This thesis examines the significance of marketed visions of the future following the Second World War on the American public. Visions, predictions and forecasted depictions of the world of the future, collectively referred to as futurism, highlighted . . .

This thesis focuses on Perry Eaton Seely’s life from 1886 to 1949 and offers a discussion of his impact on deaf education in California. The first part, the written portion, will cover his activism and his goal of opening a school for the deaf in Sout . . .

Statement of Problem The history of Japantowns in Northern California is limited to a few organizations and books with very little digital content available for the general public to access. Japanese communities throughout Northern California aided in . . .

Afghans for most of recorded history have been an isolated and non-migratory people. This began to change in the late 1970’s when the government’s shift to communism and the Soviet invasion in December 1979 caused more than half of the population in A . . .

The history of the Union states during the Civil War has typically been told with an eastern emphasis. Historians have frequently dismissed or neglected California’s role in the Civil War due to the state’s great distance from the theaters of war. The . . .

The California Gold Rush is an important occurrence within the exploration of the Western Frontier, American expansion during the nineteenth century, and the development of a unique and intriguing social world in the State of California. Currently, th . . .

Over 22,000 Japanese Americans and 13,000 Chinese Americans actively served in the U.S. armed forces during the Second World War. While there are numerous historical works on the Japanese American military experience, little research has been develope . . .

The role of religion in United States History is often neglected in the teaching of eleventh grade curriculum. Leaders and individuals with religious convictions strove to improve society and influenced political and social dynamics throughout America . . .

The Berolzheimer Family Archive consists of family and technical research collections. The family collection is made of personal family manuscripts dating back to the late nineteenth century and business documents. The technical research collection co . . .

While Japanese-Americans made great contributions to the United States during the twentieth century, relatively little of their history is included in the California State Social Studies Framework. In order to better understand the injustice of World . . .