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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:: Ernest H. Taves, Trouble Enaugh, Joseph Smith AuLl the Book Qi Mormon (Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books

Creator:: Lin, Pei, 1966-
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: often referred to as Westernization. (Qi, 1989:21) However, this is not completely true. Modernization

Creator:: Newton, Lydia
Abstract:: This study explores private and public campground markets in Oregon. A profile of private and public campgrounds, their prices, location, and amenities, served as the supply side statistics while responses from the 1997 Campground Questionnaire provided data for demand of Oregon campgrounds. The questionnaire inquired about respondents' last camping trip...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: campsites were as follows: full hookup = qi; water and electric hookup = q2; water hookup = q3; cabin or

Creator:: Roberts, Nancy A.
Abstract:: The migrations of four generations of the Powledge family centering around Meriwether County, Georgia were described within the context of social and economic forces in the United States in 1820 to 1900. The family was representative of thousands of families that migrated westward. The migrations were found to correlate with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: " (Wiener 1979:985). Grady McWhiney's Cracker Culture. Celtic Ways in Qi South portrayed the cultural

Creator:: MacDonald, Lynne Bright
Abstract:: Excavation of two archeological sites, 353A47 and 35JA49, in the upper Applegate River Valley of southwestern Oregon was conducted in 1978 by the Department of Anthropology, Oregon State University. Site 353A47 is a multi-component site, of which only the late-prehistoric stratum, containing one complete and two partial housepits and a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Leggatt, Nick
Abstract:: In studying Western, especially French, imperialist action in China during the nineteenth century, this thesis argues that contemporary Sino-Western relations took various forms across various social strata on both sides, and the general terms used to classify them are erroneous: in effect, there was no "Chinese" response to "the West,"...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Wisner, George B.
Abstract:: By examining the combined written, ethnographic and physical evidence of a surviving steam-powered sawmill in the Douglas-fir region of the Pacific Northwest, this thesis seeks to supply new insights into the operation and adaptability of antiquated machinery during a period of rapid social and technological change and to develop a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Littlefield, Steven W.
Abstract:: The archaeological resources contained in Corvallis Riverfront Commemorative Park (RCP) have a great potential to add to the historical record of the warehouse district of the original town of Marysville (Corvallis). The City of Corvallis' proposed Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project and proposed changes to Riverfront Commemorative Park threaten to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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