This thesis will examine how the presence of American missionaries in China between the years 1890 through 1901 affected the response by the international community
immediately following the suppression of the Boxer ...
The Great Famine in the Soviet Union lasted between the years of 1930 and 1933. The devastation peaked in winter of 1932 and continued throughout 1933. Statistics which accurately represent the
tragedy are impossible to ...
Immigration in early 20th century America saw a great influx of people from the southeastern European country of Greece. My maternal great-grandfather, Vasilios Ramos, emigrated from Greece to America in 1915. As the ...
What does it mean to grow up in a Quaker community- at home, at school, and in the weekly meeting- and what happens when external events challenge the values and the identities learned in these institutions? Through the ...
My thesis examines the ways in which Italian female authors questioned the policies and ideologies of the fascist regime, led by Benito Mussolini. With the support of eight short stories written by authors Grazia Deledda, ...
After the 1572 execution of Túpac Amaru II, the last Sapa Inka, Viceroy Francisco de Toledo sought to establish order throughout the Peruvian countryside-–one ravaged by incessant war, disease, and famine. Spanish authorities ...
In 1831, Nat Turner led the most violent slave revolt in United States history. The only record of his beliefs and thoughts is his official testimony, which the lawyer Thomas R. Gray recorded and prepared. Drawing on scarce ...
Although primarily thought of as a land-based war, one of the most famous battles of the Civil War was fought on water: the Battle of Hampton Roads, which took place on March 8th and 9th, 1862, commonly understood as the ...
In an address to his staff in 1926, the leader of the Chinese Maritime Customs Service asked: "And now as regards our employment here in China: What does it mean and why are we here at all?" This paper intends to study the ...
In the first half of the eighteenth century,
the Habsburg family faced a dynastic crisis. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI had no sons to
inherit his kingdom. Consequently, he presented his daughter, Maria ...