Early North America and the United States
History Department Honors Program Baccalaureate Theses on Early North America and the United States.
Recent Submissions
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2024-04-24)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2020-04-20)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2019-05-01)“The dream of my life is not yet realized,” Harriet Jacobs declared in her 1861 narrative, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. After liberating herself from slavery and ensuring the freedom of her children, she authored ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2017-04-26)This thesis examines the experience of American soldiers serving in North Russia in 1918 – 1919, an expedition often referred to as an offshoot of World War One. It bases its conclusions by utilizing the comprehensive Polar ...
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“Jeffrey Sachs and the Costs of Capitalism. Shock Therapy in eastern European Transition Economies” (Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2017-04-20)This thesis examines economist Jeffrey Sachs’s implementation of shock therapy in transition economies from 1985-1994. Analysis begins with the foundation of the practice in Bolivia, and examines the changes in the approach ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2017-04-27)President Carter hoped to define his foreign policy on human rights and liberalization. With the removal of the longtime authoritarian leader, Park Chung Hee, the year 1979 presented an opportunity for democracy in South ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2016-04-28)This thesis explores the interaction between feminism, fashion and visual culture during the women's liberation movement by focusing on the symbolism of bras. Using documents ranging from annual reports from the Hanes ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2016-04-28)Although the United States today boasts a massive network of colleges and universities, these institutions owe much to the support provided by philanthropic organizations. The critical role in American higher education ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2016-04-15)This thesis examines Anglo-American relations in 1973, an especially turbulent year in the history of the post-World War II "special relationship." It draws on a wide range of documentary evidence and telephone transcripts ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2016-04)This thesis examines the importance of the first Moon landing through the lens of civil religion. It concludes that civil religion inspired the Moon landing and led to its success in July 1969. Furthermore, it finds that ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2015-04-22)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2015-04-24)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2014-04-28)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2014-04-11)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2014-04-24)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2013-04-25)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2013-04-12)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2013-04-20)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2012-04)