Stories From 2010
The Triumph of Patriarchy in Kentucky’s History
In his newly-published book, Kentucke’s Frontiers (Indiana University Press, 2010), Professor of History Craig Thompson Friend explains how fear and terror transformed that region’s early promise of an egalitarian life for all into a patriarchal society that favored white men. […]
Beechland and the Lost Colony
McMullan, Philip. “Beechland and the Lost Colony.” (Under the direction of Dr. Holly Brewer.) In a well known story, Sir Walter Ralegh’s attempt to settle ‘Virginia’ in 1587 became ‘The Lost Colony;’ 117 men, women and children simply disappeared. John […]
Partial Views and Private Interest: Corruption and Politics in Colonial North Carolina, 1754-1760
Stroud, Jason. “Partial Views and Private Interest: Corruption and Politics in Colonial North Carolina, 1754-1760.” (Under the direction of Dr. Holly Brewer.) Under the governorship of Arthur Dobbs (r.1754-1763) colonial North Carolina witnessed a number of serious political debates that […]
Naturalized Citizens: Conservation, Gender, and the Tennessee Valley Authority during the New Deal
Bradshaw, Laura Hepp. “Naturalized Citizens: Conservation, Gender, and the Tennessee Valley Authority during the New Deal.” (Under the direction of Dr. Katherine Mellen Charron and Dr. Matthew Morse Booker.) Broadly, this thesis is an examination of the conservation movement and […]
God Save the King: The Concept of Monarchial Authority in Colonial America
Miller, Dennis. “God Save the King: The Concept of Monarchial Authority in Colonial America.” (Under the direction of Dr. Holly Brewer.) In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I of England acquired a now-obscure title that helped establish English societal values over […]
A Castellan Claims his Castles: Textualization of Claims in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine
Battle, Indrayani. “A Castellan Claims his Castles: Textualization of Claims in Eleventh-Century Aquitaine.” (Under the direction of Dr. Julie Mell.) The Conventum inter Guillelmum Aquitanorum Comitem et Hugonem Chilarchum is a 340-line, highly descriptive document of claims, counter-claims, and often […]
Casualties of a Radicalizing Cuban Revolution: Middle-Class Opposition and Exile, 1961-1968
Loiacano, Catherine Lynn. “Casualties of a Radicalizing Cuban Revolution: Middle-Class Opposition and Exile, 1961-1968.” (Under the direction of Dr. Richard Slatta.) This study explores the major factors contributing to the exodus of the Cuban middle class from 1961-1968. For the […]
“The Extremest Necessity:” Lincoln’s Policies on Civil Liberties and Citizen Responses, 1861-1865
Martin, Elizabeth Mae-Carr. “‘The Extremest Necessity:’ Lincoln’s Policies on Civil Liberties and Citizen Responses, 1861-1865.” (Under the direction of Dr. Susanna Lee.) Abraham Lincoln has been viewed alternately as a hero of the Union or a tyrant who abused his […]
A Reevaluation of Iron Age Fortified Sites on the Eastern Kerak Plateau
Brown, Stephanie Hope. “A Reevaluation of Iron Age Fortified Sites on the Eastern Kerak Plateau.” (Under the direction of Dr. S. Thomas Parker.) This thesis is concerned with the nature of ten Moabite fortified sites on the eastern Kerak Plateau […]
Politics of the Black Flag: Guerrilla Memory and Southern Conservatism in the New South
Hulbert, Matthew C. “Politics of the Black Flag: Guerrilla Memory and Southern Conservatism in the New South.” (Under the direction of Dr. Susanna Lee.) This thesis explores the intersection of Civil War memory and the history of conservative politics in […]