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Although The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints sent numerous missionaries to labor in the South prior to the Civil War, a formal mission organization did not exist until the etsablishment of the Southern States Mission of the Church in 1875 at Shady Grove, Tennessee. This thesis details the significant events in the mission during the eventful years of the Ben E. Rich administration, 1898 to 1908. Following his courageous example, hundreds of missionaries taught the message of the Restored Gospel to the people of the South during a renewed period of persecution and hatred as the acceptance of Utah on a par with her sister states was tested by the Roberts Trial and the Smoot Hearings. In addition to his role as mission president, Ben E. Rich played a significant part in winning the friendship and support of Theodore Roosevelt during the Smoot Hearings.This study also outlines the history of the mission and the growth of the the Southern Church membership following the Rich administration until 1970.

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the work of landscape photographers living and working in the Southern region of the United States and to explore what their images visually communicate about their relationship to the Southern land and its distinctive history. This objective is accomplished through an analysis of the work of three contemporary landscape photographers who reside in the South, and work primarily within their local hometowns. This thesis examines the work of photographers William Christenberry, Sally Mann, and John McWilliams. Each is a photographer who is native to the American South and has used his or her indigenous Southern landscapes as subject matter. These photographers' work not only articulates the connection between the artist and the land in and on which they have lived, but also provides social and political commentary on the South's struggle to maintain its identity while grappling with its haunting past. The research for this thesis has been derived from primary sources, including the artists' images, museum and gallery exhibitions and published writings. A "reading" (as defined by Alan Trachtenburg) of individual images is used as support for the central argument, as well as discussion of a photographer's work as a whole. Interviews with the photographers in academic, popular and trade publications were also used. Historical and academic literature on Southern history and culture is used as reference in order to provide a framework in which the photographers' work is positioned. Photographers who are native to the South are particularly adept at portraying the region's distinctive culture and growing pains as it struggles to come to terms with an ever-changing America. Images of the South by natives of the region are noteworthy because they are imbued with the artist's own individual emotions about their land and their history. Southerners are an American demographic who feel a distinct tie to the land from whence they came. Therefore, Southern landscape photography offers its viewer a gateway through which to explore this complex relationship between landscape, home and history.

Thesis (M.A.) -- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 2006. / Title from title page screen (viewed on Feb. 8, 2007). Thesis advisor: Thomas Haddox. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

La presente ricerca si pone tre obiettivi fondamentali. In primo luogo mira ad introdurre una nuova prospettiva di studio nell’ambito delle indagini storico-istituzionali dedicate alla Federazione americana, recuperando una dimensione, quella statuale, non sempre valorizzata nel contesto scientifico italiano ma ugualmente importante per la comprensione del sistema costituzionale statunitense. L’esperienza costituzionale dei singoli paesi membri degli Stati Uniti è, fin dalle sue origini, intrinsecamente legata alle convenzioni di revisione costituzionale, una vera e propria innovazione inaugurata dagli Stati ben prima della ratifica dell’articolo V della Costituzione di Philadelphia – che formalizzò a livello federale il principio di riforma costituzionale. Il secondo obiettivo di questa ricerca è quindi quello di indagare il significato profondo assunto dalla Convenzione all’interno del sistema federale americano. La storia delle convenzioni statuali americane affascina peraltro da decenni la produzione teorico-istituzionale statunitense ma, nella maggior parte dei casi, le analisi esistenti adottano prospettive specifiche o si concentrano su un singolo Stato. Il presente lavoro adotta invece una prospettiva comparata che approfondisce il significato delle riforme costituzionali di Virginia e Georgia nella prima metà dell’800. La scelta dei case studies e, quindi, dello specifico approfondimento delle caratteristiche costituzionali della realtà sudista, è legata al terzo obiettivo della ricerca, ovvero all’inserimento dell’analisi storico-istituzionale nell’ambito degli studi dedicati alla ricostruzione delle dinamiche causali della Guerra di Secessione. Nonostante la presenza di alcune felici eccezioni, nel corso dell’ultimo sessantennio l’interesse per gli studi costituzionali statuali di carattere comparativo ha infatti progressivamente perso terreno a favore della ricerca socioculturale. Il presente lavoro vuole dunque recuperare e sviluppare alcune tematiche costituzionali della prima metà dell’Ottocento, con l’obiettivo di contribuire alla spiegazione dei fattori causali di lungo periodo della Guerra Civile americana. / The present dissertation aims to three main goals. First it wants to analyze the United States’ constitutional system at the State level, an issue not extremely deepened by Italian studies. Beginning from its origins, the State level constitutional system is characterized by a consistent revision process mainly realized through the adoption of constitutional conventions. As the second objective the present dissertation analyzes the idea and meaning of this institutional feature in the U.S. history. Once considered the importance of the ‘Convention’, this study focuses on the constitution revision process in the Southern States during the first half of the Nineteenth century, comparing especially two case studies, Virginia and Georgia. Finally, through the analysis of the constitutional revision process in the antebellum period, this study will attempt to see whether or not is possible to find connections between the constitutional development of the two case studies and a more general movement toward the Civil War.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 2007. / Title from PDF t.p. (viewed Mar. 3, 2008). Directed by Scott Romine; submitted to the Dept. of English. Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-214).