Browsing Theses and Dissertations by Author "Damms, Richard"
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Anglican Church Policy, Eighteenth Century Conflict, and the American Episcopate
Elliott, Kenneth RayThis dissertation examines how leaders in the Church of England sought to reorganize the colonial church at critical moments, in the late 1740s, the early 1760s and the mid 1770s, by installing one or two resident bishops ... -
Displacing race: white resistance and conservative politics in the civil rights era
Rolph, Stephanie Renee. (Mississippi State UniversityDepartment of History., 2009-03-25)This study examines the ideology of white southern opposition to the civil rights movement in order to recognize the transformation of white concepts of race in the midst of racial change and how those changes impacted the ... -
Safeguarding the health of mothers and children: American democracy and maternal and children's healthcare in America, 1917-1969
Traylor-Heard, Nancy JaneThis study examines major American maternal and children’s healthcare initiatives in the backdrop of international and national crises from 1917 to 1969. During these crises, maternal and child welfare reformers used the ... -
Why Can't a Woman Fly?: Nasa and the Cult of Masculinity, 1958-1972
McComb, Erinn CatherineThis is an investigation into the history of masculinity in spaceflight during some of the tensest years of the Cold War era. This dissertation asks why the U.S. did not counter the Soviet launch of the first woman into ...