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Reluctant emancipation : James Sidney Rollins and the politics of slavery and freedom in the border south, 1838-1882
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation examines the career of James Sidney Rollins, a free-soil slave owning politician and lawyer in Missouri, to garner a better understanding ... -
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 ... -
A sense of where they were neoliberals and the Democratic Party in an Era of Challenges and political transformation, 1978-1989
(2019-07)This Thesis examines the development of neoliberal politics within the Democratic Party, concentrating on the period from 1978 to 1989. The thesis focuses on elite-level politics, examining neoliberal politics through the ... -
A victory long in the making : divestment from South Africa at the University of Missouri
(2019)This thesis focuses on the little known, but significant, movement for divestment (the sale of stocks from companies doing business in South Africa) at the University of Missouri in the late 1970s and the mid-1980s until ... -
The Longue Durée of Choctaw Removal, 1800-1860
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)Historians have long considered Indian removal to be a product of Andrew Jackson's Presidency (1829-1837). They point to the Indian Removal Act (1830), the Cherokee's legal struggles, and their final violent expulsion from ... -
A neverending stream : human trafficking in Medieval Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study focuses on human trafficking patterns from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Era. I argue that while slavery, as a means of compelling ... -
Marginalized memories : Lafayette, American others, and revolution's legacy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)In American history, the Marquis de Lafayette is predominantly remembered for his military service in the Revolution, his lifelong friendship with the Founders, and his triumphal farewell tour of the United States from ... -
The pulpits and the damned witchcraft in German postils, 1520-1615
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This thesis explores discussion of witchcraft in German postil sermons circulated between 1520 and 1615. The introduction discusses my methodology, changes to historiography between 1900 and present day, and the history ... -
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 ... -
Seizing the elephant : Kansas City and the great western migration, 1840-1865
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)"The famed editor of the New York Tribune, Horace Greeley, reportedly once said, "Go west, young man, and grow up with the country."[1] Probably apocryphal, the sentiment was quintessential Greeley by the 1850s. His newspaper ... -
A call to citizenship : Anti-Klan activism in Missouri, 1921-1928
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This dissertation examines the efforts of anti-Klan activists in Missouri to challenge the growth, recruitment, and political ambitions of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s. As a nation-wide organization, the Klan made ... -
Forging a national diet : beef and the political economy of plenty in postwar America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)Few foods items are more associated with the United States than beef yet it was not until the 1950s that Americans ate more beef than any other meat. The triumph of mass beef consumption was not accidental or a preordained ... -
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 ... -
Fording the Severn : the influence of intermarriage and judicial participation on Welsh identity and self-identification in Shropshire and the Central March of Wales in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)A study of how intermarriage and the creation of multicultural communities helped to determine the way in which people used their identity along the often-fractious border zone of the Welsh March in the twelfth and thirteenth ... -
Pointing to inclinations : Albertus Magnus' physiognomy as a scientific and theological nexus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This dissertation explores the physiognomy of Albertus Magnus, which is contained within his commentary on De animalibus, the three works on animals by Aristotle. This physiognomy provides an opportunity to demonstrate the ... -
Spring break for Jesus : the rise of Protestant short-term missions, 1950-1980
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] While short-term missions attracted a small number of participants in the early years of the movement, since the mid-twentieth century the practice has ... -
Commerce clause new federalism in the Rehnquist and Roberts courts : dynamics of culture wars constitutionalism, 1964-2012
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)Commerce Clause New Federalism in the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts describes how interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution has evolved since the Constitution was first ratified by the several states. It ... -
Red lion in winter : the life and times of Claude M. Lightfoot
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)"In August 1985, a 75-year-old man in South Chicago saw an eviction in progress at 8051 South Yates Boulevard. Movers carried the family's goods and possessions out to the street, as police watched nearby. For the old man ... -
The Saudi-American aid relationship, 1961-1968
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)This thesis is about the intersection of domestic and foreign politics, and how they can shape the aid relationship between two countries. The United States and Saudi Arabia have shared a connection since the early 20th ... -
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 ...