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  • Architectural and social comparisons of English manor houses, 1260-1735

    Creator:
    Hagerty, Dorothy Dean
    Abstract:
    This comparison study involved the exploration of architecture and social life of the thirteenth century Medieval, sixteenth century Tudor and eighteenth century Georgian periods. Within the architectural and social categories, the specific objective was to examine the changes in the five hundred year period. Three specific houses were chosen as...
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    Dissertation
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    Comparisons of English Manor Houses 1260 1735 Redacted for privacy Abstract approved: Dr. Jeanette Brandt

  • Transhumance as an adaptive strategy of West Coast RV retirees

    Creator:
    Williams, Diane
    Abstract:
    This ethnography describes RV [recreational vehicle] seasonal migration as an adaptive, transhumant strategy. The study population is retired, transhumant migrants, who are members of a nation-wide, membership camping organization. Fieldwork was conducted over a period of seven months at two sites located on the West Coast. These sites reflect northern...
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    Dissertation
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    Coast RV Retirees Abstract approved: Jeanette Brandt This ethnography describes RV

  • Housing for nuclear and single parent families : a comparison by two methods

    Creator:
    Asam, Susan Lynn
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    The vast majority of housing in the United States today has been created to conform to a family definition that does not match current demographic realities. The "traditional family" - a married couple with an employed husband, a homemaker wife, and several children has been the model family that housing...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Parent Families: A Comparison by Two Methods. Abstract approved: Redacted for Privacy Dr. Jeanette A

  • A heuristic causal model of factors affecting age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement

    Creator:
    Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this research was to determine a causal model of factors affecting age integrated/age segregated neighborhood preference during retirement. Data were anaLzed for 1299 preretirers in four states: Idaho, Michigan, Oregon, and Utah, collected in a mail survey in 1990 by the Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Committee...
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    Dissertation
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    Preference during Retirement. Abstract approved: Dr. Jeanette A. Brandt The purpose of this research was

  • Occupants' satisfaction and problems among four categories of passive solar systems

    Creator:
    Malroutu, Yamini Lakshmi
    Abstract:
    The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and problems with their houses differed by four categories of passive solar systems. The four categories were: 1) south facing window, 2) sunspace, 3) south facing window + sunspace, and 4) south facing window + sunspace + Trombe wall....
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    Masters Thesis
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    Privacy_ Dr. Jeanette A. Brandt The purpose of this study was to determine if occupants' satisfaction and

  • The crisis in housing for the poor : homelessness

    Creator:
    Taffesse, Hanna
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    The purpose is to investigate the number, causes, services denied, and reasons for denial of services to homeless families with children--single parent families (female and male) and couples--in a tri-county region, Linn, Benton and Lincoln counties, Oregon. The data for this study were obtained from monthly survey forms (July 1992-...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Homelessness. Abstract approved: Jeanette A. Brandt The purpose is to investigate the number, causes

  • Management strategies and time use in food preparation in two-parent, two-child Utah families

    Creator:
    Steggell, Carmen Dobson
    Abstract:
    The management of the home has been a central component of Home Economics since the early 1900s. It is, however, an enigmatic behavior that has not yielded easily to research. Recognizing that meal provision and food consumption by families incorporate management processes and occur on a regular and frequent basis,...
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    Dissertation
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    . Jeanette Brandt, Housing; Dr. William Jenne, Sociology; and Dr. Martha Fraundorf, Economics. I have been