History Dissertations and Theses
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
The First Peoples of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Northern Mexico: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Defining the Paleoindian Period, Starr Elena Hein
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
The Persistence of Racist Violence in the Rio Grande Valley, 1921-1927, Vincent A. Larralde
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Bullet-Proof Boll Weevil: The History of Boll Weevil Eradication, Evan A. Berg
Ad Infinitum: The Bourgeois Construction of an American Lady, Miriam M. Cepeda
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Mexican Politicians and British Investors: A Symbiotic Relationship, Daliarlene Saenz
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Gulf Trade Networks and Family Ties: French Migration via New Orleans to the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1848-1881, Kristen D. Kline
Los Aleluyas: A Socio-Cultural History of the Apostolic Movement in the Rio Grande Valley, Mauro Sierra III
South Texas Media Representations of Rio Grande Valley Mexican Deportation Drives & Repatriation, 1928–1930, Evren John Turan
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Samuel Adams and John Hancock: The Relationship that Determined the Formation of America, Bruce D. Griffiths
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Aristotle, Redemption, and the Conquest of the Americas, Luis Angel Buentello
Building a History: A Case Study of Manufactured History in Texas, Gregg L. Carter
Hablando De Negocios: Three Rio Grande Valley Businesses during the Great Depression, 1929-1939, Karla A. Lira
The Origins and Development of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson's Perceptions of American Foreign Policy toward East Asia, Juan C. Razo Jr.
Through Northern Eyes: Robert E. Lee and the Northern Press, Steven D. Sheller
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Discriminacion a un martir: The ballad of Felix Longoria, Cristobal A. Carrizales
Archaeological potential of the Rio Grande Valley: A look at Brazos Island with a historical focus on the Civil War, Robin L. Galloso
The subjugation of the Texas Indians from the 17th–19th centuries, Erhard M. Vandeventer
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Women, war, and planes: Women Airforce service pilots' experience working alongside the Army Air Force during World War II, Stephanie Michelle Cavin
Tabacaleros al grito de guerra: The Mexican tobacco industry and the U.S.-Mexico War, Jorge A. Hernandez
Racial intolerance during the California Gold Rush, Raul David Lopez
Landslide: The 1984 presidential election, Colin J. Newton
Liberty, equality, indebtedness: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the problem of debt in a revolutionary age, Martha Salazar Cantu
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
A historical analysis of the reasoning and rationale behind the federal prohibition of marijuana, Carlos Caro
Tejanos and the Texas Revolution: Their reaction to the Centralist threat, Michael Marino
"Yes, we are Latino women but very proud to have serve[d] our country": Ethnic Mexican women's contributions to World War II, Laura L. Oviedo
Manuel Guerra and the politics of Starr County, Texas 1880-1920, Jesus Perez
From Laredo to Matamoros: The Constitutionalist Battles Along the Rio Grande 1913-1914, Jesus Ramos
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
La Gente de Migración y Acción: African Americans in Revolutionary Mexico 1880–1929, Alfredo Aguilar
San Juan and its role in the transformation of the Rio Grande Valley, Roseann Bacha-Garza
U.S. Jazz in The 1950s, Amanda Canales
Shifting Policies of Educational Desegregation and Its Effects on The Resegregation of The Aldine Independent School District, Tonya Elisette Juarez
The Llano Grande Grant: The Transformation of Land Ownership in The Rio Grande Valley, 1749-1910, Maria G. Vallejo
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
A history of labor degradation on the border, Hidalgo County, Texas, 1920-1970s, Edward David Avila
African Slavery in Colonial Veracruz: The Factors that Aided its Creation and Expansion, Veronica Nohemi Duran
"Aliens Say What Humans Can't": Popular Culture and Totalitarianism in "The Twilight Zone", Lisa M. Howell
The Image of The American Revolutionary Soldier and The Problem of Historical Memory, Stephanie N. Powelson
Walking Out: The Success of The Edcouch-Elsa Student Walkout of 1968 Through The Media, David Robles
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
First Mover: Otto Struve and The Use of Scientific Capital in Astrophysics, 1921–1950, Erik Paul Norquest
Twelve: Race and gender representations in Hidalgo County petit jury selections, 1950–1960, Rene Rios
French-born settlers in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, 1821-1900 : immigration, influence, integration and identity, Olivier Schouteden
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Texas Rangers to Border Patrol the shift in border security in the 1920's: The legacy of undemocratic and often violent origins, Rodolfo Arriaga
Chief Lawyer of the Nez Perce: Reassessing the career of a cultural broker, Daniel R. Gibbs
The impact of Caesar Augustus on Roman trade, William Edwin Wilson
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Armor during WWII: The defeat of the superior Panther, Phillip D. Clark
Slavery and The Constitution: A Study As To How Constitutional Principles Were Used As The Primary Instrument In The Legal Protection and Propagation of Slavery, Jose Juan Guajardo
Conflict Between The National Park Service and The Bureau of Indian Affairs in The Glacier Region of Montana, 1896–1934, Renee A. Rodriguez
The Reevaluation of Dwight Eisenhower and Bernard Law Montgomery, David Allen Warden
Theses/Dissertations from 2006
From Death Valley to the Río Grande Valley: World War II and Korean War prisoners of war, Juan David Coronado
Federico González Garza: A vanished hero of the Mexican Revolution, Mario A. Ferron
Run, Chicano, Run: Efraín Gutiérrez, in search of the individual within Chicano cinema, Fred Garcia
“Let every one of us take his gun and put himself in the ranks”: The Louisiana Native Guard's defiance of antebellum ideas of gender and race, 1861–1863, Jeremy B. Taylor
Theses/Dissertations from 2005
The Matamoros “drug cult” murders: Borderland perceptions and the shaping of belief, Victor Gomez
Ethnic conflict in South Texas: 1860–1930, Alberto Rodriguez
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
“Yours for the salvation of Mexican people”: Race, identity, and the growth/decline of Mennonite brethren missionary efforts in south Texas, 1937–1971, Felipe Hinojosa
The Hispanic image reflected in post-war Texas films: From Jennifer Jones to Jennifer Lopez, Monique James
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
African American fugitive slaves and freemen in Matamoros, Tamaulipas, 1820–1865, John C. Gassner
Theses/Dissertations from 2002
Troubled waters: A reprisal of sea power and maritime importance in the turbulent years of the Texas revolt, Andrew Reynolds Galloway
Theses/Dissertations from 2001
Military activities in Matamoros during the Mexican Revolution, 1910–1915, Sonia Hernandez
Theses/Dissertations from 2000
Mexican American Baptists' dependency on Anglo Baptist institutions in south Texas: A case study in Bee County, Richard Carrera
Evangelical Episcopalians and the Church of Jesus in Mexico, 1857–1906, John Steven Rice
The American Board's single missionary women in American Indian missions, 1810–1860, Lisa Jacqueline Travis
Theses/Dissertations from 1999
Abraham Lincoln: Strategist of Union victory, Rolando Avila
The Texas Republic and the Mormon Kingdom of God : the attempt to establish a theocratic nation in the Texas - Mexico borderlands in 1844, Michael Van Wagenen
Theses/Dissertations from 1998
Intermarriage in Hidalgo County, 1860-1900, Ana Cristina Downing de De Juana
John H. Shary and the promotion and development of Hidalgo County land, 1912-1930, Sylvia Zulema Silva-Bewley
Theses/Dissertations from 1997
The disposable Mexican: Operation Wetback 1954, the deportation of undocumented workers in California and Texas, Sylvia Cavazos
Theses/Dissertations from 1992
Towards a revision of the history of Southern Plains-New Mexico relations: Lipan Apaches and Southern Plains ecology, 1500-1720, William Carter
Theses/Dissertations from 1988
The Vietnam escalation: Decision making in the Johnson administration, Arnoldo Tadeo Zarate
Theses/Dissertations from 1984
Indian and Spanish-Mexican cultural influence in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, Juanita Elizondo Garza
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
The Mexicans' and Mexican-Americans' contribution to the development of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas and its citrus industry, Camilo A. Martinez Jr.
Professional baseball in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, 1949-1961, Mark Lynn Paschall
Theses/Dissertations from 1978
Gold in the Gulf: a history of the Rio Grande Valley shrimp industry, Thomas M. Blackwell
Theses/Dissertations from 1977
The New Deal Public Works Programs and Mexican-Americans in McAllen, Texas, 1933-36, Irene Ledesma
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
The cultural development of McAllen, Texas, Sue Etchison Newman
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Background to banditry in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas: 1900 to 1912, Rodolfo Rocha