This dissertation examines postwar state recognition of resistance during the Second World War in France from below and the margins. It focuses on the postwar commemorative politics regarding the resistance and liberation of the Mediterranean port city of Marseille, a place with…
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Progressive teachers working in Los Angeles public schools became the targets of a multi-pronged attack by anti-communist crusaders in the 1950s. This study examines the Los Angeles teacher purge as a case of formal extrajudicial punishment in which elected and appointed officia…
The impact of the Third Reich’s large-scale art thefts across Europe during World War II are still being thoroughly examined in the modern day. France, in particular, was left with some 60,000 works that were destined to be repatriated to museums, Jewish families, Jewish art col…
In this thesis the researcher discusses the implementation of force multipliers in the Prussian and German military. Originating with the wars of Frederick the Great and the geographical position of Prussia, force multipliers were key to the defense of the small state. As time c…
Günter Grass initially achieved fame as a writer with the release of his debut novel The Tin Drum in 1959. Grass used his renown as a platform to take stances in public discussions on political issues, later involving himself in election campaigns on behalf of Germany's Social D…
Independence from British rule for several colonies was not just a political and ideological phenomenon, but also spatially articulated through modernism. In India, the adoption of the International style was symbolic of a shedding of identity tied to a colonial past. Nehru, oft…
This dissertation seeks to understand Hindu nationalist perceptions regarding Indian Christianity, their approaches towards the same, and the prescriptions made to contain Christianity in India. This is done by examining the speeches and writings of three Hindu nationalist ideol…
This dissertation is an environmental history of Brazil’s large dams, the country’s principal source of electricity. Hydropower undergirded economic growth, but reservoirs left huge social and environmental footprints. The country’s biggest and most infamous dams were those buil…
This thesis utilizes academic articles and monographs to examine Nazi Germany’s academic discourse regarding the “Muslim World” between 1935—1941. I argue that prominent Nazi thinkers considered the “Muslim World” to be a rising power but disagreed whether Muslims would enable o…
The social and cultural impact of the first concert movie - The T.A.M.I. Show - manifested in innovations, disruptions, and transformations, not only in the music and movie industries, but society at large, some of which remain today. By recasting live and lively presentations o…
This study argues that the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, served as a key connective node in the early modern world which served as a site of encounter between both pilgrims and empires constructing new and contested notions of imperial power and crafting both communities…
This thesis examines and compares two small military units within the Allied forces during World War II—the Soviet Union trophy brigades and the US Army Monuments Men. Both units recruited their members from the art world and were ordered by their respective leaders to find art …
This dissertation examines a selection of texts produced in Britain from 1948 to 1988. The aim of this study is to consider how spy stories, in novels and in plays, reflect significant changes in postwar Britain. Drawing on a diverse collection of texts and writers, the followin…
After new U.S. immigration laws in 1917, 1921, and 1924 established a regime of unprecedented restriction, some advocates and migrants argued that greater administrative flexibility was needed to provide relief in hardship cases. While both liberalizers and restrictionists gener…
In France there is a special genre of popular music called chanson engagée that is explicitly socially and politically engaged. This designation poses questions about the nature of music and politics, for example: what does it mean for a music to be socially and politically enga…
This dissertation explores how our modern perspective of skill developed from the 1760s to the 1840s in Western Europe. As industrial capitalism became bolstered by changes in design, business practice, international commerce, and mechanization, skill became conceptually jettiso…
Joan Agajanian Quinn is a renowned Los Angeles art collector and journalist who established connections with various local artists. Quinn is most prominently known for her work on Andy Warhol’s Interview magazine and her relationship with well-known artists such as Ed Ruscha and…
The main argument of this dissertation is that physical culture served as a powerful means to build the nation by molding Brazilian bodies and played a key role across many decades in multiple nationalist discourses. By exploring the policies on this matter and ideas at the loca…
French haute couture is an industry that has withstood the test of time. From its inception in 1858 at Charles Worth’s innovative and groundbreaking shop, haute couture has become the most highly respected and revered segment of the fashion industry for its intimate understandin…