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  • "'I wouldn't have believed it -- even of a white man'" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing"

    Creator:
    Franks, Tricia May
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    In their respective novels, The House Behind the Cedars (1900) and Passing (1929), both Charles Chesnutt and Nella Larsen utilize racial passing, the process of a mixed-race individual living as "white," to explore the relations between black and white people during early-twentieth century America. This thesis specifically argues that Chesnutt...
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    '" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing" AN

  • Theoretical perspectives on Latin American indigenous development, with reference to a case study of Cebadas, Ecuador

    Creator:
    Ocana, Juan Carlos
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    This thesis presents a discussion of the main materialistic theories proposed to explain the process of development among the indigenous population of Latin America. Four theoretical approaches are presented and discussed. The first one deals with the social group referred to as peasants. The second one explains the process of...
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    . Charles Langford contributed with their helpful comments and criticism to the manuscript, and reinforced

  • Hamlet's delay : an attempt at synthesis

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    Cohen, Martin, 1943-
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    The study of the question of why Shakespeare's Hamlet delays killing Claudius in revenge for his father's murder is examined in light of the major critical theories from neo-classical to modern scholarship. An expanded treatment of the works of Fredson Bowers, Eleanor Prosser, Bertram Joseph, and Roland Frye, is provided...
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    . Title: Hamlet's Delay: An Attempt At Synthesis Abstract approved: Robert B. Schwartz The study of

  • The marine biogeography of Ragay Gulf and Burias Pass, Philippines

    Creator:
    Jamir, Tomas Vergel C.
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    Ragay Gulf and Burias Pass are among the traditional fishing grounds of the country being considered by the government for an integrated approach to fishery management (Smith, et al., 1980; Samson, et al., 1977, World Bank, 1976). The Department of Marine Fisheries, College of Fisheries, University of the Philippines in...
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    Dr. Ray "Flash" Northam and Dr. Charles Rosenfeld, and the rest of the Geography Program faculty

  • Power and participation in urban planning : an ethnographic case study of Curitiba, Brazil

    Creator:
    Piel, Eric W.
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    This thesis examines the concepts of power and participation and how they are intertwined in the examination of the urban planning systems in Curitiba, Brazil. Power is identified as both the planning system's ability to affect the daily lives of the city's residents and the power of individuals and groups...
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    have been possible. Thanks to my major professor, John Young, and my committee, Charles Langford

  • The archaeology of the Smith House (ORYA3), Dayton, Oregon

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    Stone, Helen Delight
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    Site ORYA3, the Smith House, is located in Dayton, Oregon. The archaeological project originated because owners of this structure, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, applied for a demolition permit. The 1859 home, first occupied by two early Oregon pioneers, Andrew and Sarah Smith, was considered architecturally significant,...
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    ............................................................................................................ 121 Appendix A National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form 122 Appendix B Dayton

  • From weakness to wisdom : Jane Austen transforms the female of sensibility tradition

    Creator:
    Mosher-Knoshaug, Jessica M.
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    The eighteenth-century female of sensibility was characterized by delicate nerves that allowed her to feel her surroundings and enabled her to choose virtue over vice more consistently than males. While females were considered virtuous, their "innate" delicacy or weakness became their dominant trait and the true focus of male admiration....
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    Davers as the stereotypical aristocratic lady and Mr. B the stereotypical aristocratic rake. 10

  • Science, service, and specialized agriculture : the re-invention of the maraschino cherry

    Creator:
    Jolly, J. Christopher
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    From 1925 to 1930, Ernest H. Wiegand, a professor of Horticultural Products at Oregon State Agricultural College, developed an improved brining process for cherries. Brined cherries are used in the production of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the 1920s. This...
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    . 152-157. 25 the Government..."40 Charles B. Calvert, president of the Maryland State Agricultural

  • Aliens and academics : how cultural representations of alien abduction support an entrenched consensus reality

    Creator:
    Bryan, Frederick Clark
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    The alien abduction phenomenon has garnered considerable media attention in the last fifteen years, including many representations in books, film, and television. An overview of significant abduction literature is presented. Contrasts and comparisons are noted between popular written accounts and both the visual representations they engender and reports outside the...
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    occasionally found in the pulp magazines of the thirties and forties and the B-grade sci-fi movies of the

  • Counterfeit arcadias : Nathaniel Hawthorne's materialist response to the culture of reform

    Creator:
    White, Andrew
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    Nathaniel Hawthorne lived and wrote in an age of reform efforts, and the progressive movement with which he was most familiar was Transcendentalism. However, he was not sympathetic with Emerson's idealism, a sentiment which comes out in his fiction in way of critique. Throughout Hawthorne's work there is an emphasis...
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    towards a house at the community). Ripley and Charles A. Dana were unable to return the entire sum they