Browsing History electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2008 Summer"
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Destructive state interest and panhellenism in Thucydides
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)Thucydides in his text about the war between Athens and Sparta derides individuals, either members of a community or states in an international system, acting to increase their own power at the expense of others and promotes ... -
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 ... -
Francis Wayland : Christian America-liberal America
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)In the decades before the Civil War, two powerful cultural forces shaped American life; evangelical Protestantism and republican liberalism. Among those persons most active in the effort to reconcile the two movements was ... -
One heart, many souls : the National Council of Jewish Women and identity formation in St. Louis, 1919-1950
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)This study examines the ways middle-class Jewish American women expressed their Jewish identities through particular volunteer activities from 1919 to 1950. Focusing on the St. Louis chapter of the National Council of ... -
St. Louis's German brewing industry : its rise and fall
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)The rapid rise of St. Louis from eighteenth-century frontier outpost to turn of the century metropolis was due in no small part to its German community. During the middle of the nineteenth century tens of thousands of ...