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Divide the House: The Dhofar Campaign as a Model for Modern U.S. Counterterrorism
(2022)With an entire generation’s experience being shaped by the scourge of terrorism, and with a respectable end to the global war on terror increasingly seeming like a distant dream rather than an achievable goal, it is time ... -
Integrant of Incontinence: Towards a Classification of Ephebophile Abusers within the Clerical Abusers in the United States
(2019-04-01)For the last five decades, child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic clergy has been a moral, pastoral, and institutional stain on the Church in the United States. From 1950 to present, over 15,000 formal reports of abuse have ... -
"Their Lot Was A Desolate Village And Starvation": The Colonial Conquest, The First World War, and The African Population of the East African Colonies
(2014-04-01)This paper “’Their lot was a desolate village and starvation’: The Colonial Conquest, The First World War, and the African Population” examines the effect of military action in British and German East African colonies ... -
Nazi Prisoners of War: The Civilian and Prisoner Experience in Agricultural America
(2014-04-01)Local histories help explain the daily experiences of the average citizen on a micro level, leading to a better understanding of the collective experience. Ensuring local histories are collected and properly analyzed is ... -
Female Body Modification through Physical Manipulation: A Comparison of Foot-Binding and Corsetry
(2014-04-01)Over the past fifty years, with the continuing contributions of many Gender History scholars, historians are now presented with an opportunity to explore an often overlooked area within the physical manipulation of women’s ... -
The Enduring Frontier: Joseph and Ercell Flood and Homesteading in Postwar Idaho, 1941-1976
(2013-04-01)This thesis argues that the frontier, if defined as the availability of free land, was in fact not closed in 1890 as proclaimed by the famous Turner thesis. Furthermore, this paper reinforces historian Brian Q. Cannon’s ... -
The Legacy of the Danes: A Look at the Impacts of Viking Conquest on England in the Late Ninth Century
(2012-04-01)The aim of any historical research project is to explore the links between different aspects of history, from crime and retribution to commerce and exploration. More importantly than this, the true purpose of exploring ... -
Exemplifying Myth: J.E.B. Stuart and the Confederate Aristocracy
(2012-04-01)This paper is divided up into three areas of study. Chapter one is dedicated to a cursory overview to antebellum Southern culture, highlighting major themes such as militarism, hospitality, and chivalry. These cultural ... -
The Reality of Unreality: Alternate History Science Fiction of the Cold War As a Barometer Of Historical and Philosophical Consciousness in American Popular Culture
(2012-04-01)The study of science fiction is a recent phenomenon. While the fictional genre has permeated American popular culture since the early twentieth century, it was not until the postwar and Cold War eras that it experienced ... -
The British Monarchy And Empire: The Formal and Informal Power of the Monarchy In Relation To the Empire From Queen Elizabeth I to Queen Elizabeth II
(2012-04-01)The relationship between the British Empire and the monarchy of Britain is an understudied aspect of the history of Britain. Examining the monarchy from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I to the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, ... -
The Airplane: A Revolution in Warfare 1939-1945
(2012-04-01)Although the idea of aviation has existed since the dawn of time, it has only been within the past century that these ideas have been realized through the invention of the airplane. One of the airplane’s most notable ... -
The Women Who Said "Yes" To Hitler: An Examination Of Guilt In The Third Reich
(2011-04-01)The rise of the National Socialists and the horrors that followed are one of the darkest episodes of human history. Hitler?s rise to power and his subsequent acts of war and genocide are typically seen as the work of men; ... -
From Frontier Tent-Town To Crucial Trading Center: The Economic Growth of Walla Walla, Washington, From 1858 to 1900
(2011-04-01)This thesis seeks to contribute an analysis of the historical events that led to economic growth and development of Walla Walla, Washington, from the early 1800s to 1900. Various factors helped Walla Walla become established ... -
The Four Legged Homeless: A Comparative Study of Animal Control Policies between Helena, Montana and the Flathead Reservation
(2011-04-01)This paper examines the differences in the development of animal welfare in the city of Helena and the Flathead reservation from 1960 to 1975. An examination of the history of animal welfare in the United States serves as ... -
The Initial Origins And Development Of The Sugar-Beet Industry In Montana
(2011-04-01)The mythic West is often conceived of as the home of the rugged individualist making his way in a land of possibility, wide with Indians, elk, and elbow-room. However, a careful study of western history reveals that most ... -
Chinese Immigrant Spiritual Practices in Montana, 1860s-1930s
(2011-04-01)Chinese immigrants began to arrive in the United States midway through the nineteenth century. Gradually, as mining opportunities began to open, the Chinese immigrants began to move eastward into the U.S. interior to places ... -
From Budapest To The Big Sky: Two Hungarian Immigrants' Experiences Of The Hungarian Revolt Of 1956 And Its Effects
(2009-04-01)When I first heard of the Hungarian students who came to Carroll College, I was already developing an interest in the Cold War and the Soviet Union. The Cold War’s effects were felt everywhere, even during my childhood in ... -
The Rise Of Sportsmanship: The Legal Incorporation Of The Hunting Ethic Into Montana Hunting Regulations Between 1889 and 1941
(2009-04-01)This thesis seeks to explore the history of hunting within the state of Montana. This thesis will recount the massive destruction of game that occurred within the nation during the 19th century and the rise of a sportsman’s ... -
Women And The Helena Earthquakes Of 1935
(2008-04-01)The 1935 earthquakes that struck Helena, Montana, pose a great case study to examine this theory. The series of quakes began in early October of 1935 and continued into the following spring. During this period, women were ... -
A Man Called "Dutch": The Lasting Impact Of Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen On Carroll College
(2008-04-01)In August 1939, Raymond Hunthausen, or “Dutch,” as his friends knew him,* sat on the front porch of his home in Anaconda, a small copper-smelting town nestled in the southwest comer of Montana, as his father finished loading ...
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