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Wales During the Rein of Edward IV
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War, Repression, and Factionalism : The Collapse ofthe American Socialist Movement in the Early Twentieth Century
(2015)The socialist movement in the United States was never monolithic in terms of its ideology, demographics, or geography, and it suffered from intense and often debilitating factional struggles. Historians have attempted to ... -
The Way of the Warrior: The Development and Virtues of the Martial Philosophy in Feudal Japan and Europe
(1985)Many cultures in history have passed through what we call a feudal age. The most basic unit of feudalism is the bond of loyalty between an individual and his lord. The stronger that bond, and the more important it is to a ... -
"We Are Not Permitted to be Anywhere Else:" Prostitution, Sexuality, and Reform in New York City, 1830-1900
(2008)The Underworld Sewer is a rare find, as it is a book about prostitution by a former prostitute and madam at the turn of the century. Washburn's book is one of a handful of first-hand accounts by prostitutes, but while ... -
"We Don't Die any Differently Now Than We Did Back Then" : Victorian Post-Mortem Photography and Gender Performance
(2017)Throughout history humans have had an interest in death, an interest in the how and why, pursuing answers through religion and through science. The English relationship with Death changed a lot during the Victorian Period. ... -
"We Will All Go Together When We Go" : Civil Defense, Nuclear Consciousness, and American Anxieties in the Early Nuclear Age
(2019)The author sets out to define, identify, and examine the ways in which nuclear consciousness manifested itself in the lives of ordinary Americans in the early days of nuclear weapons, beginning with the attacks on Japan ... -
"The Week it Happened Here": The Urban League and Race Relations in Postwar Grand Rapids
(2013)The author traces the 20th century migration of African Americans from the rural South to cities in the North and the growing problems with housing, employment and racial tensions that exploded in July, 1967 in riots in ... -
Wellington House Efforts to Influence American Opinion with Propaganda about Belgium
(1967)In writing this paper I have endeavored to present a thorough survey of propaganda concerning Belgium which was circu1ated in the United States during World War I by the British propaganda bureau at Wellington House. ... -
Western Imperialism in China: A Collection of Selected Readings
(1971)This project is intended as a general reader in the history of Western imperialism in China between 1800 and the rise of the Communists to power in 1949. The extended period of time covered accounts for the extreme length ... -
When They Think of Democracy, They Think of Coca-Cola: The Coca-Cola Company and the·Cold War
(2013)Coca-Cola's rise to global dominance occurred over the latter half of the 20'h century, a time marked by ideological opposition, rising nationalism, and-most importantly-the Cold War. How is it that Coca-Cola, a product ... -
Who Left the Backdoor Open? Guanxi in Maoist China 1949 - 1965
(2012)This paper attempts to establish that contrary to popular scholarly belief, the art of guanxixue, the art of social relations, existed throughout the Mao era in China. Interpreting both primary and secondary sources through ... -
Why Detroit? A Study of the Early History of the Automobile and the Automobile Industry in Detroit, 1896-1903
(1965)A substantial portion of this work is devoted to an attempt to dete~ine just why Detroit became the automobile manufacturing center of the world, for the "why underlying the how" is too an essential part of the tale. As ... -
Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?: Jesus and Song in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Popular Culture
(2009)In examining the extensive, shifting constructs of music, culture, and identity, I am sure to get things wrong. To prevent as many problems as possible, I have identified three organizational devices (centripetal tools) ... -
William Chapman Ralston : Benevolent Prince of California
(1982)William Chapman Ralston was a man both ahead of and very much a part of his times. He was ahead of his time in the sense that he saw the need for a commercial bank in California and created it at a time when it was ... -
William Morris as Historical Preservationist : The Origins, Development, and Impact of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
(1989)William Morris's attitudes toward the past had a decisive impact on his design, writing, and politics. Well deserved attention has frequently been given to these pursuits; he was definitely one of the most intriguing, ... -
William Penn and the Making of Pennsylvania's Government
(1985)This S.I.P. is in fact the product of three quarters of work. In Autumn, 1984, I participated in the Newberry Library Seminar in the Humanities at the Newberry Library, Chicago. The seminar's topic, "Crime and Justice in ... -
William, Lord Hastings: A Political Biography
(1974)This paper would be nothing but a re-hash of Dunham were it to dwell simply on the facts of Hastings life as a retainer and a lord. What makes Hastings particularly interesting is his close relationship to his lord, Edward ...