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Nationalism in Quebec: The Road to the October Crisis
(1987)The history of Quebec in the twentieth century is one of stagnation, rapid growth, isolationism and assimilation. Quebec's struggles with its own institutions as well as those of federal Canada provoked reactions of both ... -
Nationalism, Integration and Communism 1958-1962: A Frencyh Example
(1975)This essay attempts to trace the attitude of the Communists and the French Communist Party (PCF) in particular toward the European Common Market and European integerationist tendencies in general. !n researching this ... -
The Negro Citizen in New York City, 1850-1860: A Study of the Free Negro's Status in the North During the Critical Years
(1966-02)This study deals with some of the manifestations of this sociological transition, or the initial impact the sudden presence of a man liberated from forced servitude and of another race--had upon free white society. The ... -
The Negro in Michigan 1850-1865
(1965-02-15)When the Negro first came to M1ch1gan, it was as a slave. He had little future and less hope. Things soon changed for the better, though, because by the early part of the 19th century, slavery had been almost ... -
The Never Ending War: The Provisional IRA 1968-2000
(2009)There is something fundamentally illogical about war. There is something about a conflict which defies the normal state of human existence, a state defined not by destroying things but by amassing them, by improving ... -
The New Deal in the City of Toledo: Opinions and Reactions of Toledoans
(1985)The city of Toledo is located in Lucas County in the state of Ohio. It rests on the Michigan border in Northwestern Ohio, and the Maumee River runs through the city, emptying into Lake Erie. Toledo was a midsized industrial ... -
New Growth, New Power
(2013)The author uses the theories of Wendell Berry and Justin Maxson to focus on the historical, social, and environmental issues surrounding the natural resources of Kentucky. According to the author, the Appalachian forest ... -
Nineteenth Century American Protestant Missions to China
(1982)Although American missionaries may have spurred social and political reforms in China, they never accomplished their desired spiritual revolution amongst the Chinese. The reasons for their failure are numerous, ranging ... -
The Nordic Foreign Policy of Neutrality, 1914-50: From Isolation to NATO
(1985)In this paper I have attempted to show how the Nordic countries' traditions of isolationism and neutralism affected their foreign policy in the following events: trade in the First World War; fruitless attempts to make ... -
Northumbrian Whithorn and the Irish Sea Culture Province
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 1991)What I intend to do is to examine the role of the outermost reaches of the ebbing Northumbrian kingdom and the kingdom's efforts to bolster its crumbling walls and maintain power during one of Britain's most tumultuous periods. -
Not Al Diamonds Are Created Equal : The Transition from Women's Baseball to Women's Softball in Midwestern Colleges, 1902-1955
(2017)The forces of culture and gender at work in the Midwest in the first half of the twentieth century, and their relation to women's baseball, can only be understood by examining when and how colleges presented women's ... -
Of Medicine Men and Marabouts: The Transference of Islamic Sufi Philosophies to Slave Communities in the Lower South
(2009)While studying abroad in Senegal I was given the opportunity to experience a culture and religion very different from my own. However upon my return to the States I realized that in life, connections are made that come ... -
On the Bus, Off the Bus : Material Culture and Deadhead Identity
(2016)At the end of the final tour before guitarist Jerry Garcia died in 1995, the Grateful Dead swiftly responded to a gate crashing incident with an open letter to fans. When a rowdy bunch of newcomers threaten to "screw it ... -
On the Origin of Species : An Exploration of Scientific Evolution in Nineteenth-Century Boston
(2022-03-01)The disciplines surrounding the fields of science and religion have long been in contention regarding the theories of evolution, of natural selection, and God's role within these processes. The discourse on these topics ... -
On the Plantation : The Black Family From 1850 Through 1877
(1982)Contrary to the common misconception, even in historical circles, that the slave family was matriarchal, new treatment of primary sources reveals that in the majority of situations the family was centered around a strong ... -
On the Wings of Angels : American Foreign Policy and the Birth of the Airlift
(2014)The author examines the Hump Airlift to provide supplies Nationalist Chinese and Allied troops fighting Japan in Southeast Asia in the early 1940s under the command of General William H. Tunner. According to the author, ...