Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937; Radio broadcasting--Social aspects
This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis of Guglielmo Marconi's wireless. Texts surrounding the invention reveal intersections between technology and society and communicate information about the wireless through tropes of progress. The wireless...
Birth control--United States--History--20th century
This thesis is an examination of the tactics used by individuals in the development of the twentieth century birth control movement. It focuses on the creation of a national organization that directed the movement throughout the United States. The...
Women--France--History--20th century; Women--Great Britain--History--20th century; Women and literature--France--History--20th century; Women and literature--Great Britain--History--20th century; Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986; Woolf, Virginia,...
This dissertation is a cross-cultural analysis of France and Great Britain during both the First World War and World War II in which Simone de Beauvoir and Virginia Woolf redefined "woman." Utilizing New Historicism, the first chapter...
Friel, Brian--Criticism and interpretation; Friel, Brian. Translations; Friel, Brian. Philadelphia, here I come; Friel, Brian. Aristocrats
This thesis is a literary examination of three plays from Irish playwright Brian Friel, Translations, Philadelphia, Here I Come! and Aristocrats , all of which feature a family of the O'Donnell name and all set in the fictional Donegal village of...
Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808. Fu sheng liu ji; Shen, Fu, 1763-ca. 1808--Criticism and interpretation; Chinese literature--Qing dynasty, 1644-1912--History and criticism; Conduct of life in literature
This study endeavored to provide a new path to understand Fusheng liu
ji (Six Chapters of a Floating Life) by Shen Fu in the middle of the Qing
Dynasty (1636-1911). Shen Fu recorded his love story with his wife Chen Yun and his life as a Chinese...
Federal aid to education; Student aid--United States; Education, Higher--United States
This thesis is a historical analysis of the role the federal government has had in the in development student aid funding in the modern public four-year higher education system. It begins with a historical overview of the rise of progressivism as a...
Identity (Philosophical concept) in art; Museum techniques; Museum exhibits--Social aspects; Museums--Social aspects
This thesis paper expands upon the aspects of identity and power explored in the exhibition that I curated, entitled "Being & Making: Artists Investigating Identity," at the Speed Art Museum. The developments on topics of identity...
First year teachers--In-service training; Teacher turnover; Teachers--Job satisfaction
Experts attribute the teacher shortage to an increase in population while others
cite the retirement of a critical mass of baby boomers who came into teaching in the mid
to late twentieth century. Other experts argue that the teaching shortage is...
Liberty--Philosophy; Enlightenment--France; Désert de Retz (Chambourcy, France); Gardens, English--France--Chambourcy
Freedom is a critical concept that helps shape the discourse of modern society and corresponding thoughts about people's private, public, cultural and spiritual lives. Standing at the fountainhead of the modern era, the Enlightenment was a critical...
Women in literature--History--19th century; Consumption (Economics) in literature; Materialism in literature; American literature--19th century--Social aspects
This dissertation examines American consumer culture and its influences on images of women created in art and literature at the turn of the twentieth century. It is divided into four substantive parts and uses the methods and theoretical approaches...
Twentieth Century Limited train on tracks near water. A building is visible on the horizon at the rear of the train. Text printed on verso reads, "The Twentieth Century Limited on the Lake Shore & New York Central lines is the fastest long...
This paper explores issues of identity and difference in art and its institutions through a historiographic study of two landmark exhibitions, "The Other Story: Afro-Asian Artists in Post-War Britain" (1989) and the 1993 Whitney Biennial....
Two-story dark brick building with long windows at the corner of Twentieth and Portland, Louisville, Kentucky. Windows on second floor have little floral details over the top. Louis Ellis' Cafe is on the bottom, serving Fortuna Whiskey and Hot Soup...
Two-story dark brick building at the corner of Twentieth and Rowan, Louisville, Kentucky. Large wooden awning on the ground floor. Painted sign on the side of the building advertises Fritz Eberle Grocery and Saloon as well as Frank Fehr's F.F.X.L.
Buildings; Stores & shops; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Street railroad tracks
One-story wooden building with dark facade at the corner of Twentieth and Walnut (now Muhammad Ali Boulevard), Louisville, Kentucky. Appears to be a grocer (no specific name given) with ads for Mother's Bread in the windows. A person can be seen in...
Buildings; Grocery stores; Signs (Notices); Advertisements; Street railroad tracks
Three-story dark brick building at the corner of Twentieth and Chestnut, Louisville, Kentucky. Curtain awning over ground floor drawn up. Ground floor houses Goetz Bros' Groceries, Meats & Vegetables. Trolley car tracks visible on the side of...
Three-story dark brick building at the corner of Twentieth and Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. On the side of the wooden awning is painted "S. Shultz's"; on the side of the building is painted "Dry Goods Notions and [Shoes?]."
Two-story light wooden building at the corner of Twentieth and Bank, Louisville, Kentucky. Shop on the ground floor is a grocer, with Confectionery Ice Cream, Country Eggs, and Dry Goods & Notions.
African Americans; African American singers; African American musicians; Nightclubs--Kentucky--Louisville; Singers; Musicians
Oral history interview with Robert Key, conducted October 25, 1977 by Robert Friedman. Mr. Key was a musician. He was born in Louisville but really launched his career in Chicago before touring as a singer. In this interview, he discusses his...
Cobblestone streets; Automobiles; Buildings; Police; People
Uniformed police officers stand next to a row of automobiles in front of the Fourth District Police Station. The invoice for this image indicates the address as Twentieth and Main Streets. The curving row of automobiles block the intersection of...
