This thesis describes the life and accomplishments of Gertrude Dills McKee, one of the most influential leaders of western North Carolina. Her lifetime between 1885 and 1948 spanned a period of social, political, and economic...
Through an examination of the religious ideology of Holland Nimmons McTyeire as evidenced in his sermons, editorials, and other writings, this thesis sheds light on the relationship between religion and the New South creed....
Parola chiave:
Holland Nimmons McTyeire, Methodist Episcopal Church, South, New South Creed e Vanderbilt University
Soggetto:
McTyeire, Holland Nimmons, 1824-1889 -- Influence, McTyeire, Holland Nimmons, 1824-1889 -- Religion, Methodist Episcopal Church -- History e Southern States -- Religious life and customs
In 1921, Hugh MacRae, a Wilmington businessman, launched his campaign to build Farm City. A fusion of country living and urban amenities, Farm City was to be a demonstration in community planning, an experimental solution to...
Parola chiave:
Colonization, Conservation, Division of Subsistence Homesteads, New South, Progressive Era e Reclamation
Soggetto:
Penderlea (N.C.), Utopias -- North Carolina -- Penderlea, Collective settlements -- North Carolina -- Penderlea e MacRae, Hugh, 1865-1951
Between 1931 and 1941, General Jiang Jieshi (commonly referred to as “Chiang Kai-Shek” in the West) and the Chinese Nationalists—the Guomindang—battled internal rivals, as well as Japanese military forces, for control of China....
Parola chiave:
Chinese Air Force, Chinese Aviation e Foreign Military Advisors
Soggetto:
China. -- Kong jun -- History, Aeronautics, Military -- China -- History, Air pilots, Military -- Training of -- China -- History, United States -- Military relations -- China -- History, China -- Military relations -- United States -- History, China -- Military relations -- Soviet Union -- History e Soviet Union -- Military relations -- China -- History
The accomplishments of North Carolina during the American Civil War span from the battlefield to the home front. The state distinguished itself militarily in a manner which it had never before nor has since. The Tarheel banner...
Soggetto:
Confederate States of America. Army -- Supplies and stores, North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 e United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
The accomplishments of North Carolina during the American Civil War span from the battlefield to the home front. The state distinguished itself militarily in a manner which it had never before nor has since. The Tarheel banner...
Soggetto:
Confederate States of America. Army -- Supplies and stores, North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 e United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
After the end of the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, two parties in England, the Whigs and the Tories, engaged in a rhetorical debate over the dominant interpretation of the English Constitution. The Tories defended...
Parola chiave:
English Constitution, Greek Revolution, Legitimacy, Philhellenism, Tories e Whigs
Soggetto:
Constitutional history -- Great Britain -- 19th century, Philhellenism -- Great Britain, Greece -- History -- War of Independence, 1821-1829 -- Influence, Whig Party (Great Britain) e Tory Party (Great Britain)
This thesis examines the boarding school education of Will West Long(circa 1870-194 7), a member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Basedlargely on analysis of sources from the archives of Trinity College (now...
Mycenaean Greece was a powerful Late Bronze Age society in the eastern Mediterranean, as is evidenced by its close dealings with West Asia and its temporary place as one of the great powers. Mycenae was an important trade...
Parola chiave:
Bronze Age, Brotherhood of Kings, Gender, Hittite, Mycenae e Power
This work will consist of three chapters and a conclusion. The goal is to explain the need for the Surge, its image, and its relative success. Many of the histories written about the Surge appear within the first three years of...
