DeRosa, Christopher S.
Person
Found in 21 Collections and/or Records:
A hidden landscape : repurposed cold war sites in New Jersey and their effects on memory, identity, and heritage, 2014
Item — Call number MU Thesis Mos
Identifier: b7636370
Abstract
This paper will examine how the Cold War and the buildings it left behind can offer a sense of heritage, memory, and identity to communities in New Jersey. This paper will examine three types of landscapes: fallout shelters and civil defense, the Nike missile batteries, and two military facilities (Fort Monmouth and Camp Evans). The importance of understanding the contemporary past helps archaeologists see the transitions between living memory and history. Chapter 2 will discuss central...
Dates:
2014
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
A picture is worth a thousand likes : a cultural anthropological analysis of Instagram users' experience, 2020
Item — Call number MU Thesis Luc
Identifier: b7931446
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate Anthropology program. The holdings are primarily bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of university requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were...
Dates:
2020
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
A study in stoneware : analysis of a 19th century ceramic assemblage from the Smith Pottery Works, Norwalk, Connecticut, 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Ada
Identifier: b7931449
Abstract
This research focuses on an assemblage of 19th-century artifacts recovered from the Smith Pottery Works located in Norwalk, Connecticut unearthed by archivist and amateur archaeologist William Asadorian, and colleagues in 2012. Between 1825 and 1888, Smith Pottery Works was a leading distributor of ceramics in Connecticut. Smith Pottery Works was known for making redware and stoneware ceramics, most of which were utilitarian-type vessels. What is known of the...
Dates:
2023
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
An Aristotelian critique of American governance : the growth of American oligarchy 1980-2010, 2022
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cha
Identifier: b7931451
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University...
Dates:
2022
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Cemetery documentation and language analysis : a case study at the Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Toms River, New Jersey, 2023
Item — Call number MU Thesis Mil
Identifier: b7931615
Abstract
This study examines how global positioning systems (GPS) mapping can be utilized in cemetery documentation and analysis using a case study at the Old Methodist Church Cemetery in Toms River, New Jersey. Both the spatial data of the gravesites and the grave marker information were collected using a Trimble TDC150 unit over the winter of 2023. A digital database and interactive map were created using Trimble Connect and geographic information systems (GIS). A methodology was developed to...
Dates:
2023
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Gangsters on vacation : prohibition and the North Jersey Shore, 2010
Item — Call number MU Thesis Lin
Identifier: b2825584
Introduction [excerpts]
This paper will pick up where other scholars have left off by exploring the history of the North Jersey Shore and the history of New York City as is relates to the North Jersey Shore during the thirty years preceding the prohibition era, as well as the years during the prohibition era, 1920-1933. The paper will focus specifically on the social and political events that transpired during the era. The main argument to which every other argument is designed to support is: the North Jersey...
Dates:
2010
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
History's forgotten protest : the remarkable legacy of the Greenwich Tea Party, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis McD
Identifier: b7636774
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
"If special care is taken" : American civil-military relations and the protection of cultural property during the Second World War, 2007
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cle
Identifier: b2088788
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection consists of theses written by students enrolled in the Monmouth University graduate History program. The holdings are bound print documents that were submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for the Master of Arts degree.During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University...
Dates:
2007
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
James Francis Byrnes, 2009
Item — Call number MU Thesis Wro
Identifier: b2195837
Preface [excerpt]
[James Francis] Byrnes was a powerful politician who directly influenced major decisions during World War II and the beginnings of the Cold War. Throughout this period, little was known about the role that Byrnes played. However, through the use of monographs, diaries, and government documents, the impact that Byrnes had can now be pieced together.
The first chapter[, "The Beginning Years,"] provides a background on Byrnes's life, influences, and jobs in and out of...
Dates:
2009
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
John Locke and Edmund Burke : a historical comparison and contrasting, 2013
Item — Call number MU Thesis Cas
Identifier: b7607854
Abstract
In the history of liberalism and conservatism, are two important individuals by the name of John Locke and Edmund Burke. These men would write works which were not only influential in their time, but also in today's modern world. This thesis will look at their differences and similarities within the context of their time by looking at some of their writings, which they had published during their lifetime in order to help understand their political and religious views. It is important to...
Dates:
2013
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives