Theses/Dissertations - History
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Item Going up Bell's Hill : a social history of a diverse, Waco, Texas, community in the industrial new south.(2018-01-22) Harvey, Sandra Denise; Baylor University.A historical study of Bell's Hill, an older section of Southwest Waco, Texas, 1885-1955, reveals a complex community characterized by social/cultural, ethnic/racial, and economic diversity. From its early history when artesian wells attracted investors, Bell's Hill became a working-class community where industries located adjacent to the nearby railroad, attracted a growing, diverse population. Once there, residents built strong social institutions and developed neighborhoods that eventually included a sense of community. Beyond the perceived image of the working-class stereotype, there existed a multifaceted community comprised of well-defined neighborhoods. By studying this community, new insight emerges about to the impact of working-class communities, such as Bell's Hill, on the overall growth of the larger, urban places of Waco, Texas, and the industrial New South during the period under study.Item An historiographical appraisal of the writings of Nicolas M. Zernov.(1976) Barrett, Roby C.; Daniel, Wallace; Baylor University.Purpose of the Study; The purpose of this study is to place the writings of Nicolas M. Zernov in their proper relationship to Russian historical and protest literature, and to provide a synthesis of Zernov's numerous publications that deal with Russian history. With the exception of the family chronicle, no work on Zernov has been published, and the chronicle does not include an analysis of his writings or the place of those writings in any Russian literary tradition. Procedure: The author examined all of the available references, both primary and secondary, which pertained to Zernov and Russian historiography. The references included Zernov's writings, both articles and books, and an interview with Zernov at Oxford in March,1975. The works on Russian historiography came, primarily from the Staatsbibliothek, the library of the Seminarfuer Geschichte Osteuropas, the library of the Seminarfuer Slavische Philologie, and the Universitaetsbibliothek Muenchen, all of which are located in Munich, West Germany. Other libraries used included those at Baylor University, Southern Methodist University,and the University of Texas at Austin. The private collections of Dr. Wallace Daniel and myself were also researched. Findings: Zernov's approach to Russian history has been basically different from that of other Russian historians. For him, the historical narrative was the medium through which he presented a moral approach to politics and socia lrelationships. Using the social and political institutions of Kiev as the ideal, Zernov compared and criticized the subsequent periods of Russian history. Zernov's descriptions reflected his consistent criticism of Western secularism and his belief in the spiritual mission of Russian Orthodoxy. Such pronouncements place Zernov squarely within the protest tradition of Russian literature. Conclusion; Zernov's writings represented a marriage of the political traditions of Western democratic liberalism and the spiritualism of the Slavophiles and Russian Orthodoxy. Zernov gave a moral and ethical interpretation of the political and social institutions of Russian history. He called for the union of Russian Orthodox spirituality and morality and the democratic political institutions of the West.Item Slavery in Texas(1933) Engelking, Johanna Rosa; Guittard, Francis G.; Baylor University.Item Utilization of prisoners of war in the United States during World War II Texas : a case study.(2018-01-22) Tissing, Robert Warren, Jr.; Baylor University.More than four hundred thousand prisoners of war were interned in the United States during World War II. Of the total number of prisoners, 87 percent were German, 12 percent Italians, and one percent Japanese. In order to accommodate these prisoners new prisoner-of-war base and branch camps were constructed throughout the country. Most of the camps were located on existing military reservations, and some were constructed strictly for the internment of prisoners of war. By April, 1945, there were one hundred and fifty base camps and over three hundred branch or temporary camps in the United States. During the war the War Department substituted the policy of maximum utilization for maximum security of the prisoners. The third section of Part III of the Geneva Convention of 1929 dealt with the employment of prisoners of war. Within the framework of the Geneva Convention rules, the War Department provided general policies and procedures for the employment of prisoner labor in military and nonmilitary projects. The extent of utilization of prisoner labor eventually resulted in millions of man-days of work in vital agricultural and nonagricultural areas. Throughout the war Texas had approximately twice as many prisoner camps as any other state. The establishment of these camps in Texas alleviated critical manpower shortages in agriculture. Over half of the forty-five thousand prisoners interned in Texas performed agricultural labor. The prisoners were well-treated and later expressed a desire to return to Texas. In addition to providing a reservoir of farm laborers the prisoner-of-war camps strengthened not only the war-time economy but also the post-war economy of the state.