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Jacob Smith in the Michigan Territory

Tardiff, Joseph C. (1988)

James Ramsay MacDonald: Politics and Influence

Baarson, Kristin F. (1974)

James Ramsay MacDonald was undoubtedly one of the most controversial figures of his time. He was a. man who was to rise from poverty to Prime Minister. He was a romantically handsome, elusive, unfathomable creature who ...

The Japanese Dialectic : The Allied Occupation of Japan and the Establishment of a Free Market Welfare State

Sugimori, Hikaru (2013)

Many historians have described the conflicting nature of many of the economic paradigms that Japan adopted during the period of post-war occupation. This study will address those contradictions and show how each economic ...

The Jefferson Image in the American Mind: Problems and Perspectives Since 1960

Reeves, Scot J. (1978)

Thomas Jefferson still survives, a.side from the historical interpretations, in the form of the Jefferson Memorial and the Jefferson Home, Monticello. Rather than representing the particular achievements of Thomas Jefferson, ...

The Jesuit Republic of Paraguay: A Utopian Christian State

Meehan, John (1989)

After a brief summary of the Jesuit's interests in Brazil and Paraguay, the problems which I intend to explore are: Why did the Jesuits enjoy such success in these reductions?; Why were the Spanish and Portuguese so ...

Jimmy Carter, Leonid Brczhnev, and SALT II

Colton, Samuel B. (2010)

John Fiske and the Dogma of Evolutionary History

Gravley, Adam (1983)

John Fiske was among the first Americans to embrace evolutionary science. Fiske first read Darwin and Herbert Spencer, another English evolutionary thinker, as a student at Harvard College in 1860. He was more impressed ...

The Johnson County War

Clifford, Mark R. (1990)

On the 13th of April, 1892, an intervention by the U.S. cavalry was needed to halt large-scale, vigilante hostilities that had erupted in Johnson County. Wyoming. The so-called "Johnson County War" was planned and led by ...

Johnson's Island, Ohio: Civil War Prison Camp

Potter, Dawn Lee (1979)

I would like to try and answer the questions of who was on Johnson's Island, why .they were there, what it was like there and most of all why Johnson's Island was used as a prison camp. I would like to show this Northern ...

Julian of Norwich: A Study in Fourteenth Century English Spirituality

Nofsinger, Scott (1971)

Little has been done on Julian of Norwich, save commentaries on her writings and conjecture about Julian the person. A comprehensive study, examining many of the problems and possibilities of her as a figure worthy of ...

Kailundu of Luawa: The Life of an African Chief

Thompson, Shirley (1970)

The original idea of writing children's historical fiction came from my Senior Individualized Project advisor, Bill Pruitt. The specific topic of my book, the story of the Mende chief, Kailundu, came from a lecture which ...