Comps Notes: Ballantyne and Burton’s Bodies in Contact

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Bodies in Contact: Rethinking Colonial Encounters in World History Tony Ballantyne and Antoinette Burton Tony Ballantyne and …

Comps Notes: Thomas’ Entangled Objects

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Entangled Objects: Exchange, Material Culture, and Colonialism in the Pacific Nicholas Thomas Nicholas Thomas, Entangled …

Comps Notes: Seed’s Ceremonies of Possession in Europe’s Conquest of the New World

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Ceremonies of Possession in Europe’s Conquest of the New World, 1492-1640 Patricia Seed …

Comps Notes: Hoganson’s Fighting for American Manhood

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Fighting for American Manhood: How Gender Politics Provoked the Spanish-American and Philippine-American Wars …

Comps Notes: Hall’s The American Empire and the Fourth World

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The American Empire and the Fourth World: The Bowl with One Spoon Anthony …

Comps Notes: Anderson and Hill’s The Not So Wild, Wild West

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Not So Wild, Wild West: Property Rights on the Frontier Terry L. …

Comps Notes: Elofson’s Frontier Cattle Ranching

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Frontier Cattle Ranching: In the Land and Times of Charlie Russell Warren M. Elofson …

Comps Notes: White’s “It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own”

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. “It’s Your Misfortune and None of My Own:” A New History of the …

Comps Notes: Limerick’s The Legacy of Conquest

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. The Legacy of Conquest: The Unbroken Past of the American West Patricia Nelson Limerick …

Comps Notes: Stedman’s Shadows of the Indian

I decided to publish my write-ups from my comprehensive exam reading fields. I am publishing them *as is.* Thus they represent my thoughts as a new PhD student. They were written between September 2011 and July 2012. The full collection is accessible here. Shadows of the Indian: Stereotypes in American Culture Raymond William Stedman In Shadows of …