The Great War and the New Jersey shore : Ocean County in transition - war, rumrunning, and nativism, 2004

Item — Call Number: MU Thesis Tic

Identifier: b2087670

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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.

From the Collection:

During the fall 2022 semester (in instances where the requisite waivers were received from consenting student authors), the Monmouth University Library, together with the University's Graduate School and Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences, began providing open access to select full-text digital versions of current theses and dissertations through links to the ProQuest Dissertations Publishing website in the Library's Online Public Access Catalog. Links to these open access digital publications can also be found in the "External Documents" section under any conforming titles that are listed among the holdings itemized in the collection inventory for this finding aid.

Dates

Creation: 2004

Creator

Tichy, John M. (1951- ) (Author, Person)
Greenberg, Brian (1946- ) (Thesis advisor, Person)
McGlade, Jacqueline A. (Thesis advisor, Person)
Campbell, Kenneth L. (Thesis advisor, Person)

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for research use. Access is by appointment only.

Access to the collection is confined to the Monmouth University Library and is subject to patron policies approved by the Monmouth University Library.

Collection holdings may not be borrowed through interlibrary loan.

Research appointments are scheduled by the Monmouth University Library Archives Collections Manager (723-923-4526). A minimum of three days advance notice is required to arrange a research appointment for access to the collection.

Patrons must complete a Researcher Registration Form and provide appropriate identification to gain access to the collection holdings. Copies of these documents will be kept on file at the Monmouth University Library.

Extent

1 Items (print book) : 92 pages ; 8.5 x 11.0 inches (28 cm).

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Preface [excerpts]

In 1952 I was a year old and spent my first summer on Long Beach Island. I have spent every subsequent summer there with the exception of my four years of active service in the United States Navy. For the past thirteen years I have been fortunate enough to live on the island year round while teaching history at Southern Regional High School, located across Barnegat Bay in the town of Manahawkin. Each year brings an increasing appreciation for the special geopgraphy and rich history of coastal Ocean County....

In my study of local history, I noticed that a great deal has been written about the home front during World War II, but scant attention has been paid to World War I. My students seem to find the study of the Great War and its national and international impact interesting, and over the years I have always wondered what was going on in this area. How did "locals" feel about intervention, isolation, Wilson, the sinking of the Lusitania, German submarine warfare, and other war related issues that were being played out on a grander national scale? Just as important, did the war bring tangible change to the area during and after the war? These were the essential questions that peaked [sic] my interest. My initial investigations indicated that if I were to find answers to these questions I would have to be the one to do the historical detective work since no one on the local scene has written much about the subject.

Partial Contents

Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Ocean County, New Jersey -- 2. The Price sisters of Tuckerton -- 3. The Tuckerton wireless -- 4. The home front -- 5. Anything but normalcy : nativists and rummrunners -- 6. Summary and conclusions -- Appendix -- Bibliography.