Browsing Department of History (UMKC) by Thesis Advisor "Bergerson, Andrew Stuart"
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Autonomy in the Great War: the experience of the German soldier on the Eastern Front
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012)From 1914 to 1919, the German military established an occupation zone in the territory of present day Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Cultural historians have generally focused on the role of German soldiers as psychological ... -
Imagining and performing The Self in NAZI Germany: Leisure and travel in the correspondence of Hilde Laube and Roland Nordhoff, 1938-39
(2014-07-17)Hilde Laube and Roland Nordhoff exchanged nearly 180 letters between May 1938 and December 1939 relating their everyday lives, discussing world events, organizing outings, and their growing relationship. This unique set ... -
The post-conflict odyssey of German communist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, 1939-1989
(2013)In early February of 1939, hundreds of German communists counted among the international volunteers who suffered a crushing rout in what proved their final campaign on behalf of the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil ... -
The spectacle haunting Europe: colonialism, commercialism, and everyday images of Africa in imperial Germany
(2014-07-30)This study examined the simultaneous creation of a visual, consumer, and colonial culture in a rapidly industrializing and newly formed German nation-state from 1884-1914. By juxtaposing state policies and German colonial ... -
Then Came a Post : Postcards and the Challenge of Communication During The Great War
(2013-07-30)Postcards offered soldiers a medium to communicate their experiences.They took advantage of the postcard because it was the cheapest and most effective medium for communication. This exhibition analyzes a sample of postcards ... -
The Work and the Glory: Historical Fiction and Cultural Narrative in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)In October 1838, Governor Lilburn Boggs of Missouri sanctioned the extermination of the “Mormon” settlers who had been pouring into the state beginning in 1831. His infamous “Extermination Order” quickly put an end to ...