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This is a repository of all my research, book reviews and essays from my undergraduate and graduate classes at California State University, East Bay. They appear in chronological order.

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Book Review: The Historian's Craft

Short Paper: The Historian’s Craftby Marc Bloch Annotation Following service in the French army in World War I, Marc Bloch held a post as...

Book Review: Orientalism

Said, Edward W. Orientalism. 25th Anniversary Edition. New York: Vintage Books, 1978. Annotation Edward Said was a professor of...

Book Review: Narrative and History

Munslow, Alun. Narrative and History. Theory and History, edited by Donald MacRaild. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Annotation...

Book Review: Contending Visions of the Middle East

Lockman, Zachary. Contending Visions of the Middle East: The History and Politics of Orientalism. 2nd Edition. Cambridge: Cambridge...

Laywomen Reformers in the Progressive Era

When one envisions women reformers of the Progressive Era, movement leaders come to mind; women who established settlement houses, like...

Dorothy Day

This passage is excerpted from a larger essay written about Catholic laywomen reformers. It is incomplete as is, but could be developed...

Book Review: The Shape of European History

Book Review: The Shape of European History by William H. McNeill Annotation William H. McNeill was the Robert A. Milikin Professor of...

World War II Migrations and the Formation of a California Culture

Two groups that were impacted significantly by World War II were African Americans, and Mexican Americans. The circumstances of their...

Chinese and Japanese Immigrants and Effect on “White Americans” in California

Perhaps for Dennis Kearney and H.L. Knight, who were experiencing societal upheaval brought about by rapid industrialization, an American...

Gold, Agriculture, and the Pacific: How the Environment of California Led to Population Boom

California is the most populous state with 39.5 million residents and third largest in area after Texas and Alaska. Naturally resource...

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