Browsing University Undergraduate Research Fellows (1968–2012) by Department "History"
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(2012-04-30)Since the early 1970’s, religious violence and terrorism have become salient topics in American political and social discourse. The growing prominence of religious violence underscores the need to understand these acts ...
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(1986)The time period I will specifically focus on is from 312 to 604 A.D. This era opens with the Emperor Constantine giving his personal sanction to Christianity as a lawful religion in the Roman Empire. The bishop of Rome at ...
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(1991)George Frost Kennan, like the Russian history and culture to which he has dedicated over sixty years of study, is often viewed as an enigma of sorts. Once described as "impossibly learned yet commonsensical, stern in his ...
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(1995)It may be surprising to some that after millions of innocent victims died at the merciless hands of the Nazis, many war criminals were never brought to justice at the conclusion of World War II. Somehow Nazi war criminals ...
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(1998)This project seeks to define the effects that exiled Chilean intellectuals had on popular perceptions of Latin America within the United States during the 1970s and 1980s. The diaspora of "creators" following the 1973 ...
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(1991)Free black women in antebellum New Orleans were important to the city economically, culturally, and socially. The tales of some of these famous women have grown to mythic proportions and the social institutions surrounding ...
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(1988)America has historically been a land of progress and hope. Consequently, American society is future-oriented. Because of this, the myth of the apocalypse – especially visions of the end of the world – is fundamental to the ...
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(1986)This paper examines German-born artist Albrecht Dürer and his art as influenced by several intellectual movements of the Renaissance. The discussion of these influences is preceded by background information about Nuremberg ...
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(1994)The DP camps had served as "temporary homes" for millions of people. The DPs themselves had survived unbelievable experiences during the Second World War. Within the camps, they were able to rebuild their lives. They ...
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(1984)The purpose of this Senior Honors Thesis is to research the relationship between morality and the law. The breadth of this study makes it an impossible task to research in one paper, therefore, this paper will be an-overview ...
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(1990)Clearly, the church of the Middle Ages was a multi-faceted institution which was powerful both as a religious and as an economic organization. The church was often the greatest landholder in a region, so notably its role ...
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(1991)Figgis' contention that Filmer was the first to defend the divine right of kings by using the law of nature was not seriously challenged by modern historians until the publication of G. Schochet's Patriarchalism in Political ...
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(1979)During the past fifty years, health care delivery has been in a state of constant change. As increasing demands have been placed upon the delivery system, personnel and programs have evolved to respond to these needs. This ...
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(2012-05-02)This endeavor focuses on the formation and expansion of the Inca Empire and its effects on western South American societies in the fifteenth century. The research examines the Incan cultural, economic, and administrative ...
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(1984)Almost a thousand years ago at Grandershein, an abbey in Medieval Germany, a woman lived under the monastic rule of this Benedictine-like abbey. This woman functioned as most of her contemporaries in the abbey. She learned ...
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(1977)"Should American Foreign Policy be Moralistic?" is an inquiry into one of the many controversies surrounding United States foreign policy. Mr. Keeney traces the development of moralistic undercurrents in our foreign policy ...
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(1998)Any angler can legally use a navigable Texas river or stream for recreational fishing. Often, however, the very definition of what navigability means is in question and private property boundaries are unclear. Over 98% of ...
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(1997)The focus of this paper is to research the relationship between the popes and emperors, beginning in 962 with the imperial coronation of Otto I by Pope John XII and ending in 1122 with the Concordat at Worms between Henry ...
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(1994)The American government, through its control of many of the news sources and its dissemination of the news, was able to blanket the nation with officially designed and approved propaganda during World War I. Much of the ...
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(1986)In their search for the correct course of action, world leaders and their advisers are often tempted to draw parallels between their own situation and those of their predecessors. One of the most popular historical antecedents ...