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"'I wouldn't have believed it -- even of a white man'" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing"

Creator:: Franks, Tricia May
Abstract:: In their respective novels, The House Behind the Cedars (1900) and Passing (1929), both Charles Chesnutt and Nella Larsen utilize racial passing, the process of a mixed-race individual living as "white," to explore the relations between black and white people during early-twentieth century America. This thesis specifically argues that Chesnutt...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the near-white John Warwick, who returns to his family after several years away. During this

"Big bud" disease of filbert : a descriptive cytological study of the affected plant tissues

Creator:: Larew, Hiram, 1953-
Abstract:: A light and electron microscope study of Corylus avellana L. vegetative buds infested with the eriophyoid mites, Cecidiophyopsis vermiformis Nal. and Phycoptella avellanae Nal., is reported. Descriptions are given of changes in infested stipule tissue. The nipple-like proliferations (enations) which arise on the infested stipule surface are covered by a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Redacted for Privacy vFred R. Tickson A light and electron microscope study of Corylus avellana L

“Fracking” Controversy and Communication: Using National Survey Data to Understand Public Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing

Creator:: Boudet, Hilary, Clarke, Chris, Bugden, Dylan, Maibach, Edward, Roser-Renouf, Connie, and Leiserowitz, Anthony
Abstract:: The recent push to develop unconventional sources of oil and gas both in the U.S. and abroad via hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) has generated a great deal of controversy. Effectively engaging stakeholders and setting appropriate policies requires insights into current public perceptions of this issue. Using a nationally representative U.S. sample...
Resource Type:: Article

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

Creator:: Wicks, James Anthony
Abstract:: This thesis examines the representation of consumer culture in Fight Club within the context of Frederic Jameson's theory of postmodernism. I propose that the film represents consumer culture as a totalizing system. This representation is evident in the setting of the film and in the Narrator's attempt to escape from...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: thesis of James Anthony_ Wicks presented on July 20, 2005. APPROVED: L ajor Professor, representing

"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder

Creator:: Hiatt, Bryan
Abstract:: Recent conflicts in America concerning the environment (the harvesting of old growth timber in the Pacific Northwest, or the proposed opening of public lands in southern Utah to mining interests, for instance) have precipitated a personal examination of "historical others" (Jensen 64), individuals that possess very different sensibilities from a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Jail 39 Poems and Politics John Brown 41 Four Changes 47 Identity Achieved 50 51V

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

Creator:: Turner, Martha I.
Abstract:: The topic of this study is the cultural impact of the computer in a school. "Impact" is 'defined as the cultural consequences of intended and unintended learning that occur when computers are used in the school. The major theoretical orientations of the work include the concepts of manifest and latent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: " transmitted through the process of schooling. Over forty years ago John Dewey pointed out that even though

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

Creator:: Fox, M. Anne, 1939-
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to document vegetation on "The Island", a Research Natural Area at the confluence of the Crooked River and the Deschutes River in central Oregon's Juniperus occidentalis Zone and to compare the results with an earlier study reported in 1964 from 1960-'61 data. Present-day comparisons...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: ) described the general area, centered around the Deschutes, Crooked, and John Day Rivers in central Oregon

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

Creator:: McGrory, Suzette L.
Abstract:: Traditional interpretations of James Joyce's Dubliners have often focused on the pervasive "paralysis" of the city, covered in the stories' range of "childhood, adolescence, maturity, and public life." However, these approaches have limited their focus on the women in the stories, often spotlighting the male characters--and the author--through a Freudian...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Suzette L

01 Brophy_Cornu_CICEET_FINAL_complete_30-Aug-2011.pdf

Creator:: Brophy, Laura, Cornu, Craig, Adamus, Paul R., Christy, John A., Gray, Ayesha, Huang, Lijuan, MacClellan, Megan, Doumbia, Julie, and Tully, Rebecca
Abstract:: Between 2007 and 2009, researchers from Green Point Consulting, Oregon State University, and the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve collected data on ecological and physical characteristics at five high-quality “least disturbed” tidal wetland sites in four Oregon estuaries. The reference sites included in this project are (1) Blind Slough...
Full Text:: , L. Huang, M.A. MacClellan, J.A. Doumbia, and R.L. Tully. 2011. New tools for tidal wetland

02 Brophy-Cornu_UsersGuide_TSM_FINAL_30-Aug-2011.pdf

Creator:: Brophy, Laura, Cornu, Craig, Adamus, Paul R., Christy, John A., Gray, Ayesha, Huang, Lijuan, MacClellan, Megan, Doumbia, Julie, and Tully, Rebecca
Abstract:: Between 2007 and 2009, researchers from Green Point Consulting, Oregon State University, and the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve collected data on ecological and physical characteristics at five high-quality “least disturbed” tidal wetland sites in four Oregon estuaries. The reference sites included in this project are (1) Blind Slough...
Full Text:: . Adamus, J.A. Christy, A. Gray, L. Huang, M.A. MacClellan, J.A. Doumbia, and R.L. Tully. 2011. New

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"'I wouldn't have believed it -- even of a white man'" : critiquing whiteness in Charles Chesnutt's "The house behind the cedars" and Nella Larsen's "Passing"

"Big bud" disease of filbert : a descriptive cytological study of the affected plant tissues

“Fracking” Controversy and Communication: Using National Survey Data to Understand Public Perceptions of Hydraulic Fracturing

"It was on the tip of everyone's tongue, Tyler and I just gave it a name" : Fight Club's representation of consumer culture

"Living Outside the Madness" : reform and ecology in the work of Henry Thoreau and Gary Snyder

"Playing with computers" : the hidden impact of the computer in a school

"The Island" Research Natural Area : a vegetation study with time and location comparisons

'That life of commonplace sacrifices' : representations of womanhood in Irish Catholic culture in James Joyce's Dubliners

01 Brophy_Cornu_CICEET_FINAL_complete_30-Aug-2011.pdf

02 Brophy-Cornu_UsersGuide_TSM_FINAL_30-Aug-2011.pdf

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