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One Hundred Years Of Servitude : The Colombian Labor Movement 1848-1948, Curtis Curry

FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The current study seeks not only to place into focus the general patterns of social and economic organization prevalent in Colombia in the late nineteenth century and the early twentieth (such political and economic organization has been ably illustrated by several authors), but also strives to elucidate the systems of thought or 'ideologies' to which such socio-economic and political structures gave rise. It is concerned with the thought-systems that influenced the development of the Colombian labor movement, those of actors external to organized labor and indigenous systems of thought of labor activists themselves.

The hypothesis is that class and party-based …

Study On Street Children In Four Selected Towns In Ethiopia, Kevin Lalor, Angela Veale, Azeb Adefrisew, Unicef, University College Cork

Reports

The child is the most precious asset and the focal point of development for any country. However, unless children are brought up in a stimulating and conducive environment getting the best possible care and protection, their physical, mental, emotional and social development is susceptible to permanent damage. Ethiopia, being one of the least developed countries of the world due to interrelated and complex socio-economic factors including man-made and natural calamities, a large portion of our population - especially children - are victimized by social evils like famine, disease, poverty, mass displacement, lack of education and family instability. Owing to the …

Looking Back On A Closing Chapter: The Experience Of The East German Churches, Barbara G. Green

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Moral And Spiritual Changes In The Last Years Of The Soviet Union - Part One, Howard L. Parsons

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

See Part Two here: http://digitalcommons.georgefox.edu/ree/vol13/iss1/2/

The Revolutionary Church? The Role Of East German Protestants Amid Political Change, Todd W. Harris

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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For The Sake Of Zion And Of Righteousness, László Tökés

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Message Of Patriarch Pavle And Cardinal Kuharic Following Their Meeting In Geneva On 23 September 1992, Franjo Kuharic

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Ethnic Identity And Constitutional Design For Africa, Alemante G. Selassie

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To The Rijaset (Leadership) Of The Islamic Community In Sarajevo, Franjo Kuharic

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Orthodox - Catholic Ecumenical Developments, Patricia Lefevere

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Legacy Of The Church Struggle In Contemporary Germany, Albrecht Schönherr

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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White Candles Vs. Red Flags: Religion And The Fall Of The Berlin Wall, Max L. Stackhouse

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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Notes From East Berlin: A Coming To Terms With The Past, John P. Burgess

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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A Model Of The Link Between The Fiscal System And Singapore's Central Provident Fund In General Equilibrium, Hian Teck Hoon, Kai Lin Teo

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper demonstrates a channel through which the fiscal system interacts with the choice of CPF contribution rates to affect total savings, and hence, capital accumulation and the current account. It is shown that in the presence of a wage income tax, raising either the employee's or employer's contribution rates raises the total private earnings. On the other hand, in the presence of a capital income tax, raising the employee's or employer's contribution rates lowers total private savings. However, when we introduce a productive role for government spending, we show that an increase in CPF contribution rates under a balances …

Native Americans, The Courts And Water Policy: Is Nothing Sacred?, Peter J. Longo, Chrisitana E. Miewald

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

Public policy in such areas as the environment is increasingly being shaped by the courts as they resolve conflicts. There is some question whether the courts are able to include in policy decisions those values that are not derived from economic utility. In this article, the values represented by traditional Native American beliefs about nature and particularly water are examined. While Native Americans have won some court battles over water, the judges have usually decided on the basis of contractual and treaty agreements and not on the basis of the preservation of traditional values. Cases arising in the Great Plains …

Great Plains Research News And Notes - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

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Review Of The Bats Of Texas By David J. Schmidley, Patricia W. Freeman

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

There are few "Bats of” books for states because usually there are not that many species located in a particular state and second, we often do not have much information about the bats in a particular place or state. But there has been increasing interest in bats in the last few years stimulated by organizations like Bat Conservation International and publications like Bats of Carlsbad Caverns, both of which have high quality photographs of bats. The Carlsbad publication has particularly spectacular pictures of bats in flight.

Great Plains Research Contents - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

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Career Differentiation: The Legal Community In Lincoln, Nebraska 1880-1891, Andrew Koszewski

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

The development of a legal community in late nineteenth-century Lincoln, Nebraska, offers an opportunity to examine career differentiation. Relying upon census and Lincoln city directories, the data analysis reveals similar patterns to previous research on the legal profession and some significant differences. Lincoln attorneys usually came from middle or lower classes backgrounds, seldom graduated from college, relocated to Nebraska from midwestern states, practiced alone, joined numerous fraternal organizations, became involved in politics, and were overwhelmingly Republicans.

Great Plains Research Annual Index - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

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Second Theological Symposium On "The Church, Jews, And Judaism", Waldemar Chrostowski

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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The Popper Proposals For The Great Plains: A View From The Canadian Prairies, Alec H. Paul

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

The Popper thesis, that large parts of the U.S. Great Plains are best suited to their pre-settlement role of "buffalo commons" and should be returned to that state, might also be applied to portions of the Canadian prairies north of the 49th parallel. The Canadian Dry Belt, often referred to as the Palliser Triangle, has suffered drought and environmental degradation similar to the U. S. Great Plains. Rural depopulation began in the 1920s, and in the 1930s the region became known as the Canadian Dustbowl. As early as the 1920s, some farmers had begun to work together to develop land-use …

Landscape Ecology Of Hedgerows And Fencerows In Panama Township, Lancaster County, Nebraska, Richard K. Sutton

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

This study investigated woody plant composition, structure, and biomass of hedgerows and fencerows, and for effects between human attitudes and management practices; Fencerows arise as narrow strips of woody and herbaceous plants at field margins and property boundaries. Hedgerows grow from intentional linear plantings. Exotic species were more important in fencerow composition. Hackberry, Missouri gooseberry, American plum, and white mulberry readily inhabited both fencerows and hedgerows. Woody plants exhibited clumped distribution in both hedgerows and fencerows. A moisture gradient emerged as a factor in distribution of species. Management caused a significant difference in species richness and biomass in both hedgerows …

Great Plains Research Introduction - Vol. 2, No. 2, 1992, Paul A. Kay

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

Most Americans possess an image of the Great Plains derived, I suspect, from a high-speed window. The interstate highways, those great passing through routes, provide constricted views; I-80, for example, trapped in the Platte River Valley across much of Nebraska, leads one to think of the Plains as flat. The image from 30,000-plus feet is no less informative, to the untrained observer, of the web of life below; even the giant circles of the center pivots bespeak large empty spaces. Neither viewing platform is sufficient to reveal the intricacies of the Plains, let alone the concerns of those who live …

Review Of Contemporary Federal Policy Toward American Indians By Emma R. Gross, Beth R. Ritter

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

This book is a public policy study detailing the various factors which culminated in pro-Indian federal policy and legislation during the 1970s. The author's primary thesis is to suggest the 1970s represented a marked departure from previous federal Indian policy and legislation in that Native Americans themselves were well-represented in the democratic process impacting favorable federal decision-making.

Contribution Of The Reformed Churches To The Fall Of Communism In Hungary And Romania, Joseph Punger

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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A Christian Exploration On Nationalism And Conflict Resolution: Raising The Questions, David A. Steele

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

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A Daring Proposal For Dealing With An Inevitable Disaster? A Review Of The Buffalo Commons Proposal, Karen De Bres, Mark Guizlo

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

In December 1987, "The Great Plains: From Dust to Dust, a Daring Proposal for Dealing With an Inevitable Disaster," by Frank and Deborah Popper appeared in Planning, a journal of the American Planning Association. While many alternatives have been suggested to solve the environmental, social, and economic problems of the region, the Poppers' Buffalo Commons thesis quickly made regional and national headlines. Since 1987, the Poppers, while writing and speaking on this topic at length, have failed to substantiate many of their arguments. Meanwhile, their somewhat facile assumptions have attracted a wide and sometimes favorable audience. This paper contains three …

Population Change In The High Plains Ogallala Region: 1980-1990, Stephen E. White

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

This study explores the role of groundwater exploitation on population change in the High Plains Ogallala region. Results from several multiple regression analyses are examined to assess the relationship between 1980-1990 population changes in 184 counties with the dominance of irrigated agriculture, change in irrigated acreage, historical population change, farm size change, population density, urbanization, and the level of agricultural employment.

Change in irrigated acreage is significantly associated with population change for Nebraska and for the 90 counties that have an urban place. However, the more important factors are the degree of urbanization among the urban counties and long term …

A Chromosome Study Of Blue Grama (Bouteloua Gracilis) In Northern Colorado, T. Tsuchiya, W. Mcginnies, A. Shahla

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences

Chromosomes were studied in somatic cells of 60 plants of blue grama, Bouteloua gracilis (Willd. ex Kunth) Lag ex Griffiths, collected from a 7-hectare field of native range at the Central Plains Experiment Range (CPER), Nunn, Colorado, to determine chromosome constitution in relation to the plant characteristics. Somatic chromosomes were studied in root tips collected from vigorously growing plants in the greenhouse. Acetocarmine squash method was used to make slide preparation. The majority of the plants were 2n =40. However, three plants were 2n=50 and two were 2n=60. The pentaploid plants (2n =50) were recorded for the first time in …