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The family farm in the post-World War II era : industrialization, the cold war and political symbol
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
This dissertation examines the particular path of technological change after World War II, how farm people adjusted to that change in their work and identity, as well as the policy implications of the numerous ramifications ...
Federal policy on agriculture under the Reagan administration : the first year
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
The Reagan administration focused most of its time and energy on the problems that confronted the nation in 1981. This paper assesses how the administration approached that part of the economy that pertained to agriculture. It begins with the Reagan...
The greatest improvement of any country: economic development in Ullapool and the Highlands, 1786-1835
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This thesis explores the possible causes underlying the failure of Ullapool to develop in the half century after its founding. The study seeks to place Ullapool within a wider context, examining several interconnected ...
Healing the frontier : Catholic sisters, hospitals, and medicine men in the Wisconsin Big Woods, 1880-1920
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
of Hayward, Wisconsin, as well as through an examination of the recorded experiences of the Ojibwa who lived on the Lac Courte Oreilles (LCO) reservation, about fifteen miles south of Hayward. The population on the LCO held intricate ties with the people...
Power from the people : tenant activism in the Pruitt-Igoe public housing complex, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 5/1/2024] Built in the mid-1950s in St. Louis, Missouri, the Pruitt-Igoe housing complex was constructed as the future of high-rise public housing design but was quickly labeled as a problem for local housing officials. Counter...
More than beer : the complex career of Adolphus Busch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Adolphus Busch was cofounder of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. During Busch's lifetime, Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewing company in the United States...
"The pen among our people" : strategies of survivance and assimilation resistance in indigenous rhetoric from Indian newspapers, lawsuits, and society journals, 1870-1924
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
In "The Pen Among Our People," I explore three different strategies that Indigenous peoples utilized from 1870 to 1924 to both ensure their survival and resist systematic oppression. During this period, the malicious ...
Rebuilding the soul : churches and religion in Bavaria, 1945-1960
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
church archives. Results indicate that confessional tension was far more widespread than many have believed. Furthermore, mass consumerism helped create an ethos of individualism that severely undermined the shared experiences of traditional Christian...
Between God and Mammon : politics, class conflict, and the southern Irish state, 1922-45
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 8/1/2024] Although it is well understood that working-class politics and the political Left have been marginal forces in Irish political life, the question "Why?" has been underexamined, often attributed ...
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 ...
Damn with faint praise : a historical commentary on Plutarch's On the fortune or virtue of Alexander the Great 1
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
Plutarch's On the Fortune or Virtue of Alexander the Great is as much a revelation of Plutarch's philosophical thought as it is a display of his rhetorical skill. Writing during the Second Sophistic movement, Plutarch ...