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Keywords, Spring 2008, University Of Mississippi Libraries

Keywords

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Graduate Catalog. 2008, Spring., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

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February 29, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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February 27, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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February 22, 2008, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Professor Helps Tackle Case Of Headless Corpse On Jan. 21 Segment Of Discovery Channel's 'Bone Detectives', Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Gabriel Wrobel said he's never met a skeleton he didn't know. Why? Because every skeleton he meets whispers secrets about the life and death of its owner. Bones can tell Wrobel who the person was, their age and, sometimes, what they did for a living.

Race-Ing And Gendering Art Criticism : Politics Of Identity In The Reviews Of Lorna Simpson, Glenn Ligon, And Kara Walker / By Margaret Tate, Margaret Tate

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Craig Claiborne : A Southern-Made Man, Georgeanna Milam Chapman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Historical Memory And Muslim Identity In Andalusia, Sarah Lynn Karp

Honors Theses

This paper concerns the negotiation of the medieval history of Islamic Spain for the purposes of identity creation and Muslim minority integration in Andalucia. The argument challenges essentialist hypotheses positing that history is absolute and demonstrates ‘innate’ characteristics of a culture. It provides an example of a contested national past which involves both periods of conflict and periods of peaceful coexistence. Many of the sources used are original language media sources, including newspaper articles, organization websites, and government documents. Interviews, data, and analysis gathered by Gema Martm-Muhoz, Gunther Dietz, Bebee Bahrami, and Nadia el- Shohoumi are used in conjunction with …

Staying Afloat In A Global World : Reflections On Life As A Mill Worker At Inman Mills, Inman, South Carolina, Jane Harrison Chapman Fisher

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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New Perspectives On Celtic Feasting, Emily Greene

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Texture Of Local Disaster Response: Service Providers' Views Following Hurricane Katrina, John J. Green, Anna M. Kleiner, Jolynn P. Montgomery

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Disasters highlight elements of community vulnerability and resiliency. Effective responses are organized and managed to provide goods and services to survivors while also being supportive of the organizations attempting to meet these needs. Collaboration among local service providers, such as nonprofit, faith-based, and governmental organizations, allows communities to build upon internal and external networks and resources to prepare for and respond to disasters. Using a livelihoods framework, we analyze 139 qualitative field interviews conducted in the Mississippi Gulf Coast and Southeast Louisiana, to learn from the experiences, needs, and recommendations of people working on the front lines of disaster in …

Risk Perceptions After A Coal Waste Impoundment Failure: A Survey Assessment, Stephanie Mcspirit, Shaunna Scott, Duane Gill, Sharon Hardesty, Dewayne Sims

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

In mid October of 2000, a rupture occurred at the bottom of a coal waste reservoir owned by Martin County Coal Corporation (MCCC-Massey). Impounded slurry and sludge materials from the reservoir traveled through underground mine works and burst through two mine portals on opposite sides of the mountain releasing more than 300 million gallons of coal waste into creeks and waterways of Martin County, KY. This paper examines people’s reactions to the Martin County coal waste disaster by examining levels of reported concern and perceptions of risk across the impacted community of Martin County in comparison to similar coal mining …

Four From Um Honored As 'Dynamic Women Of Mississippi' By Madison Chamber Of Commerce, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- Four women from the University of Mississippi are included in this year's class of a statewide honor coordinated by the city of Madison Chamber of Commerce.

October 31, 2007, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Former Pharmacy Professor Dennis Frate Dies, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Dennis A. Frate, 59, former longtime pharmacy professor at the University of Mississippi, died Oct. 22 in an automobile accident near his home in Jackson.

Roundtable Organizers Hope To Open Dialogue On Social Integration Issues, Jermaine Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Social integration is the subject of a roundtable discussion Wednesday (Oct. 24) at the University of Mississippi.

October 15, 2007, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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October 10, 2007, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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October 9, 2007, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Voodoo, Spirituality To Be Discussed In Lecture By Anthropologist Oct. 9, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss.- A research anthropologist who successfully blends unlikely topics delivers the address "Do That Voodoo You Do So Well: New Interpretations of an Old Spirituality" Tuesday (Oct.9) at the University of Mississippi.

Fall 2007 Newsletter Of The Sarah Isom Center, Kevin Cozart

Isom Report

The official newsletter of the Sarah Isom Center for Women and Gender Studies.

September 19, 2007, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Researchers Find Social Networks Help People Recover From Disasters, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Researchers and government officials have known for two years that Hurricane Katrina caused population shifts across the Gulf Coast region, but University of Mississippi researchers have quantified just how sharp the decline has been in affected areas.

Fall 2007 Visiting Speaker Series, Andrew Herod, Jan Bardsley, Donald N. Clark

Speaker Series

Speakers include:

• Andrew Herod, University of Georgia. Fighting Communism through Urban Planning: The AFL-CIO's Housing Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean during the 1960s
• Jan Bardsley, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Princess, Geisha, Beauty Queen: Women and Democracy in Cold War Japan
• Donald N. Clark, Trinity University. The Two Koreas: Lessons from the Past, Hope for the Future

Strawberry Plains Provides Unique Research For Um Faculty, Students, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Faculty and students at the University of Mississippi are benefiting from a nearby natural preserve where they can conduct a wide variety of research projects that tie together nature and history.

Southern Register. 2007.3 (Summer 2007), University Of Mississippi. Center For The Study Of Southern Culture

Southern Register

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Cocoa Farming In Ghana: Emic Experience, Etic Interpretation, Francis Danquah, Stephen K. Miller

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper develops the tension between emic and etic analysis, recounting the experience of life on a cocoa farm in Ghana, from the perspective of an urban youth with familial connections to the rural community. The dual perspective of living in the city along with frequent visits to and summer sojourns on the farm provided an “outsider’s” perceptions of the rural culture. Yet even these dual emic perspectives were insufficient to bring recognition of the underlying economic realities of cocoa bean production that depended partly on migrant labor. That etic insight came later in the United Kingdom, when studying similar …

John Deere Tractors And School Reform: Balancing Economies Of Scale And Quality Of Life, Stephen K. Miller

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Many school reform reports, many politicians, and typical media coverage attribute today’s reform efforts to the failure of the schools. We need, say critics, to return to the good old days when schools were tough and everybody learned! This essay debunks the Golden Age myth by comparing John Deere tractors to school reform. In the analogy, repeated upgrades of the old two-cylinder motor during the decade of the fifties were associated with the demise of the family farm. The new models were more powerful than the tractors they replaced, but not enough. Eventually, John Deere evolved to the new 4010 …

A Whistling Girl And A Crowing Hen: Changing Productivity And Gender Expectations, Cynthia Williams Resor

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

This paper explores two conflicts encountered by the author as she earned her Ph.D. in medieval history. First is the conflict the author feels when working on her craft—can written history be considered a credible occupation that results in something useful in contrast to the farm production of her youth? The second theme explores the tension the author encounters when challenging traditional gender roles of both farmers and historians.