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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 ...
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 ...
Solidarity Forever: A Call for Inclusive Holocaust Memory and Coalition Building Amid Forgetting & Denial
(North Dakota State University, 2022)
According to a recent survey, less than half of American Millennials can name a Holocaust concentration camp, and more than two-thirds of the respondents did not know the number of Jewish people the Nazis killed in the ...