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"A Mirror to Turke": "Turks" and the Making of Early Modern England

Description:
This study examines how relations with – and discourses of – the “Turk” within England shaped the contours of critical political and religious debates from …
Year:
2015
Contributor:
Perille, Laura Ann (creator)
Harris, Tim (Director)
Nummedal, Tara (Reader)
Brummett, Palmira (Reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Ottoman Turks
discourse
Elizabeth I
Charles I
Cromwell
Exclusion Crisis
Speeches, addresses, etc.
Propaganda
Public opinion
Muslim converts
Pirates
Exclusion Crisis (Great Britain : 1678-1683)
Elizabeth I, Queen of England > 1533-1603
Charles I, King of England > 1600-1649
Cromwell, Oliver
England
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"Frenchmen from Algeria": The 1943 Campaign to Restore the Crémieux Decree and its Limits

Description:
This thesis traces the Jewish-American advocacy campaign of 1943 to restore the Crémieux Decree -- which the French government passed in 1870 and which granted …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Mermelstein, Zoë E. (creator)
Johnson, Jennifer (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Humanitarian assistance
Citizenship
colonialism
Algeria
World War II
Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945)
Jews, American
Mizrahim
French colonies
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"I Made a New Man in My Mind": Gender and the Making of the University of Paris, c. 1100-1300

Description:
Universities were among the most consequential institutions of the later middle ages, but in their formative years their success was threatened by the vehement critiques …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Carroll, Charles Scott (creator)
Remensnyder, Amy (Advisor)
Conant, Jonathan (Reader)
Castiglione, Caroline (Reader)
Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Gender
Masculinity
Middle Ages
Rhetoric
Higher Education
France--Paris
Collection:
History
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"Make heirs for monarchs, and for God decree": Views of Legitimacy, Succession, and the English Monarchy, 1670-1688

Description:
This thesis examines the stories of two figures -- the Duke of Monmouth and the Duke of York -- in England from 1670 to 1688. …
Year:
2022
Contributor:
Ryu, Gemma L. (creator)
Harris, Tim (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
James II, King of England, 1633-1701
Glorious Revolution
Monmouth, James Scott, Duke of, 1649-1685
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
Mary, of Modena, Queen, consort of James II, King of England, 1658-1718
Monmouth's Rebellion (1685)
Illegitimacy
Inheritance and succession
Divine right of kings
kingship
Catholicism
Protestantism
Mary II, Queen of England, 1662-1694
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"Meeting the Needs of Today's Girl": Youth Organizations and the Making of a Modern Girlhood, 1945-1980

Description:
In the 1910s, groups of middle-class women began organizing voluntary youth organizations to provide a blend of recreation, spirituality, patriotism, and character development for America's …
Year:
2010
Contributor:
Foley, Jessica L (creator)
Buhle, Mari (Director)
Self, Robert (Reader)
Meckel, Richard (Reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Girlhood
Childhood
Activism
Postwar
Women
Girls
Children
Education
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"One Bad Hombre...": Roberto Durán and the Construction of a Latino Hero in the United States

Description:
This paper analyzes the career of Panamanian boxer Roberto Durán during the 1970s and 1980s. It seeks to understand how and why Americans' perception of …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Howard, Alexa Maria (creator)
Chudacoff, Howard (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Boxing
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"Riotous Living": Gender, Morality, and the Crucible of Culture in Gold Rush San Francisco

Description:
This thesis studies the entertainment establishments that were popular in urban environments, with a focus on San Francisco, during the California Gold Rush. The project …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Deffarges, Hayden (creator)
Owens, Emily (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Gold Rush
San Francisco
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"Spanish Jews and Poor Bedouins: Ottoman Jewish Immigration and Integration in Early Twentieth-Century Mexico"

Description:
This thesis explores the migration and integration of Ottoman Jews in Mexico between 1900 and 1930, a period during which a small but significant number …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Galarza, Lucas M. (creator)
Teller, Adam (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Mexico
Migration
Jewish history
Identity
Ottoman Empire
Class
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"Subversion of the American System": The John Birch Society's Opposition to the Black Freedom Movement

Description:
This project analyzes the John Birch Society's opposition to the Black freedom movement from its founding in 1958 to the early 1970s, treating the Society's …
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Gardner, Emma (creator)
Self, Robert (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
United States
Civil rights
Communism
1960s
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"The Real Unicorn": An Investigation into the Conceptions and Cultural Significance of Greater One Horned Rhinoceros, 1600-1800

Description:
Abstract
Year:
2024
Contributor:
Walter, Samantha K. (creator)
Nummedal, Tara (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
British Empire
Early Modern
Natural Knowledge
Rhinoceroses
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"The Usual Flaming Cross": Discourses of the Ku Klux Klan in Rhode Island, 1905-1935

Description:
This thesis examines the rise and fall of the Ku Klux Klan in Rhode Island from 1905 to 1935, with a particular focus on the …
Year:
2026
Contributor:
Daigneault, Evelyn (creator)
Vorenberg, Michael (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Racism
Rhode Island
Newspapers
Antisemitism
Nineteen twenties
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Extremism
Public Discourse
Nativism
Anti-Catholicism
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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"To Serve the Race...and Redeem the South":Gender and the Southern Interracial Network, 1919-1949

Description:
Abstract of "To Serve the Race...and Redeem the South": Gender and the Southern Interracial Network, 1919-1949, by Caroline C. Cortina, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2011.Drawing …
Year:
2011
Contributor:
Cortina, Caroline C. (creator)
Patterson, James (Director)
Self, Robert (Reader)
Campbell, James (Reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
gender
Will W. Alexander
Howard W. Odum
Mary McLeod Bethune
Charlotte Hawkins Brown
Jessie Daniel Ames
American South
Sex
Civil rights
Commission on Interracial Cooperation
Southern Regional Council
Odum, Howard Washington > 1884-1954
Bethune, Mary McLeod > 1875-1955
Brown, Charlotte Hawkins > 1883-1961
Ames, Jessie Daniel > 1883-1972
Southern States
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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'Make me a Fruitfull Vine:' Dealing with Infertility in Early Modern England

Description:
Reproduction was of crucial social and cultural importance in early modern England. It mattered because of the need to produce heirs for families that had …
Year:
2012
Contributor:
Oren-Magidor, Daphna (creator)
Harris, Tim (Director)
Nummedal, Tara (Reader)
Sluhovsky, Moshe (Reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
gender
early modern England
Infertility
Medicine
Sex
Religion
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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(Re)claiming Religion: An Exploration of the Development of Clinical Pastoral Education and its Impact on Religious Chaplaincy during the AIDS Pandemic

Description:
This thesis explores chaplains’ unique impact as providers of spiritual and religious care during the AIDS pandemic in the late twentieth century. This project argues …
Year:
2025
Contributor:
Hirschwerk, Sally B. (creator)
Hamlin, Françoise (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Religion
Chaplains
Sexuality
Pastoral care
AIDS
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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A Different Kind of People: The Poor at Home and Abroad, 1935-1968

Description:
This dissertation demonstrates how a transnational conception of poor people as 'backwards' and culturally distinct emerged from the nexus of intellectuals, activists, and administrators who …
Year:
2009
Contributor:
Jahanbani, Sheyda F.A. (creator)
Buhle, Mari Jo (director)
Campbell, James (reader)
Engerman, David (reader)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
development
modernization
Poverty
Economic development
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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A Fragile Inheritance: The Fate of Yiddish in Argentina, 1930-1970

Description:
Abstract of A FRAGILE INHERITANCE: THE FATE OF YIDDISH IN ARGENTINA, 1930-1970, by AMY K. KERNER, Ph.D., Brown University, May 2019. Mass migrations of ethnic …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Kerner, Amy (creator)
Steinberg, Michael P. (Advisor)
Bartov, Omer (Advisor)
Mandel, Maud (Advisor)
Finchelstein, Federico (Reader)
Rein, Raanan (Reader)
Brown University. Department of History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Jewish migration
Yiddish
language death
Argentina--immigration
Jews, Latin American
Collection:
History
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A New Park, a Lost Town: Defining the Legacy of U.S. Army Garrison Yongsan

Description:
In 2017, the Seoul Museum of History presented a special exhibition on Yongsan Garrison, the oldest U.S. army installation in South Korea that is now …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Ryu, Karis (creator)
Smith, Kerry (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
United States
Korea (South)
Twentieth century
Military dependents
Boundaries
History of contemporary events
Military bases, American
Language:
English
Collection:
History
Theses and Dissertations
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A Prelude to Intensification: Settler Colonialism and the Opening of Minnesota’s First Iron Mines, 1854-1890

Description:
This thesis tells the stories of settler colonialism and iron mining as coinciding and contingent upon one another: iron mining in Minnesota was not possible …
Year:
2019
Contributor:
Rock, Julia (creator)
Demuth, Bathsheba (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Mineral industries
Minnesota
Mines and mineral resources
Indians of North America
Ojibwa Indians
Railroads
Steel
Great Lakes Region
Lake Superior
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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A Snapshot of the “Radical Middle”: On the Life and Labels of Extremist-Watcher Gordon D. Hall, 1946-1969

Description:
In his collection of and commentary on extremist dialogues covering the latter half of the twentieth century, lecturer and writer Gordon Hall delineated particular bounds …
Year:
2021
Contributor:
Ernest, Jeanne R. (creator)
Lambe, Jennifer (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Cold War
mainstream
FBI
Radicalism
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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A Street to Call Their Own: “Play Streets” and Open Space in 20th Century New York City

Description:
This thesis studies the rise of “play streets” across early-mid 20th century New York City: whereby the city closed certain street-blocks to traffic to serve …
Year:
2023
Contributor:
Rosenn, Ben (creator)
Chudacoff, Howard (thesis advisor)
Brown University. History (sponsor)
Genre:
theses
Subject:
Automobiles
Urban History
New York City
History--Study and teaching (Early childhood)
Language:
English
Collection:
History
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