Browsing History B.A. Theses by Title
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8,700 Miles From Pretoria: The Anti- Apartheid Movement in Madison, Wisconsin, 1968-1994
(2010-05-20)Since the United States played a critical role toward South Africa's prolonging of Apartheid due to their role as an important ally in Cold War politics, within the United States existed a substantial Anti-Apartheid Movement. ... -
Ada James: Conservative to Radical Woman in Life and Politics
(2007-07-13)This paper will discuss the changes in women?s lives in the early 20th century with the main focus on the political and social life of Ada James. While the political life of Ada James is covered in depth, the social life ... -
Alexander Hamilton: The Unloved and Forgotten Founding Father
(2012-12-13)As Americans, we tend to place a high importance on our Founding Fathers. There are streets, schools, monuments, cities, money and more all bearing the name or image of Founding Fathers. In looking at these it becomes ... -
All My Love and a Million Kussies: Letters from the Home Front 1941-1943
(2016-09-30)During the American involvement during World War II, letters held great importance for soldiers abroad. These letters from loved ones not only boosted morale among the troops but told them of what life was like back on the ... -
“All Were Young, and All Have Stories to Tell:” Wisconsin Children Soldiers and Drummer Boys in the Civil War
(2016-10-04)The American Civil War was one of the most influential events in American history. The profound political, social, and economic changes wrought by this conflict continue to reverberate to this day. The war has an immense ... -
All You Have to Do is Go Out and Do Some Four- and Five-Hour Runs: Understanding Wisconsin's Elite Long Distance Runners, 1975-2011
(2011-12-15)The state of Wisconsin has been the home to numerous national and Olympic level track and field athletes during the 20th and early 21st century. National champions of the high school, collegiate and professional ranks ... -
America's First Ladies of Flight: A History of Feminism in Flying
(2008-06-26)The early twentieth century saw the proliferation of modern feminist values that challenged the notion that women were incapable of working outside the home, especially in careers involving math, science, and risk taking. ... -
America's First Third Party: The Antimasonic Party, 1826-1836
(2011-05-11)The Anti-masonic Party was an active political party in the early nineteenth century and was influential in beginning the shift of the political spectrum away from the two main parties at the time, the Federalists and ... -
America's First Wounded Warriors: The Health and Movements of Civil War Veterans Based on the 1890 Veterans Schedules
(2015-03-29)The Civil War was a long and brutal conflict that left many dead but even more wounded. By 1890, the government deemed that these men who fought for the Union Army to preserve the Union should receive a pension. Others ... -
The American Cemetery: A Dying Resting Place?
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American Hardcore Punk: A Fragmented Movement
(2013-12-16)This paper covers the topic of American hardcore punk music and culture from its beginning in 1980 to 1986 when many bands moved away from hardcore, which was increasingly focused on style rather than ideology. This paper ... -
The American Negro and Marxist- Leninist Self- Determination: The History, Development, and Application of the Theory of Self- Determination for African- Americans by the Communist Party of the United States 1928-1959.
(2010-05-20)This paper historically traces the Communist program of self-determination for African-Americans pointing out key facets of the program as well as important developments and turning points along the way. It begins with an ... -
The American Space Age: History, Nationalism, and Popular Culture
(2011-12-15)This paper is an analysis of the history of space exploration in the United States. The American space age, in this study, is defined as the years between 1957 and 1969. The events in space exploration that occurred during ... -
Americanization and "The Settlement" : Jewish Immigration to Milwaukee, 1880-1920
(2014-05-12)Between 1880s and 1920 massive waves of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe began to flood the shores of the United States. As an extent of this immigration, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, began to grow--creating a diverse mix ... -
An Analysis of the Presentation of the Image of King Henry VIII of England and His Prominent Advisors
(2015-11-30)If you were to ask virtually any person in the park to describe Henry VIII of England, the response you would get would probably include words such as "tyrant", "glutton", "ill-tempered", "cruel", and so on; this is how ... -
Anatomy of a Plague: A Glimpse of an Epidemic Through the Observations of One London Parish
(2010-05-20)The Great Plague of London in 1665 was the last major outbreak of the bubonic plague in Great Britain. The wide effects of the plague impacted every aspect of the population. There is much research on the plague and the ... -
The Anchor of a Community: The Closing of the Potosi Brewing Company and the Town It Left Behind.
(2010-05-20)This paper will look at the brewing industry by analyzing a small brewery in rural southwest Wisconsin that tells the story of a once prosperous local brewery that eventually could not compete. The Potosi Brewing Company ... -
Anti-Communism and Idealism : the Peace Corps and U.S. Foreign Policy in the Third World, 1960-1966
(2009-07-15)This paper seeks to uncover the political motivations behind the creation of the Peace Corps in the United States. While many writers attribute both anti-Communism and idealism as impetuses behind the founding of the Peace ...