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  • Mayan Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica

    Creator:
    Smith, William Hoyt
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    The importance of language and bilinguality in the development, perpetuation, and "degeneration" or change of culture is a central theme throughout this treatise. Original pictorial representations of Mayan hieroglyphic sculpture are included as examples, and represent artistic styles and language variations of written Cholan and Yucatec. Modern Cholan and Yucatecan...
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    Bilinguality and Cultural Change in Ancient and Contemporary Mesoamerica. Abstract approved Kenneth Beals

  • The reflection of culture in biological evolution

    Creator:
    Yates, Dean Arnold
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    Kelso's theory of Biocultural Evolution states that as culture evolves, the variation between groups diminishes while the variation within groups increases. The theory is tested with stature, cephalic index and nasal index. Means and standard deviations for these traits are examined for 237 ethnic groups. The groups are organized according...
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    EVOLUTION Redacted for Privacy Abstract approved: Kenneth L. Beals Kelso's theory of Biocultural

  • The natural history of public works development

    Creator:
    Robertson, Robert A.
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    A case study of the Eugene Water and Electric Board's planning for the Minto Hydroelectric is examined in terms of social movement theory. It is hypothesized that public works projects have a significant likeness to a social movement and they conform in their essential ingredients to social movement explanations. The...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert A. Robertson for the degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary

  • Los Pioneros de Oregon: An Examination of the Loss and Revitalization of Tejano Cultural Identity

    Creator:
    Leach, Jessie
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    Each year, numerous people attend cultural events in the United States, be they large celebrations such as New Orleans’ Mardi Gras or one of many numerous Cinco de Mayo festivals throughout the country or smaller, more specialized events. Many times, the cultural aspects take a backseat to profits, which leads...
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    Kenneth Maes Natchee Barnd Norma Cardenas Patti Sakurai Robert Thompson Allison Davis-White Eyes

  • The changing social position of the elderly in contemporary urban China

    Creator:
    Lin, Pei, 1966-
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    This thesis uses an anthropological approach to examine the current social status of the young elderly in contemporary urban China and explores the problems these people are facing. A review of literature sets up complementary theoretical frameworks for the understanding of the interaction between changing social environment and transitional life...
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    like to thank my committee, Dr. Roberta Hall, Dr. Alexis Walker, and Dr. Robert Kiekle for their

  • Work pants worn by loggers in Western Oregon, 1920-1970

    Creator:
    Gullickson, Mark A.
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    With the arrival of European settlers to Western Oregon nearly 150 years ago came new methods of forest management. Early settlers' forest practices consisted of little more than harvesting what seemed an endless supply of timber. Forestry in the 20th century eventually incorporated such management concerns as re-forestation, biodiversity, wildlife...
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    : LITERATURE REVIEW 10 CHAPTER 4: INTERVIEWS WITH 18 WESTERN OREGON LOGGERS 35 Infonnant #1, Robert A

  • Traditional Medicine and Self-Determination in Resolving Mental Health Problems Among Southwest Oregon Native Americans

    Creator:
    Otis, Alison Taylor
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    Native Americans in southwest Oregon are a heterogenous group comprising one-quarter of the state's total Indian population. Despite their notable size, Native Americans in this six county area are either ineligible for, or inaccessible to, federally sponsored Indian health facilities available to Native peoples elsewhere. Research was conducted over an...
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    Josephine 235 597 154 35,746 58,820 65 Lane 764 2471 223 213,358 275,226 29 State 13,558 27,309 101

  • Beagle, Oregon, An Unknown Casualty of War: Camp White and the Destruction of a Farming Community During the Second World War

    Creator:
    Shelnutt, Kay
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    This project examines the landscape of the farming community of Beagle, Oregon prior to and during the Second World War and the effect on it due to the construction of Camp White, a World War II training facility. The Beagle landscape is examined through the prism of current theory that...
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    assistance. Mr. Morris Frink, Mrs. Ida Pearl Hilkey, Mr. Robert Sanderson, Mrs. Charlotte Sweet, Mr

  • Individual Society and Adaptation in Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony--1650

    Creator:
    Hagerty, Dorothy Dean
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    The research examines the reasons for and value of both deliberate and amorphous mutual-aid societies that influenced the life and success of an individual who lived in seventeenth-century Edinburgh, Scotland, and the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Information is developed to allow a contextual comparison of life in both areas. The mutual-aid...
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    , Assistant Curator of the City Museums of Edinburgh, and Mr. Robert Sandalands, Master of the Works for the

  • Contrastive Analysis in Second-Language Teaching : Spanish Suprasegmentals

    Creator:
    Hart, Dianne Walta, 1939-
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    Purpose of the Study: The purpose of this exploratory study is to find an accepted methodology for teaching second-language suprasegrnentals by investigating the question of whether or not the use of contrastive analysis is superior to another method that does not use contrastive analysis. Specifically, the comparison of methods is...
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    Robert Kiekel, also deserve a great deal of apprecia- tion. A special thank-you goes to Robert Kiekel