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• History Matters - Spring 2024

  Vol. 21 (2024)

  Volume 21 of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published online in May 2024 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. After extensive peer review, four research papers were selected for publication.

  Editor-in-chief: David Roberts; Associate Editor: Elliot Sheehan; Assistant Editors: Ashley Blanchard, Caitlain McGuire, Mason Smith.

• History Matters - Spring 2023

  Vol. 20 (2023)

  Volume 20 of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published online in May 2023 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. After extensive peer review, six research papers were selected for publication.

  Editor-in-chief: David Roberts; Associate Editor: Chloe Nedved; Assistant Editors: Will Asby, Emma Edwards, Elliot Sheehan.

• History Matters - Spring 2022

  Vol. 19 (2022)

  Volume 19 of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published online in May 2022 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Daniel Mosakewicz; Associate Editor: Savannah Wallace; Assistant Editors: Deacon Harris, Autumn Lundi, Maegan Hoch, and David Roberts.

• History Matters - Spring 2021

  Vol. 18 (2021)

  Volume 18 of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published online in May 2021 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Adelia Daly; Associate Editors: Rachael Arnold and Phoenix Tefel; Assistant Editors: Savannah Wallace, Pofue Yang, and Daniel Mosakewicz.

• History Matters - Spring 2020

  Vol. 17 (2020)

  The seventeenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published online May 2020 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Thomas McLamb; Associate Editor: Kara Old & Danny Hazard; Assistant Editors: Phoenix Tefel, Adelia (Nicholas) Daly, & Rachael Arnold.

• History Matters - Spring 2019

  Vol. 16 (2019)

  The sixteenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2019 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Michael Lyday; Associate Editor: Kara Old; Assistant Editors: Danny Hazard, Kamryn Harris, and Thomas McLamb

• History Matters - Spring 2018

  Vol. 15 (2018)

  The fifteenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2018 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Victoria Haynes; Associate Editor: Sophia Mosby; Assistant Editors: Michael Lyday, Kara Old and Rachel Sasser

• History Matters - Spring 2017

  Vol. 14 (2017)

  The fourteenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2017 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Six research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Sarah Patrick; Associate Editor: Victoria Haynes; Assistant Editors: , Sophia Mosby, Dane Peddicord and Rachel Sasser

• History Matters - Spring 2016

  Vol. 13 (2016)

  The thirteenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2016 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Six research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received.

  Editor-in-chief: Lindsey Dew; Associate Editor: Sarah Patrick; Assistant Editors: Victoria Haynes, Sophia Mosby, and Collin Osborne

• History Matters - Spring 2015

  Vol. 12 (2015)

  The twelfth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2015 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University.  Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received. 

  Editor-in-chief: Ben Stainback; Associate Editor: Emily Long; Assistant Editors: Lindsey Dew and Chris Robey

• History Matters - Spring 2014

  Vol. 11 (2014)

  The eleventh annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published May 2014 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Five research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received. 

  Editor-in-Chief: Rachel Whitman; Associate Editor: Ryan Barbour; Assistant Editors: Michael Cushman and Brittany Pauser

• History Matters - Spring 2013

  Vol. 10 (2013)

  The tenth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published May 2013 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Four research papers were selected for publication from the submissions received. Also included is a book review written by the editorial staff.

  Editor-in-Chief: Rose Buchanan; Associate Editor: Haley Kearns; Assistant Editors: Lindsay Bookout and Glenn Shepard

• History Matters - Spring 2012

  Vol. 9 (2012)

  The ninth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published May 2012 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Eight research papers were selected for publication from the one hundred eighteen submissions received. Also included is a book review written by the editorial staff.

  Submissions Editor: Rose Buchanan; Publication Editor: Evan Jones; Associate Editor: Margaret Edling; Assistant Editors: Haley Kearns and Taylor Whitlow

• History Matters - Spring 2011

  Vol. 8 (2011)

  The eighth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published May 2011 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University.  Six research papers were selected for publication from the eighty-seven submissions received. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff and graduate students from Appalachian State University.

  Editor-in-chief: Paige Badame, Associate Editors: Rose Buchanan and Margaret Edling, Assistant Editor: Evan Jones, Contributing Editors: Vinicis Bivar Marra Pereira and Andrew Gehlhausen

  Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. Lucinda McCray, Dr. Craig Fischer, Dr. Antonio Bly, Dr. Timothy Silver, Dr. Michael Wade, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Shelia Phipps, and Dr. Anatoly Isaenko.

  The staff would like to thank Dr. Judkin Browning, Teanna Setzer and Donna Davis for their participation in the editorial process.

  Research Papers
  A Cloak to Hide the Heart of a Viper: The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 in Philadelphia 
  By Ena Scott, Sophomore, James Madison University

  A Golden Myth: The Truth Behind California's Gold Rush 
  By Eric Rapps, Junior, McGill University

  Big Screen, Little Boxes: Hollywood Representations of the Suburban Housewife, 1960-1975 
  By Kara Peruccio, Senior, Wake Forest University

  The Wolf in the Red Square: Chechen Terrorism in the 20th and 21st Centuries
  By Rachel Phyllis O'Donnell, Junior, Appalachian State University

  Theodore Roosevelt as Assistant Secretary of the Navy: Preparing America for the World Stage 
  By David Lemelin, Junior, James Madison University

  Visions of Vietnam, The Nationalism of the Caodai: Religious Sect and Mass Movement
  By Stephanie Perrin, Senior, Ryerson University

  Book Reviews
  An Appalachian Reawakening: West Virginia and the Perils of the New Machine Age, 1945-1972.  By Jerry Bruce Thomas
  Reviewed by Daniel Michalak, Graduate Student, Appalachian State University

  Kids of the Black Hole: Punk Rock in Postsuburban California, By Dewar MacLeod
  Reviewed by Andrew Gehlhausen, University of Illinois at Chicago

  Rebirth of a Nation: The Making of Modern America, 1877-1920. By Jackson Lears; The Incorporation of America: Culture and Society in the Gilded Age. By Alan Trachtenberg
  Review by Joseph Otto, Graduate Student, Appalachian State University

  Robert G. Sutter. U.S.—Chinese Relations: Perilous Past, Pragmatic Present.
  Reviewed by Eric Cressey, Graduate Student, Appalachian State University

  The Big House After Slavery: Virginia Plantation Families and Their Postbellum Domestic Experience. By Amy Feely Morsman.
  Reviewed by John Aaron Akey, Graduate Student, Appalachian State University

• History Matters - Spring 2010

  Vol. 7 (2010)

  The seventh annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2010 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Four research papers were selected for publication from the sixty-nine submissions received. Forty-four colleges and universities participated from the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff.

  Editor: Alison Shea, Associate Editors: Robert Mason and Paige Badame, Assistant Editor: Megan Northcote, Contributing Editors: Kenneth Barton, Benjamin Lynch, Will Schultz, and Jake Wellman, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. Lucinda McCray Beier, Dr. Rennie Brantz, Dr. Rene Harder Horst, Dr. Lisa Holliday, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Sheila Phipps, Dr. David Reid, and Dr. Timothy Silver.

  The staff would like to thank Dr. Michael Behrent, Dr. Edward Behrend-Martinez, Dr. Antonio Bly, Dr. Birsen Bulmus, Dr. Jari Eloranta, Dr. Lynne Getz, Dr. Jeremiah Kitunda, and Dr. Michael Turner for their participation in the editorial process.

  Research Papers
  "The Day Which Will Fix My Future Destiny": Courtship, Marriage, and the Companionate Ideal in Early Republican America 
  By Rachel Walker, Ithaca College

  Herd Behavior During the Popish Plot of 1678-1681: An Examination of Crowd Hysteria and English Anti-Catholicism 
  By Angelica Garcia, Senior, Rollins College

  Politics, Trade, and Diplomacy: The Anglo-Ottoman Relationship, 1575-1699 
  By Maria Blackwood, Yale University

  Quel Horreur!: Violence in Reformation France 
  By Christopher McFadin, Marquette University

  Book Reviews
  Albuquerque Remembered 
  Jake Wellman, University of New Mexico

  Cherokee Removal: Before and After 
  Kenneth E. Barton III, Hampton University

  Glazed America: A History of the Doughnut 
  Will Schultz, University of North Carolina

  School Resegregation: Must the South Turn Back? 
  Benjamin W. Lynch, Wake Forest University

• History Matters - Spring 2009

  Vol. 6 (2009)

  The sixth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in May 2009 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Four research papers were selected for publication from the sixty-nine submissions received. Twenty-seven colleges and universities participated from the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff.

  Editor: M. Allison Jobe, Associate Editors: Robert Mason and Alison Shea, Contributing Editor: Joshua Fahler, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. Rennie Brantz, Dr. René Harder Horst, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Sheila Phipps, Dr. Timothy Silver, Dr. Neva Specht, and Dr. John Alexander Williams

  The staff would like to thank Dr. Karl Campbell and Dr. Michael Wade for their participation in the editorial process.

  Research Papers
  'An Account of a Cucumber': The Nelsons and the Botanical Kitchen Garden
  by Emma Earnst, University of Virginia

  From African Man to Brazilian Beast: The Destruction of Black Gender in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Rural, Brazilian Slavery
  by Brandon Byrd, Senior, Davidson College

  From Legacy to Lethargy: The Course and Cause of American Military Neutrality in 1940
  by Drew Carpenter, Senior, Appalachian State University

  Maryland's Alcohol Culture: Topographic and Economic Influences on the Social Drinking Culture of the Colonial Chesapeake
  by Sarah Kenney, Junior, Gettysburg College

  Book Reviews
  Mutiny at Fort Jackson
  Thomas Lambert, Louisiana State University

  Officers of the USS Shenandoah
  Will Coleson, Oklahoma Christian University

  The Making of St. Louis: Kingship, Sanctitym and Crusade in the Later Middle Ages
  Edward Holt, Duke University

  Who Chooses?: American Reproductive History Since 1830
  Jacob Richardson, Eastern Michigan University

• History Matters - Spring 2008

  Vol. 5 (2008)

  The fifth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in April 2008 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff.

  Editor: M. Allison Jobe, Associate Editor: Erica Adelman, Assistant Editors: Robert Mason and Alison Shea, Contributing Editor: Joshua Fahler, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. Rennie Brantz, Dr. René Harder Horst, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Sheila Phipps, Dr. Neva Specht, and Dr. John Alexander Williams

  The staff would like to thank Dr. Karen Reid and Dr. David Reid for their participation in the editorial process.

  Research Papers
  "Who Has the youth, Has the Future": Youth and the State in the German Democratic Republic
  by Jeff Robson

  Falkland Islands War: Diplomatic Failure in April 1982
  by Joseph Mauro

  The Revolution That Began the Evolution
  by Michael Belinsky

  Book Reviews
  John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
  Joshua D. Fahler, Kent State University

  MoonPie: Biography of an Out-of-This-World Snack
  Robert Mason, Appalachian State University

  Moral Geography: Maps, Missionaries, and the American Frontier
  Joshua D. Fahler, Kent State University

  Remembering the Great Depression in the Rural South
  Alison Shea, Appalachian State University

• History Matters - Spring 2007

  Vol. 4 (2007)

  The fourth annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in April 2007 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. This was a landmark year for HISTORY MATTERS, as a new editorial staff assumed leadership of the journal. Four research papers were selected for publication from the forty-two submissions received. Twenty-four colleges and universities participated from the United States and Canada. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff.

  Editor: M. Allison Jobe, Associate Editor: Leah Brown, Assistant Editor: Domenic Powell, Contributing Editor: Elizabeth Moore, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. René Harder Horst, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Michael Moore, Dr. Sheila Phipps, Dr. Neva Specht, and Dr. John Alexander Williams

  Research Papers
  Herald the Story and Die for the Glory: Muscular Christianity, Reconstruction, and Collegiate Football in the New South
  by Kelly Jae Gannon, Junior, Wake Forest University

  Scurrying Alongside Humanity: A Co-Evolutionary History of Rats and Humans
  by Shea O'Neill, Senior, Ithaca College

  The Image of White Womanhood in the South: How it Affected Violence Towards Blacks After the Civil War
  by Sarah Henckler, Junior, Davidson College

  The Yahudim and the Americans: The Leo Frank Affair as a Turning Point in Jewish-American History
  by Jason Schulman, Senior, Columbia University

  Book Reviews
  A Rhetoric of Bourgeois Revolution: The Abbé Sieyes and What is the Third Estate?
  by Elizabeth Moore, Davidson College

  Admiral Lord Keith the Naval War Against Napoleon
  by Domenic Powell, Appalachian State University

  Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and American's First Encounter with Radical Islam
  by Leah Brown, Appalachian State University

  Woodrow Wilson: Revolution, War, and Peace
  by Leah Brown, Appalachian State University

• History Matters - Spring 2006

  Vol. 3 (2006)

  The third annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in April 2006 by the Department of History at Appalachian State University. This is the first issue for which HISTORY MATTERS solicited submissions from undergraduates nationwide. Five research papers were selected for publication from a much larger pool of sixty-six sumbissions, representing twenty-five colleges and universities. Also included are book reviews written by the editorial staff.

  Editor: Eric B. Burnette, Associate Editor: Matthew M. Manes, Assistant Editors: David B. Fuqua III and M. Allison Jobe, Contributing Editor: Faron Levesque, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. David Dorondo, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Michael Moore, Dr. William Olejniczak, Dr. Sheila Phipps, Dr. Neva Specht, Dr. Sarah Shields, and Dr. John Alexander Williams

   

  Research Papers
  Christmas Lights and Community Building in America
  by Brian Murray, Senior, Yale College

  Ethnicity, Politics, and Society in the New South: Examining German Immigrant Communities in Early Twentieth-Century Charleston
  by Rebecca Wieters, Senior, College of Charleston

  Homefront Heroines: The Wartime Contributions of Civic Women in Whiteville, North Carolina
  by Jennifer Marie Biser, Junior, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill

  Immigrant Health and the Public Schools: A Discussion of Public School Reform in New York City, 1900-1920
  by Carolyn Rothman, Senior, Yale College

  Little Dragons: Chinese American Childhood in the San Francisco Bay Area at the Turn of the Twentieth Century
  by K. Ian Shin, Senior, Amherst College

  Book Reviews
  A History of Wine in America: From Prohibition to Present
  by Eric B. Burnette, Appalachian State University

  Barbarian Virtues: The United States Encounters Foreign Peoples at Home and Abroad, 1876-1917
  by Faron Levesque, Smith College

  Origins of the French Revolution
  by David B. Fuqua III, Appalachian State University

  The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class 
  by Faron Levesque, Smith College

  War, Women, and Druids: Eyewitness Reports and Early Accounts of the Ancient Celts
  by M. Allison Jobe, Appalachian State University

   

• History Matters - Spring 2005

  Vol. 2 (2005)

  The second annual issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published in April 2005 by Appalachian State University, with the participation of the University of North Carolina—Asheville, and Western Carolina University. Included are two research papers from students at Appalachian State University and Villanova University, and five book reviews written by the editorial staff at the three participating departments.

  Editor: Eric B. Burnette, Associate Editor: Matthew M. Manes, Contributing Editors: Joseph A. Ross, Emily O. Lancaster, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. David Dorondo, Dr. W. Scott Jessee, Dr. Michael Krenn, Dr. Michael Moore, Dr. Dan Pierce

  Research Papers
  Lauding the Locality: Urban Architecture in Sienese Painting
  by Robert Galantucci, Senior, Villanova University

  The Charriot: A Weapon that Revolutionized Egyptian Warfare 
  by Richard Carney, Senior, Appalachian State University

  Book Reviews
  Alexander the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions 
  by Eric B. Burnette, Appalachian State University

  Napoleon: A Penguin Life 
  Joseph A. Ross, Western Carolina University

  The Emperor of China: Self-portrait of Kang'sih 
  by Emily O. Lancaster, University of North Carolina—Asheville

  The Reshaping of Everyday Life: 1790-1840 
  by Matthew M. Manes, Appalachian State University

  The Silent Revolution and the Making of Victorian England 
  by Joseph A. Ross, Western Carolina University

   

• History Matters - Spring 2004

  Vol. 1 (2004)

  The first issue of History Matters: An Undergraduate Journal of Historical Research was published by the Department of History at Appalachian State University in April 2004. Included are one research paper, one research essay, and three book reviews written by the Editor.

  Editor: Eric B. Burnette, Associate Editor: Matthew M. Manes, Assistant Editor: Heather J. Brink, Faculty Editorial Board: Dr. Lynne Getz, Dr. Michael Krenn, and Dr. Michael Moore

  Research Papers
  Judicial Impotency: The Empowerment of Federal Judiciary during Reconstruction
  by James Egan, Senior, Appalachian State University

  Pueblo Indian Neophytes during Early Spanish Rule in New Mexico
  by Amanda Zeddy, Junior, Appalachian State University

  Book Reviews
  Making Home in Havana
  by Eric B. Burnette, Appalachian State University

  The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Visions of Glory, 1874-1932, Vol. 
  by Eric B. Burnette, Appalachian State University

  The Wars of the Ancient Greeks
  by Eric B. Burnette, Appalachian State University