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Senior Independent Study Theses from 1998

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A Critical Study of Hip-Hop and the Messages That Hip-Hop's Music Express, Bernard L. McGinley III
Department: History

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Snakes and Ladders: a Study of Indian Democracy in the Context of Emergency Powers, Zaheer Nooruddin
Department: History; Political Science

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Why the M-16 Rifle: a Case Study of Infantry Small Arms During the Vietnam War, Timothy A. V. B. Pollard
Department: History

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Russia Under Ivan the Terrible: a Widowed Nation, Frank L. Reutter
Department: History

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Subversive Dreams: An Historical Analysis of the Evolution of French Feminist Consciousness With Specific Emphasis on Enfranchisement, 1789-1914, Kristen S. Schermer
Department: History

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The Reluctant Exodus: The Last China Missionaries and American Culture, Church, and State, Jonathan A. Seitz

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The Civil Rights Movement: Events That Changed the Movement, Sylvester S. Slaughter
Department: History

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The ETA and the Continual Struggle For Basque Independence, Sarah L. Soroos
Department: History

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Kids Far From Home: International Adoption, 1948-1998, Catherine M. Swartz
Department: History

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The Role of Mothers As Portrayed in the Ladies' Home Journal During Three Decades: 1920, 1950, and 1980, Jennifer L. Toll
Department: History

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If the Grass Is Greener on the Other Side, Kill It!!! or the Ecological Impact of the Vietnam War, Richard L. Updegrove II
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1997

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To Compute or Not to Compute?: An Historical Analysis of Past Experiences and Modern Opinions About the Role of Computer Technology in Education, Chris Comito
Department: History

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The Water Is Wide: An Analysis of Maine Folktales and How They Define a Coastal People, Sarah L. Farley
Department: History

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Black and White: a History of the Racial Theology of the Southern Baptist Convention, 1845-1995, Wade C. Halva
Department: History; Religious Studies

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Chick Flicks: Reinforcing Gender Roles Through Film, Leslie E. Hammer
Department: History

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An Artistic Exploration of the South American Art Form, Arpilleras, Amy Hansen

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The Negro Leagues: the Catalyst For Change, Matthew R. Jackson
Department: History

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Pray Love, Remember: a Novella, Antonia Mandry
Department: English; History

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Christian Line of Authority From the Apostasy to the Restoration, Carrie A. Zuro
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1996

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Developing the Atomic Bomb: Cooperation, Collaboration, and Success Within the Manhattan Project, Clinton Behm
Department: History

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Women in the Military: the Evolution of the Struggle For Equality in the United States Military With An Emphasis on the Debate of Women in Combat, Brijin L. Boddy
Department: History

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Mainstreaming in Elementary Education: a Study of Handicapped Children and Their Right to An Appropriate Education, Susan H. Bunch
Department: History

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Lessons Learned, Lessons Lost: the Evolution of German Blitzkrieg Doctrine, 1914-1942, Kenneth W. Casais
Department: History

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The Impact of British Rule on Indian Society: a Discussion, Neelabja R. Chowdhury
Department: History

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Yitzhak Rabin An Extinct Breed of Leadership in the Middle Eastern Conflct, Eric G. Core
Department: History

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Grunts, Brass Hats, and the Media: World War Two and Images of Battle in the American Imagination, Scott A. Crawford
Department: History

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Reform in Russian History, Thomas F. Della Torre
Department: History

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The No-Win Situation: Shedding Light on the Indian Woman's Romantic Heterosexual Relations, Meher D'Mello
Department: English; History

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How America Won the Vietnam War: the Rise of Capitalism in Southeast Asia After the Fall of Saigon, Ethan A. Dunsford
Department: History

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Northern Teachers in the Antebellum South: a Search for Independence, Janet L. Engle
Department: History

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Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III
Department: History; Political Science

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Propaganda in the Third Reich, J. Alexander Henderson III

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Dream Versus Reality: Prisoner's Views 1905-1975, Erin L. M. Marks
Department: History

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Medieval Reader in England, 1356-1500, Carolina Miranda
Department: English; History

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A Cry For Justice: the Re-Examination of German Industrialists I.G. Farben and Friedrich Krupp A.G., in the Trials of Major War Criminals, David G. Parsons
Department: History

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Living in the Future: Frontier Women in the Old West, Kristen L. Shepherd
Department: History

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From the Shores of China to America: the Culmination of Experiences Felt By the Chinese Immigrants in Early America, Seon Wu Won
Department: History

Senior Independent Study Theses from 1995

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Comic Books and Cartoons: the Social Mirror of Our Society, Todd E. Adamson
Department: History

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Charles Evans Hughes and His Influence in the Washinton Conference Treaties, Eric H. Black
Department: History

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Woodstock: a Whole Generations Rebellion or a Commercial Effect on American Society, Susan H. Bunch
Department: History

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The Construction of Identity: The Effects of Defining the Personal and Collective 'Self' in the German and American Feminist Movements, Erin G. Cross

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Student Protests at the College of Wooster, Cristina A. Das
Department: History

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The Public's Image of the American Public School Teacher, Mike Doty
Department: History

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The Holocaust in the American Mind From 1940 to 1990 and the Impact Roosevelt Had in Its Development, Daniel C. Ephraim
Department: History

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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