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Author:

Mcmahon, James Dennis

Title:

Built of Stone: The Family of Milton S. Hershey Constructs a Pennsylvania German Cultural Landscape

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

vernacular architecture
Hershey
cultural landscape
material culture
Pennsylvania German

File:

Download James_McMahon_final_submission.pdf

Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Simon Josef Bronner, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Anne Ayer Verplanck, Committee Member
Jeremy Plant, Committee Member

Author:

Calamia, Lynne Marie

Title:

A New Deal for Historic Preservation: The Impact of Relief Funding on the Cultural Landscape of Pennsylvania, 1932-1941

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

historic preservation
Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Pennsylvania
Colonial Revival
Pennsbury Manor
Old Economy Village

File:

Download L.Calamia_dissertation_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Anne Ayer Verplanck, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Joseph James Cecere, Committee Member

Author:

Ortmann, Susan M

Title:

"telling You Who We Are": Identity Formation on America's First Western Frontier

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

Identity
Frontier
Old Northwest
Captivity Narratives
Race
Native Americans

File:

Download Susan_Ortmann_Dissertation_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Elizabeth Jean Tisdell, Committee Member
Francis Bremer, Special Member

Author:

Lappas, Spero Thomas

Title:

A Rabid Dog, the Third Shooter, and Fifty Head of Cattle: Mythos and Logos in the Culture of American Criminal Justice

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

American Studies
Criminal Justice
Culture
To Kill a Mockingbird
The Man who Shot Liberty Valance
The Ox Bow Incident

File:

Download dissertation_final_as_of_MAY_26_2015.pdf

Committee Members:

Charles David Kupfer, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
John Rogers Haddad, Committee Member
Donald Charles Hummer Ii, Special Member

Author:

Green, Spencer Lincoln

Title:

Coming of Age in the Latter Days: Adolescent Folklore and the Paradox of Mormon Identity

Graduate Program:

American Studies

Keywords:

america
religion
mormon
LDS
adolescent
folklore
identity
coming of age

File:

Download Dissertation_GrowingUpMormon1.pdf

Committee Members:

Simon Josef Bronner, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Charles David Kupfer, Committee Member
Michael Lee Barton, Committee Member
Christopher Hollenbeak, Special Member