"The purpose of this study was to show the position of Texas in the relations between the United States and Mexico from 1876 to 1910. With this thought in mind, the general problem has been to link the two countries through Texas. The Texas border relations between the United States and Mexico during this period were interesting because they showed the continued success of the efforts of the past years in building up better principles of settlement. " --leaf 129

In recent decades there has been a great deal of scholarly and scientific work examining both the impact and the transmission of trauma. The focus of this thesis is the transmission of the trauma of genocide and large-scale historical traumas, specifically that seen in the Holocaust and the missionization of the California Indians in the 18th century. Through the analysis of the autobiographical narratives composed by three generations of Holocaust survivors, as well as one composed by a later generation descendant of the California Mission Indians, I argue that silence is not only a manifestation of trauma but also a tool of its transmission. I further argue that when this silence is broken and the stories are told we begin to see a shift in the traumatic memory away from re-traumatizing the later generations and toward preserving an accurate historical memory without the significant psychological cost to the later generations. / Includes bibliography. / Thesis (M.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, 2016. / FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection

La présente recherche porte sur le cannibalisme comme fantasme de création, et même d'autocréation, à partir de trois cas de figure empruntés à la littérature (Les chants de Maldoror de Lautréamont), au cinéma (Otesanek de Jan Svankmajer) et au fait divers (l'oeuvre criminelle d'Edmund Kemper). On s'y intéresse prioritairement au sujet (le narrateur/scripteur Maldoror, le monstre Otik, le tueur en série Kemper) qui, préoccupé de réaliser sa propre mise en scène, recourt au cannibalisme avec le dessein avoué de faire acte de création. Il est à noter que le cannibalisme étant essentiellement défini comme un fantasme par nombre de théoriciens, tels Green, Pontalis ou Pouillon, l'oeuvre du créateur cannibale devient la transposition imagée d'un scénario extrêmement précis, comme on le voit dans le cas du tueur, du réalisateur ou du poète s'appliquant à raconter les événements sous forme de « scènes théâtrales ». Le récit qui s'élabore -à partir d'éléments réels ou fantasmés s'articule autour de l'avidité orale et du rapport ambigu à la mère, de la sexualité liée à la violence, de la révolte contre l'autorité et du désir de toute-puissance, de la remise en cause de la filiation et du fantasme d'auto-engendrement. Si cette étude s'inspire principalement de travaux psychanalytiques, un détour par l'anthropologie s'avère essentiel, ne serait-ce que pour arriver à l'unique point de convergence des deux approches. Constatant la disparition progressive du cannibalisme effectif, les chercheurs s'entendent pour repousser le cannibalisme dans un ailleurs, mythe ou fantasme. Ce faisant, ils oublient les cas -peu nombreux, mais révélateurs -relevés par la psychiatrie et la criminologie. L'intérêt d'étudier les témoignages et les biographies de tueurs cannibales ne saurait tenir à l'espoir de trouver un cannibalisme plus brut ou plus authentique, mais de comparer leurs récits avec d'autres représentations du cannibalisme, une occasion d'éprouver l'affirmation de Green voulant que la réalité du cannibalisme soit la possibilité de faire passer dans le réelle fantasme qui le sous-tend. Alors que les criminologues considèrent que le tueur cannibale appartient au type des meurtriers sadiques, les psychanalystes classent les activités sexuelles déviantes comme le cannibalisme, le sadisme ou la nécrophilie parmi les perversions sexuelles. Plusieurs auteurs (McDougall, Stoller, Balier) mettent en évidence l'importance chez le pervers d'élaborer une mythologie sexuelle privée, indispensable à la sauvegarde du plaisir érotique, qui prend directement sa source dans la représentation fantasmatique de la scène originaire. Si le désir d'être le témoin privilégié de sa propre conception répond du narcissisme du sujet, le fantasme de pouvoir annuler cette scène, qui obéit aux lois de l'ontogenèse et de la phylogenèse, pour en concevoir une nouvelle, à la mesure de son ambition, révèle la présence d'un incommensurable sentiment de toute-puissance. C'est finalement en créant une oeuvre singulière que les auteurs entendent immortaliser leur génie dans un désir d'éternité narcissique (Anzieu), et ce, dans un rapport de réciprocité puisqu'il s'agit, comme l'écrit Blanchot à propos de Lautréamont, d'une création qui va les créer pour qu'ils puissent la créer. La problématique de la création cannibale se déploie ainsi à partir des lieux privilégiés où se joue le désir du sujet pervers: la scène de la sexualité, qu'il parvient à réinventer à partir de sa propre représentation des rapports entre les sexes et de sa conception de l'origine du désir, manifestation d'une oralité triomphante; la scène des origines, où il nie le rôle de ses géniteurs dans une tentative ultime de devenir l'unique auteur de ses jours; la scène de l'oeuvre, réalisée après le vol du pouvoir procréateur tantôt de la femme, tantôt des parents, tantôt de Dieu, qui peut seule apporter au sujet le sentiment de se survivre. Enfin, on pourra dépister dans ce désir d'omnipotence narcissique du créateur cannibale, auquel se lie un fantasme d'immortalité, la figure de l'artiste moderne. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Cannibalisme, Création, Perversion, Svankmajer, Lautréamont, Kemper.

Frederic Woodman Root was a vocal pedagogue and writer of the late nineteenth century. He wrote over eighteen books on vocal pedagogy, and numerous articles on singing. Since his death, most of his works have fallen into obscurity. The purpose of this document was to codify the vocal pedagogy of Frederic Woodman Root, discussing his particularly thorough methodology, and to bring his methods back into the public eye. His method is broken down into the various components of basic musicianship, the General Principle, the Three Vowel Forms, registers, breathing, and agility. Examples from Root's exercises are included and discussed.

This study analyzes the procedures and operations of the Quartermaster, Ordnance, Commissary, and Medical Departments during Scott's campaign to determine the efficiency of the prevailing logistical system. Unpublished and published government documents, official records, manuscript collections, memoirs, diaries, and newspapers provide the data. The first chapter describes the logistical departments interworkings; the remaining chapters detail the operations of the bureaus during the expedition's assembly and campaign against Mexico City. The evidence revealed organizational deficiencies which caused severe shortages, particularly in transportation, for Scott's army. The shortages severely hampered the expedition. Because of .the numerous victories over 'Mexican forces, however,. American leaders ignored the organizational deficiencies, These shortcomings reappeared to .impede operations during the Civil War.

The American movement to acquire the region known as Texas has "been the subject of countless monographs and journal articles. Although the literature on the Texas movement is voluminous, no historian has produced an interpretive synthesis based on that literature and the extant documentary sources. This work is intended "to fill that void "by offering speculative analysis as well as a chronological narrative on the total movement. The scope of this work is comprehensive. It traces the American government's handling of the Texas issue from 1819—-the year President James Monroe agreed to drop the American claim to Texas in the Adams-Onis treaty—through 1845—the year President James K. Polk signed a congressional resolution granting Texas statehood. Throughout these years the countervailing political forces of antebellum America had more influence on the government's Texas position than did diplomatic considerations. Consequently, the theme of this dissertation is that the American movement to acquire Texas was primarily a political movement. Indeed, the Texas Republic became an American state only when the annexation issue became inextricably linked with the party trammels and political philosophies of Jacksonian America.

Oran Milo Roberts was at the center of every important event in Texas between 1857 and 1883. He served on the state supreme court on three separate occasions, twice as chief justice. As president of the 1861 Secession Convention he was instrumental in leading Texas out of the Union. He then raised and commanded an infantry regiment in the Confederate Army. After the Civil War, Roberts was a delegate to the 1866 Constitutional Convention and was elected by the state legislature to the United States Senate, though Republicans in Congress refused to seat him. He served two terms as governor from 1879 to 1883. Despite being a major figure in Texas history, there are no published biographies of Roberts. This dissertation seeks to examine Roberts's place in Texas history and analyze the factors that drove him to seek power. It will also explore the major events in which he participated and determine his historical legacy to the state.

The four-valve automatic compensating system as developed by David James Blaikley has become an integral part of the professional euphonium in use today. While the Blaikley system was designed to allow a euphonium to play chromatically down to the fundamental pitch of the instrument, it was hardly the only design to do so. Using a historical analysis of euphonium valve systems, the case is made for why Blaikley's design has been widely adopted in the face of criticism about the four-valve automatic compensating system. The analysis also clarifies the viability of Blaikley's, as well as others', euphonium valve system designs based upon the four factors of intonation, range, intuitiveness of use, and weight. These factors are further explored in a rubric in order to quantify the results of the analysis.

The intent of this thesis is to convey the distinctiveness and the contributions of Tejano culture in Texas. It focuses on the traditions of governance employed by Tejanos as well as their contributions to industry, economy and defense that Texas benefited from and still enjoys today. .given by Spain and México to Tejanos in establishing their settlements affected the development of a distinct Tejano culture. Furthermore, this study will also examine Anglo-Tejano interaction and Anglo American intentions toward Texas. It will also outline how Anglo Americans made determine efforts to wrest Texas away from Spain and México. Finally, the thesis examines Tejano cultural perseverance whose indelible imprint still resonates today.

The Mexican Revolution probably affected Texas more than any other state. As the Revolution intensified, Texans responded with increased efforts to shape the Mexican policies of the Woodrow Wilson administration. Some became directly involved in the Revolution and the U.S. reaction to it, but most Texans sought to influence American policy toward Mexico through pressure on their political leaders in Austin and Washington. Based primarily on research in the private and public papers of leading state and national political figures, archival sources such as the Congressional Record and the Department of State's decimal file, major newspapers of the era, and respected works, this study details the successes and failures that Texans experienced in their endeavors to influence Wilson's Mexican policies.