil, which had… 

Aug 13, 2012

The Scopes Trial in American Memory

Halbrook, Patrick Nason. “The Scopes Trial in American Memory.” (Under the direction of Dr. William Kimler.) The 1925 Scopes “Monkey” trial, in which high school teacher John T. Scopes was prosecuted in Dayton, Tennessee for violating the state’s Butler Act forbidding the teaching of human evolution, has been called “the Trial of the Century.” Fundamentalist… 

Jul 20, 2012

Instructing Modern Citizens: Teaching the Nation and Citizenship in English and Japanese Textbooks, 1890-1914

Piper, Maria Anya Bell. “Instructing Modern Citizens: Teaching the Nation and Citizenship in English and Japanese Textbooks, 1890-1914.” (Under the direction of Dr. David Ambaras.) This thesis uses history, geography, and citizenship/ethics textbooks to analyze how both international and domestic circumstances affected the development and content of public elementary education in England and Japan from… 

Apr 24, 2012

The Grand Tour and the Expansion of the British Mind: Cultural Imperatives in the Eighteenth Century

Hensley, Katherine Lydia. “The Grand Tour and the Expansion of the British Mind: Cultural Imperatives in the Eighteenth Century.” (Under the direction of Dr. Brent Sirota.) During the eighteenth century, many British young men of wealth and standing traveled to the Continent as a means of completing their education. As part of that experience they… 

Apr 10, 2012

How African Americas, Native Americans, and White Women Found Their Voices in Southern Appalachian Music

Howard, Jennifer Camille. “Sounds of Silence: How African Americas, Native Americans, and White Women Found Their Voices in Southern Appalachian Music.” (Under the direction of Dr. Craig Friend.) This thesis examines the complex identity of southern Appalachian folk music. One of the most common misconceptions is that southern Appalachian folk music is the realm of white… 

Mar 29, 2012

Christian Writers, Pagan Subjects: The Preservation of Norse Religious Imagery through Legal Culture in Iceland

Bennett, Shaun. “Christian Writers, Pagan Subjects: The Preservation of Norse Religious Imagery through Legal Culture in Iceland.” (Under the direction of Dr. Julie Mell.) The rich literary history of medieval Iceland has served as a phenomenal historical resource for life in medieval Iceland both before and after Christianity came to the island in the summer… 

Mar 28, 2012

Extralegal and English: the Robin Hood Legend and Increasing National Identity in the Middling Sorts of Late Medieval England

Black, Tiffany Elyse. “Extralegal and English: the Robin Hood Legend and Increasing National Identity in the Middling Sorts of Late Medieval England.” (Under the direction of Dr. Julie Mell.) Evidence for the legendary hero Robin Hood exists from at least the thirteenth century in England; however, throughout the long fifteenth century, a great efflorescence of… 

Mar 20, 2012

Two Dead in Mississippi: Black Power, Vietnam, Memory, and the 1970 Jackson State Shootings

McGeorge, Heather. “Two Dead in Mississippi: Black Power, Vietnam, Memory, and the 1970 Jackson State Shootings.” (Under the direction of Dr. Katherine Mellen Charron.) This thesis explores the 1970 shootings at Jackson State College in Mississippi to illuminate the intersections between American foreign policy, the Black Power Movement, and significant silences in the nation’s collective…