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Patterns Of Prejudice: Social Exclusion And Racial Demarcation In Professional Accountancy In Kenya, S. Sian Jan 2007

Patterns Of Prejudice: Social Exclusion And Racial Demarcation In Professional Accountancy In Kenya, S. Sian

Accounting Historians Journal

Racial demarcation and social exclusion were common features in the organization of racially diverse colonial societies. British settlement in colonial Kenya and the import of immigrant workers resulted in the creation of a hierarchical society in which the Europeans enjoyed privileges to the exclusion of the immigrant Asians and the indigenous Africans. This study sets out to show how changes in the organization of this society and commonly held prejudices within it were reflected and even amplified in the organization of the accountancy profession. Drawing from archival and oral history data, the study traces the patterns of participation in accountancy …

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Basic Information About Truth Commissions, Lisa Magarrell Jan 2007

Basic Information About Truth Commissions, Lisa Magarrell

About Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

Questions include: What is a truth commission? Why a truth commission? What benefits might come from it? What are risks and how can truth commissions fail? What are some minimum criteria to judge whether a truth commission is a good idea despite the risks? Date is approximate.

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A Little Hat Dyed Precisely To Match : Identity Performance And Parody In Frances Newman's The Hard-Boiled Virgin And Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers / By Amy Schmidt, Amy Schmidt Jan 2007

A Little Hat Dyed Precisely To Match : Identity Performance And Parody In Frances Newman's The Hard-Boiled Virgin And Dead Lovers Are Faithful Lovers / By Amy Schmidt, Amy Schmidt

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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The Stones And The Bones: Contemporary Issues In Cultural Property, Christopher Michael Blocker Jan 2007

The Stones And The Bones: Contemporary Issues In Cultural Property, Christopher Michael Blocker

Honors Theses

Cultural property has recently become an important issue in the international community. Major museums across the United States, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the J. Paul Getty Museum, have been involved in litigation or settled out of court with foreign governments who claim objects in their museums' collections were looted or stolen from native soil. The topic of repatriation occupies one aspect of the thesis. Another section is concern with the philosophical framework within which people may think about cultural property and its implications, as well as about vital issues in ownership. The major part of the thesis …

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A Comparison Of Housing Unit Estimates To The American Community Survey Master Address File Extract, Andrew J. Reese Jan 2007

A Comparison Of Housing Unit Estimates To The American Community Survey Master Address File Extract, Andrew J. Reese

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Gardening Programs In Schools: A Proposed Solution To Reverse The Consequences Of The Current American Food Culture, Charlotte Grace Blessey Jan 2007

Gardening Programs In Schools: A Proposed Solution To Reverse The Consequences Of The Current American Food Culture, Charlotte Grace Blessey

Honors Theses

This thesis examines the problems with current food consumption and production practices, and proposes the implementation of school gardening programs as a possible remedy to these problems. Methods and procedures consisted of research on current publications, periodicals, internet sources and scholarly articles concerning these topics. It was found that current diet is a significant factor in widespread health problems facing populations today. This diet is intertwined with an environmentally destructive and vulnerable system of intensive industrial agriculture based on centralization, mass distribution, and standardization. School garden programs target children beginning at a young age and help to counter the culture …

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'Blueswomen' To Be Focus Of Annual Blues Today Symposium Feb. 15-17, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Dec 2006

'Blueswomen' To Be Focus Of Annual Blues Today Symposium Feb. 15-17, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Women who sing the blues, play the blues, write poems about the blues and engage in scholarly investigations of women's blues are slated to garner attention at the fifth annual Living Blues magazine's Blues Today Symposium, Feb. 15-17, at the University of Mississippi.

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Fried Catfish Aroma Hovers Over Um As Mmri Researches Biodiesel Processor, Tobie Baker Dec 2006

Fried Catfish Aroma Hovers Over Um As Mmri Researches Biodiesel Processor, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi anthropology student may have stumbled. Not over any ancient aspect of humanity, but perhaps onto a promising new career in renewable fuels.

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Sociology Professor Gives State A Voice In Shaping 2010 Census, Staff Report Dec 2006

Sociology Professor Gives State A Voice In Shaping 2010 Census, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - David Swanson, chair of the University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology, is trying to ensure that all Mississippians are included in the 2010 U.S. Census.

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Sociology Professor Discusses New Book On Straight Edge Culture On Bbc Radio, Deborah Purnell Dec 2006

Sociology Professor Discusses New Book On Straight Edge Culture On Bbc Radio, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

A University of Mississippi faculty member was recently profiled on BBC radio for his research and new book on straight edge culture as a social movement.

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Article By Two Sociology Profs Explores Sociology Of Food And Eating, Lydia Hailman Nov 2006

Article By Two Sociology Profs Explores Sociology Of Food And Eating, Lydia Hailman

University of Mississippi News

Two professors in the University of Mississippi’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology have co-authored an article that appears in “21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook” (Sage, 2006). Titled “The Sociology of Food and Eating,” the article by Elise Lake and Minjoo Oh is one chapter in the two-volume, 1,344-page work released in mid-November.

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November 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Nov 2006

November 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Porter L. Fortune Speaker Series Kicks Off Thursday With North Carolina Anthropologist, Tobie Baker Nov 2006

Porter L. Fortune Speaker Series Kicks Off Thursday With North Carolina Anthropologist, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

From Southern hospitality to Southern cooking, what Americans see as being Southern is and will continue to shift, according to a University of North Carolina anthropologist.

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November 1, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Nov 2006

November 1, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Public Lecture Nov. 10 To Focus On Mississippi Blues And British Musical Groups, Deborah Purnell Oct 2006

Public Lecture Nov. 10 To Focus On Mississippi Blues And British Musical Groups, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

Musical and other cultural connections between England and the Mississippi Delta are to be discussed Nov. 10 in a lecture at the University of Mississippi.

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Program Oct. 25 To Provide Tips On Dealing With Partner Violence, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Oct 2006

Program Oct. 25 To Provide Tips On Dealing With Partner Violence, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. -- "Voice for the Voiceless," a program presented by the Partner Violence Coalition and the Sarah Isom Center for Women, is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 25, at the University of Mississippi in the Turner Center Auditorium. The program's goal is to provide faculty, staff and students, as well as the interested public, with information on the destructive influence of partner violence. It is free and open to the public.

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Brown Bag Lecture Thursday Focuses On Connections Between Mississippi Blues And English Music, Deborah Purnell Oct 2006

Brown Bag Lecture Thursday Focuses On Connections Between Mississippi Blues And English Music, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

Mark Franks, adjunct instructor of sociology and anthropology at the University of Mississippi, discusses the connection between Mississippi blues and England at noon Thursday (Oct. 5) at the UM DeSoto Center, room 265, in Southaven.

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The Place Of Understanding In A Phenomenology Of You, Miles Richardson Oct 2006

The Place Of Understanding In A Phenomenology Of You, Miles Richardson

Southern Anthropologist

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Complete Issue, Journal Editors Oct 2006

Complete Issue, Journal Editors

Southern Anthropologist

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Professors Of Anthropology, Physics Named Distinguished Faculty Fellows, Edwin Smith Sep 2006

Professors Of Anthropology, Physics Named Distinguished Faculty Fellows, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Two University of Mississippi faculty members from the College of Liberal Arts with extraordinary records in teaching, research and service have been named Distinguished Faculty Fellows.

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September 26, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2006

September 26, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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September 19, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2006

September 19, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Sociology Professor Testifies At Congressional Hearing On Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, Deborah Purnell Sep 2006

Sociology Professor Testifies At Congressional Hearing On Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The federal government should consider overhauling the methods it uses to count Americans between official censuses, a University of Mississippi researcher advised congressmen last week in Washington.

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September 11, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Sep 2006

September 11, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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August 31, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Aug 2006

August 31, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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August 23, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Aug 2006

August 23, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Accounting Hall Of Fame: Robert R. Sterling, Remarks, Citation And Response, Washington, D. C.. August 7, 2006, American Accounting Association, The Ohio State University Aug 2006

Accounting Hall Of Fame: Robert R. Sterling, Remarks, Citation And Response, Washington, D. C.. August 7, 2006, American Accounting Association, The Ohio State University

Accounting Hall of Fame Brochures

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Graduate Catalog. 2006-2007., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School Aug 2006

Graduate Catalog. 2006-2007., University Of Mississippi. Graduate School

Catalogs

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July 24, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Jul 2006

July 24, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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July 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian Jul 2006

July 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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