Browsing Theses (MU) by Thesis Advisor "Whites, LeeAnn"
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"The presence of these families is the cause of the presence there of the guerrillas": the influence of Little Dixie households on the Civil War in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)This study explores the roles of all participants in the guerrilla war who favored the South in the Civil War in Missouri. The primary sources used to accurately assess these roles were primarily the statements and witness ... -
The troubling voices of Confederate women : the language of family, religion, and rebellion on the occupied Civil War home front
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Using the diaries of Confederate women in occupied territory during the American Civil War as the central primary sources, this thesis seeks to ... -
Up to freedom : slavery, emancipation, and the making of freedom in Howard County, Missouri, 1860 to 1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)This thesis is an investigation of the social history of slavery and freedom in Howard County, Missouri with an eye toward the social and familial relationships of the enslaved, their existence in slavery and their role ... -
"With the intention of destroying her life" : women, suicide, and the limits of respectability in St. Louis Missouri, 1875 to 1900
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This case study examines sixty coroner's inquests conducted between 1875 and 1900, specifically, those in which St. Louis City Coroners rendered a ...