Browsing by Thesis Department "History (MU)"
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The 1898 Reform Movement, Britain, and China: an examination of four British writers on British-Chinese relations 1895-1900
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This Master's project examines the factors, policies, and goals that four British authors- Edward Harper Parker, Holt Samuel Hallett, Robert Kennaway ... -
Abiding in the fields : pastoral care and society in late antiquity and Anglo-Saxon England
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)The adoption of Christianity among the Anglo-Saxon peoples of England in the seventh century began with evangelization by Irish and Roman missionaries and continued through the instruction and correction provided by English ... -
Advocacy, human rights, and foreign policy : the case of Rwanda
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The United States, uniquely positioned as a world leader, has the ability and the wherewithal to encourage and promote acceptance and adherence to ... -
Agenda S. Coloniensis : the exorcism rituals of Ferdinand von Bayern
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)"By the beginning of the seventeenth century, the Catholic Counter-Reformation was already well underway in Europe. While Catholic reform had been taking place long before Luther and his ninety-five theses, the Council of ... -
Agriculture during the Reagan years
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)The Farm Crisis of the 1980s occurred during the Reagan Presidency. To date virtually nothing has been written concerning the approach taken by the Reagan administration to combat the crisis. To fill that gap, this study ... -
Aliens and apocalypticism: Christian End Times and alien conspiracy theories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2023] The new millennium has brought with it new forms of Christian premillennialist thought. The rise of the Internet and self-publishing has allowed for new strands of theology to develop and flourish ... -
Almanacs and American popular theology, 1730-1820
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation centers on the relationship between religion and popular culture in early America. It argues that the religious content of almanacs, ... -
Altar erected against altar: the impact of religious schisms in Missouri on the eve of the Civil War
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)This thesis examines the role that the schisms in the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches played in the sectional crisis in Missouri. As a result of the research demonstrated within this thesis, it becomes apparent ... -
Americanizing Africanization : the Congo crisis, 1960-1967
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2014)This dissertation provides a concise account of U.S. intervention in the Congo between 1960 and 1967, explaining the decisions made by U.S. policymakers and their Congolese counterparts. It argues that the intervention ... -
Animals in ancient Greek warfare : a study of the elephant, camel, and dog
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)My dissertation asserts that the study of animals is integral to the thorough understanding of the ancient military landscape, and three animals in particular warrant particular attention: the elephant, camel, and dog. I ... -
Antony's oriental policy until the defeat of the Parthian expedition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)Text from page 1: "For a comprehensive study of Antony's relations to the Orient, it is necessary to take up in some detail the proconsulship of Gabinius in Syria, for it was as commander of the cavalry that Antony first ... -
An arc of death : suicide, alcoholism, murder, accidents, and other early deaths in St. Louis, Missouri, 1875 to 1885
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)In this study of 120 coroner's inquests conducted in St. Louis between 1875 and 1885, the author examines how six different kinds of deaths were investigated and interpreted. Each chapter focuses on a different cause of ... -
Art as an interpretation of history during the Hellenistic Age
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)In this work, I have not been concerned so much with the trivial events and facts of art in history, as I have desired to interpret in a broader sense the political and social condition of the age through the medium of its ... -
"The art of printing shall endure": journalism, community, and identity in New York City, 1800-1810
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)This thesis reconstructs the community of printers, booksellers, and bookbinders that existed in New York City in the first decade of the nineteenth-century. A close analysis of city directories published between 1800 and ... -
At home in Babylon : Billy Sunday's revival team and evangelicalism in modern America /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)This dissertation offers a provocative reassessment of Billy Sunday and his big-tent revivals in the Progressive Era. Departing from the dominant fundamentalist caricature of the evangelist, it argues that Sunday and his ... -
At the edge of a dream : the mismanagement of Pruitt-Igoe, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Scholars often study the Pruitt-Igoe housing project for its failure and concentrate almost solely on the project's demise. This work expands the scope ... -
The battle for the bonus: world war i veterans and the debate for adjusted-compensation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)Following World War I, veterans returned home to a country that was reaping the economic benefits of mass producing for the war effort. It became apparent to those in Congress that some sort of compensation would need to ... -
The Bavarian model? : modernization, environment, and landscape planning in the Bavarian nuclear power industry, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)Perhaps no state in the Federal Republic of Germany witnessed a more pronounced state sponsored modernization effort than Bavaria, 1950-1980. This vast transformation, particularly in the field of nuclear energy, required ... -
Becoming good girls and useful citizens: growing up poor, black, and female in Jim Crow era Missouri, 1909-1944
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In 1909, black citizens used their power as voters to successfully pressure legislators in Missouri to establish a state industrial home for the ... -
Between the old and the new : Friedrich Gentz, 1764-1832
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)This dissertation reviews the life and political impact of Friedrich Gentz, who was born in Breslau, Prussia, in 1764, and died in Vienna, Austria, in 1832. Though remembered today as only a second- (or even third)- tier ...