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  • Antony's oriental policy until the defeat of the Parthian expedition 

    Craven, Lucile (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 ...
  • Art as an interpretation of history during the Hellenistic Age 

    Pritchard, Bertha (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 ...
  • Celtic contribution to European culture during the early middle ages 

    Van Cleve, Thomas Curtis, 1888-1976 (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    In dealing with the cultural conditions in Ireland during the early Middle Ages this discussion will concern itself with four main phases. In the first place an attempt will be made to show that the conditions under which ...
  • The development of railroads in Missouri to 1860 

    Templin, Lucinda de Leftwich (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
    Railroad construction in Missouri was undertaken by private companies who expected to finance the roads by subscriptions to the capital stock by individuals, towns and counties. Early in 1851 the people realized that the ...
  • The development of religious education in the Baptist Sunday schools of the United States 

    Dailey, Roy Samuel (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
    The purpose of this study is to find out how the Sunday school in the Baptist churches in the United States has developed in religious education. The main features with regard to which the study is made are 1) the purpose ...
  • The English towns and the War of the Roses 

    Culmer, Frederic Arthur (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
    Text from page 5: "The growth, material progress and political power of the English towns in the fifteenth century may claim some attention. In this study nothing is more noticeable than the gradual breaking up of the ...
  • Hamilton R. Gamble and the provisional government of Missouri 

    Crutsinger, George M. (George Mahan), 1886- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
    In order to present an intelligible account of the necessity of a Provisional Government in Missouri; and the policies, actions, and results of such a government, it will be necessary to devote attention, to the political ...
  • Herod as a client prince of the Roman Empire 

    Prehn, Katherine Eleanor (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1911)
    This thesis is not primarily intended to be a collection of new material concerning Herod, but rather an interpretation of the facts already known. There are many accounts of Herod, enumerating with great detail the important ...
  • The history of Bithynia 

    Reed, Letha Cornelia (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1914)
    If the true test of a culture lies in the men of learning that it produces, Bithynia, though not so fast in development as the other states of a Hellenistic pattern, attained a standard equal to any and deserves a position ...
  • The influence of slavery upon Missouri politics (to include 1860) 

    Tupes, Herschel (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
    In order that this discussion of the influence of slavery upon Missouri politics may be the better understood, it willustrations be well to first present such facts relating to the local status of slavery as willustrations ...
  • Mediaeval student life 

    Oliver, John William (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    To understand the origin and development of the mediaeval universities we must turn to those great social, political and religious movements which characterize that period of European history known as the Twelfth Century ...
  • Opposition to the reelection of Thomas Hart Benton in 1844 

    McClure, C. H. (Clarence Henry), 1873-1942 (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
    In February, 1850, Thomas Hart Benton was defeated for reelection to the Senate of the United States. This defeat of Benton marked the culmination of one of the most exciting senatorial campaigns ever waged in the state. ...
  • The origin of the new monarchy : a study of Edward IV's reign 

    Bock, Pansy Higbee (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
    It is the purpose of this thesis to show that the so-called "New Monarchy", commonly ascribed to the Tudor period, had its beginnings when Edward IV - strong in hereditary rights, successful in battle, and relying for ...
  • The origin, development, and present status of the Open Door Policy 

    Cole, Claude Lathrop (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
    There is no evidence to prove that our commerce has increased as a result of the open door" policy. The statistics show that America's commerce with China experienced a steady growth during the decade and a half beginning ...
  • The origin, growth, and characteristics of English medieval libraries 

    Wilkes, Eleanor Champion (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
    A narrative of libraries falls, as normally, into the four periods usually known as Oriental, Classical, Medieval, and Modern, as does a narrative of political events. There are certain distinguishing characteristics ...
  • The policy of the early Tudors respecting forestalling, engrossing and regrating 

    Parsons, Elmer Garrett (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1912)
    The great characteristic of sixteenth century English government was the enormous power of the ruler. Beginning, in the last quarter of the fifteenth century, with the Yorkist king Edward IV, Parliament had become a less ...
  • A study of the origin and development of the English baronial boroughs 

    Kirk, George W. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
    Text from page 1: "Much has been written concerning specific baronial boroughs but with the exception of the work of Miss Mary Bateson, no general treatment of these boroughs as a class has been undertaken. The writer ...
  • The western abolitionists 

    Vance, Berenice Wilson (University of Missouri--Columbia, 1910)
    "Abolitionist" is a term loosely applied to those individuals who before 1860 opposed any phase of slavery. They may have advocated the abolition of the foreign slave-trade, or domestic slavery, or perhaps they were fighting ...