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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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CONTESTED LANDSCAPES: THE ORIGINS AND CONSEQUENCES OF RHODE ISLAND’S LAND-GRANT INSTITUTIONS (1862-1892), Jenny Sullivan

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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THE GASPEE AFFAIR: SLAVERY, TRADE, AND ELITE REBELLION IN COLONIAL RHODE ISLAND, Joey La Neve DeFrancesco

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GREEN NATION: STATE FORESTRY AND ITS FAILURES IN THE ATLANTIC PYRENEES, 1827-1848, Timothy R. Jarvis

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"Fewer and Better Doctors:" Medical School Admission in the United States, 1900-1970, Andrew Simmons

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Transnational Construction Site: Building American/Buying Chinese at the Panama Canal, 1885-1887, Jenny Elkus

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UNDER GUARD: A CASE STUDY OF THE S.S. BLACK POINT AND U-853 FOR THE PRODUCTION OF MORE COMPREHENSIVE WAR MEMORIALS AND PUBLIC EXHIBITS, Rebecca Sobus

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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REVISITING SAYLESVILLE: A DEEPER EXPLORATION OF THE SAYLESVILLE MASSACRE OF 1934, Patrick Crowley

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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NATIVE AMERICAN MARINE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN RHODE ISLAND PRE AND POST CONTACT, Sarah Bowen

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REFRAMING THE ENGLISH CONQUEST OF JAMAICA IN THE ATLANTIC CONTEXT, Austin Rojas

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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GECNAWAN THOU GEWEORTH- TO KNOW YOUR WORTH: EXAMINING VARIATIONS OF WERGILD IN ANGLO-SAXON ENGLAND: 600 C.E.-850 C.E., Kelse Bright Merrill

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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MUSKETS IN MISERY SWAMP: AN INVESTIGATION INTO A KING PHILIP'S WAR BATTLE, Laura Damon

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The Power of Narratives: A Cultural History of US Involvement in Axis-Occupied Yugoslavia, William P. Fouse

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The SMS Ostfriesland: A Warship at the Crossroads of Military Technology, Wesley R. Hale

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The Old Rhode Island Farm: History, Memory, and Interpretation at Bristol's Coggeshall Farm Museum, Michelle M. Just

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Disorderly House Keepers: Poor Women in Providence, Rhode Island, 1781-1832, Andrew T. Polta

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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The Paid Vote: America's Neutrality During the Greek War for Independence, Jared Jacavone

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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Convicts, Cargo, and Calamity: The Wreck of the Emigrant Ship Enchantress, Abigail E. Casavant

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Rail Ports: The Collaboration of Railroad & Coastal Steamboat Companies in New England in the 1840s, Laura K. Hoglund

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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“BECAUSE SHE WOULD NOT BE GOVERNED”: MEDIEVAL WOMEN, POWER, AND THE POLITICIZATION OF WITCHCRAFT, Anna Nelson Bennett

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A War at the Heart of Man: The Structure and Construction of Ships Bound for Africa, Jessica A. Glickman

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"A Great and Terrible Event": Historical Evidence for the 551 CE Tsunami at Akko, Israel, Emma Heidtman

Theses/Dissertations from 2014

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“BY GOODLY RIVER'S UNINHABITED” WATERWAYS AND PLYMOUTH COLONY, Jordan Coulobme

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THE ROMAN NATION: RETHINKING ANCIENT NATIONALISM, Travis Roberts

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FRONTIER THEORY AND THE RECONQUISTA: THE ROLE OF LAWS IN DEFINING THE FRONTIERS OF MEDIEVAL SPAIN, Alan Nicholas Witt

Theses/Dissertations from 2012

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A LABOR HISTORY OF THE RHODE ISLAND BROTHERHOOD OF CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, Lisa Johnson

Theses/Dissertations from 2010

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AFTER THE VOTE: WOMEN AND POLITICS IN 1920s RHODE ISLAND, Hailie Denise Posey

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The Origins of Millerite Separatism, Andrew Todd Taylor

Theses/Dissertations from 2008

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Barrels and Bibles: Conflict and Compromise Between Whalemen and Missionaries in the Sandwich Island, 1820-1860, Shawn M. Edge

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The WAVES: an Inspiration for the Women's Armed Services Integration Act, Travis Riley

Theses/Dissertations from 2005

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The Rise and Fall of EC Comics, 1950-1956: Cold War or Cultural War Casualty?, Francis Di Menno

Theses/Dissertations from 2003

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The South Providence Kosher Meat Boycott of 1910: A Study of Jewish Women’s Consumer Activism, Kimberly Susan Nusco

Theses/Dissertations from 1999

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BETWEEN TWO FAITHS: THE ARABIZATION OF THE KNIGHTS TEMPLAR DURING THE CRUSADES, Paula Regina Stiles

Theses/Dissertations from 1997

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WAVES OF CHANGE: WOMEN, WORK, WAR, AND WEDLOCK IN COLONIAL NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1750-1775, Jonathan M. Beagle

Theses/Dissertations from 1995

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ARMY FOR PROGRESS : THE U.S. MILITARIZATION OF THE GUATEMALAN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL CRISIS 1961-1969, Michael Donoghue

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AN INDELICATE BALANCE; ECONOMIC FACTORS IN THE MILITARY CAREER OF BENEDICT ARNOLD, Robert A. Scappini

Theses/Dissertations from 1994

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The Consequences of Gambling on Indian Reservations, Jeffrey L. Pegram

Theses/Dissertations from 1993

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DESEGREGATING SCHOOLS: FROM BROWN TO THE LITTLE ROCK CRISES 1954-1964, Larry Patrick Baxter

Theses/Dissertations from 1990

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PRETENSE TO DEMOCRACY: THE U.S. ROLE IN THE SUBVERSION OF THE VIETNAMESE ELECTION OF 1956, Ronald J. DesJarlais

Theses/Dissertations from 1989

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An American Navy Spy Hugo William Koehler Letters and Despatches, 1902-1925, P. J. Capelotti

Theses/Dissertations from 1986

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The Plastic Hand of Patriotic and Christian Benevolence: The Work of the American Home Missionary Society in Illinois and Indiana, 1826-1837, Arnold W. Peterson

Theses/Dissertations from 1984

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A Critique of Kennedy's Policy Towards Peking, Christopher Paul Wilson

Theses/Dissertations from 1982

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INFLUENCE OF THE FEMALE CIRCUMCISION CONTROVERSY ON KIKUYU-MISSIONARY RELATIONS, Martha Kasaian

Theses/Dissertations from 1981

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Go Anywhere We Damn Well Please The American Naval Presence in the Mediterranean, Maureen Melvin Sowa

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EARLS, THEIR NEW ROLE IN ENGLAND: A CASE STUDY OF THE FUNCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENGLISH EARL INTO FRANKISH FEUDALISM, Eric Verber

Theses/Dissertations from 1976

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Essentialism and Effluvia 1700-1740: A Thematic Study, Robert E. Barletta

Theses/Dissertations from 1972

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United States Annexation of the Philippines: A Reinterpretation, William P. Connor Jr.

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Selected Portrayals of Mau Mau, Mary Anne Tilton

Theses/Dissertations from 1965

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SEATO's First Decade, Charles Daniel Arthur

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The Influence of Rasputin on Russian Imperial Court, John Joseph Colozzi

Theses/Dissertations from 1964

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From Federalist to Whig: The Political Career of Tristam Burges, Thomas John Sullivan

Theses/Dissertations from 1963

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American Alliance Policy in Southern Asia: 1953-54, Prakash Chandra Kapil

Theses/Dissertations from 1962

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The Role of the Westchester Guides During the American Revolution, George W. Browne

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A History of Street Railways in Rhode Island, Samuel Henry Rosenberg

Theses/Dissertations from 1961

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United States Policy Toward Viet-nam 1954-1956, Mary N. Dryden

Theses/Dissertations from 1960

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THE INFLUENCE OF AMERICAN COMMERCIAL INTERESTS IN CHINA UPON UNITED STATES POLICY TOWARD JAPAN, 1937-1938, Robert J. Colborn Jr.

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Italian Irredentism, its Consideration at the Paris Peace Conference, and the Reaction of Italo-Americans with Special Reference to Those in Rhode Island, Domenic DiOrio Jr.

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A Unit History of the Second Rhode Island Cavalry, Donald Fisher Harrison

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The English Reformation, Donald Edwin Lakey

Theses/Dissertations from 1959

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American Policy in the Sino-Japanese Conflicts 1931-1932, Richard Joesph Collins

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The French Canadian Migration Into Rhode Island, Gerald Joseph Doiron

Theses/Dissertations from 1958

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Rhode Island in Revolution, Robert Richard Rudy

Theses/Dissertations from 1957

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Aspects of the History of Westerly During the Civil War, Robert F. Shea

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The Providence Association of Mechanics and Manufacturers: The First Thirty Years, Dorothea Jane Tormey

Theses/Dissertations from 1955

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Anglo-French Negotations with Russia and Russian-German Pact of 1939, Joseph Del Vecchio

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South County Reaction to the Dorr Rebellion as Illustrated by Elisha Reynolds Potter, Donald McKinley Freeman

Theses/Dissertations from 1953

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The Paper Constitutions of the English Interregnum 1647-1660, Stuart Edward Prall

Theses/Dissertations from 1952

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The American Policy of Collective Security Through The United Nations as Expressed in the Korean Action, Frank Ohler Leighton