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The Effect Of Urbanization And Modernization On Family Structure In Oman, Sultan M. Al-Hashmi

Dissertations and Theses

This thesis was designed to describe family change in Oman as it undergoes urbanization and modernization. A survey questionnaire to measure these changes was developed. Some questions were developed in two forms for a comparison of family change across two generations. Respondents were asked to answer the questions as they applied to their current family situation. They were then asked to consider, according to their best recollections, what the situation was in their parents' generation.

Experience And Expression: Life Among Bedouin Women In South Sinai, Deborah Wickering

Faculty Books

No abstract provided.

Asian American Immigrants: A Comparison Of The Chinese, Japanese, And Filipinos, John K. Matsouka, Donald H. Ryujin

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

An historical overview of the immigration of the three most populous Asian American groups in the United States is presented. The immigrant experiences of the Chinese, Filipinos, and Japanese are compared, and the implications of their experiences for current and future immigration/ resettlement programs and policies are discussed.

Political Perspectives In Encyclopedias: Portrayal Of The Nicaraguan Revolution, Brian B. Smith

Masters Theses

Encyclopedia text is most often presented as objective, factual, authoritatively documented truth. To examine this knowledge claim, this thesis analyzes the portrayal of the 1979 Nicaraguan revolution in editions of the four major U.S. encyclopedias. A qualitative content analysis is employed to determine the political perspectives present in encyclopedia coverage of the Nicaraguan revolution and the subsequent changes in Nicaraguan political economy brought about by that revolution.

The findings indicate that significant differences among and within the encyclopedias existed in the text analyzed. A variety of political perspectives were found to have influenced the content of the text, and to …

Doug Munro's Review Of Nancy Y. W. Tom's The Chinese In Western Samoa, 1875-1985, Doug Munro

Pacific Studies

No abstract provided.

The Future Of Ideology In An Interdependent World, Charles C. West

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Review Of The Sociology Of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective, By Don E. Albrecht And Steve H. Murdock, Keith D. Parker

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Albrecht and Murdock provide a thorough examination and discussion of the changing structure of American agriculture. The authors, adopting an integrated approach, examine the major trends and changes in farming and the causes of these changes. This book provides a theoretically informed framework that allows dimensions central to the understanding of past, present, and possible future changes in the structure of American agriculture. The text examines ecological factors that influence and are influenced by the changing structure of agriculture. It describes the relationship between technology and agriculture. The authors discuss nonfarm organizations such as government and financial and economic institutions …

Review Of Damming The Colorado: The Rise Of The Lower Colorado River Authority, 1933-1939, By John R. Adams, Jr., F. Andrew Schoolmaster

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

This book provides an insightful and useful case study of political compromise and regional conflict resolution stemming from the construction of multipurpose development projects on the Colorado River of Texas. The author focuses on the maneuvering of Texas politicians such as James P. Buchanan, J. J. Mansfield, and Lyndon B. Johnson in creating the Lower Colorado River Authority, and bringing a New Deal reclamation project complete with dams, reservoirs, and hydroelectric power stations to central Texas. The book is divided into six chapters, supplemented by a brief introduction, an extensive collection of footnotes, and an excellent bibliography.

Great Plains Research: Editorial Matter, Volume 1, Number 1

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Includes:

Cover
Publisher Information (The Center for Great Plains Studies)
Copyright page
Table of Contents
Editor’s Note
News and Notes
Calls for Papers (2)
Advertisements (2)
Instructions to Authors

Church-State Relationship In Changing Society, Josef Hromádka

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Suffering The Difference: Reflections On Russian Anti-Semitism, Christopher M. Leighton

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 66, No. 34, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Special edition of the College Heights Herald regarding the Persian Gulf War.

• Howard, Laura. Campus Calm As Protests Hit D.C. – Persian Gulf War, 1991
• Garcia, Joseph & Barry Williams. Protests in the Park Photospread - Demonstrations
• Poynter, Chris. Family Life is Among Conflict’s Causalities
• Dorris, Donna. Newlyweds Await End of War – Tiffany McKeel, John Boucher
• Support Groups to Combat Gulf Concerns Tomorrow
• Some of the Students Called to Duty

Capitalist Coalitions, The State And Economic Restructuring - Chile, 1973-1988, Eduardo Silva

UMSL Global

No abstract provided.

The Production And Transmission Of Knowledge About International Relations - The Disheveled Discipline, J. Martin Rochester

UMSL Global

No abstract provided.

The Informal Dimension Of Urban Activity In Egypt: Some Recent Work, Mostafa Kharoufi

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Urban Street Food Vendors: Case-Study From Egypt, Sarah F. Loza

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

The Informal Sector In Egypt: Towards An Anthropology Of Work, Nicholas S. Hopkins

Faculty Book Chapters

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Employment And Income In The Informal Sector Of The Maghreb And Mashreq Countries, Jacques Charmes

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Economic And Social Change In A Village In Giza, Judy H. Brink

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Organizing Migrant Workers: The Egyptian Experience, James Toth

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Markets, Marketing, The Market: Informal Egypt, Nicholas S. Hopkins

Faculty Book Chapters

[abstract not provided]

Review Of The Checkered Years: A Bonanza Farm Diary, 1884-88., H. Elaine Lindgren

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Mary Dodge Woodward's keen observations, written in her diaries, serve to recreate days of bonanza farming in the Red River Valley of the North in the 1880s. Mary Dodge Woodward came to the Fargo area to live on a bonanza farm managed by her son Walter. A telescope extended Mary Dodge Woodward's view of the land stretching beyond the farmyard. "I stand at the east chamber-which is my observatory- with the spy glass everyday" (82).

Review Of Heaven Is Near The Rocky Mountains, Robin Ridington

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

Thomas Woolsey was a Methodist missionary in the Edmonton region between 1855 and 1864. This book is a collection of his letters and journals, edited by historian Hugh Dempsey. Woolsey seems to have been concerned more with combating his Oblate "Romish" competitors than he was in understanding the Cree, Stoney, Blackfoot, and Sarcee Indians with whom he came into contact. Woolsey was thoroughly convinced of the superiority of his Methodism over heathenism and popery alike. He seems to have been a decent and articulate person, but not a particularly engaged observer of the Indian peoples to whom he ministered.

Review Of The Two Psychiatries: The Transformation Of Psychiatric Work In Saskatchewan, 1905-1984, Will Spaulding

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The Great Plains region has a history of producing innovations in mental health. This book, an historical account and sociological analysis of the evolution of the Saskatchewan public mental health system, describes one Great Plains phenomenon that at times during this century has been remarkably progressive. The book began as the author's dissertation in the sociology of health care and was made possible by his fortuitous access to confidential government archives, primarily in the form of interoffice correspondence, in addition to the public historical record. Dickenson evaluates several hypotheses generated by sociologies of labor and professions. The brief and succinct …

Standing Traditions On Its Head: Role Reversal Among Blood Indian Couples, Janet Mancini Billson

Great Plains Quarterly (through 2013)

The woman is the foundation on which nations are built.

She is the heart of her nation.

If that heart is weak the people are weak.

If her heart is strong and her mind is clear

then the nation is strong and knows its purpose.

The woman is the centre of everything.

But equally, women must honour men;

If not, then everything is out of balance

and we can have nothing but chaos and pain.

These are the first elements that must be

put back together

or nothing, but nothing

can come right again. ¹

The New Soviet History, Daniel T. Orlovsky

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Democracy And The Crisis Of The Socialist Project: Toward A Post-Revolutionary Theology Of Liberartion, Miroslav Volf

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Letter To The Editor, Rudolf Andorka

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.

Social Background And Bureaucratic Behavior In Egypt, Earl L. Sullivan, El Sayed Yassin, Ali Leila, Monte Palmer

Faculty Books

This study of the role of gender and religion in the Egyptian bureaucracy provides general background information pertaining to the three major topics of this book: bureaucratic behaviour, the role of women in Egyptian society and relations between Egypt's religious groups, the Muslims and the Copts. The author hypothesizes that the attitudes and behaviour of Egyptian bureaucrats will differ markedly on the basis of sex, but that the attitudes and behaviour of Coptic bureaucrats will not differ significantly from those of their Muslim counterparts. The two hypotheses were tested in reference to eight sets of attitudes and behaviour, viz. media …

God, Freedom, And Grace, Miroslav Volf

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

No abstract provided.