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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1991

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Banana War Lost: a History of U.S. Foreign Policy Towards Nicaragua During the Sandinista War, 1927-1933: a Historical Perspective, Mark Hendrickson
Department: History

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Germany and Poland: the Ethnic Conflict Surrounding the Oder-Neisse Line, Stephanie A. Hugh
Department: History

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U.S. China Policy and the Korean War, Darin C. James
Department: History

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General George S. Patton Jr. His Personality and Its Effects on His Command, Eric E. Kendall
Department: History

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"Flowers Are Better Than Bullets" : A Study of the Shootings at Kent State University on May 4, 1970, Jennifer Lynn Kruchko
Department: History

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"What Was the War Like For You?" Veterans' Reminiscences of the Second World War, Andrew Y. Lewellen
Department: History

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The Evolution of Automobile Safety Regulation in America, John C. Mallon
Department: History

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Emergence of Conservatism and Its Effects on Affirmative Action, Elizabeth C. McAllister
Department: History

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A Study of the Educational Opportunities Available For Women at Mount Holyoke College and Oberlin College in the Mid-Ninteenth Century, Nancy J. McGraw
Department: History

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Factors of Adolph Hitler's Rise to Power, James F. Morefield
Department: History

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NASA and Press Coverage Patterns, Sander Olson
Department: History

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The Role of the Dominant American Foreign Policy Ideology in the United States Decision to Intervene in Iran and Guatemala 1953-1954, Kathleen M. Osta
Department: History

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"She's Making History Working For Victory", Kerry L. Perkins
Department: History

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The Journal of Philip: His Search For Prester John a Medieval Travel Guide, Jennifer A. Pope
Department: History

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The Actions and Experiences of British Women During the Second World War, Claire O. Prucher
Department: History

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The History of the United States Marine Corp's Combined Action Program of the Vietnam War and the Problems That Affected Its Role There, Wesley C. Reed
Department: History

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The Hetch Hetchy Dam Controversy: Natural Preservation Versus Resource Management, Christopher A. Smith
Department: History

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Perceptions of the American Railroad and Its Decline, Foye M. Staniford
Department: History

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An American Tragedy: The Cherokke Indian Removals of the 1830s, Thomas J. Stefanik Jr.
Department: History

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The History of Political Corruption and Reformist Activism in the City of Philadelphia, 1865-1933, Peter T. Stratton
Department: History

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Late-Medieval Jewish Women and Patriarchy, Bonita L. Weddle

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Persecution of Martin Luther King Jr.: An Examination of J. Edgar Hoover and the Federal Bureau of Investigation Untill 1965, Thomas M. White
Department: History

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The U.S-Japanese Relationship: Economics and Cultural Difference, David C. Whitney
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1990

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The Good War?'; American Veterans' Reflections of the Second World War, Michael D. Breen
Department: History

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"The Only Game in Town" a Case Study of Weirton Steel's Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Alisa F. Buchanan
Department: History

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Joseph McCarthy: a New Perspective, Joshua W. Denbeaux
Department: History

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Development of German Secret Weapons During the Second World War and Their Relation to Hitler's War Aims, Russell B. Dunn
Department: History

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Herod I -- Method and Madness: a Study of the Mental Conflicts within Herod the Great, Byron Fruehling
Department: History

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The Crowded Walk: the Real Forces behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott of 1955-1956, Mark D. Gooch
Department: History

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The Massacre at My Lai, David H. Greene
Department: History

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A Decade With Adolf Hitler and the Ambassadors of the 1930's, Dennis J. Griffith
Department: History

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The Negro Baseball Leagues: a Social Phenomenon in Oblivion, Tim Griffith
Department: History

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Al Capone: An In-Depth Study Analyzing Why Capone Was Convicted Only of Tax Evasion, William F. Grubb
Department: History

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Political Commentary From the Editorial Page to the Comic Page: Herblock and Doonesbury in the Seventies and Eighties, Katherine E. Hallett
Department: History

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German Immigrants and the Issues of Nineteenth Century America, Jennifer J. Horn
Department: History

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America in Crisis: the 1968 Democratic National Convention, Nadine Katherine Isvarin
Department: History

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America's Origins in the Vietnam Conflict, Damon E. Jones
Department: History

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40,000 Years Is Not a Bicentenary: White Australia Has Black History, Julie R. Kerr
Department: History

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American Military Leadership and Command: Omar N. Bradley, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Matthew B. Ridgeway, Willam C. Westmoreland, David C. Lake
Department: History

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Women's Reproductive Rights in the Russian Republic of the Soviet Union, Theresa A. Lowe
Department: History

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The League of Nations and Collective Security, Kirk R. Neureiter
Department: History

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Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev: the Evolution of a Friendship, Brian J. Phillips
Department: History

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Robert Owen's Communitarian Vision, Michael Snavely
Department: History

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"Radical Existentialism:" Movies as a Reflection of the Youth Culture in 1960s America, Michael S. Wells
Department: History

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Clyde Edgerton, Pat Conroy, Bobbie Ann Mason- Three Writers of the Modern South, Phillip C. West
Department: History

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Cop Talk: An Oral History: Approach to the Changes in Urban Policing Since 1945, Abigail L. Wurf
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1989

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Adolf Hitler; the Defeat of the German Generals, Richard W. Allen III
Department: History

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Postmortem Public Reaction to American Presidents, Jennifer K. Blair
Department: History

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We Are Sisters: the Status of African and Italian Women in Nineteenth Century America, Carlye A. Burwell
Department: History

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The Ninth Amendment: a Case of Neglect, Robert B. Campbell
Department: History

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A Look at Holocaust Literature: the Efffectiveness and Expansion of Holocaust Literature As a Learning Tool, Kimberly G. Chase
Department: History; English

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Necessary Revenge, James A. Dow IV
Department: History

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Origins and Evolutions of Swiss Neutrality, Daniel E. Egli
Department: History

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"The Times They Are a Changin:" A Pictorial History of Sixties America, Laura Gaither
Department: History

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Throwing Animals a Lifetime: the Role of the Modern Zoo, Drew A. Girolamo
Department: History

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Doctor-Poisoners, Spies, and Saboteurs: the Doctors' Plot and Other Demonstrations of Anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union, Anne E. Hevener
Department: History

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Pioneer Women's Role on the Western Frontier: Three Perspectives, Jennifer M. Hoskin
Department: History

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Next Best Thing to Being There: (An Original Mix): The Presbyterian Church and the Vietnam War, Brian F. Johnston
Department: History

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China's Young Intellectuals: The Quest For Responsible Government, Marie E. Kilbane
Department: History

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Fundamentalism: The Roots of Accommodation and Politicization, Nicola Kilby
Department: History

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The Fight For Manchuria During the Chinese Civil War, Michael Lawlor
Department: History

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William Tecumseh Sherman: The Story Behind the Man, Jason Legg
Department: History

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The Alliance For Progress: Origins and Objectives, Paul Denniston Lent
Department: History

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The Final Solution: Hitler's Order For the Destruction of the European Jewry, Craig D. Lombardi
Department: History

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Assimilation of Chinese in Indonesia, Grace W. S. Loo
Department: History

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The Evaded and Undecided Issue: Capital Punishment, Timothy S. Ness
Department: History

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The Rise and Fall of SDS: Lessons Learned From the Student Movement of the Sixties, Nancy K. Nystrom
Department: History

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Role of Intellectuals in Czechoslovak Reform, Resistance, and Revolution 1968-1988, Pamela B. Rhoads
Department: History

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The Manchurian Incident: A New Generation of Japanese Militarism?, Lowell T. Rowley
Department: History

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Role of the Army From the First Century to the Third Ad, Michael L. Saxon
Department: History

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"We Took to the Woods:" Women in the Wilderness in the 20th Century, Amy Schmitt
Department: History

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Ramifications of the Reign of Kabaka Mutesa I of Buganda, Thomas J. Spino
Department: History

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Vine Symbolism and Sacrifice in Early Christian Art, Amelia J. Stratton

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Society's Involvement in the Evolution of Children's Treatment: Wet-Nurses to Corporate Child Care, Elizabeth A. Tingley
Department: History

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The Rise and Decline of Black Nationalism in America: 1965-1988, Elizabeth L. Toole
Department: History

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Children, From "Young Vipers" to "Potential Servants of God", Wendy F. Watson
Department: History

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"I'm Going to Shoot Anything That Moves and Is Black:" An Analysis of Two Riots, Edward W. Weintraub
Department: History

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My Lai Massacre Reconsidered, H. F. Wood III
Department: History

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Colonial Taverns in the Boston Area and Their Influence on Pre-Revolutionary Politics, John C. Zazzaro
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1988

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Presidential Lyndon B. Johnson and the Development of Peace With Escalation in 1964, David B. Allen
Department: History

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The Nixon Supreme Court Nominations of Clement F. Haynesworth and G. Harrold Carswell, Thomas M. Ballentine Jr
Department: History

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Film As a Reflection of History: Dr. Strangelove, Fail Safe and the Bedford Incident, David S. Banigan
Department: History

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An Independent Study of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and the American Federation of Labor -- Congress of Industrial Organization Past and Present, James P. F. Dowling
Department: History

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No Place, No Power, and No Voice: the Era of Women's Union Participation and Activism in the Garment Industry, 1900-1912, Sarah E. Heath
Department: History

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Somoza, Sandinisimo, and Uncle Sam: the Making of the Nicaraguan Revolution, John H. Hemann Jr.
Department: History

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Perceptions of a Name: Facts and Testimony Following the Bolshevik Revolution and Anna Anderson-Manahan's Claim to the Title of Grand Duchess Anastasia, Cynthia Hoepf
Department: History

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Function of Afro-American Trickster Tales in Slave Culture As a Means of Gaining Freedom and Resisting Oppression, Anita Homily
Department: History

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The United States in the First World War: The Question of Amalgamation, Thomas R. Karsten
Department: History

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Meade's Missed Opportunity: a Speculation of the Battle of Gettysburg and Its Aftermath, John P. Mead
Department: History

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From Myth to Reality: International Politics and the Olympic Movement, Scot Mellor
Department: History

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Atlanta: Black Children Missing and Murdered Case; An Assessment of Black Leadership, Kristen A. Patton
Department: History

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Red Cloud's War, Daniel D. Pope
Department: History

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Refugee Experience of Lithuanian Displaced Persons, Marcie Ray
Department: History

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La Filosofía Política De Martí y su Influencia en la Política Cubana, Eileen C. Robinson
Department: History; Spanish

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Fruits of Labor: Impact of Missionaries on the Hawaiian People, Eric Schoenke
Department: History

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An Oral History of Ukrainian, Baltic, and Russian Displaced Persons, Kathleen R. Smythe
Department: History

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History of Grenada 1498 to 1983: The Struggle For Independence, John A. Taylor
Department: History

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Frederick W. Taylor and the Changing Interpretation of Scientific Management, Laura A. Tuennerman
Department: History

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COINTELPRO: The FBI's Secret Counterintelligence Program, Lisa M. Vacca
Department: History

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Hong Kong's 1997 Deadline: How It Became and What It Will Become, Ralph E. Wadleigh III
Department: History