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

Creator:: Jolly, J. Christopher
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of maraschino and glacé cherries, which already had a sizable market in the United States by the

Location choices of Asian immigrants in the United States

Creator:: Chong, Weng Yue
Abstract:: This study examines the determinants of location choices of Asian immigrants in the US in 1990 and evaluates the effect of education and other quality of life variables as well as the traditional economic variables. The study builds upon similar works by Gallaway, Vedder and Shukla (1974) and Dunlevy and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: growth, unemployment and crime rates were taken from the U.S. Bureau of Census, State and Metropolitan

Clothing evaluative critieria : a cross-national comparison of Taiwanese and United States consumers

Creator:: Hsu, Hsiu-Ju
Abstract:: According to Engel, Blackwell, and Miniard (1993), evaluative criteria refer to "the standards and specifications used by consumers to compare different products and brands" (p. 51). Many studies have examined the importance of clothing evaluative criteria used by consumers in their decision making. However, few studies have compared the clothing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Taiwanese and United States consumers AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Hsiu-Ju Hsu for the degree of Master

Prepare Before You Say "I Do " : The Rhetorical Construction of Marriage in Premarital Counseling Programs

Creator:: Young, Jun
Abstract:: The increasing prevalence of marital breakdown in the United States has been met by the proliferation of premarital counseling programs in professional counseling centers and churches. As increasing masses of couples turn to premarital counseling to prevent future interpersonal problems, and as communities and churches across the United States deem...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Robert S. Iltis The increasing prevalence of marital breakdown in the United States has been

Women combatants in the United States Navy : a victory for equal opportunity

Creator:: Rosenberg, Holly A.
Abstract:: The issue of Navy women in combat has been widely discussed since women first served during World War I. In this paper I intend to present the political, philosophical, and historical reasoning behind the changing of the regulations to allow women in combat. History shows that the Navy has faced...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the United States is the third and increasingly more powerful division of the federal, state, and

A re-evaluation of industry differences in male/female wages and employment

Creator:: Gupta, Anju
Abstract:: This study re-examines how variations in market power across industries affect the relative number of females and males hired in a given occupation. The study builds upon similar work done by Sharon Oster (1975) to examine the female to male wage differences. Both market power and human capital factors such...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: No. 37, pg. 207. 2Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1994, Table No. 629, pg. 392

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

Creator:: Talmage, Catherine
Abstract:: The term "sustainable development" describes certain proposals designed to provide the present generation with such needs as food, shelter, and energy while sustaining the environment or stock of natural resources for future generations. The purpose of this paper was to analyze the relationship between sustainable development and current U.S. petroleum...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: originated in the United Nations in the 1960s and has become prominent as a central feature of that

The impact of extended fisheries jurisdiction on global fishery markets : the case of Alaska pollock from the U.S. West Coast

Creator:: Gancho, Paula
Abstract:: The increased US domestic production of surimi from the US Pacific Coast after 1977 is a major consequence of the US's extended fisheries jurisdiction to 200 nautical miles. It is only one consequence, however, whose nature can best be understood by examining the surimi market in the context of what...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: conservation and management program, concerning the living marine resources of the United States, to prevent

Cigarette advertising, price and social welfare : empirical evidence

Creator:: Farr, Stephen J.
Abstract:: This study estimates the welfare effects of cigarette advertising using the framework posited by Becker and Murphy (1993). This model exposes previously unaccounted benefits of cigarette advertising and allows for conventional social welfare estimation by assimilating the theory of advertising into the general theory of complements. The policy implications of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Washington, D.C., 1992b, 1993, 1994 and 1995. 56. United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic

Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some determinants of parenting in American Indian and non-Indian families

Creator:: Kawamoto, Walter T.
Abstract:: An analysis was conducted to test current theories regarding education, income, and marital satisfaction as determinants of parenting in different ways for men and women. The gender specific issues in parenting to be tested were: 1) Education is positively related to parental involvement for both men and women. 2) Marital...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some

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

Location choices of Asian immigrants in the United States

Clothing evaluative critieria : a cross-national comparison of Taiwanese and United States consumers

Prepare Before You Say "I Do " : The Rhetorical Construction of Marriage in Premarital Counseling Programs

Women combatants in the United States Navy : a victory for equal opportunity

A re-evaluation of industry differences in male/female wages and employment

An Analysis of the Relationship Between Sustainable Development and U.S. Petroleum Policy

The impact of extended fisheries jurisdiction on global fishery markets : the case of Alaska pollock from the U.S. West Coast

Cigarette advertising, price and social welfare : empirical evidence

Gender and ethnic issues in parenting : a study of some determinants of parenting in American Indian and non-Indian families

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