Title | Date | Views | Brief Description |
United States diplomacy during the Civil War and Reconstruction: the stretch towards the Caribbean, 1860-1877 |
2017 |
3852 |
The U.S. Civil War as a domestic conflict, confined within the borders of the United States, has been exhaustively studied. Studies focusing on generals, specific battles, actions of militias, and politicians have all been the focus of historians of ... |
"Education not ptotection"[:] Student activism on Western North Carolina campuses, 1960s-1970s |
2022 |
298 |
The dialectic between pro-and-anti-Vietnam War supporters has been an overlooked part of the history of Vietnam War student activism. The divided baby boomer generation on college and university campuses during the 1960s and 1970s are the focus demog... |
A different face: immigration, Western converts, and the sustainability of traditional Theravada Buddhism in two North Carolina temples 1965-2000s |
2019 |
436 |
Since 1965, the factor which has played the largest role in transforming Theravada Buddhism in North Carolina has been the changing demographics, or internal communities, of individual temples. The first temples were largely comprised of Southeast As... |
“I am a union woman”: gender, class, and folk music in the Harlan County War and beyond |
2021 |
769 |
The onset of the Great Depression led to severe work shortages for miners in Harlan County, Kentucky. In turn, low wages exacerbated by shorter hours created starvation conditions for their families. In 1931, organizers from the United Mine Workers o... |