Browsing FAS Theses and Dissertations by Author "Ulrich, Laurel"
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Black, White, and Red: Race and the Making of the Mormon People, 1830-1880
Mueller, Max Perry (2015-04-01)This dissertation uses the histories and doctrines of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) as case studies to consider how nineteenth-century Americans turned to religion to solve the early American ... -
Melancholy Landscapes: Writing Warfare in the American Revolution
Mead, Philip C. (2013-03-06)Though the American Revolutionary Army is often portrayed as a crucible of national feeling, this study of 169 diaries reveals that Revolutionary soldiers barely understood, or accepted as part of their community, large ... -
The Shadow of Change: Politics and Memory in New England's Historic Burying Grounds, 1630-1776
Hopkins, Caitlin Galante DeAngelis (2014-06-06)This dissertation recovers the political histories of New England's historic graveyards. From their early rejection of English burial practices to their modern incarnation as tourist attractions, New England's historic ... -
Skeletons in the American Attic: Curiosity, Science, and the Appropriation of the American Indian Past
Kertesz, Judy (2013-02-15)This dissertation excavates the political economy and cultural politics of the "Vanishing Indian." While much of the scholarship situates this ubiquitous American trope as a rhetorical representation, I consider the ways ...