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Buford, Georgia the “Depression Proof” City

Valiani, Laura (Georgia Gwinnett College, 2011)

The Great Depression was devastating for most of America but the city of Buford, Georgia was able to thrive in the face of hardship. Some of the factors which played into making Buford “depression proof”, while other areas ...

Eugene Debs And American Socialism

Knezovic, Denis (2013)

Discusses Eugene Debs and what led to him becoming involved with socialism. Details his involvement with the Pullman Strike and his forming of a railroad union.

Experiences of Collective Trauma and Political Activism: A Study of Women 'Agents of Memory' in Post-Soviet Lithuania

Budrytė, Dovilė (Taylor & Francis, 2010-09)

The article presents an examination into the role of women as loci of social memory regarding historical trauma in post-Communist Lithuania. Introductory comments are given discussing the social interconnectedness of gender, ...

Failing to Profit from Genocide: How Georgia Facilitated, but Failed to Reward, the Pony Club as a Method of Cherokee Removal

Craft, Valerie (2016)

Paper written on the Pony Club, a group who helped to remove Cherokee Indians from Georgia but never profited from the land. Includes a poster explaining exactly what the Pony Club was.

Gender in the Holocaust: Experiences of Women

Trifoso, Jessica (2013)

Gives details on the unique experience of Jewish women in the Holocaust in comparison to their male counterparts. It focuses on Ravensbruck, Theresienstadt, and Aushwitz.