The second publication of Davidson History Journal includes work from the 2017-2018 academic school year. The editorial staff would like to thank Davidson’s History Department, all contributors, and the publication’s adviser, Dr. John Wertheimer, for their assistance in creating this volume.
CROSSING BORDERS, RAISING VOICES: SIKH HOLY PLACES IN PAKISTAN by Catherine Cartier ’20
CAUGHT IN THE CROSSFIRE: CIVILIANS DURING THE BATTLE OF OKINAWA, APRIL-JUNE 1945 by Patrick Casey ’20
GOOD WIFE, WISE LABORER: CONTROLLING IMAGES AND JAPANESE WOMEN’S LABOR IN MEIJI JAPAN by Abbey Corcoran ’19
PRESSING PAWS ON A WHITE HOUSE TRADITION by Cassie Harding ’20
FILLING A “GAP OF NATURE”: CLEOPATRA AND THE ELEMENTS by Léonie Kirchgeorg ’19
LORD CROMER IN EGYPT: AUTHORITARIANISM IN LIBERAL GARB by Nick Lobo ’20
MOTHERHOOD IN FARM SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PHOTOGRAPHS, 1936-1940 by Sophia Nissler ’21
THE STORY OF A SOUTHERN STATE IN THE UNION: MARYLAND IN 1860 AND 1861 by Jack Sheehy ’21
LAGGING BEHIND: TRADITION AND THE PREVALENCE OF THE WESTERN CANON IN DAVIDSON HUMANITIES SYLLABI FROM THE 2000S by Addie Woods ’21
ALEX KATZ: THE MERITS OF CONSISTENCY by Caroline Yarbrough ’19
