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Michigan's First R.F.D. System
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The Military History of Major General Israel B. Richardson
(1993)The American Civil War of 1861-1865 was a conflict that created many heroes and just as many martyrs. Over 620,000 soldiers were killed over the span of this conflict (which equaled out to one soldier in four.) The war ... -
Mistaken Identities: An Examination of the Political Dynamics Between American Anticommunists and Liberals During the Cold War
(1997)This project has consumed me for the past four months. The topic, Cold War immigration and anticommunist legislation, has interested me ever since I wrote a lengthy paper on the American Legion's role in postwar politics ... -
Modern Nigerian Literature: A New Approach in Situation and Perspective
(1965)The main work by the new Nigerian authors has been published within the past ten to fifteen years. So far there has been an obvious emphasis upon situation and cultural conflict in their writing. The object of this ... -
"The Modernization Process" : A Critique of a Freshman Interdisciplinary Seminar at Kalamazoo College, April 1 to June 15, 1974
(1976)Let us, for the purpose of this paper, define modernization as the processes by which an ethnic group, a nation, or a group of nations sets into motion the necessary apparatus for improving the various aspects of the ... -
A Moment in the Sun: The History of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
(2001)The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) began in 1943 and lasted until 1954. It was important for two reasons. The first reason is the unique spirit the women of the AAGPBL brought to the game. The ... -
Morality and Demons : Indigenous Resistance in Guaman Poma’s Nueva Corónica
(2020-12-01)The Spanish arrival in Peru began a continuous process of cosmological interlocking and redefinition under the colonial structure. Political and economic control necessitated domination of the spirit alongside the body, ... -
More Than A Game: The Role of Baseball in American Civilian and Military Society During World War II
(2005)Baseball's role in America during World War II is a well-documented one. Professional baseball players pulled double-duty, serving both as professional baseball players, but at the same time as ambassadors to the American ... -
Mothering the Masses: The Influence of Middle-Class Ideology at Hull House during the Progressive Era
(2015)The author discusses the work of Jane Addams and Hull House in Chicago, focusing on how programs were shaped by female and child-centered middle classes values, and how the women of Hull House were able to garner greater ... -
Moving with the Frontier: The Bradley Family of America, 1644-1918, In Three Biographies
(1976)This work represents the culmination of a fascination that began when I was twelve and discovered the family portrait (1891) and the genealogy that H.M. (Henry Martin Bradley) left behind. While others spend their energy ... -
My Philosophy of History
(1974)What is history? Is there any value in studying history? How is history written? These are all difficult yet fundamental questions for any student of history to answer because if history has no value we must expend our ... -
My Summer at the Smithsonian: An Analysis of the American History Museum and the Numismatic Department
(2007)F or the last four years at Kalamazoo College, I have studied history and the classics. After some research, I decided that museums might be an appropriate field for me and so I applied for an internship at the Smithsonian ... -
The Mystery of a Small Society: The Abolition of the Use of Children in the Sweeping of Chimneys in Nineteenth Century England
(1981)The study of a small society of children employed in the mystery of chimney sweeping reveals a complicated web of social, economic, and political consciousness of nineteenth century England. To praise the work of ... -
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 ...