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“GUNS AND SHIPS AND SO THE BALANCE SHIFTS”: USING ARTIFACT PATTERNING TO CONTEXTUALIZE A SALVAGED ASSEMBLAGE DATED TO THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN, 1781
(East Carolina University, 2023-05-03)Before General Charles Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown in 1781, he scuttled a portion of his shipping fleet along the Yorktown riverbank to defend the town from a Franco- American amphibious attack. An environment rife ... -
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 ... -
Hammock: A Maritime Tool
(East Carolina University, 2018-12-10)During the age of sail, sailors slept in hammocks made of canvas, suspended on the gundecks and secured to the beams above. This work seeks to understand the adoption and adaptation of hammocks as a maritime tool on sailing ... -
Hannibal at the Gates: An Analysis of the Punic Invasion of Italy in the Third Century BCE
(East Carolina University, 2020-06-22)This thesis examines Hannibal Barca and his role in the Second Punic War while scrutinizing his battle tactics to gain perspective on his military campaigns. Hannibal was the first Carthaginian general known to have been ... -
"He Has Earned the Right of Citizenship" : The Black Soldiers of North Carolina in the Civil War; A Comment on Historiography, Treatment, and Pensions.
(East Carolina University, 2015)The Frederick C. Douglass Papers, held at the Joyner Library of East Carolina University are an important source of information concerning the black soldiers of North Carolina. Many historians have written about the various ... -
A History of the Wreck of the USS HURON
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A History of Whaling in Bermuda
(2003-05)