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The War For Southern Minds: The Battles For Lost Cause History Books In North Carolina Schools
No full textThe United Daughters of the Confederacy set about to enshrine the ideology of the Lost Cause in the school literature of the South. Due to political upheaval in the 1890s, the Daughters had an extraordinary foundation upon which to begin their work. Throughout the following decades the Daughters fought to keep literature antithetical to their position out of schools. However, during this same time the Division had several factors hindering their work such as a reduction in numbers and a split focus. This thesis examines the beginning of the Daughters' power, major victories, and traces their decline in the literary war from the period of 1890-1976
James Bulman and the North Carolina Baptist Controversies of the Mid-Twentieth Century
No full textThis thesis examines the activities of pastor James Bulman in North Carolina during the mid-twentieth century. Bulman was a conservative Southern Baptist who responded to several controversies involving the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina. Bulman and others like him believed that the convention’s bureaucracy and educational institutions were both oppressive and liberal. Bulman responded by organizing a campaign to publicize these concerns to his fellow Baptists. His hope was to rally their support to challenge and reform the convention’s bureaucracy and educational institutions in order to restore them to traditional Baptist principles and beliefs. The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate how and why Bulman’s campaign was one of the key predecessors of the Fundamentalist Takeover of the Southern Baptist Convention and its connection to the rise of the Religious Right
American Professional Military Education, 1776-1945: A Foundation for Failure
No full textThis 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 German Movement within American professional military education from the early nineteenth century well into the twentieth century. The scientific view-a view that perceived war as a phenomenon subject to analysis, predictability, and control-was a contributing factor to the plights encountered by the American military following World War II. This was particularly true during the Vietnam War, a war unique to American experience. The paper contrasts the scientific view of war with the humanities-based approach of the German Movement and an important advocate, Carl von Clausewitz. The theories and principles advanced by General Antoine Henri Jomini during the nineteenth century were among the early embodiments of the scientific perspective of war and were the harbinger of the even more scientific and enumerated principles of war contrived by British General J.F.C. Fuller during the 1920s and 1930s. These principles remained a staple of officer professional military education in the United States until well after the Vietnam War ended, their usefulness only occasionally questioned. After World War II systems analysis supplemented the existing principles of war as another scientific tool for understanding and waging war. The paper concludes that the scientific view of war-evidenced by Jominian theories and principles, the principles of war, and systems analysis-offered American officers and senior defense officials no realistic understanding of war in its totality or an understanding of its true nature as a nonlinear phenomenon and, thus, contributed to America's inability to achieve its political and military objectives during the first several decades of the post-World War II era
WHICH NIGHT TO REMEMBER? WHY SOME MARITIME DISASTERS LIVE LONGER IN PUBLIC MEMORY THAN OTHERS
No full textThis thesis compares twelve maritime disasters from the twentieth century in order to determine why some are kept longer in public memory than others and why some are largely forgotten. No apparent correlation was found between objective statistical factors such as the size and speed of the ship, or the number of lives lost, and the strength of public memory of the ship’s loss. Detailed study of three cases (Titanic, Andrea Doria and Empress of Ireland) revealed a set of factors that help explain different levels of public memory. These include the presence of celebrities aboard sinking ships; how “impossible” it is for disaster to befall a particular ship; the countries to which the ships belonged; the prior fame of the ships involved; the consequences of their sinkings on their industry’s safety regulations; the historical context of the disasters; and political repercussions. Of these, the first two factors are the most significant to explain the level of fame certain maritime disasters hold
NORTH CAROLINA’S BLACK PATRIOTS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
No full textThis thesis explores the service of an estimated 468 black men who fought for the American cause during the Revolutionary War. Specifically, it examines those who resided in North Carolina or fought under the forces of this state. While the war largely did not fulfill its egalitarian potential for free and enslaved people of color, the armed service of these men-and their later status as veterans-brought them a mixed array of benefits. This study reveals why these men served, how they affected the war, and how their participation in the military impacted them, their families, and the larger community of people of color within North Carolina. It will show the geographic, economic, and social factors that influenced their enlistment into the Continental and militia forces of the state, as well as the ways their varied service fostered camaraderie and connections with other soldiers. It juxtaposes the ways the war failed veterans "black and white" economically with the tenuous but appreciable social gains made by North Carolina's black veterans: gains that ultimately receded as the living legacy of these soldiers disappeared. Examining these unique soldiers of North Carolina is particularly important as article and even monograph-length treatments of black soldiers in other states exist. This scholarship, specifically focusing on black Patriot soldiers in a Southern state and employing rudimentary quantitative assessments, fills a historiographical void and provides greater understanding of the plight of free people of color within early North Carolina society. Using primarily federal pension applications, troop returns, and rosters of black servicemen in the American Revolution, this thesis attempts to answer these and other questions surrounding North Carolina's black Patriots, and to provide a portrait of their thoughts and actions
The Representation of Women at Old Salem Museums and Gardens
No full textOld 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 state, and is one of North Carolina's first museums of its kind. Salem, North Carolina was a theocratic society that the Moravian Church founded and operated. One of Salem's main features was its egalitarian nature. This thesis will examine the ways that Old Salem Museums and Gardens displays the history of Salem's women, both positively and negatively. I will also attempt to offer ideas that will help to improve the museum's representation of Moravian women throughout the institution. M.A
A CONFLICT OF INTERESTS: DIVIDED LOYALTY AND MOTIVATION IN CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS FROM HYDE COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA
No full textThe Seventeenth North Carolina State Troops, Company B (Confederate) and the First North Carolina Volunteers, Company H (Union), were raised principally in Hyde County in eastern North Carolina, but fought on opposing sides of the nation's bloodiest conflict. The soldiers of the companies were divided in their loyalty by the Pamlico Sound and the role of slavery within the communities on the mainland and Outer Banks of Hyde County. As a result of these divisions, mainlanders with close ties to slavery filled the ranks of the Confederate company, while Outer Banks men with little connection to slavery enlisted in the Union company. Using quantitative and qualitative methods to examine loyalty in eastern North Carolina's coastal plain and Outer Banks reveals that the soldiers of Hyde County were divided in loyalty by their relationships to slavery and racial hierarchy but motivated throughout the war by additional demographic factors and circumstances. The mainland Confederates and Banker Federals of Hyde County were divided in loyalty by differing connections to slavery, and their military service reflects the stark divide that existed between the mainland and Outer Banks societies of coastal North Carolina during the antebellum period and the Civil War
Shedding light on dark truths : the evolution of African American history at Tryon Palace in New Bern, NC
No full textTryon Palace was home to the first royal governors of North Carolina. Today, the site is one of the most visited historic sites in the state. But what stories are visitors hearing? The historic homes and buildings at the site display local history but African Americans have only recently penetrated the interpretation. This thesis acknowledges the difficulties of displaying topics that are sensitive and emotional for many audiences while investigating the tremendous amount of African American history surrounding Tryon Palace. The town of New Bern, NC has always maintained a diverse population and African Americans have played a significant role in the town's history. Yet many are unfamiliar with this complex and unique story. This history both parallels and intersects with Tryon Palace in different eras. Using various primary and secondary sources, this thesis serves as a case study on how local African American history is interpreted at historic sites and museums. Much of the changes can be attributed to the African American Research Project, which was implemented in 1999. This endeavor created programs that brought African American history to the forefront of Tryon Palace's interpretation. M.A
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