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Elizabeth I, Visual Icon : A Title Unintended
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis explores Elizabeth I's relationship with her official state portraiture to show that she placed little value in its meaning and authority for political and diplomatic uses. Understanding her personal relationship ...
For the Men on the Ground : An Examination of the Tuscaroras-Colonial Relations in North Carolina before and during the Tuscarora War
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Despite constant interactions with potential benefits to both Tuscaroras and colonial cultures, and knowledge of the issues plaguing local tribes, John Lawson, Baron Christopher Von Graffenreid, and other colonial leaders ...
Modern Greece : Values of a Civil War Blockade-Runner
(East Carolina University, 2014-11-12)
On June 27, 1862, during the American Civil War, the blockade-runner Modern Greece ran aground off the coast of Wilmington, NC. The ship was within reach of the guns of Fort Fisher, protecting the vessel from the Union ...
The Representation of Women at Old Salem Museums and Gardens
(East Carolina University, 2014)
Old Salem Museums and Gardens is an open air museum in Winston-Salem, North Carolina that presents the history of the city's original settlement. The museum contains one of the first official historic districts in the ...
Hadrian's Religious Policy : An Architectural Perspective
(East Carolina University, 2015)
This thesis argues that the emperor Hadrian used vast building projects as a means to display and project his distinctive religious policy in the service of his overarching attempt to cement his power and rule. The ...
"There Never Was a Good War or a Bad Peace" : Benjamin Franklin's diplomacy and the 1783 Treaty of Paris
(East Carolina University, 2014)
This thesis is an analysis of Benjamin Franklin's actions and motivations as he negotiated the 1783 Treaty of Paris on behalf of the newly created United States. It examines three distinct phases beginning with Franklin's ...
CHARLES JOHNSON, THE CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE, AND CIVIL RIGHTS IN MERIDIAN, MISSISSIPPI
(East Carolina University, 2011)
Charles Johnson, an African American minister in the predominately white denomination of the Church of the Nazarene, was a leader in the civil rights movement in Meridian, Mississippi. He had to navigate the rather ...
American Professional Military Education, 1776-1945: A Foundation for Failure
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)
This paper presents the history of professional military education in the United States from 1776 through 1945. As its fundamental point, the paper argues that the scientific view of war prevailed over the views of the ...
No Thaw This Spring: The Competing Values of Lyndon Johnson and Alexander Dubcek
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)
American scholars have shown considerable interest in the geopolitical consequences of the Czechoslovak reform movement now known as the Prague Spring. Research has focused on the Soviet decision to put a stop to the ...