Rice Historical Review Spring 2016 Inaugural Issue

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The Rice Historical Review is a research journal designed to showcase outstanding scholarly works produced by Rice University's undergraduate students. It published its first issue in the spring of 2016.

Table of Contents

—Front Matter (PDF | 1.916 MB)

—The Blockade of Leningrad & the Mixed Results of Sovietization (PDF | 5.6 MB)

by Dane Burrough

—Extirpating the Loathsome Smallpox: A Study in the History and Demise of Smallpox, as Aided by Thomas Jefferson (PDF | 5.8 MB)

by Anna Durham

—Consumerism, Commodification, and Beauty: Shiseido and the Rise of Japanese Beauty Culture (PDF | 6.0 MB)

by Jessica Guerra

—From Welcoming to Wary: The SPD's Rhetoric on the Flüchtlingspolitik (PDF | 6.5 MB)

by Jungbin Lim

—Preserving the Spirit of National Parks: The U.S. Army in Yellowstone (PDF | 5.8 MB)

by Tim Wang

—Back Matter (PDF | 609.5Kb)

For complete issue of Rice Historical Review Inaugural Issue, visit archive website

Editorial Board

Mary Charlotte Y. Carroll, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Rachel S. Landsman, Co-Editor-in-Chief
Ephraim Griffith, Managing Editor
Roger Liang, Assistant Managing Editor
Christina Hahn, Director of Publishing
Monica Melendez, Director of Media and Technology
Katie Beiter, Director of Copy Editing

Faculty Review Board

Dr. Lisa Spiro | Historical Review Faculty Advisor | Executive Director of Digital Scholarship Services
Dr. Lisa Balabanlilar | Associate Professor of History | South Asia, Ottoman Empire, Islamic World
Dr. John Boles | William P. Hobby Professor of History | America and the South, Rice
Dr. Peter Caldwell | Samuel G. McCann Professor of History | Modern Germany, Europe, Political Thought
Dr. Nathan Citino | Associate Professor | US and Middle East
Dr. Randal Hall | Associate Professor of History | American, Economic, Environmental
Dr. Alida Metcalf | Chair of the History Department | Colonial Latin America, Brazil
Dr. Kerry Ward | Associate Professor of History | World and African
Dr. Hicham Safieddine| Copy Editing Consultant

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    Consumerism, Commodification, and Beauty: Shiseido and the Rise of Japanese Beauty Culture
    (Rice University, 2016) Guerra, Jessica
    This 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.
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    From Welcoming to Wary: The SPD's Rhetoric on the Flüchtlingspolitik
    (Rice University, 2016) Lim, Jungbin
    This 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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    Preserving the Spirit of National Parks: The U.S. Army in Yellowstone
    (Rice University, 2016) Wang, Tim
    As the flagship U.S. National Park, Yellowstone,throughout its administrative history, has set many precedents for park management policies and practices across the United States. This essay examines the period of administration of the park by the United States Army from 1886 to 1916, which was especially formative for Yellowstone. The army reversed the trend of ineffective leadership in administering the park. The policies enacted during that period — regarding nature, wildlife, and tourism management — laid the groundwork for the administration of Yellowstone. In turn, many of these best practices were adopted by subsequent national parks. Most importantly, the army's work served as a major factor in the very preservationof the national parks system. Therefore, the park administration by the United States Army left a lasting legacy that is still evident in both Yellowstone and many other national parks today.
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    Front Matter 2016 Spring Issue
    (Rice University, 2016) Carroll, Mary Charlotte Y. ; Landsman, Rachel S.
    CONTENTS: About the Rice Historical Review -- Founding Editorial Board -- Faculty Board -- Welcome from the Editors -- Table of Contents
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    Back Matter 2016 Spring Issue
    (Rice University, 2016) Carroll, Mary Charlotte Y.; Landsman, Rachel S.
    CONTENTS: Acknowledgements -- THE INAUGURAL ISSUE CONTRIBUTORS -- Additional Information -- Future Contributors
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    Extirpating the Loathsome Smallpox: A Study in the History and Demise of Smallpox, as Aided by Thomas Jefferson
    (Rice University, 2016) Durham, Anna
    This 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.
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    The Blockade of Leningrad & the Mixed Results of Sovietization
    (Rice University, 2016) Burrough, Dane
    The Siege of Leningrad, a joint German-Finnish operation during World War II, lasted for 880 days and took the lives of a large number of the citizens of the city. The city was entirely cut off from the rest of the Soviet Union, causing mass starvation that was far deadlier than the military operations of the siege. Many scholars have argued that the Second World War served as the catalyst to fully "Sovietize" the populations of the various Soviet Republics. Examining primary sources from the siege, this paper explores the extent to which that process of Sovietization actually occurred in Leningrad and how the unique experiences of the blockade imprinted on the citizens a sense of independence from the greater Soviet state.