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Balancing The Power Of The Patriarchy : The Evolution Of Self-Determined Identity For Women In Josephine Humphreys' Dreams Of Sleep And Rich In Love, Mary Ramsey Evans

Master's Theses

Fifty years after William Faulkner wrote Absalom, Absalom! Josephine Humphreys revisited the patriarchal metaphor of failure of the Old South in her first novel, Dreams of Sleep. In this novel, and again in her second novel, Rich in Love, Humphreys examines the ambivalent state of gender relations in the contemporary South brought on by the destabilization of a traditionally patriarchal society increasingly under economic, social, and political pressure to conform to a more egalitarian national standard. Using intergenerational relationships between women, Humphreys demonstrates how the devolution of patriarchal identity becomes the catalyst for the evolution of a self-determined …

The Virginia War Department During The American Revolution, Thomas Gregory Tune

Master's Theses

This thesis will provide a comprehensive analysis of the Virginia War Office during the American Revolution. A study of the War Office must start with its origin and, therefore, with the legislation that created it. This thesis will explore the reasons for the creation of the War Office and its legislative evolution into one of the most powerful agencies in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It will also discuss the War Office's legislative demise near the end of the war as the Virginia General Assembly began to shrink the government in cost-saving measures.

The second part of this thesis will examine …

"Whoso Sheddeth" : Execution Sermons And Narratives In 18th Century New England, Adrienne H. Thornblom

Master's Theses

Murder, theft, and infanticide in eighteenth-century New England were all treated with the same punishment, public execution. The executions were not just public displays, but also a time for sermons and life lessons to teach those who witness the criminal's death to refrain from sinful behavior. At the core of every sermon was the Biblical passages used to warn the onlookers to be careful in life and a pea for the criminal to repent. In addition to the sermons, some of the criminals provided confessions to their crimes and even indicated their newfound salvation for their sins.

This thesis closely …

The Old College Goes To War : The Civil War Experiences Of William And Mary Students, Faculty, And Alumni, Sean Michael Heuvel

Master's Theses

A stroll around the modem-day William and Mary campus offers visitors many links to the college's colonial history. The re-created town of Colonial Williamsburg, the Wren Building, and statues and portraits of famous alumni, such as Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Monroe, all conjure up images of William and Mary's eighteenth century grandeur. Conversely, evidence of the college's rich Civil War history is more obscure. Although scholars have recently examined Williamsburg's role in the War Between the States; little is known about the wartime activities of those individuals linked to William and Mary. This study examines the wartime service of …

From The Pixels Up : Processes And Procedures In The Construction Of A Neural-Site Geographic Information System, Christopher John Mason

Master's Theses

This study examines the question, is it possible to develop a neutral-site Geographic Information System (GIS) that addresses information needs useful for the training of emergency management personnel? To answer this question a subordinate question requiring an answer is what specific steps are required to accomplish this goal? As a base for the data provided here, the history of cities as an initial root of civilization and the concept of emergency management are discussed. Direct intersections, where the specific applications of emergency management technology provide real benefits to local governmental organizations, such as those at the city level are also …

"King Harvest (Has Surely Come)" : Rural Populist Imagery In Roots Rock Music, 1967-1973, Christopher Lee Witte

Master's Theses

Through a detailed focus on these five groups and their music, with an added emphasis on their lyrics, this thesis attempts to create a meaningful tie between Slotkin' s study of American myth-making and story creation with a key area of popular culture - music - that he did not focus on. The thesis itself is separated into three key chapters - the first reveals how nature and landscape are presented in these songs and how they viewed modern twentieth century America with idealized notions of a rural past. The second discusses their presentations of heroes and anti-heroes as musical …

The Marketing Of Mussolini : American Magazines And Mussolini, 1922-1935, Anthony F. Ambrogi

Master's Theses

Until the Halo-Ethiopian War, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and the American press had a symbiotic relationship. Mussolini used his charisma and journalistic skills to put himself in the limelight of the American foreign press, and whether they loved him or hated him, American periodicals relished the constant flow of news and sensationalism from Rome. This analysis examines the rise of Fascism and Mussolini in Italy and his efforts to market himself to the press, especially the American press. It then reviews American magazines from 1922 until Italy's invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 and their varying attitudes toward II Duce. Popular …

Acculturation In Indian Ethnic Print Media In California : A Study Of India-West, Mansi Agarwal

Master's Theses

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Information-Seeking Patterns Among Pakistani Immigrants In The San Francisco Bay Area, Huma Aman Ali

Master's Theses

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The Impact Of Televised Sports On Adult Nonfiction Sports Publishing, Jean Amaral

Master's Theses

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Urbanized Mm5 Study Of Urban Impacts On An August 2000 Houston Ozone Episode, Rochelle Therese F Balmori

Master's Theses

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Field, Geochemical, And Geochronologic Study Of The Inner Tuolumne Intrusive Series, Seth D. Burgess

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The Resonance Performance Model : Applications To Exercise Adherence And Well-Being, Amy Chang

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Motivations For Sympathy : Character Relationships In The Works Of Charles Dickens, Nicole Antonia Hales-Crotchett

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Fractionation, Recharge, And Hybridization In A Shallow, Bimodal Magma Reservoir, Shelly Melissa Ericksen

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Applications Of Regularization Techniques To Data Fitting With Pde Models, Alina Alt

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Characterization Of 157 Nm Photoresist Materials For Advanced Lithographic Processess, Nasim Gholizadeh

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Perceived Stressors And Coping Strategies Of Female Adolescent Soccer Players, Corinne R. Houston

Master's Theses

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Integration Of Biologiccal Databases, Azadeh Ahadian

Master's Theses

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The Doubly Special Relativity Approach To Gravitation, Dustin Keller

Master's Theses

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Geologic Investigation Of Erosional Surfaces East Of Napa Valley, California, Christopher A. Jones

Master's Theses

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Identifying Information For The Multi Sector Planner, Lisa Suyin Choo

Master's Theses

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Institutional Organization Among Artisan Fishers In Bocas Del Toro, Panamá, Robert Atanasio

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Estimating And Forming Confidence Intervals For Extrema Of Random Polynomials, Sandra Desousa

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A Pattern Language For Service-Oriented Architecture, Haritha Kilaru

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Geology And Geochemistry Of Volcanic Dikes In The Pacheco Pass Area, California, Pavel A. Kosovichev

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Biogeographical Genetic Variation Of The Dungeness Crab (Cancer Magister), Corinne H. Lardy

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The Subversive Techniques Of The Gawain-Poet In The M.S. Cotton Nero A.X, Jacquelyn Rose Hendricks

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A Calm Negotiation : Louise Bogan And The Poetics Of Emotional Expression, Sarah Dallas Harkrader

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Liquid Crystal Bonded Stationary Phases For High Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Susan M. Larrabee

Master's Theses

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