British Opponents of the Great War (open access)

British Opponents of the Great War

The intensely divided but vocal minority that denounced Great Britain's declaration of war in 1914 and decried Britain's continuance in the war illustrated both the strengths and weaknesses of their nation's politics and the impotence of dissent against a majority united in arms.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Odom, Sue Kirby
System: The UNT Digital Library
Limitations of Hungarian National Power in World War Two (open access)

Limitations of Hungarian National Power in World War Two

This study covers a period of a quarter of a century of Hungarian history, focusing on questions that affected the country's World War Two participation. It invokes the aid of value forming principles in order to reach conclusions. Its guiding principles relate to political theory affecting international relations.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Novak, Emilian E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hawthorne's Romantic Transmutation of Colonial and Revolutionary War History in Selected Tales and Romances (open access)

Hawthorne's Romantic Transmutation of Colonial and Revolutionary War History in Selected Tales and Romances

The purpose of this thesis is to examine in selected tales and romances Hawthorne's intent and the effectiveness of his transmutation of American colonial and Revolutionary War history in his fiction. This study examines the most important of Hawthorne's original sources. While indicating the relationship between fictional and historical accounts as necessary to a study of Hawthorne's romantic transmutation of history, this thesis further investigates Hawthorne's artistic reasons for altering events of the past.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Clayton, Lawrence R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865 (open access)

Confederate Texas: A Political Study, 1861-1865

"No adequate history of the activities of the Texas state government during the Civil War has been written. Instead this phase of state history has been treated only in a limited manner in general state and Civil War histories. A history of the state government's functions and role during this period is essential to understanding Texas' development as a state and its place in the Confederacy. This work is an attempt to provide such a history. A study of the internal political affairs of Texas during the war years, this work begins with the movement toward secession and ends with the collapse of the state government and the establishment of military rule in Texas. Emphasis has been placed on revealing how the state government attempted to cope with the numerous problems which the war engendered and the futility of these attempts." -- p.iii
Date: August 1969
Creator: Ledbetter, Billy D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The South in Faulkner's Novels: Myth and History (open access)

The South in Faulkner's Novels: Myth and History

The purpose of this paper is to view Faulkner's use of history from a different perspective by examining in detail the myths and historical facts with which Faulkner dealt. First, several of the prevailing myths about the Old South and the Civil War will be examined. Second, the actual historical facts will be compared and contrasted with legendary tradition. Third, and most important, several of Faulkner's works will be examined to show how he uses both the myths and historical facts to create his own "legend" of the South. Finally, Faulkner's view of the New South will be examined.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Lee, Barbara Yates
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Critical Introduction to the Proletarian Novels of Alan Sillitoe (open access)

A Critical Introduction to the Proletarian Novels of Alan Sillitoe

This study seeks to analyze each of Sillitoe's proletarian novels as a separate artistic endeavor, to study each in terms of its critical reception, plot, theme, characterization, setting, and style.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Boyd, Ronald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Indian Figure in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans and William Gilmore Simm's The Yemassee (open access)

The Indian Figure in James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans and William Gilmore Simm's The Yemassee

Though it is important to establish the authenticity of Cooper's and Simm's thematic and historical Indians, it is more important to show that the writers were accurate in their delineation of the customs, personalities, and thoughts of the Indian tribes represented in the two books.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Maness, Ella Mae
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Sino-Indian Border Confrontation of 1962 (open access)

The Sino-Indian Border Confrontation of 1962

This thesis presents a brief history of the Sino-Indian relations, and describes the issues leading up to the border dispute between China and India in 1962.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Wah, Wun Kin
System: The UNT Digital Library
Evolution of the Executive Offices of the Continental Navy (open access)

Evolution of the Executive Offices of the Continental Navy

This study consists of five chapters. Chapter 1 is a study of the motives and intent of Congress in creating a navy. Chapters 2 and 3 examine the operations conducted by the Marine Committee, Chapter 2 being devoted to its early operations and Chapter 3 to its later operations. Chapters 4 and 5 examine, in turn, the work of the Board of Admiralty and the Agency of Marine.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Prather, Charles T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Tennessee Williams as a Social Critic (open access)

Tennessee Williams as a Social Critic

The purpose of this study is to examine the social criticism of Williams by careful analysis of six of his full length plays: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Camino Real, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Suddenly Last Summer, and The Night of the Iguana. After the analyses of the plays, the final chapter of this study will deal with the playwright's comments on specific aspects of the social order and will not be confined to the six major plays under consideration.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Peterson, Janet M.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dostoyevsky: a Resource for Modern Youth (open access)

Dostoyevsky: a Resource for Modern Youth

This thesis looks at two questions regarding the teaching of Fyodor Dostoyevsky's works in high school and junior college: which of Dostoyevsky's works should be used, and what materials in those works selected should one consider most necessary for emphasis in the actual teaching of the works.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Porcher, Robert D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Role of History in Kenneth Roberts' Novels (open access)

The Role of History in Kenneth Roberts' Novels

The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate Kenneth Roberts' transmutation of American history into living literature. This examination will cover the following novels: Arundel (1929), The Lively Lady (1931), Rabble in Arms (1933), Captain Caution (1934), Northwest Passage (1937), Oliver Wiswell (1940), and Lydia Bailey (1947).
Date: January 1969
Creator: Harris, F. Janet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Significant Parallels in the Heroes of John Dryden and Lord Byron (open access)

Significant Parallels in the Heroes of John Dryden and Lord Byron

This thesis includes a study of common historical and biographical elements in the lives of Dryden and Byron, a comparison of the literary principles and achievements of Dryden and Byron, a study of the concept of the hero, and a comparison of the heroes of Dryden and Byron.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Kennelly, Laura B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Major Problems of Thailand Economic Development (open access)

Major Problems of Thailand Economic Development

This study is an attempt to examine the major problems of economic development in Thailand. It attempts to analyze the important role of both non-economic and economic factors in the development of the country.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Nimmolrat, Aneck
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Lyric Folkore of American Youth Culture of the Sixties (open access)

The Lyric Folkore of American Youth Culture of the Sixties

The purpose of this study is to survey the song lore of the American youth culture, beginning with the rock Int roll era of the fifties, treating the topical-folksong movement of the early sixties, and finally focusing upon the folk-rock genre that resulted from an amalgamation of the two forms of expression. In addition to the art of folk rock and the cultural values reflected in the lyrics, attention will be given to the folk aspects of the performance, the life-style of the performer, and the participation of the youth as a cultural group.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Hickman, Jerry F.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Elements of the Byronic Hero in Captain Ahab (open access)

Elements of the Byronic Hero in Captain Ahab

This study of the elements of the Byronic hero in Herman Melville's Captain Ahab includes a look at the Byronic hero and Byron himself, the Byronic hero and the Gothic tradition, the Byronic hero and his "humanities," and the Byronic hero and Prometheus-Lucifer.
Date: May 1969
Creator: Howard, Ida Beth
System: The UNT Digital Library
Whig Influence Among the Texas Redeemers 1874-1895 (open access)

Whig Influence Among the Texas Redeemers 1874-1895

"This study is interested primarily in the political and economic philosophies which motivated the men who came to power in Texas following the overthrow of the Reconstruction regime, and which dominated the public affairs of the state during those years. It approaches the problem from the viewpoint of the positions of various individuals regarding the more prominent issues of the day, both state and national. The concentrates on the administrations of five governors of Texas and the tenures of five members of Congress. These men are viewed in relation to the times, and Texas is observed in light of its peculiar problems and its relation to the United States as a whole." -- leaf iv.
Date: August 1969
Creator: McLeod, Joseph A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Political Potential of the Negro in Houston, Texas (open access)

The Political Potential of the Negro in Houston, Texas

"The major problem that motivated this study is the fact the Negro in Houston, 1969 does not have any real political power although the potential for such power exists. The major purpose of this study is to seek answers to the following questions. First does the Houston Negro have any real political potential under the present system; if he does, what can he do with it? Second, why are there such wide gaps between the number of Negroes who are eligible to vote and the number that registered to vote and between those who registered and those who actually voted in Houston? The third question is in what election has the Houston Negro demonstrated his greatest political interest and why? And finally, is the politics of Houston based on race or economics?" -- leaf v.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Bluiett, Calvin C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Directed Reading toward Self-Understanding for Adolescents: a Teacher's Guide (open access)

Directed Reading toward Self-Understanding for Adolescents: a Teacher's Guide

This thesis provides annotations for contemporary adolescent novels for the purpose of serving as a guide for English teachers in the individual selection of novels for outside reading by adolescents in grades nine, ten, eleven, and twelve.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Pearce, Gloria Nadene
System: The UNT Digital Library
The "Public Image" of George Wallace in the the 1968 Presidential Election (open access)

The "Public Image" of George Wallace in the the 1968 Presidential Election

The intention of this study is to examine the public image of George Wallace in the 1968 presidential campaign from its earliest inception to its general acceptance and at the same time, to determine if this image contributed to his defeat at the polls. The study will seek to be an interpretative rather than exhaustive historical research summary and will attempt to view Wallace's image from as an objective posture as possible.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Rasberry, Robert W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparison of Male and Female Teachers' Approval and Disapproval Interactions with Children (open access)

A Comparison of Male and Female Teachers' Approval and Disapproval Interactions with Children

This study was designed to determine the relationships between three variables in fifth- and sixth-grade classroom verbal interactions. These variables include sex of teacher, sex of pupil, and approval/disapproval interactions between teacher and pupil.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Gage, Jimmy Allen
System: The UNT Digital Library
Maxwell Anderson : Preparation, Methods, and Views in Musical Comedy (open access)

Maxwell Anderson : Preparation, Methods, and Views in Musical Comedy

Even before he became a playwright, Maxwell Anderson developed a belief in the right of the individual to determine his own fate, and a hatred for anything that hampered that right. He never faltered in that belief. Thus, most of his plays have themes concerned with the evils of the abuse of governmental power and the social injustice that is the result of such abuse. It is the purpose of this thesis to study those beliefs as they were developed throughout severl preceding plays and as they were finally expressed in both Anderson's musicals, Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Lost in the Stars (1949).
Date: January 1969
Creator: Garlington, Donia
System: The UNT Digital Library
Russia and the Balkan Wars (open access)

Russia and the Balkan Wars

This thesis is a study and evaluation of Russian foreign policy in the Balkan Wars, 1912-13. Its primary purpose is to seek out and define the goals and aspirations of Russian diplomacy at this time and evaluate them in terms of success or failure.
Date: January 1969
Creator: Johnson, William Conley
System: The UNT Digital Library
Mask-Veil Imagery in Hawthorne's Fiction (open access)

Mask-Veil Imagery in Hawthorne's Fiction

The purpose of this study is to determine, by a chronological review, the evolution of the mask-veil symbol as a device in Hawthorne's fiction and to ascertain its relevancy as a concrete manifestation of the abstract idea it betokens.
Date: August 1969
Creator: Wyatt, Doris Chapman
System: The UNT Digital Library