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Cultural Identity And Use Of Language Among Mexican And Mexican American, Sandra Taurisano Copenhaguen, Blanca Torres Alonso Jan 2000

Cultural Identity And Use Of Language Among Mexican And Mexican American, Sandra Taurisano Copenhaguen, Blanca Torres Alonso

Theses Digitization Project

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The Effects Of Ethnicity, Ethnic Salience And Ethnic Identification On Consumers' Sources Of Information And Purchase Behavior, Patricia Wooten Humphrey Apr 1999

The Effects Of Ethnicity, Ethnic Salience And Ethnic Identification On Consumers' Sources Of Information And Purchase Behavior, Patricia Wooten Humphrey

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if there were any significant differences in the search and purchase behavior between white and black consumers due to ethnicity, ethnic identification, ethnic salience and ethnic situation.

The sample was chosen from two universities, one predominately white, the other predominately black. Of the 360 questionnaires administered, 345 were usable. The sample was representative of the student population of each university with respect to age, gender, and ethnicity. Statistical techniques used were ANOVAs, t-tests and paired comparisons.

The findings indicate that ethnicity plays an important role in an individual's sources of information used …


The Relationship Between Race Socialization Strategies And Social Affiliation In Latinos And Whites, Desidoro Rojas Urias, Desidoro Rojas Urias Jan 1996

The Relationship Between Race Socialization Strategies And Social Affiliation In Latinos And Whites, Desidoro Rojas Urias, Desidoro Rojas Urias

Theses Digitization Project

No abstract provided.


The Relationship Between College Satisfaction And The Variables: Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, And Racial Climate Among African-American Students, Cheris Renee Johnson Jan 1995

The Relationship Between College Satisfaction And The Variables: Ethnic Identity, Acculturation, And Racial Climate Among African-American Students, Cheris Renee Johnson

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Perceived Scholastic Competence In Children: What Roles Do Acculturative Stress And Coping Pay?, Virginia Rabor Moran Jan 1994

Perceived Scholastic Competence In Children: What Roles Do Acculturative Stress And Coping Pay?, Virginia Rabor Moran

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A Mormon Melting Pot: Ethnicity Acculturation In Cedar City, Utah, 1880-1915, Vida Leigh Jan 1990

A Mormon Melting Pot: Ethnicity Acculturation In Cedar City, Utah, 1880-1915, Vida Leigh

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis studies the ethnicity of the five ethnic groups found in Cedar City, Utah, during the 1880-to-1915 period. Those five groups were originally sent by Brigham Young to found the Iron Mission, as a two-fold project: (1) developing the iron mining industry, and (2) building a united community of Latter-day Saints.

The demographics, kinship, ties, marriage patterns, occupations, wealth, and elites in church government and society have been examined in detail through US censuses, Iron county assessment records, marriage records, Cedar City municipal records, LDS church records, diaries, histories, and personal histories. By comparing all the ethnic groups within …