History Theses and Dissertations
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DECENT, SAFE, AND SANITARY? PUBLIC HOUSING AND THE ENVIRONMENT OF EASTERN WASHINGTON, D.C., 1940-1965
(2020)This dissertation examines the relationships between the physical environment and the history of public housing in Washington, D.C. from the 1940s to the 1960s. The environmental features of public housing complexes, as ... -
LIBERTY, GENTILITY, AND DANGEROUS LIAISONS: FRANCOPHILIA IN THE EARLY REPUBLIC, 1775-1800
(2020)This dissertation investigates the various and occasionally competing streams of French culture generated in several different arenas – print culture, polite society, marriage, and gender performance – in the last quarter ... -
Jewish Marriage and Divorce in America, 1830-1924
(2020)The centrality of marriage to American identity dates back to the founding of the nation. Americans saw marriages by choice and for love as microcosms of their democracy in which the people chose their leaders and were ... -
Between Rebel Flags: Iraqi Vexillology and State Iconography, 1921 - 2017
(2020)In under a century of existence, the Republic of Iraq has adopted seven national flags. The circumstances of these modifications occurred under times of tremendous political transformation following wars and military coups. ... -
Odd Characters: Queer Lives in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore
(2020)Queer history in Baltimore began long before the twentieth century. People who diverged from societal norms of gender and sexuality were always present in Baltimore’s history, and they can be seen through media representations ...