This dissertation examines how voters reward politicians for the provisioning of a new service. Using new data on the expansion of access to electricity under the Tennessee Valley Authority, this study asks if voters reward politicians based on how much benefit they receive from…
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This thesis investigates three technological attributes of prehistoric pottery production in the Sequatchie Valley of southeastern Tennessee at Sites 40SQ115/40BS101, 40BS103, and 40BS107 as a means to understand the sociopolitical influences on residential populations during th…
This thesis is a case study of African American entertainment venues and vernacular music culture in Rutherford County, Tennessee from the 1860s to the 1960s. The study utilizes spatial analysis of geolocated maps to understand the social, cultural, and historical contexts of th…
The purpose of this project was to discover ways in which associate ministers from Missionary Baptist churches in Tennessee are utilized by senior pastors for the ministry of spiritual development of their congregation. The design of the project included the administration of a …
For decades, the American Civil War has captivated academics, researchers, and the inquiring U.S. citizen. The allegiances of the states have unfortunately been grouped based on geographic location such as the North vs. South. As historians have discovered, this label does not a…
This dissertation provides a comprehensive analysis of health issues among Black people in Memphis from the antebellum period through the early twentieth century. Throughout this period, slavery and Jim Crow had an inescapable effect on black Memphians’ lives. Race and gender we…
Habitat selection is an important aspect of a species' natural history, with applications specifically in the management of at-risk organisms. This study assesses habitat usage of the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) at three different spatial scales (landscape, home range…
The purpose of this project was to write a premarital counseling curriculum for Christians preparing to get remarried. In order to write an effective curriculum, seventeen Christian couples in second marriages were interviewed. Their life experiences and how they overcame the ad…
Popular narratives and public history institutions purposefully or incidentally erase Native contributions to Tennessee’s geography. However, the settlement and mapping of Tennessee was built on Native precedents. White settlers followed Native settlement patterns and early Tenn…
This thesis explores the challenges faced by rural county seats across the South as consumer and travel preferences have changed throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first century. I used the case study approach, selecting Hickman County, a rural county in Middle…
Households provide a glimpse into the everyday life of a small group of individuals. When studied systematically we can learn how households fit into the social, economic, and political systems practiced by the larger community. I explore socio-economic household status in the M…
Much has been written of the desire for authenticity. That it is a return to the first, the original, to that which is the real. And it is no surprise that such a desire plays an important role among modern evangelical Christians. In a world that often seems topsy-turvy, where t…
This thesis examines a local camp of United Confederate Veterans and their role in defining, recording, and preserving their Civil War experiences. By focusing on an individual group of Confederate veterans within a national organization totaling over 1,500 chapters, this study …
Poverty and food insecurity are two on-going issues in the world today. The objectives of the study were to analyze and prepare a profile of household poverty and food insecurity; and to explore and analyze factors affecting household food insecurity in Tennessee. One of the mor…
An increased awareness of cultural diversity by students, faculty, and administrators has been emphasized in American higher education in recent years. International education has played a major role in adding to the diversity of American college and university campuses by facil…
Every church should have as one of its core values the desire to become healthy and experience numerical growth. The mission of the church, according to Acts 1:8, is to begin where we are and then widen our vision to global capacity. Church growth and church health are very popu…
As host to the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925, Tennessee has an obvious history of conflict over religion and education. By examining white Tennessee Baptists and Methodists in the half-century leading up to the showdown in Dayton, this dissertation argues that Tennessee's…
The history of the Civil War has been a point of contention across the nation and in academia, regarding how it is remembered as well as who controlled this memory in years past. This thesis utilizes frameworks from regionalized studies of Civil War commemoration and applies it …
The 19th Amendment in America gave women the right to vote and federally protected their enfranchisement. Tennessee played a major role in the passage of the amendment by being the 36th state to ratify. During and after the suffrage movement, scholarship has explored the work of…