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Chinese Women As Cultural Participants And Symbols In Nineteenth Century America, Tina Michele Landroche
Chinese Women As Cultural Participants And Symbols In Nineteenth Century America, Tina Michele Landroche
Dissertations and Theses
Chinese female immigrants were active cultural contributors and participants in nineteenth century America, yet Americans often simplified their roles into crude stereotypes and media symbols. The early western accounts concerning females in China created the fundamental images that were the basis of the later stereotypes of women immigrants. The fact that a majority of the period's Chinese female immigrants became prostitutes fueled anti-Chinese feelings.
This thesis investigates the general existence of Chinese prostitutes in nineteenth century America and how they were portrayed in the media. American attitudes toward white women and their images of Chinese women created the stereotype of …
Racism, Sexism And Ageism In America, Bobbie Alexander Lyons
Racism, Sexism And Ageism In America, Bobbie Alexander Lyons
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Free African-American Archeology: Interpreting An Antebellum Farmstead, Robin Leigh Ryder
Free African-American Archeology: Interpreting An Antebellum Farmstead, Robin Leigh Ryder
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Stretching The Chains: Runaway Slaves In South Carolina And Jamaica, Jan Mark Williams
Stretching The Chains: Runaway Slaves In South Carolina And Jamaica, Jan Mark Williams
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
"An Instrument For Awakening": The Moravian Church And The White River Indian Mission, Scott Edward Atwood
"An Instrument For Awakening": The Moravian Church And The White River Indian Mission, Scott Edward Atwood
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
A New People In An Age Of War: The Kahnawake Iroquois, 1667--1760, Gretchen Lynn Green
A New People In An Age Of War: The Kahnawake Iroquois, 1667--1760, Gretchen Lynn Green
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
This study focusses on the Kahnawake Iroquois Indians, a collection of individuals who emigrated from the Iroquois homeland to a Jesuit mission community, or reserve, outside of Montreal, starting in 1667.;Their history and development as a people is traced from the beginnings in 1667 up to the end of the French power in Canada, at the end of the Seven Years' War in 1760. Through the topics of diplomacy, warfare, and trade, these Kahnawake Indians are examined and it is determined that they were important players in the power politics and military balance between the English, the French, and the …
Hispanic Migrant Labor In Oregon, 1940-1990, Colleen Marie Loprinzi
Hispanic Migrant Labor In Oregon, 1940-1990, Colleen Marie Loprinzi
Dissertations and Theses
Hispanic Migrant Labor in Oregon, 1940-1990, describes the history and conditions of Hispanic farmworkers migrating from the southwestern United States, Mexico, and Latin America after the 1940s. This paper uncovers the history and contribution of a people easily forgotten, but essential to the well-being of the economy and the cultural diversity o f Oregon. Though much has been lost in the comings and the goings o f these people, bits and pieces have been recovered from old newspaper clippings, occasional documents recording the concerns and responses of the federal and state governments, rare articles tucked away in little known periodicals, …
A Case Study Of Black West Indian Migrants In Urban Canada: The Decision To Migrate, Patrick Richardson
A Case Study Of Black West Indian Migrants In Urban Canada: The Decision To Migrate, Patrick Richardson
Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive)
The main purpose of this study is to examine the extent to which traditional models of the migration decision making process adequately account for and describe the decision making process of black West Indian immigrants in Canada. Traditional models of the migration decision making process have suggested that individuals migrate after a rational comparison of place utilities (Wolpert, 1964; Roseman, 1971). These human capital models of migration (De Jong et al, 1981) suggest that individuals, acting in a very rational manner, seek always to maximize their “profits” at an optimum location. However, this study suggests that in the case of …
Japanese Business In The United States: Unintentional Definition Of The Other, Yujin Yaguchi
Japanese Business In The United States: Unintentional Definition Of The Other, Yujin Yaguchi
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Seneca Hair Combs As Material Culture: A Study, April Jean Vasey
Seneca Hair Combs As Material Culture: A Study, April Jean Vasey
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.
Womanpower In The Civil Rights Movement, Yvette Hutchinson
Womanpower In The Civil Rights Movement, Yvette Hutchinson
Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects
No abstract provided.