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This dissertation explores the memorialization of labor conflict in Homestead, Pennsylvania, the Pullman neighborhood of Chicago, and Ludlow Colorado. Using contemporary archaeology methods, I compare the material remains present at each site, as well as literatures about these …

Since the death of the American poet Emily Dickinson in 1886, numerous critics and biographers have speculated about the reasons for the poet’s long and mysterious withdrawal, citing romantic disappointment, chronic illness, wartime distress, and desire for social distinction as…

This thesis explores the various methods of small-scale gardening efforts and the importance of wild and cultivated plant food to the people who have inhabited Colorado. From Arapaho and Cheyenne horticultural practices to the kitchen gardens of the American homesteader, and the…