The full text of Senior Independent Study Theses submitted during and after 2012 are available to download only by College of Wooster users. Unless listed as an exemplar, all other theses are restricted.

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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995

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The Evolution of the Aircraft Carrier and Its Effects on Naval Warfare, Michael H. Gale
Department: History

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The Growth and Development of the Irish Republican Army, Terence M. Gladis
Department: History

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America the Untaught History a Review of the Last Fifty Years of American History, Reginald A. Good
Department: History

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The Bauhaus: Its Sources, Achievements, and Continuing Impact, Lawrence A. Keller
Department: History

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Roman Civilization For Middle School Students, Sean E. Leseiko
Department: History

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The Contemporary Soldier and Her Changing Role in the United States Military, Julie A. Mayne
Department: History

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Women's Roles During the American Civil War: As Told By the Women Themselves, Theresa A. Morgan
Department: History

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Cherokee Removal: Executive Politices and Judicial Politics, Jennifer Robertson
Department: History

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America's Changing Perspective of Smoking Through National Opinion and Local Regulation, Alan M. Schwartz
Department: History

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Power Maps and Pit Stops: The Development of the 1993 Russian Constitution and Its Historical Context, Jennifer Bolton Seaman

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Alphonse Capone: the Man That Inspired the Myth, Anastasia L. Seyer
Department: History

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No Coffins, No Tears: the Facilitating Cultural Context of the HIV Epidemic in Thailand, Justin E. D. Waltz
Department: History

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The Divided Kindgom: a Historical Look at the Transformation of Power in Ireland, Tarindu Weeramuni
Department: History

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The United States and the Foreign Policy of Israel During the Peace Process (1965-1979), Debra L. Zimmerman
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1994

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Barriers to Japanese Investment in China, Elsa Bando
Department: History

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From Rule of Experts to Ideological Entrepreneurship: The Evolution of Think Tanks, Stefan A. Bielski
Department: History

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A Feminist Oral History of the Women's Movement: A Cross-Generational Inquiry, Elinor N. Coburn
Department: History

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Amish Education in the United States, Jennifer E. Eisinger
Department: History

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The Great Plague of 1665: Its Origins Through Its Effects, Daniel K. Griffis
Department: History

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The Myths and Realities of the Nineteenth-Century White Middle Class Woman, Melissa A. Johnson
Department: History

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The Evolution of Non-Profit Health Care Corporations and Their Ability to Seize Monopoly Power, Gregory M. Krause
Department: History

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Baseball and Jackie Robinson: A Testing Ground For Integration in American Society, Josh Leventhal
Department: History

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Chinese Intervention in the Korean War and Its Effect on the Truman-Macarthur Relationship, Chris MacGuire
Department: History

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The Making of the Last Enemy: An Analysis of the Deterioration of U.S.-Cuban Relations 1957-1961, Jeffrey D. McDowell

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Scientific Archaeological Method, Oral Narrative, and Advice Literature: a Multidisciplinary Approach to Interpreting the Material Culture of Rural America, Anamaria Mihalega
Department: History; Archaeology

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Was Justice Served? The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti, Michael F. O'Regan
Department: History

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Changing the Game in Leadership: The New Leadership in Paradigm (The Feminine Advantage?), Lisa R. Ostermueller
Department: History

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The American Press and the Spanish Civil War, Joshua L. Poremba
Department: History

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The Hell and Back: the Effects of Reconstruction Upon the Lives of African-Americans, Kurt D. Russell
Department: History

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Hindutva: A Viable Political Movement?, Chitralekha Zutshi
Department: History; Religious Studies

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1993

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What Were the Circumstances That Led Up to the Easter Rising of 1916 and Why Did the Easter Rebellion Fail, Kevin M. Bamrick
Department: History

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The Facade of East German Industrial Might and the Debacle of German Reunification, Morgan Beever
Department: History

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The Failure of the Bay of Pigs, Jay Bowling
Department: History

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The Environmental Degredation of Reservation Lands Since the Dawn of the Nuclear Age and the Native American's Attempts For Change, Anne E. Bryant
Department: History

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The Making and Unmaking of Czechoslovakia at the Versailles and Munich Conferences, Janine M. Cairo
Department: History

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The Political and Military Issues of the Arctic Convoys: 1941-1945, Gordon B. Calhoun
Department: History

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Walt Disney: The King of Entertainment, Kevin A. Cropp
Department: History

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"Bodies Never Lie:" What Modern Dance Reveals About American History, Diana L. Cushman
Department: History

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The Problem of the Third Reich in West German Historiography, Jennifer K. Druliner
Department: History

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Tom Hayden and Abbie Hoffman: A Case Study in the Persistence of the 60s Ethos, John Galehouse
Department: History

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Yellowstone National Park: An Historical Investigation into the Origins of Wilderness Preservation, Nathan P. Garner
Department: History

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Chetnik Resistance Movement During the Second World War and Serbian Ideology, Sean B. Grindall
Department: History

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Deterioration From the Olympic Ideal: a Study of 1936 and 1984 Olympics, Erik A. Hagen
Department: History

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Bottle That Broke: The April 1975 Evacuations of Cambodia and South Vietnam, Scott A. Hoellrich
Department: History

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The Weimar Republic Through the Eyes of Ernst Junger, Hans Fallada, and Kurt Tucholsky, Thomas Jackson
Department: History

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Contemporary Views of the American Civil War, Kelly D. Keenoy
Department: History

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The Art of Command: Patton and Bradley, Robert E. Koe II
Department: History

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Creating and Controlling the "Savage:" The Evolution of Native American Oppression in the United States, J. T. Krovel
Department: History

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Attempted Annexation of the Dominican Republic in 1870 in the Context of North American Expansionism, Paal-Andre Lund
Department: History; Sociology and Anthropology

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Continuity and Change in Italian Immigrant Tradition, 1880 to the Present, Amy G. Magnotto
Department: History

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How Has the Military Expained Defeat in the Vietnam War From 1975-1992?, Charles G. Mallonee III
Department: History

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The Life of Saudi Arabian Women, Hollis Mandell
Department: History

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Puerto Rico and Its Colonial Experience Under the American Flag, M. M. McNally
Department: History

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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