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An Unintended Activist: Judge Ronald N. Davies and the Influence of the Northern Plains on Twentieth-Century Civil Rights and Judicial Progressivism
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
A devotion to an open and progressive interpretation of human rights and the law secured Judge Ronald N. Davies’ legacy as an unintended, yet influential activist for advancing civil rights and of the twentieth century. ...
Farming Democracy: American Agricultural Policy from the Great War to the Great Society
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In the days of the early republic, agriculture provided more than just an economic foundation; it shaped the country socially, and politically, too. Thomas Jefferson and others wrote at length of the role farming played ...
A History of North Dakota's Petroleum Industry, 1917-2017
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
North Dakota’s petroleum industry can be traced back to 1917, when Arthur Blum found a small amount of oil in a well drilled to water his cattle. The unsuccessful exploration for oil continued from 1917 until 1951, when ...
Between Sea and Steppe: A Historical Foray in Three Parts
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Examinations into marine environmental history, Great Plains environmental history, and the city of Odessa, Ukraine, demonstrate these three areas have strong methodological and topical foundations and even stronger potential ...
Lawton's Bloodhounds: Indigenous Recruits in the Service of the United States Army in the Philippine American War, 1899-1902
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
Following the Spanish American War, the United States became embroiled in a guerrilla war with Filipino insurgents who had sought independence from Spain. They objected to the purchase of the Philippine Islands by the ...
The Battleground for the American Past: The Influence of the Vietnam War in Contemporary Memory
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Commemorative programming for historic anniversaries reveals an interpretive and narrative evolution between public memory and history. The divisiveness of the war and the public’s ambivalence about its meaning allowed for ...
'They Ain't Afraid of no Ghosts': Dark Tourism at Historic Sites
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Dark tourism, a subsection of heritage tourism, is growing in popularity and center around historic sites and museums. Those sites are put in the position to take advantage of the surging popularity of dark tourism by ...
The Fluidity of Gender Roles on the Northern Great Plains 1890-1950
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
The relative infancy of the Northern Great Plains social environment compared to the well-established social systems of the United States east of the Mississippi fostered growth and allowed the redefinition of women’s ...
Settler Colonizers’ Sense of History on the Northern Plains Before and After the Turn of the Nineteenth Century
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
This dissertation argues that it is time to push the understanding of the US Oceti Sakowin
wars in different directions, particularly in the direction that stops obsessing and constantly revisiting
the officer and soldier ...
“Only as Strong as We All Make It:” The Limitations of Fargo’s Civil Defense during the Early Cold War (1950-1964)
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
In this thesis, I argue that civil defense failed to take hold in the United States because it required local communities to take responsibility for protective measures. Fargo, North Dakota provides a case study for this ...