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History Ph.D. Dissertations

Dissertations from 2016 2016

A Party in Peril: Franklin Roosevelt, the Democratic Party, and the Circular Letter of 1924, Joseph D. Faykosh

Dissertations from 2015 2015

Cold Warriors, Good Neighbors, Smart Power: U.S. Army, Berlin, 1961-1994, Rex A. Childers

Women's Advocates: Grassroots Organizing in St. Paul, Minnesota, Amanda Jo Dennison

Dissertations from 2014 2014

Whom We Shall Welcome: Immigration Reform During the Great Society, Dustin McLochlin

The Chinese Question: California, British Columbia, and the Making of Transnational Immigration Policy, 1847-1885, Jay Perry

Dissertations from 2013 2013

Conscription Policy, Citizenship and Religious Conscientous Objectors in the United States and Canada During World War One, Donald Eberle

De-Basing the San Francisco Bay Area: The Racial, Regional, and Environmental Politics of the 1991-1995 Brac Military Closures, Hugo Evans

Dissertations from 2012 2012

"Several Unhandsome Words": The Politics of Gossip in Early Virginia, Christine Eisel

When Fear is Substituted for Reason: European and Western Government Policies Regarding National Security 1789-1919, Norma Flores

"A Land without a People for a People without a Land": Civilizing Mission and American Support for Zionism, 1880s-1929, Robert MacDonald

Embryonic Policies: Reproductive Technology and Federal Regulation, Erin Mignin

Dissertations from 2011 2011

“A Correct and Progressive Road”: U.S.-Turkish Relations, 1945-1964, Michael Carver

Freeborn Men of Color: The Franck Brothers in Revolutionary North America, 1755-1820, Shirley Green

Institutional Politics and the U.S. Government’s “Philippine Problem”, Steven Pedler

Revelations from the Dead: Using Funeral Home Records to Help Reconstruct the History of Black Toledo, Camillia Rodgers

Dissertations from 2010 2010

The Vietnam War Dissent of Ernest Gruening and Wayne Morse, 1964-1968, Alvin Beggs

Wars Without Risk: U.S. Humanitarian Interventions in the 1990s, R Laurent Cousineau

Institutions of Integration: The Incorporation of Frontiers in Modern Democracies, 1864-1912, Soren Fanning

Dissertations from 2009 2009

Lawfare: Use of the Definition of Aggressive War by the Soviet and Russian Governments, Christi Bartman

Creating Connections: Economic Development, Land Use, and the System of Cities in Northwest Ohio During the Nineteenth Century, Matthew Bloom

Baptisms of Fire: How Training, Equipment, and Ideas about the Nation Shaped the British, French, and German Soldiers' Experiences of War in 1914, Chad Gaudet

From Colonial Elitism to Moi’s Populism: The Policies and Politics of University Education in Kenya, 1949-2002, Michael Kithinji

Dissertations from 2008 2008

Not “Part of the Job”: Sexual Harassment Policy in the U.S., the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Women’s Economic Citizenship, 1975–1991, Sheila Jones

Rape and Infanticide in Maryland, 1634-1689: Gender and Class in the Courtroom Contestation of Patriarchy on the Edge of the English Atlantic, Amanda Miracle

United States-Yugoslav Relations, 1961-80: The Twilight of Tito's Era and the Role of Ambassadorial Diplomacy in the Making of America's Yugoslav Policy, Josip Mocnik

Richard Nixon and Europe: Confrontation and Cooperation, 1969-1974, Luke Nichter

“British in Thought and Deed:” Henry Bouquet and the Making of Britain’s American Empire, Erik Towne

Dissertations from 2006 2006

The Policies and Politics of Massification of University Education in Nigeria, 1952-2000, Ogechi Anyanwu

Amnesty International, Human Rights & U.S. Policy, Maria Baldwin

Partners in Crime: Federal Crime Control Policy and the States, 1894 – 1938, Guy Benge

Expertise at War: The National Committee on Education by Radio, The National Association of Broadcasters, The Federal Radio Commission and the Battle for American Radio, David Haus

Narrow Cells and Lost Keys: The Impact of Jails and Prisons on Black Protest, 1940-1972, Seneca Vaught