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Turning Back the Calendar: An Analysis of Main Street USA’s use of Nostalgia

Creator:

Cox, Travis L.

Abstract:

Main Street USA in Southern California’s Disneyland theme park is often described as nostalgic. However, previous research on this subject has failed to identify what elements actually make Main Street USA nostalgic as well as determine why Disney uses this nostalgia to influence park guests. In order to respond to...

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Masters Thesis

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turn, from stepping out into Main Street to the end of the visit” (Allan, 1999, p. 227). Another
Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

Creator:

Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.

Abstract:

Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...

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Masters Thesis