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The Sextant
Christopher Newport University's
on-line history journal
Published Annually by the Department of
History
and the Alpha Zeta Mu Chapter of Phi Alpha Theta
Editor: Nigel Anthony
Sellars, Associate Professor of History
Volume 6/7, Summer 2007
Introduction
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Cover: John C. Fremont using a sextant and a mercury artificial
horizon to obtain his position to help him map the Oregon Trail on his 1842
expedition.
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No.
6: Latin America and Byzantium
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Lindsey Newman, ÒLost in Translation: Nahua-Christian Interaction in Sixteenth Century
MexicoÓ
Winner: Robert Usry Prize, Fall
2006
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Breanne Burke, ÒThe Miraculous and the Everyday: How spiritualism and
the miracle of Guadalupe develop the
contemporary role of women in Mexican society.Ó
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Christopher Glover, ÒSlavery and Abolition in Nineteenth Century
BrazilÓ
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Souphansa Ortiz, ÒRufianes y Compadres, Prostituta y
Milongueros:
White Slavery and Sex Trafficking in Buenos AiresÓ
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Rachel Middleton, ÒEl futbol in Brazil: A HistoryÓ
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Bradley Kraft, Ò1453: A Military Analysis of the Fall of
ConstantinopleÓ
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No.
7: American Diplomacy, China, Cuba, and Russia
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Bradley Kraft, ÒBalancing on the RazorÕs
Edge: An Analysis of US Policy in the Middle East During the 1970sÓ
Winner: Robert Usry Prize, Spring
2007
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Sara Higgins, ÒÕA World All Shook UpÕ: The Effect of Elvis Presley
as an American ExportÓ
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Jared Kreiner, ÒAmerican Missionaries and the Boxer RebellionÓ
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Amanda Hanson, ÒTracting New Turf: LDS Missionaries in Former Soviet
CountriesÓ
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Will Blackwell, ÒCompetidores en Diamante del BŽisbol: Cultural Exchange Between Cuba
and the United States Through a Shared Love of BaseballÓ
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Jeremy Hanes, ÒThe Overwhelming Response: Aesthetic Visions in
Stalinist TyrannyÓ
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Copyright 2007, Department of
History, Christopher Newport University. All Rights Reserved.
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