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The Rice Historical Review published its inaugural issue in April 2016. It was launched by a group of undergraduate history majors passionate about historical research. This journal is sponsored by the Rice History Department.
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Item A Carefully Constructed History: Gregory of Tours and the Observation of Societal Shift in Merovingian Gaul(Rice University, 2018) Lucier, Oliver; Samperio, IsabelGregory of Tours, a powerful sixth French century bishop, was also an influential historian. His major work, The History of the Franks, provided a detailed account of politics and society in fifth and sixth century France. By focusing on several key passages of this text, I argue that Gregory used his position as an historian to argue for a complementary religious and political order where secular, Merovingian rulers and religious leaders worked in concert. Gregory believed that this combined order was necessary to provide security and stability in the tumultuous aftermath of the fall of Rome.Item A Forgotten Revolution: Understanding the Ghadar Movement's Impact on Indian Nationalism, Castes, and Martial Troops During World War I(Rice University, 2022) Jain, Mehek; Kelley, MichaelItem A History of Treason Law in the United States and the Questions it Fails to Answer(Rice University, 2022) Baker-Katz, Ben; Kelley, MichaelItem A Virgin Queen, But Not by Choice(Rice University, 2018) Abdow, Emily; Fritz, Anna“A Virgin Queen, But Not By Choice” explores the question of why Queen Elizabeth I never married. The essay argues that Elizabeth’s gender required her to have the full support of both her privy council and parliament to tie the knot on a marriage, which proved an impossible feat. In addition, the essay argues the debates surrounding each potential match- including fears of a Catholic suitors influence in Protestant England - were political repercussions of her womanhood. The failed courtships of Robert Dudley, Charles Archduke of Austria, and Francis, Duke of Anjou, serve as case studies that illustrate Elizabeth’s inability to proceed with any match due to divides among her councilors. Ultimately, the essay demonstrates how Elizabeth’s very virginity was a decision made by for her by her male councilors.Item Back Matter 2016 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2016) Carroll, Mary Charlotte Y.; Landsman, Rachel S.CONTENTS: Acknowledgements -- THE INAUGURAL ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS -- Additional Information -- Future ContributorsItem Back Matter 2017 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2017)CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About US -- Acknowledgements -- Future ContributorsItem Back Matter 2018 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2018)CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us -- Acknowledgements -- Future ContributionsItem Back Matter 2019 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2019)CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us -- Acknowledgements -- Featured LocationsItem Back Matter 2020 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2020)CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us -- AcknowledgementsItem Back Matter 2021 Spring Issue(Rice University, 2021)CONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us -- AcknowledgementsItem Back Matter Spring 2022(Rice University, 2022) Rice Historical ReviewCONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us --AcknowledgementsItem Back Matter Spring 2023(Rice University, 2023) Rice Historical ReviewCONTENTS: Editorial Board -- About Us --AcknowledgementsItem Becoming Brujas: Colonial Witchcraft and Historical Transgression(Rice University, 2021) Najera, Mariana; Malani, AshaItem Christabel Pankhurst: The Life and Legacy of a Suffragette Misunderstood(Rice University, 2021) Carnahan, Callie; Malani, AshaItem Consumerism, Commodification, and Beauty: Shiseido and the Rise of Japanese Beauty Culture(Rice University, 2016) Guerra, JessicaThis research focuses on the development of advertising in interwar period Japan (between World War I and World War II) and the growing prevalence of the Modern Girl. As women with a certain aesthetic were popularized through advertisement campaigns, this aesthetic was disseminated to a wider audience and incited cultural change. For the purposes of this research, the cosmetics company Shiseido and its advertisements will be used in order to illustrate the effects of one major Japanese company on the spread of the Modern Girl throughout Japan and the surrounding regions. Advertisements from an MIT database were examined from the period, and are analyzed in the following work I have attempted to gauge the prominence of the Modern Girl figure, her appearance, and various other visual factors. After conducting this project, I have concluded that Shiseido played an integral rote in the rise of Japanese beauty culture and in the spread of the Modern Girl phenomenon.Item Contested Symbols: Vichy France and the Legacy of the French Revolution(Rice University, 2019) Satterfield, Emma; Williamson, FrancesThis paper examines how Vichy, the authoritarian government in France throughout most of the Second World War, reckoned with the legacy of the French Revolution. I investigate this relationship through the regime’s treatment of four revolutionary symbols: the figure Marianne, the anthem “La Marseillaise,” the national holiday of Bastille Day, and the slogan of Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité. Because these symbols were deeply embedded in French social and political life, I argue that Vichy could neither fully reject nor embrace them; instead, it pursued a middle ground by twisting the symbols’ meanings and introducing alternatives in line with the traditionalism and ethnocentrism of its National Revolution. In doing so, Vichy attempted to replace the French Republic and the revolutionary values that it stood for with its own vision of the French past, present, and future.Item Extirpating the Loathsome Smallpox: A Study in the History and Demise of Smallpox, as Aided by Thomas Jefferson(Rice University, 2016) Durham, AnnaThis essay explores the history of smallpox variolation and vaccination with particular emphasis on the contributions of Thomas Jefferson to the spread of both methods in the United States. The research draws mainly upon contemporary histories of the disease and modern medical insights, as well as primary sources in the form correspondence between Thomas Jefferson and his contemporaries. Jefferson's motivation in performing his own experiments with variolation and vaccination becomes clear when considering his Eastern and British forerunners, and the enthusiasm with which he writes on the subject points to his emotional involvement. This research makes clear the significance of Jefferson's experiments to scientific progress and the importance of his efforts to alert the American people of the procedures' value.Item Fainting Francis or Weeping Willie: The Construction of American Perceptions of Mohammed Mossadegh(Rice University, 2020) Sellers, Allen; Marcheli, ChloeThe April 1951 election of Mohammed Mossadegh as Prime Minister of Iran and the subsequent nationalization of oil sparked a prolonged crisis that involved both the British and U.S. governments. No agreement could be reached between the British and Iranians. The crisis culminated in the joint U.S. and British effort, called Operation AJAX, which overthrew Mossadegh in August 1953. The seeds of this coup were sewn before the summer of 1953, however, and this article documents American perceptions of Mossadegh and the situation in Iran during the crisis. It contends that American ideas concerning gender, communism, and peoples of the Middle East, formed an ideology which heightened the Soviet threat, justified Anglo-American intervention, and ultimately resulted in the Eisenhower administration’s greenlighting of Operation AJAX. The changes and continuities of this American mindset are reflected in magazines, newspapers, memoirs, and government documents that span from WWII to the overthrow of Mossadegh. These reflections reveal how cultural attitudes informed perceptions of Iran and its people, which in turn shaped American attitudes and policy towards Iran.Item Free Labor through Marx's Capital(Rice University, 2017) Pemantle, Walden; Moran, MichaelFollowing the abolition of slavery or serfdom, wage labor became the norm for the laboring class of many nations. This article examines how capitalism and wage-labor replaced slavery and serfdom with other forms of coerced labor. The article uses the treatment of freedmen in Reconstruction-era Southern United States, Prussian ex-serfs in imperial Germany, and colonial subjects in German Togo as case studies to argue that government interference, commodification of labor and goods, and prioritization of surplus value (profit) each contributed to particularly coercive systems of wage labor.Item From Welcoming to Wary: The SPD's Rhetoric on the Flüchtlingspolitik(Rice University, 2016) Lim, JungbinThis paper traces the response of the SocialDemocratic Party of Germany (SPD) to the European migrant crisis in the fall of 2015. In particular, I explore the change in the party's position, which initially had pledged full support of the admission of refugees to Germany but toned down its support over the course of the fall. I discuss this development against the backdrop of the rightward shift of the SPD. I argue that a possible explanation of the change in the SPD's position is the decision of Chancellor Merkel, leader of the rival party Christian Democratic Union, to grant admission to hundreds of thousands of refugees on September 5th, 2015. Mainly based on the SPD's own publications and media coverage of the party's activities, this paper examines the shift in the language of the SPD.
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