Browsing History Electronic Theses and Dissertations (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2013 Spring"
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I consign her wretched walk, her words, deeds, and evil talk: erotic magic and women in the ancient Greco-Roman world
(2013)Magic in the ancient Greco-Roman world has only recently begun to receive attention from historians. Thousands of curses, spells, and remnants of magical practices prior to widespread Christianity have been overlooked ... -
Legal empire: international law and culture in U.S.-Latin American relations
(2013)During the first decade of the twentieth century, U.S. Secretary of State, Elihu Root, used international law as mode of contact and communication in which he could persuasively present U.S. cultural values in terms of ... -
Rendering assistance to best advantage: the development of women's activism in Kansas City, 1870 to World War I
(2013)This study examines the rise of women's activism in Kansas City between the opening of the Hannibal railroad bridge in 1869 and World War I. Women's efforts over the course of nearly 50 years to emerge from the domestic ... -
The Un'Gathering of the Tribes: performing, writing, and remaking masculine identity at 1990s alternative rock festivals
(2013)In the early 1990s, a number of up-and-coming American rock bands working in the so-called "alternative rock" genre coupled boyish sensitivity with aggressive sounds that fused punk rock, hard rock, and underground styles ...