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Courting the Iron Horse: How the United States Exacted Limited Controls Over the Railroads in the Second World War
(Northern Illinois University, 2011)
This thesis explores the extent of US Government control over the railroads during the Second World War. The purpose of this project is to discover how much government regulation there was regarding the railroads and how ...
50 Years of Negligence: The Development of Tort Law as Viewed Through Illinois, 1850-1900
(Northern Illinois University, 2010)
The late nineteenth century (1850-1900) was a time of great change in American society, Fed by the expansion ofthe Industrial Revolution, the growth in legal doctrine matched the mechanized innovation. Tort Law, law that ...
Miltown: An American Antidepressant, 1945-1955
(Northern Illinois University, 2011)
Out of 2.4 billion drugs prescribed throughout America in 2005, antidepressants accounted for 118 million of them. Family doctor Ronald Dworkin, one of many critics of antidepressant use in America, argues that doctor's ...
A post World War I look at occupational therapy : historical, political and social aspects
(Northern Illinois University, 2012)
The rehabilitative science of Occupational Therapy (OT) has undergone extreme changes since its conception. What first began as a departure from traditional segregation and institutionalization of those with physical and ...
A Change in Policy: The Impact of the 1983 Beirut Bombing on United States Foreign Counter-Terrorism Policy
(Northern Illinois University, 2011)
This paper examines the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and its impact on United States foreign counter-terrorism policy. This research was conducted first by establishing a baseline as to what was U.S. counter-terrorism ...
Mediator, merchant, and planter : the hybrid ruling class of Union County, South Carolina in the early republic
(Northern Illinois University, 2012)
Sims from the years 1784 to 1820. I divided my project into three sections: Firstly, I examine the different characteristics of the Low County planter, the Up country yeoman farmer, and how the Sims family fit into the ...
Revolutionary anarchism in Spain : 1868-1939
(Northern Illinois University, 1988)
The paper that I have written deals with the role of Spanish Anarchists in the Popular Front during the Spanish Civil War. The ideological roots of Spanish Anarchism are examined and an effort is made to show how the ...
The history of banking and of the regulations of the banking industry
(Northern Illinois University, 1987?)
Throughout history, the United States economy has undergone periods of regulation followed by periods of deregulation. Within the past decade we have witnessed deregulation in the airline industry, the trucking industry, ...
The arts, literature, and music of the Napoleonic Age
(Northern Illinois University, 1989)
In this thesis, I have attempted to describe the arts, music, and literature of the Napoleonic Age. In doing so, I have included England, France, and Germany. In order to understand the mind and manner of Napoleon, I have ...
The parliamentary debates and controversy surrounding Oliver Cromwell's statue : England's shifting sentiments toward Cromwell's reputation 1658-1900
(Northern Illinois University, 1987)
With his death on 3 September 1658, Oliver Cromwell’s reputation began a stormy journey. During the Restoration, it reached its nadir, but slowly rose with political, economic, and social changes in the eighteenth and ...