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Preference For Male Children In Japanese And American Society, Joyce Aschenbrenner

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

Is a preference for children of a given sex in a society primarily a result of cultural values, of social requirements or of individual needs? Although it is impossible completely to separate these types of influence, since social change may modify cultural traditions, and social interaction and cultural values influence individual needs. perhaps some assessment of the relative importance of various social and cultural phenomena involved in sex preference in a society can be attempted.

The present study is an exploratory treatment of the nature and degree of sex preference in two societies - Japanese and American - and a …

A Cross-Cultural Evaluation Of Festinger's Theory Of Cognitive Dissonance, Harold E. Nelson

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The purpose of this paper is to attempt an evaluation, in cross-cultural terms, of Leon Festinger's Theory of Cognitive Dissonance, as a research tool. The specific problem to be treated is a consideration of the extent to which dissonance theory can be made applicable in varying situations in diverse cultural settings. Prior to an exposition of methodology, a short abstract of the hypothesis and some of its ramifications is appropriate.

Some Problems In Minnesota Chippewa Acculturation, Jerome S. Stromberg

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The "Indian Problem" is a term frequently used without precise definition. It serves, perhaps, to bring to the mind of the general public conditions of poverty, backwardness, drunkenness, disrespect for the law, and lack of education and community organization among the Indians. An objection to this approach is that it does not provide adequate or systematic understanding of the basic nature of this "problem," but refers rather to the easily observable external manifestations. The "Indian Problem" approach also seems to attribute to all Indians an inherent tendency toward socially unacceptable behavior. A more profitable approach is to identify some of …

From Anthropometry To Isotopes In Physical Anthropology, Ladislav P. Novak

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

Pennsylvania Folklife Vol. 13, No. 2, Earl F. Robacker, Robert C. Bucher, Amos Long Jr., Richard Shaner, Don Yoder

Pennsylvania Folklife Magazine

• Pennsylvania Pewter and Pewterers
• Grain in the Attic
• Dryhouses in the Pennsylvania Folk-Culture
• The Amish Barn Dance
• Pennsylvanians Called it Mush

Sibyl 1963, Otterbein University

Otterbein University Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

Brazil, Land Of Mingling Races, Eulalee Long Anderson

Masters Theses

No abstract provided by author.

The Ethnological Use Of A Health Questionnaire, Nancy Way Lienke

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

In the summer of 1962 the population of Grand Portage Chippewa Indian Reservation was brought under review to determine the possible utility of the Cornell Medical Index Health Questionnaire (CMI) in the examination of psychosocial patterns. The use of the questionnaire was part of an investigation of the cultural concepts of health and disease in Grand Portage community. The CMI, therefore, was administered in the context of an ethnological study, and it should be considered in this inquiry as an instrument for studying the socio-cultural dimensions of disease rather than as a method of gathering traditional epidemiological data.

This paper …

A Preliminary Report On The Itasca Bison Site, Creighton T. Shay

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

In the summer of 1937 excavations conducted by the University of Minnesota Anthropology Department in Itasca State Park yielded extinct bison and other animal remains along with several stone artifacts. A preliminary notice was published in Science shortly after excavation was completed (Jenks, 193 7). The bones were extracted from a marl layer underlying a peat bog near the south end of the west arm of Lake Itasca. The deposit was discovered during construction of a road bridge over Nicollet Creek adjacent to the site. Material in the following report was assembled from unpublished field notes and records on file …

The Bison: 1963, Howard University

Howard University Yearbooks

This digital object was funded in part through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The digitalization of this object was part of a collaborative effort with the Washington Research Library Consortium and George Washington University.

Reading In Criminology For Pleasure And Perspective, Ruth Elinor Wilson

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Criminology And The Criminologist, Marvin E. Wolfgang

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Work Release In The United States, Stanley E. Grupp

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Raiford Study: Alcohol And Crime, Shaw Earl Grigsby

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Police Science Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

The Psychiatric Examination, Thomas J. Meyers

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Hi-O-Hi 1963, Oberlin College

Hi-O-Hi Yearbooks

No abstract provided.

River Basin Surveys Papers No. 30: The Stutsman Focus: An Aboriginal Culture Complex In The Jamestown Reservoir Area, North Dakota, R. P. Wheeler, Smithsonian Institution, Bureau Of American Ethnology

US Government Documents Related to Indigenous Nations

Published as a series sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, the “River Basin Surveys Papers” are a collection of archeological investigations focused on areas now flooded by the completion of various dam projects in the United States. The River Basin Surveys Papers (numbered 1-39) were mostly published in bundles, with 5-6 papers in each bundle. In collaboration with the United States (US) National Park Service and the US Bureau of Reclamation, the US Department of the Interior, and the US Army Corps of Engineers, the Smithsonian Institution pulled archeological and paleontological remains from several sites prior to …

Folktales - Witchcraft, Lechuza-D, 1963, 1977,1979-92

Mark Glazer's Traditional Mexican American Folklore Collection

Folktales collected by anthropology students from 1963, 1977,1979-92. NOTE: Personally identifiable information has been redacted.

Ua37/44 Tidbits Of Kentucky Folklore, Gordon Wilson

Faculty/Staff Personal Papers

Tidbits of Kentucky Folklore nos. 1401-1498:

• A Bigger World – 7
• A Great Leveler – 103
• Accepting the Universe – 121
• Acquired Characteristics – 67
• Another Barrier Removed – 135
• Beating the Other Fellow – 83
• Bees & Such – 123
• Being Queer – 21
• Between the Rivers – 149
• Cake & Pickle – 65
• Cashing in on Our Folkways – 155
• Continuity – 105
• Country Origins – 119
• Cussing & Near-Cussing – 15
• Doing Some Digging – 151
• Don’t Look Now, But . . . – 11
• Elocution Again – 147
• Entertaining Oneself or Being Entertained – 19
• Evaluating …

An Attitude Scale For The Assessment Of Morale In A Psychiatric Hospital, William Gregory Klett

Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Part-Time Job On The Functioning Of The Social Roles Of A Selected Group Of High School Girls, M. Helen Francis Small

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Change Of The Status And Role Of The Chief In East And Central Africa, William Francis Moroney

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of The Recognized Consistencies And Inconsistencies Of Three National Character Studies Of The Japanese People: Its Implication For The General Theory Of National Character, Lawrence Jerome Carlino

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Gvsc Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 1963-1964, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State College 1963 and 1964 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.

An Analysis Of The Effects Of Prejudice And Discrimination On Members Of The Negro Minority Through The Study Of Richard Wright's Native Son And The Long Dream, Marilea White

Honors Projects

The purpose of this research paper is to study the effects of prejudice on the members of a minority group. More specifically the paper will include an analysis of Richard Wright's Native Son and The Long Dream, with Racial and Cultural Minorities by George Simpson and J. Milton Yinger as background material regarding race relations.

A Profile Of Social Studies Teachers In Iowa High Schools: 1962-1963, Olive Regan Hambly

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The primary purpose of this study was to analyze academic preparations in relation to actual teaching assignments of social studies teachers in public, accredited Iowa high schools f or the school year 1962-63. A secondary purpose was to survey social studies high school programs. Class schedules from a number of high schools were examined and analyzed as well as daily teaching programs and major and minor preparations of social science teachers in public secondary schools in Iowa.

Sociology And Sociological Jurisprudence: Admixture Of Lore And Law, Gilbert Geis

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Obligations On Death Occasions Among A Nubian Group From Besharan Adendan Living In Cairo, Najwa Ahmad Shukairy

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.