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Imagining Kenya in Ngugi's fiction

Creator:: Prasansak, Ram
Abstract:: The relationship between literature and nation-building has been one of the most crucial issues in postcolonial studies. The novel in particular is regarded as a means by which writers forge national consciousness among the colonized during the time of colonization. Many African writers themselves, for example, conceive of their work...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: /-( Laura Rice The relationship between literature and nation-building has been one of the

Writing Rhodesia : young girls as narrators in works by Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga

Creator:: Thomas, Jane McCauley
Abstract:: Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga write fiction set in Zimbabwe, the former Southern Rhodesia. Although Lessing grew up as a white settler and Dangarembga, a generation later, as part of the colonized African population, the women sometimes address similar issues. Both write of young girls trying to find a speaking...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Tsitsi Dangarembga. Abstract approval: Laura Rice Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga write fiction

The influence of imperialist ideology on the dichotomy of passion and reason in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Creator:: Dietrich, Rhonda
Abstract:: A prevalent belief during the Victorian age was that the world was divided between inferior beings governed by passion and superior reasoning beings. On the political level, this idea separated inferior passion-driven natives from superior reasoning Europeans. This division contributed to the maintenance and expansion of imperialist rule in distant...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Passion and Reason in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre. Abstract approval: Laura Rice A prevalent belief

Where's the ground surface? Elevation bias in LIDAR-derived digital elevation models due to dense vegetation in Oregon tidal marshes

Creator:: Ewald, Michael J.
Abstract:: Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) is a powerful resource for coastal and wetland managers and its use is increasing. Vegetation density and other land cover characteristics influence the accuracy of LIDAR-derived ground surface digital elevation models; however, the degree to which wetland land cover biases LIDAR estimates of the ground...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Laura S. Brophy

The Impact of World Literature in Secondary Schools in Oregon and Chile : A Comparative Case Study

Creator:: McFarland, Annette Catherine
Abstract:: The reading of world literature, literary works from cultures other than one’s own, offers an effective means of creating greater awareness and sensitivity towards others. Research on the subject makes it clear that world literature can help lay the groundwork for a sense of world citizenship in students. To what...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Laura Rice The reading of world literature, literary works from cultures other than one’s

Pathway to publication : the written word in Tunisia

Creator:: Partin, Rachel and Partin, Rachel K.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the current state of the publishing industry in Tunisia in order to understand the nature of writing and publishing in an international context. In discovering the publishing procedure, I have included information on how books are used in education, homes, and libraries as well as the roles...
Resource Type:: Undergraduate Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Laura Rice, Associate Professor of English This thesis examines the current state of

Relationship between plant and butterfly community composition on upland prairies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Creator:: York, Melissa M.
Abstract:: Small remnants of 'natural' habitats exist today throughout much of the world. Upland prairies in the Willamette Valley, Oregon have been nearly eliminated by conversion to agriculture and other uses. As a result, very few prairies remain and at least four butterfly species that require this habitat appear to be...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Melissa M. York for the degree of

Voices of CALYX: Narratives of Feminist Publishing Activism, 1976-2006

Creator:: Steuben, Marieke L.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through a detailed investigation of the feminist publishing movement in the U.S. since the 1970s. Feminist publishers emerged from an activist context of feminist struggle, and they evolved within changing political and social climates, facing ideological and economic challenges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : ________________________________________________________________________ Laura P. Rice This thesis examines the nature of publishing as a political endeavor through

Evaluating the efficiency of the Washington State Ferry routes using data envelopment analysis

Creator:: Owen, Alyce L.
Abstract:: This paper uses data envelopment analysis (DEA) to examine the relative technical efficiency of the Washington State Ferry (WSF) routes operating in Puget Sound. This is the largest ferry system in the country. It is publicly operated and does not face direct competition from any other agency, public or private....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Washington State Ferry Routes Using Data Envelopment Analysis. Abstract approved: Laura S. Connolly This

Behavioral differences between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals : an empirical study

Creator:: Dickerson, John Fielden
Abstract:: This paper examines the theoretical and empirical differences between the behavior of nonprofit and for-profit hospitals. Considerations are extended to include the possibility of collusion when hospitals make strategic choices. The operating objectives of the firms take into account price, quantity, and quality. Defining the quality of hospital care is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: guidance and assistance is greatly appreciated. In particular, I thank my major professor, Laura Connolly

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Imagining Kenya in Ngugi's fiction

Writing Rhodesia : young girls as narrators in works by Doris Lessing and Tsitsi Dangarembga

The influence of imperialist ideology on the dichotomy of passion and reason in Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre

Where's the ground surface? Elevation bias in LIDAR-derived digital elevation models due to dense vegetation in Oregon tidal marshes

The Impact of World Literature in Secondary Schools in Oregon and Chile : A Comparative Case Study

Pathway to publication : the written word in Tunisia

Relationship between plant and butterfly community composition on upland prairies of the Willamette Valley, Oregon

Voices of CALYX: Narratives of Feminist Publishing Activism, 1976-2006

Evaluating the efficiency of the Washington State Ferry routes using data envelopment analysis

Behavioral differences between nonprofit and for-profit hospitals : an empirical study

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