Degree Discipline

War-Time Politics: the Presidential Election of 1864 (open access)

War-Time Politics: the Presidential Election of 1864

This thesis describes the circumstances surrounding the presidential election of 1864, including the Civil war and the divided Republican party.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Lindley, Melba S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846 (open access)

Silas Wright and the Anti-Rent War, 1844-1846

This thesis describes the history surrounding Silas Wright and the anti-rent agitation in New York during the 1840's.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Pendleton, Eldridge H.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dostoevsky and the Irresistible Idea (open access)

Dostoevsky and the Irresistible Idea

The primary goal of this paper is to investigate the phenomenon of a dream, a desire, or an idea transpiring in the thoughts of an individual, growing in importance to the individual, and finally becoming an idée fixe, or irresistible idea, which cannot be suppressed by the individual. The investigation will be concerned with the two of Dostoevsky's heroes who best exemplify the phenomenon.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Jones, Kenneth R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Expeditions of Narcio Lopez and the South, 1850-1851 (open access)

The Expeditions of Narcio Lopez and the South, 1850-1851

This thesis relates the expeditions of General Narcio Lopez in 1850-1851, and the influence he had in the southern United States.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Simpson, John E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Epic Strain in Joseph Conrad (open access)

The Epic Strain in Joseph Conrad

This thesis will attempt to show that the three major works of Conrad's middle period -- Nostromo, The Secret Agent, and Under Western Eyes -- are essentially literary epics.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Witt, Dorothy
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of the Journalists during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson (open access)

The Role of the Journalists during the Presidency of Andrew Jackson

This thesis examines the role of the "kitchen cabinet" established by Andrew Jackson during his presidency, and which primarily consisted of experienced journalists.
Date: January 1968
Creator: Downing, Clayton W.
System: The UNT Digital Library