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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993

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George Kennan and the "X-Article", Michael E. McTiernan
Department: History

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Failure of a Movement to Change Administration Policy: a Study of the Antiwar Movement, 1965-1968, Randall A. Pitts
Department: History

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Social Significance of the Roman Baths, John Ramsier
Department: History

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Changing Expectations and Attitudes Toward Contemporary First Ladies As Shown Through Lady Bird Johnson, Rosalynn Carter and Nancy Reagan, Heather A. Renshaw
Department: History

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Black Humor As a Response to War, Stacey M. Root
Department: History

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Historical Discussion of the Oppression of the Sioux From 1868 to Present, Benjamin W. Sears
Department: History

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Capitalist Environment: An Examination of the Relationship Between Capitalism and the Environment in the United States, Megan D. Shore
Department: History

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African and Native American Interactions in the Southeastern United States During the Colonial Era: Focused Upon Their Relationship With Europeans, African Enslavement Among the Native Americans, and the Evolution of Maroon Societies., Erin J. Siders
Department: History

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Challenges to the Realist Claim that Ethics and National Interest Are Antithetical: an Examination of the Paradigms of Moralism and Realism and Their Effects on International Relations, Alissa N. Steelman
Department: History; Religious Studies

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Atrocities Committed By the Japanese During World War II, David B. Swartz
Department: History

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The Medieval Garden As a Reflection of the Twelfth Century Cistercian Reform Movement's Belief in a Universal Hierarchical System, Robert J. Vosburgh Jr
Department: History

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Factionalism in the Chinese Communist Party's Response to the Student Democracy Demostrations of 1986-1987 and 1989, John R. Weikart
Department: History

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John Marshall Contributions of the Chief Justice to the United States and the Trial of Aaron Burr, Casey J. Wilson
Department: History

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Creating a New World: a Study of Anglo-Indian Relations in Virginia, 1607-1677, Amanda H. Winter
Department: History

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Nazi Film Propaganda: a Successful Use of This Medium Encouraged An Uncontested, Complete Devotion to Hitler's Rule, Aaron P. Wismar
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1992

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A Marriage Born of Necessity: German-Soviet Relations From 1933-1939, Frank H. Andorka Jr
Department: History

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Multi-Cultural Curriculum: Offering a New Perspective, Tami Augustine
Department: History

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The Women of the Early American Industrial Revolution and the Culture They Wove: An Examination of the Mills Girls of Lowell and Lawrence, Massachusetts, Jill M. Baumeister
Department: History

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Divergent Images: a Comparative Study of the British Working Class Condition in Cinema, Alex Benchimol
Department: History; English

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The New Deal and the Creation of a National Urban Policy, Peter L. Berry
Department: History

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Modern Conventional War: the Falkland Islands War and the Persian Gulf War, Alexander E. Coyle
Department: History

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The College of Wooster Confronts the Turbulent Sixties, Lara Michelle deCourtivron
Department: History

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Mirror of Ourselves: the Impact of the Women's Liberation Movement on American Women's Magazines, Kim N. Douglass
Department: History

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Architect of a Dream: Charles Hamilton Houston's Contributions Ot the Civil Rights Movement, Bradley V. Evans
Department: History

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Success and Survival: German and Irish Immigrants in Cleveland, Ohio 1818-1880, Jennie L. Fabens
Department: History

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Images of Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Creation For FDR, the Legend, the "Soldier of Freedom", Laura Fielitz
Department: History

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Historical Investigation of Rolling Stone Magazine Between 1967 and 1970: Its Origins and Reflections of the Counterculture., Douglas S. Kiley
Department: History

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The Korean War: Decisions and Consequences, Kevin Klyberg
Department: History

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Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Resurgent Conservative Coalition of 1938: the Waning of the New Deal, Francis J. Knott Jr
Department: History

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Notion of the Other Expressed in Literature and Classical History, T.J. Mallory
Department: History

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Confronting Individual Fears and Public Repercussions: a Journal in Response to AIDS, Holly L. McCullough
Department: History

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Götter in Weiß: Die Deutschen Mediziner Yom Kaiserreich Bis Zum Nationalsozialismus Und Die Darstellung Der Medizin Und Der Mediziner in Spielfilmen Des Dritten Reiches, Colleen Dianne McFarland
Department: German Studies; History

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Teaching the 'Heathen:' the Origins and Development of Black Education Before the Civil War, 1619-1860, Robin M. Parker
Department: History

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Trials By Media: a Necessary Evil? the Sam Sheppard Example, David M. Royse
Department: History

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Teaching Ancient Egyptian Civilization in An Elementary School Classroom With An Interdisciplinary Emphasis, Katherine Sanderson
Department: History

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Images and Experiences of Homesteading Women, Michele L. Shoup
Department: History

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Legalized Destruction of the African-American Male: a Survey of Capital Punishment in Twentieth Century America, A. M. Simmons
Department: History

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The Legalized Destruction of the African American Male: Survey of Capital Punishment in Twentieth Century America, A. Miles Simmons
Department: History

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Labor and Ethnicity in the Anthracite Coal Fields of Pennsylvania: a Social Portrait, Amy Stroud
Department: History

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Transferring the Mandate of Heaven: the Genesis and Consolidatoin of Qing Power, 1573-1683, Kenneth M. Swope
Department: History

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Historical Significance of the Environmental Movement and the Future of Recycling Programs in the United States, David R. Wilkins
Department: History

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James Madison and the Creation of the American Constitution, Kimberly D. Wing
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1991

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La Guerra Civil Española: Visiones y Revisiones, Nancy L. Christman
Department: History; Spanish

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Fallout from Nevada: Consequences of the Atomic Energy Commission's Cold War Ethic, Michael G. Davis

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Effects of Land Policies, Educational Methods, and Alcohol Use on Contemporary Native American Culture, Eva M. Dodds
Department: History

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The Beat Movement: Origins and Evolution, Brent Duncan
Department: History

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Understanding the Psychological Dimension as an Explanation For Flaws in the CIA: An Examination of the CIA's Involvement in the Vietnam Conflict, Katherine M. Henderson
Department: History

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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