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The Four Major Education GI Bills: A Historical Study of the Shifting National Purposes and Accompanying Changes in Economic Value to Veterans
Benefits for soldiers follow the formation of ancient and present day armies raised for the purpose of extending the national or state will. Veterans' benefits for defenders of the U.S. emerged during the American colonial period. College benefits began after WWII with the GI Bill of Rights. This study examines the variations in purpose for nationally established educational benefits for veterans and the singular value to the veterans of these 5educational benefits. The study begins with an overview of the history of veterans' benefits. Primary emphasis is then placed on the educational portion of the World War II Servicemen's Readjustment Act and the current educational benefit, the Montgomery GI Bill. As the purpose of awarding educational benefits changed from World War II to the latest U.S. war, the Gulf War of 1990-1991, the economic value to the individual veteran also changed. The WWII GI Bill featured an educational provision intended to keep returning veterans out of the changing economy whereas current GI Bills is intended as a recruiting incentive for an all-volunteer force. Correspondingly, the economic value to the individual veteran has changed. Data supporting this study were extracted from historical documents in primary and secondary scholarly studies and writings, …
Date:
December 2000
Creator:
Spaulding, Donald James
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 5, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1894
Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 6, 1894
Creator:
Hensley, T. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
The Dallas Quarterly, Volume 31, Number 4, December 1985
Quarterly publication containing genealogical information about families in Dallas, Texas and the surrounding area, including family histories, lists of records (births, deaths, registration, etc.), correspondence, and other documentation, as well as information about the activities of the Dallas Genealogical Society.
Date:
December 1985
Creator:
Dallas Genealogical Society
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Weekly Harrison Flag. (Marshall, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 17, 1868
Weekly newspaper from Marshall, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 17, 1868
Creator:
Barrett, William G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Richard Thompson Archer and the Burdens of Proprietorship: The Life of a Natchez District Planter
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In 1824 a young Virginia aristocrat named Richard Thompson Archer migrated to Mississippi. Joining in the boom years of expansion in the Magnolia State in the 1830s, Archer built a vast cotton empire. He and his wife, Ann Barnes, raised a large family at Anchuca, their home plantation in Claiborne County, Mississippi. From there Richard Archer ruled a domain that included more than 500 slaves and 13,000 acres of land. On the eve of the Civil War he was one of the wealthiest men in the South. This work examines the life of Richard Archer from his origins in Amelia County, Virginia, to his death in Mississippi in 1867. It takes as its thesis the theme of Archer's life: his burdens as proprietor of a vast cotton empire and as father figure and provider for a large extended family. This theme weaves together the strands of Archer's life, including his rise to the position of great planter, his duties as husband and father, and his political beliefs and activities. Archer's story is told against the background of the history of Mississippi and of the South, from their antebellum heyday, through the Civil War, and into the early years of Reconstruction. …
Date:
December 2001
Creator:
Hammond, Carol D.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Testing the Narrative of Prussian Decline: 1778-1806
The story of Prussia's defeat at the Battles of Jena and Auerstedt and subsequent reform has dominated the historiography of Napoleonic Prussia. While Napoleon has received the vast majority of historical attention, those who have written on Prussia have focused on the Prussian reform movement or the Prussian army's campaigns against Napoleon. These historians present the Prussian army before 1807 as an ossified relic, a hopelessly backward and rigid army commanded by a series of septuagenarians. Apart from the 1806 campaign, these scholars scarcely address the field operations of the Prussian army during the French Wars (1792-1801). This thesis seeks to prove that the Prussian army during the War of the Bavarian Succession and the War of the First Coalition was still an effective fighting force by examining the field operation of the Prussian army from 1778-1793 and the reactions of Prussian thinkers to it. The history of the Prussian army from 1778-1806 challenges the narrative of the army as a force in decline. The Prussian army struggled in the War of the Bavarian Succession, and the war revealed two of its weaknesses, the lack of light troops and an uncoordinated strategic approach. However, many of the problems of the …
Date:
December 2020
Creator:
Soefje, Ethan K
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Walling Family of Nineteenth-Century Texas: An Examination of Movement and Opportunity on the Texas Frontier
The Walling Family of Nineteenth-Century Texas recounts the actions of the first four generations of the John Walling family. Through a heavily quantitative study, the study focuses on the patterns of movement, service, and seizing opportunity demonstrated by the family as they took full advantage of the benefits of frontier expansion in the Old South and particularly Texas. In doing so, it chronicles the role of a relatively unknown family in many of the most defining events of the nineteenth-century Texas experience such as the Texas Revolution, Mexican War, Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Close of the Frontier. Based on extensive research in census, tax, election, land, military, family paper, newspaper, and existing genealogical records; the study documents the contributions of family members to the settlement of more than forty counties while, at the same time, noting its less positive behaviors such as its open hostility to American Indians, and significant slave ownership. This study seeks to extend the work of other quantitative studies that looked at movement and political influence in the Old South, Texas, and specific communities to the microcosm of a single extended family. As a result, it should be of use to those wanting a greater …
Date:
December 2016
Creator:
Cure, Stephen
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Weekly Telegraph (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 10, 1868
Weekly newspaper from Houston, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 10, 1868
Creator:
Webb, W. G.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Tri-Weekly State Gazette. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 151, Ed. 1 Friday, December 1, 1871
Tri-weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 1, 1871
Creator:
Elliott, J. D. & Thompson, V. W.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The Southern Intelligencer. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 25, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1866
Weekly newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 20, 1866
Creator:
Scott, G. R.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1867
Daily newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1867
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
The El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 7, No. 48, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 24, 1896
Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 24, 1896
Creator:
Hensley, T. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
A General Diffusion of Knowledge: Republican Efforts to Build a Public School System in Reconstruction Texas
From the early days as a Spanish colony Texas attracted settlers with the promise of cheap fertile land. During the period of Mexican control the population of Texas increased and a desire for public education manifested among the people. Through the end of the Civil War government in Texas never provided an adequate means for educating the children of the region. Even when funds became available with the Compromise of 1850 the state only established a school fund to help offset the costs of education, but did not provide a public school system. The first truly successful attempt at mass education in Texas came after the Civil War with the work of the Freedmen’s Bureau. The bureau helped the former slaves adjust to the emerging post war society through a variety of means such as education. In spite of its short existence the bureau managed to educate thousands of African Americans. By 1870 the former slaves wanted more education for their children, and Texans of all races began to see the need for a public school system. This study focuses on Republican efforts during Reconstruction to establish a public school system in Texas to meet the educational needs of its …
Date:
December 2011
Creator:
Hathcock, James A.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Daily State Journal. (Austin, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 274, Ed. 1 Friday, December 20, 1872
Daily newspaper from Austin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 20, 1872
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal, Volume 1, Number 2, December 1989
The Nesbitt Memorial Library Journal contains historical information about Colorado County, Texas including personal accounts and research into area stories.
Date:
December 1989
Creator:
Nesbitt Memorial Library
Object Type:
Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System:
The Portal to Texas History
South Carolina Leader. (Charleston, S.C.), Vol. 1, No. 11, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 16, 1865
Weekly African-American newspaper from Charleston, South Carolina that includes local, state and national news along with extensive advertising.
Date:
December 16, 1865
Creator:
Coffin, Allen
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
[News Clip: Case: Division A Category 1 Best News Cast]
Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas.
Date:
December 10, 1981
Creator:
KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Object Type:
Video
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Daily Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 5, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 21, 1869
Newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 21, 1869
Creator:
Maltby, H. A.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Black-White Relations in Texas, 1874-1896
"This thesis proposes to investigate the theory posed by Comer Vann Howard in 'The Strange Career of Jim Crow.' Woodward claims that complete physical segregation of Negroes was not legally established in the Southern states until the turn of the century. He further contends the period from Reconstruction until the 1890s was an era when Negroes participated in many activities with whites. This work investigates Woodward's theory in its applicability to Texas between 1874 and 1898. The study begins with redemption, which came to Texas in 1874 with the election of the first Democratic governor since the Civil War. The concluding year of 1896 was chosen because the last Negro to serve in the Texas Legislature ended his term that year."-- leaf [i].
Date:
December 1970
Creator:
Irvin, Bobbye Hughes
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Daily Ranchero. (Brownsville, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 100, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 23, 1866
Daily newspaper from Brownsville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 23, 1866
Creator:
Maltby, H. A. & Kinney, Somers
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Electoral Rules, Political Parties, and Peace Duration in Post-conflict States
This dissertation examines the following research question: Which types of electoral rules chosen in post-conflict states best promote peace? And are those effects conditional upon other factors? I argue that the effects are conditional upon the types of political parties that exist in the post-conflict environment. Although this explanation is contrary to scholars that speak of political parties as products of the electoral system, political parties often predate the choice of electoral system. Especially in post-conflict states, political parties play an important role in the negotiation process and hence in the design of the electoral rules. I argue that the effects of electoral rules on peace duration are mitigated by the degree to which a party system is broad (nonexclusive) or narrow (exclusive). I develop a theoretical model that led to three hypotheses focusing on the independent role that political parties play in mitigating the effects of electoral rules on peace duration. To test these hypotheses, I use the Cox proportional hazard model on 57 post-conflict states from 1990 to 2009 and had competitive elections. The empirical results show support for the main argument of this study. First, the findings show that electoral rules alone do not increase or decrease …
Date:
December 2014
Creator:
Kisin, Tatyana Tuba Kelman
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Dallas Herald. (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 12, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 7, 1867
Weekly newspaper from Dallas, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 7, 1867
Creator:
unknown
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Portal to Texas History
El Reno Democrat. (El Reno, Okla. Terr.), Vol. 8, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 30, 1897
Weekly newspaper from El Reno, Oklahoma Territory that includes local, territorial, and national news along with advertising.
Date:
December 30, 1897
Creator:
Hensley, T. F.
Object Type:
Newspaper
System:
The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Masters No More: Abolition and Texas Planters, 1860-1890
This dissertation is a study of the effects of the abolition of slavery on the economic and political elite of six Texas counties between 1860 and 1890. It focuses on Austin, Brazoria, Colorado, Fort Bend, Matagorda, and Wharton Counties. These areas contain the overwhelming majority of Stephen F. Austin's "Old Three Hundred," the original American settlers of Texas. In addition to being the oldest settled region, these counties contained many of the wealthiest slaveholders within the state. This section of the state, along with the northeast along the Louisiana border, includes the highest concentration of Texas' antebellum plantations. This study asks two central questions. First, what were the effects of abolition on the fortunes of the planter class within these six counties? Did a new elite emerge as a result of the end of slavery, or, despite the liquidation of a substantial portion of their estates, did members of the former planter class sustain their economic dominance over the counties? Second, what were abolition's effects on the counties' prewar political elite, defined as the county judge? Who were in power before the war and who were in power after it? Did abolition contribute to a new kind of politician?
Date:
December 2010
Creator:
Ivan, Adrien D.
Object Type:
Thesis or Dissertation
System:
The UNT Digital Library