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Confederate empire and the Indian treaties : Pike, McCulloch, and the Five Civilized Tribes, 1861-1862.

Fisher, Paul Thomas.

From its beginning, the Confederacy looked to expand in power and territory by courting the Five Civilized Tribes away from the United States. To accomplish this, the Confederacy sent an unlikely pair of ambassadors: ...

Crossing the color line.

Hash, Alisha. (, )

Miscegenation, a word not coined until the Civil War, has been an intrinsic part of American History. There is a rich field of scholars discussing the experiences of interracial couples from Colonial America through ...

El movimiento and Vietnam : the causes and consequences of Chicano protest of the Vietnam War.

Lopez, Carlos Roberto, 1981-

The Chicano Movement, a radical offshoot of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement, came forth upon the national scene during the turbulent 1960s. After a promising start, the movement fizzled, and by the middle of the ...

"For the pleasure of the people" : a centennial history of William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas.

Firmin, Mark Edward.

In this thesis I seek to trace the one hundred year history of William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas. The history of the park will be placed within the larger context of Waco and the United States. Special attention will be ...

"The good angel of practical fraternity" : the Ku Klux Klan in McLennan County, 1915-1924.

Fair, Richard H.

This thesis examines the culture of McLennan County surrounding the rise of the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s and its influence in central Texas. The pervasive violent nature of the area, specifically cases of lynching, allowed ...

He was ours: Lyndon Baines Johnson and American identity.

Briscoe, Dolph, IV.

President Lyndon B. Johnson challenged his fellow citizens to build a Great Society based on traditional conceptions of American identity. Johnson's cultivation of a personal identity as a Texan, rather than a southerner, ...

"I only love them" : Dorothy Scarborough and the supernatural in literature.

Fair, Jean M.

This thesis examines the life and accomplishments of Emily Dorothy Scarborough, graduate of both Baylor University and Columbia University and professor of English, as they relate to her interest in the supernatural. Born ...

A just and sacred warfare : the symbiotic relationship between American Civil Religion and the Just War Tradition.

Mizuta, Mandi S. (, )

Operating under the assumption that war is an inevitable necessity to define and defend a nation, how does humanity reconcile morality with the brutality of war? What is sought is a balance of the bloody battlefield with ...

Manic depression : Lyndon Johnson and the 1965 Watts Riots.

Nabors, Daniel J.

When Lyndon Johnson inherited the presidency from President Kennedy, he attempted to fulfill the social vision JFK left behind, while at the same time harnessing the unique opportunity to institute his own, even further-reaching ...

The Philippine Scouts and the practice of counter-insurgency in the Philippine-American War, 1899-1913.

Parker, Matthew Austin, 1981-

More than one-hundred years ago, the United States fought a counter-insurgency campaign in the Philippines similar to those currently being waged in Iraq and Afghanistan. Winning against a guerrilla opponent has been a ...

Rejecting the definitive : a contextual examination of three historical stages of atheism and the legality of an American freedom from religion.

Quillen, Ethan Gjerset. (, )

The trouble with "definitions" is they leave no room for evolution. When a word is concretely defined, it is done so in a particular time and place. Contextual interpretations permit a better understanding of certain heavy ...

"We never met a foe in open field we did not drive, nor did we ever meet a foe who could drive us" : the 9th Texas Infantry.

Reed, Brian S.

The 9th Texas Infantry was formed at the start of the Civil War from companies recruited from North Texas. They fought with the Army of Tennessee until the end of the war. The men joined because of a variety of reasons ...

"Whose boy will die because you failed?" : Waco and McLennan County in 1942.

Turner, Bradley T.

This thesis analyzes the experiences and actions of Waco and McLennan County residents during 1942, the first full year of World War II. People living on the home front participated in the war effort in a variety of ways, ...

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