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A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Creator:: Fillible, Rodney K.
Abstract:: This study Is a rhetorical analysis of ten documents of Joseph Smith, Jr's. early revelations spanning the period of 1829 to 1831 to determine the extent to which he used demagogic rhetoric in pursuit of his goals. A definition of demagoguery is provided and is applied in an analysis of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: A study of the demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr. AN

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Creator:: Paullin, Pamela K.
Abstract:: Although the timber industry was the major economic force in the lives of several generations of Oregon families, very little archaeological investigation has been done on the dozens of abandoned logging camps that are scattered throughout the forests of the Pacific Northwest. This project focuses on Camp 1, a 1920s...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon. Abstract approved David R

Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

Creator:: Fuller, Kevin J.
Abstract:: U.S. foreign policy during the period between World War II and the Vietnam War has been described as part of a “nation-‐building” or “liberal” grand strategy. This thesis contends that understanding U.S. efforts to influence the internal affairs of sovereign states through the spread of liberal values and institutions during...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Alberto R. Coll, James S. Ord, Stephen A. Rose (Newport, RI: Naval

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approval : l.ccrcf .z y x_ David R. Brauner Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on

The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

Creator:: Matz, Stephan E.
Abstract:: About 7,000 years ago two major tephra-falls blanketed the Pacific Northwest in volcanic ash. These two tephra-falls, identified as the Llao and climatic tephra-falls, were a part of the eruptive events that led up to the collapse of Mount Mazama to form Crater Lake in the southern Oregon Cascades. The...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: program. Dr. R. Lee Lyman provided me with financial support, valuable experience, and his always keen

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

Creator:: Kearney, Melva J.
Abstract:: Apologia is a rhetorical genre of self-defense. As such, apologetic discourse involves a response to an attack upon an individual's character or worth as a human being. Los Angeles Police Detective Mark Fuhrman encountered such a attack during the 0.J. Simpson murder trial. The purpose of this analysis is to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: apologia as masculine facework AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melva J. Kearney for the degree of Master

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

Creator:: Read, Richard Thomas
Abstract:: In February 1905 the Oregon State Academy of Sciences formed in Portland to promote scientific research and diffusion of scientific knowledge in Oregon. The founders also planned to assist in the discovery and development of the state's natural resources. The Academy was the first scientific society in Oregon with professional...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Appendix J: Examples of Academy Printed Matter 157 Appendix K: Discussion of Three Academies of Science in

The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

Creator:: Borden, John F.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to review Pennsylvania's use of paper money through two distinct periods: the first seven years of currency issues starting in 1723 and concluding in 1730, and the second period encompassed by the French and Indian War in 1755-63. They represent two significant periods affecting...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Credit 12 I. The Economy's Trade Deficit 13 J. Legislated Interest Rates 15 K. Experience of

Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

Creator:: Bowyer, Gary C.
Abstract:: Fort Hoskins is located near Kings Valley, approximately 16 miles from Corvallis. The Fort, built after the Rogue Wars of the 1850s, was intended to safeguard the newly created Indian reserves. During its' ten-years of existence, U.S. Army Regulars manned the Fort from 1856-1861 while volunteers from California, Washington, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: sites and their contexts. As J. W. Joseph (1987:56) has pointed out, "[A]rtifact patterning is [a

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

Creator:: Voit, Irene Elaine
Abstract:: Although employee theft is claimed by many authors to be a significant problem in America with corrosive and damaging effects upon business and society, very little research has been done to establish the causes of such behavior. The purpose of this thesis was to identify, discuss, and critically evaluate theories...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of theft and illus- trate that the problem might be growing: --In 1936, the cause of seven percent

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A Study of the Demagoguery of Joseph Smith, Jr.

Boring to the Core: The Archaeology, History, and Dendrochronology of a Railroad Logging Camp, Ladee Flat, Clackamas County, Oregon

Frank and Friendly Pressure : U.S. Liberal Interventionism in the Early Cold War

Red light ladies : settlement patterns and material culture on the frontier

The effects of the Mazama tephra-falls : a geoarchaeological approach

Mark Fuhrman's Murder In Brentwood : A Rhetorical Criticism of Apologia as Masculine Facework

Institutionalizing Science in Oregon : The Role of the Oregon State Academy of Sciences, 1905-1914

The Maturest Deliberation : Colonial Pennsylvania Currency in Depression and War

Archaeological Symbols of Status and Authority : Fort Hoskins. Oregon. 1856-1865

Employee theft : a study of the major sociological, economic and business causal theories

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