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How Culture Shapes Rationality: A Study Of Mayan And Miskito Communities In Guatemala And Nicaragua, Tracy Devine Guzman Jan 1994

How Culture Shapes Rationality: A Study Of Mayan And Miskito Communities In Guatemala And Nicaragua, Tracy Devine Guzman

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Social Capital And Trust In Government, David Alexander Hawkins Jan 1994

Social Capital And Trust In Government, David Alexander Hawkins

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Cold War Cultural Accord: How The East Was Won, Nancy Ridgway Van Buren Wise Jan 1994

The Cold War Cultural Accord: How The East Was Won, Nancy Ridgway Van Buren Wise

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Critique Of Ronald Inglehart's Theory Of Cultural Shift, William Horning-Kossler Jan 1994

A Critique Of Ronald Inglehart's Theory Of Cultural Shift, William Horning-Kossler

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Coercion In Population Planning: The Evidence From Four Asian States, Clarke Martin Cagey Jan 1994

The Role Of Coercion In Population Planning: The Evidence From Four Asian States, Clarke Martin Cagey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


An Oasis Of Service: A National Service Proposal In The Spirit Of Strong Democracy, Richard Arthur Rose Jan 1994

An Oasis Of Service: A National Service Proposal In The Spirit Of Strong Democracy, Richard Arthur Rose

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A Comparative Study Of Environmental Policy: The United States And Japan, Shari Ann Mortimer Jan 1994

A Comparative Study Of Environmental Policy: The United States And Japan, Shari Ann Mortimer

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Pork, Policy, And Privilege: Presidential Lobbying For Nafta, Alison Felter Salka Jan 1994

Pork, Policy, And Privilege: Presidential Lobbying For Nafta, Alison Felter Salka

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Hans Dietrich Genscher And The Csce Process, Christopher Josef Thanner Jan 1994

Hans Dietrich Genscher And The Csce Process, Christopher Josef Thanner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Friedrich Hayek's Terra Incognita Of The Self, Gary Thomas Dempsey Jan 1994

Friedrich Hayek's Terra Incognita Of The Self, Gary Thomas Dempsey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Islamic Revival Movements And Revolution: The Cases Of Iran And Egypt, Myriam Kati Fizazi-Hawkins Jan 1994

Islamic Revival Movements And Revolution: The Cases Of Iran And Egypt, Myriam Kati Fizazi-Hawkins

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Terrorism: Is It On The Decline?, Christine Mary Mccrorey Jan 1994

Terrorism: Is It On The Decline?, Christine Mary Mccrorey

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


German-Soviet Relations And The International System, Michael Joseph Deets Jan 1994

German-Soviet Relations And The International System, Michael Joseph Deets

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


A New Media Game: Challenging The Minimalist Consensus, Carolyn Castleberry Jan 1994

A New Media Game: Challenging The Minimalist Consensus, Carolyn Castleberry

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Determinants Of Criminal Court Sentencing, Jennifer Rae Lovko Jan 1994

Determinants Of Criminal Court Sentencing, Jennifer Rae Lovko

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Rationalization Of Drug Treatment Programs: The Emergence Of Court-Enforced Drug Treatment Bureaucracies, John G. Richardson Jan 1994

The Rationalization Of Drug Treatment Programs: The Emergence Of Court-Enforced Drug Treatment Bureaucracies, John G. Richardson

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Drug Use And Deterrence: A Test Of Silberman's General Theory, Michael Owen Maume Jan 1994

Drug Use And Deterrence: A Test Of Silberman's General Theory, Michael Owen Maume

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Social Control And Morale Within The Virginia Department Of State Police, Andrew Herbert Engemann Jan 1994

Social Control And Morale Within The Virginia Department Of State Police, Andrew Herbert Engemann

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Inequality In Early Virginia: A Case Study From Martin's Hundred, Andrew C. Edwards Jan 1994

Inequality In Early Virginia: A Case Study From Martin's Hundred, Andrew C. Edwards

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


African-American Family And Society On The Lands Of The Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, 1862-1880, Bradley Michael Mcdonald Jan 1994

African-American Family And Society On The Lands Of The Yorktown Naval Weapons Station, 1862-1880, Bradley Michael Mcdonald

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Trade Networks And Artifact Analysis: A Comparison Of Elite Households 1780-1810, Rion Renee Microys Jan 1994

Trade Networks And Artifact Analysis: A Comparison Of Elite Households 1780-1810, Rion Renee Microys

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Deciphering The Messages Of Baltimore's Monuments, Melanie Dawn Collier Jan 1994

Deciphering The Messages Of Baltimore's Monuments, Melanie Dawn Collier

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Adult Children Of Alcoholics: Measuring The Personality Characteristics Of Autonomy, Inferiority And Intimacy, Cynthia Ann Walker Jan 1994

Adult Children Of Alcoholics: Measuring The Personality Characteristics Of Autonomy, Inferiority And Intimacy, Cynthia Ann Walker

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

This study investigated how adult children of alcoholics differ from adult children of non-alcoholics when measured on the personality characteristics of autonomy, inferiority and intimacy. The subjects were randomly selected from the employees of a large school district in southeast Virginia. Each subject received a questionnaire package that included the Adjective Check List, Personal Orientation Inventory, Children of Alcoholics Screening Test and The Personal History Questionnaire. The return rate for questionnaire packages was 72%. All subjects were volunteers and their identities remained anonymous to the researcher. The sample size was 130.;The subjects were placed in the adult children of alcoholics …


The Effects Of Psychodrama Treatment On Levels Of Assertiveness And Locus-Of-Control In Women Who Have Experienced Battering, Jeanne Ball Burger Jan 1994

The Effects Of Psychodrama Treatment On Levels Of Assertiveness And Locus-Of-Control In Women Who Have Experienced Battering, Jeanne Ball Burger

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

The purpose of this study was to measure the effects of psychodrama treatment on assertiveness and locus of control for women who sought out-patient therapy to deal with the experience of having been battered. Subjects were required to have been out of their abusive relationships for at least two months.;Forty women completed the study. They were randomly assigned to an experimental group of psychodrama treatment or to a comparison group that received whatever treatment was available to them if the study were not taking place. Each of three sections of psychodrama experimental groups met for one eighteen hour weekend and …


"A Handsomely Improved Place" : Economic, Social, And Gender-Role Development In A Backcountry Town, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750-1810, Judith A. Ridner Jan 1994

"A Handsomely Improved Place" : Economic, Social, And Gender-Role Development In A Backcountry Town, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1750-1810, Judith A. Ridner

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

As a social history of the town and people of Carlisle, Pennsylvania from 1750 to 1810, this dissertation traces the evolution of communal identity in the early American backcountry. By focusing on the growth and development of one urban community, this work details not only how and why one group of backcountry inhabitants took pride in their town's outward accomplishments and material prosperity, but also explains how Carlisle's evolutionary growth prompted the town's people to see themselves as key players in an economic and social universe that stretched far beyond the geographic boundaries of their localized realm.;Using state and county …


To Make Them Like Us: European-Indian Intermarriage In Seventeenth-Century North America, Jennifer Agee Jones Jan 1994

To Make Them Like Us: European-Indian Intermarriage In Seventeenth-Century North America, Jennifer Agee Jones

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Territorial Madness: Spain, Geopolitics, And The American Revolution, Michael J. Devine Jan 1994

Territorial Madness: Spain, Geopolitics, And The American Revolution, Michael J. Devine

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Agoraphobia And Interpersonal Relationships: Theory And Research, Lisa Kay Mccarthy Jan 1994

Agoraphobia And Interpersonal Relationships: Theory And Research, Lisa Kay Mccarthy

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


The Effects Of High Versus Low Imagery Humor On Spatial And Verbal Problem Solving, Heather Gail Belanger Jan 1994

The Effects Of High Versus Low Imagery Humor On Spatial And Verbal Problem Solving, Heather Gail Belanger

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.


Adolescent Identity And Loneliness: The Role Of Attachment, Armida Rubio Jan 1994

Adolescent Identity And Loneliness: The Role Of Attachment, Armida Rubio

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

No abstract provided.