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The Forgotten Contributions of Napa Valley Chinese Immigrants, 1870-1900
(2022-02-07)
Between 1870 and 1900, Chinese workers contributed significantly to every major area of the Napa Valley economy. Inexpensive Chinese labor was critical to the success of diverse areas of the economy such as viticulture, ...
Politica Dynastia: Lodge, Kennedy, and the Escalation of the War in Vietnam
(2021-05-14)
In the Spring of 1963, President John F. Kennedy faced a political conundrum over his policy in South Vietnam. As President, he oversaw the epic failure at the Bay of Pigs, stood idle while the Soviets built a wall in ...
The Experiences of Homeschooled Students in Northern California in Relation to Societal Stigmas Surrounding Homeschooling, 1990 – 2010
(2023-04-20)
Currently, there is an entire generation of societally integrated adults who experienced the home education movement during its infancy. Yet we know very little about their personal thoughts in regard to being part of a ...
Cowboys and India; Enron Dabhol Power Plant, and Postcolonial Attitudes A Historical Perspective
(2022-09-28)
A two-part comparison of case studies comparing different colonial rulers is used to identify behaviors shared by a variety of colonial powers. This is compared with a selection of editorials and interviews that examine ...
Godfather of the Mexican Revolution: The Rise and Fall of Venustiano Carranza and His Contributions to Mexican Constitutionality and Nationalism, 1910-1920
Most of the academic attention devoted to the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) in recent times has focused on revolutionary leaders. Inspiration for this thesis comes from a desire to understand an important participant of ...
The Transformation of Rural Administration during the Colonial Period in Southern Morocco
(2022-05-10)
This thesis examines the effects of the colonial period on state administration in rural areas in southern Morocco. It argues that this period saw the emergence of a new type of administration resulting from the interaction ...
Astronomy of the Ancient Greeks and Mayas: A Comparison of Scientific Observations and Innovation
(2021-05-24)
The historical narratives regarding the ancient Maya have been extremely inconsistent since colonial days. The early twentieth-century historians’ enthusiastic praise for the genius of the ancient Maya ended with a pendulum ...
California’s Harvest Gypsies: Race and the Reproduction of Colonial Power in the New Deal Era
(2022-03-10)
This study challenges the prevailing narrative that agriculturally-bound southwestern migrants entering California’s rural valleys during the 1930s were marginalized socio-politically as a consequence of the Great Depression, ...
Monument Men and Trophy Brigades: A Race to the Art
(2021-05-21)
This thesis examines and compares two small military units within the Allied forces during World War II - the Soviet Union trophy brigades and the US Army Monuments Men. Both units recruited their members from the art world ...
An Untellable Tale: Recovering Indigenous Captivity in New Mexico (1852-1870)
(2023-04-25)
For captive Indigenous peoples enslaved in northern New Mexico in the latter part of the 1800s, all settler power structures were united in perpetuating captivity and colonizing enslaved Indigenous bodies: the state, the ...