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A Cyclic Plasticity/Damage Model For Metal Matrix Composites., Ganesh Thiagarajan Jan 1996

A Cyclic Plasticity/Damage Model For Metal Matrix Composites., Ganesh Thiagarajan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A new six parameter general anisotropic yield surface using a fourth order anisotropic tensor $M\sb{ijkl}$ has been proposed. This form has been derived based on the physical behavior observed for the material under consideration--directionally reinforced metal matrix composites. Its validity has been shown by proving its convexity and form under coordinate transformation. This form of the anisotropic yield function is general in nature which can be used for either pressure dependent or independent cases. The proposed surface compares well with the extensive experimental data of Dvorak et al. (1988) and Nigam et al. (1993) performed on boron-aluminum metal matrix composite. …

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Development And Evaluation Of An Instrument For Assessing Transfer Of Learning To The Workplace., John H. Reed Jan 1996

Development And Evaluation Of An Instrument For Assessing Transfer Of Learning To The Workplace., John H. Reed

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The primary purpose of this study was to develop a simple, low-cost, easy to administer and score post-course participant survey that examined perceptions of the influence of certain factors identified as affecting the transfer of learning to the workplace. These factors were in the areas of course design, delivery and relevance as well as personal, organizational and workplace influences on learning transfer. The instrument also used participant perceptions to estimate the level of application of the course learnings before and after the course, their impact on work product and any significant individual or organizational changes resulting from them. Finally, the …

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The Effects Of Analyst Following On Market Response To Bank Loan Announcements., Joan Marie Brumm Jan 1996

The Effects Of Analyst Following On Market Response To Bank Loan Announcements., Joan Marie Brumm

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A number of theories have been developed that attempt to explain the role of bank loans and public debt in corporate financing. Research suggests that banks may have a comparative advantage in performing at least two valuable functions, information gathering and monitoring. The primary responsibility of analysts is also to gather and disseminate information on firms. However, it is not known how analysts following affects market response to bank loan announcements. The purpose of this study was to (1) determine whether financial analyst following affects market response to bank loan announcements; and (2) to determine whether firms receiving bank loans …

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Reverse Engineering Low-Level Design Patterns From Object-Oriented Code., Chandra Shrivastava Jan 1996

Reverse Engineering Low-Level Design Patterns From Object-Oriented Code., Chandra Shrivastava

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The purpose of this research is to develop and automatically extract an abstract representation model of object-oriented (abbreviated as OO) software systems that captures the structure of the system and code dependencies, in order to aid maintenance. The research resulted in the development of two abstract representation models--the low-level design pattern (LLDP) abstract model and the low-level software architecture (LLSA) abstract model. The LLDP model is at a higher level of abstraction than the LLSA model. The LLSA model acts as an intermediate representation between the LLDP model and an OO software system. The design of the LLSA and LLDP …

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Interrelationships Among Macrophomina Phaseolina, Criconemella Xenoplax, And Tylenchorhynchus Annulatus On Grain Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor)., Ida Wenefrida Jan 1996

Interrelationships Among Macrophomina Phaseolina, Criconemella Xenoplax, And Tylenchorhynchus Annulatus On Grain Sorghum (Sorghum Bicolor)., Ida Wenefrida

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Microplot experiments were established in 1992, 1993, and 1994 to investigate the relationships between the fungal pathogen Macrophomina phaseolina, and a nematode community comprised of Criconemella xenoplax and Tylenchorhynchus annulatus on grain sorghum in Louisiana. A factorial treatment arrangement was employed and consisted of two sorghum hybrids (De Kalb DK 50 and Pioneer hybrid 8333), three levels of M. phaseolina (0, 10, and 100 colony forming units (cfu)/g soil) and three nematode inoculum levels (0, X, and 2X). Nematode inoculum at X levels were 929, 1139, and 1445 for C. xenoplax and T. annulatus per pot in 1992, 1993, and …

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Transactional Interactions And Growth In The Global Economy: A Multiple-Network Analysis., Kuo-Hua Chen Jan 1996

Transactional Interactions And Growth In The Global Economy: A Multiple-Network Analysis., Kuo-Hua Chen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation postulates that the trend of increasing globalization of economic activities within the shifting features of the world economy has been the dominating force transforming and integrating the international economic structure. I adopt ecological theory's external view of system structure, and focus on a more relational view of international exchange. Using network methodology, I analyze the effects of global transactional interactions on economic growth. This research extends concepts of the macro-urban approach to an analysis of international transactions. Based on data for 93 nations over a 20-year period (1970-1978 and 1978-1990) from three transactional networks (93 x 93 matrices), …

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Interaction Between Ap-1 Proteins And Glucocorticoid Receptors In Regulation Of Lymphokine Activated Killer (Lak) Cell Activity In The Equine Species., Jing Bu Jan 1996

Interaction Between Ap-1 Proteins And Glucocorticoid Receptors In Regulation Of Lymphokine Activated Killer (Lak) Cell Activity In The Equine Species., Jing Bu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This project was performed in order to determine whether exercise-induced increases in plasma cortisol concentrations may be responsible for enhanced lymphokine activated killer (LAK) cell activity. Secondly, this project included preliminary experments which were designed to test the hypothesis that stimulatory effects of cortisol on LAK cell activity may be due to cross-talk between signalling systems important to glucocorticoid effects and stimuli which act through nuclear activator protein-1 (AP-1). Blood samples were collected from resting horses in order to determine whether the animals had normal plasma glucocorticoid concentrations. All horses included in these experiments had $10\sp{-7}$ to $10\sp{-8}$M cortisol concentrations …

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Automatic Data And Computation Mapping For Distributed-Memory Machines., Isidoro Couvertier-Reyes Jan 1996

Automatic Data And Computation Mapping For Distributed-Memory Machines., Isidoro Couvertier-Reyes

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Distributed memory parallel computers offer enormous computation power, scalability and flexibility. However, these machines are difficult to program and this limits their widespread use. An important characteristic of these machines is the difference in the access time for data in local versus non-local memory; non-local memory accesses are much slower than local memory accesses. This is also a characteristic of shared memory machines but to a less degree. Therefore it is essential that as far as possible, the data that needs to be accessed by a processor during the execution of the computation assigned to it reside in its local …

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The Biology And Ecology Of The Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle, Microtheca Ochroloma Stal, (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) On Crucifers., Abdullahi Olod Ameen Jan 1996

The Biology And Ecology Of The Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle, Microtheca Ochroloma Stal, (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) On Crucifers., Abdullahi Olod Ameen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The biology and ecology of the yellowmargined leaf beetle, Microtheca ochroloma Stal, were studied on cabbage, Brassica oleracea var capitata L., collard, B. oleracea var acephala L., mustard, B. juncea Cosson, turnip, B. rapa L., and radish, Raphanus sativus L. The life cycle of the beetle consists of an egg stage, four larval instars, prepupal, pupal and adult stages. There were no significant differences in the effect of host plant on duration of development of immature beetles (p = 0.3353). The mean duration of development from oviposition to adult emergence ranged from 26.6 d on turnip to 27.5 d on …

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Immunodiagnosis Of Fasciolosis By Detection Of Coproantigen., Salma Mohamed Abdel-Rahman Jan 1996

Immunodiagnosis Of Fasciolosis By Detection Of Coproantigen., Salma Mohamed Abdel-Rahman

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A monoclonal antibody (MAb)-based western blot analysis (WB) was developed for detection of a 26-28 kD coproantigen in Fasciola hepatica infected cattle. Using WB the coproantigen was detected in feces from experimentally infected calves with 22 flukes or more. Using the biotin-streptavidin modification of WB, antigen was detected in the feces from experimentally-infected calves with 10 flukes or more as early as 6 weeks post-infection. The MAbs did not react with the ES of Paramphistomum sp. or Moniezia sp, but showed slight cross-reactivity with ES from F. gigantica, and there was moderate cross-reactivity with Fascioloides magna ES. Differential staining of …

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The Effects Of Social Constraints On Peer Evaluation., Charlotte Mcinnis Curtis Jan 1996

The Effects Of Social Constraints On Peer Evaluation., Charlotte Mcinnis Curtis

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Writers unable to improve their own work benefit when an outside reader suggests revision strategies, but what constraints shape the advice students give? This research presents a descriptive/naturalistic study of how students in one composition class viewed peer evaluation. The research explores how students' expectations of the procedure shape their comments and presents a system to code comments for revision/praise content. It considers nine editors' responses to the same essays. The Flower et al. three-part self-revision categories were modified and expanded to code editors' comments: those that referenced an essay's basic features ("thesis") were coded revision level (RL) 1; comments …

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Impact Of Insecticides On Predators Of The Soybean Looper, Pseudoplusia Includens (Walker)., Michael Lynn Boyd Jan 1996

Impact Of Insecticides On Predators Of The Soybean Looper, Pseudoplusia Includens (Walker)., Michael Lynn Boyd

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Insecticide toxicity to hemipteran predators (i.e. Geocoris punctipes (Say), Nabis capsiformis Germar, Nabis roseipennis Reuter, and Podisus maculiventris (Say)) was evaluated using three different routes of insecticide exposure (direct contact, indirect insecticide toxicity through consumption of treated prey, and residue uptake). Pirate 3SC$\sp\circler$ (chlorfenapyr) had direct contact toxicity equal to Ambush 2E$\sp\circler$ (permethrin) and Methyl Parathion 4E$\sp\circler$ to most hemipteran predators tested. Exposure to foliage treated with Proclaim 0.16E$\sp\circler$ (emamectin benzoate) usually resulted in lower mortality as compared to Pirate. Condor OF 100F$\sp\circler$ (Bacillus thuringiensis) had the lowest contact toxicity to hemipteran predators of all insecticides tested. Pirate at 0.224 …

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Cloning, Sequencing And Regulation Of The Rhodobacter Capsulatusheme Gene., Georgia Ineichen Jan 1996

Cloning, Sequencing And Regulation Of The Rhodobacter Capsulatusheme Gene., Georgia Ineichen

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In Rhodobacter capsulatus, a purple nonsulfur bacterium, the tetrapyrrole pathway yields four end products: siroheme, vitamin B12, heme and bacteriochlorophyll. Growth of R. capsulatus under low oxygen tension increases carbon flow through the tetrapyrrole pathway up to 100 fold. The mechanism(s) for this regulation is currently unknown. One regulatory mechanism could be transcriptional control of one or more of the genes in the common portion of the tetrapyrrole pathway. The fifth gene in the pathway, hemE, has been cloned by complementation of an Escherichia coli hemE::miniTn10 mutant. Sequence data of hemE revealed the presence of an upstream palindrome that is …

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Deux Niveaux D'Expression Du Systeme Aspectuel-Temporel En Francais., You Qi He Jan 1996

Deux Niveaux D'Expression Du Systeme Aspectuel-Temporel En Francais., You Qi He

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

There are, among natural languages in the world, two modes of temporal expression: tensed languages use morphological means to express time relationships; whereas tenseless languages use only lexical, co-textual and/or contextual means in their temporal expression. In fact, we can also identify two modes of temporal expression among different moods in French. The Indicative Mood uses morphological means to expresse time relationships; whereas with moods other than the Indicative (i.e. the Infinitive, the Participle, the Subjunctive and the Conditional), the utterer has to recourse to lexical, co-textual and/or contextual indication to distinguish different time relationships. Furthermore, within the forms of …

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Diagnosing Adhd In Adolescence: An Analysis Of Symptom Presentation And Comorbidity., Larissa Kay Kern Jan 1996

Diagnosing Adhd In Adolescence: An Analysis Of Symptom Presentation And Comorbidity., Larissa Kay Kern

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in adolescents poses a challenge for clinicians and researchers. Given the decline in hyperactivity and increased behavioral inhibition in adolescence, the differential diagnosis between ADHD and internalizing disorders becomes difficult. In addition, the high comorbidity rates found in adolescents with ADHD further complicate diagnostic decisions. The present study examines the diagnostic efficiency of the DSM-IV criteria for ADHD in a large sample of adolescents aged 11 to 17 years. The results suggest that Inattentive symptoms are more useful for classifying ADHD in adolescents than Hyperactive/Impulsive symptoms. However, Inattentive symptoms also misclassify a …

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An Analysis On The "First String Quartet" Of Krzystof Penderecki And An Original Composition, Symphony Ii., Mikel Andrew Ledee Jan 1996

An Analysis On The "First String Quartet" Of Krzystof Penderecki And An Original Composition, Symphony Ii., Mikel Andrew Ledee

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

What immediately comes to mind when looking at the First String Quartet (1960) of Kryzstof Penderecki is his creative method of notation and captivating visual aspect of the score. The composer introduces effective and unusual sounds which require new performance techniques. In addition to these devices he places the composition in a non-metered notation which gives the work an indeterminate aspect. All of these mechanisms sometimes overshadow the more detailed information of the work. However, when listening to this composition certain organizational aspects present themselves in the foreground. Intimate study of the work will reveal the importance of rhythm, pitch …

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Performance, Cultural Identity, And Feminist Practice In The Oral History Of An African-American Domestic Worker., Elondust Patrick Johnson Jan 1996

Performance, Cultural Identity, And Feminist Practice In The Oral History Of An African-American Domestic Worker., Elondust Patrick Johnson

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study analyzes the personal narrative of Mary Rhyne, an elderly African American domestic worker. The study describes the ethnographic process of collecting, transcribing and interpreting the informant's oral history. Interpretive and theoretical perspectives concerned with African American culture, domestic labor, and feminist practice are used to analyze the narrative. Further, the ethnographic process, the informant's oral "telling," and the events that she recalls and recounts are viewed as, and in terms of, performance. Performance foregrounds the collaborative and "fictional" aspects of the ethnographer-informant relationship. It directs attention toward the "performance event" as a site and situation where the teller …

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Amorphization And Fracture In Silicon Selenium(2) Nanowires: Molecular-Dynamics Simulations On Parallel Computer Architectures., Wei Li Jan 1996

Amorphization And Fracture In Silicon Selenium(2) Nanowires: Molecular-Dynamics Simulations On Parallel Computer Architectures., Wei Li

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The primary goal of this dissertation is to investigate the structural and mechanical properties and dynamical fracture in SiSe$\sb2$ nanowires using the molecular-dynamics (MD) simulation technique. The present work is the first study of SiSe$\sb2$ nanowires. Large-scale simulations reported in this thesis are carried out with parallel multiresolution schemes for the long-range Coulomb and the three-body covalent potentials. The multiresolution scheme reduces the computational complexity from O(N$\sp2$) to O(N). Using an effective interatomic potential containing both 2- and 3-body interactions, MD simulations are performed for SiSe$\sb2$ nanowires composed of finite (1-64) number of chains. Under small uniaxial strain, the nanowires …

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Structure And Organization In Rands' Work "...Body And Shadow...'' And An Original Composition For Violin And Orchestra., Peter Fischer Jan 1996

Structure And Organization In Rands' Work "...Body And Shadow...'' And An Original Composition For Violin And Orchestra., Peter Fischer

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The dissertation consists of two parts: an analysis project: "Organization and Structure in Rands' Work " ... body and shadow ... "," a work for large orchestra in two movements by Bernard Rands; and an original composition: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. The analysis of " ... body and shadow ... " is divided into five sections. Section I introduces the work. Section II discusses the distinctive opening timpani solo and overviews the form of the two movements that follow, including reductive analyses. Section II also discusses surface textures of the music, including timbre, sustained sonorities, motion in homorhythmic polyphony, …

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The Effects Of Analytic Reading Skills On Sixth Graders' Ability To Solve Mathematical Story Problems., Linda Hale Eilers Jan 1996

The Effects Of Analytic Reading Skills On Sixth Graders' Ability To Solve Mathematical Story Problems., Linda Hale Eilers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of the present study was to determine the effects of two levels of instructional treatment on sixth graders' ability to solve mathematical story problems. The two levels of instructional treatment were instruction in the use of graphic organizers in conjunction with specific analytic reading skills and instruction in specific analytic reading instruction alone. These were compared to the absence of either treatment. The steady decline in students' scores on measures of ability to read and solve story problems over the past decade prompted research in three sixth-grade public school classes in northeast Louisiana. The study employed an experimental/control, …

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Nesting Ecology Of The White-Faced Ibis (Plegadis Chihi) In Southwestern Louisiana., Kathleen Carson Garrett Jan 1996

Nesting Ecology Of The White-Faced Ibis (Plegadis Chihi) In Southwestern Louisiana., Kathleen Carson Garrett

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

I studied the nesting ecology of the White-faced Ibis (Plegadis chihi) during the summers of 1994 and 1995 in three colonies in Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge, southwestern Louisiana. Data were collected on colony-site characteristics, chronology (with abundance) of colony formation, reproductive success, and growth and development of ibis nestlings. Small colonies nested in dense buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) and water willow (Decodon verticillatus) "islands." The largest colony nested in black willows (Salix nigra) (3.2 ha)--a habitat unique to ibis populations in Louisiana--with nests heights up to 7.5 m. Cattle egrets (Bubulcus ibis) (62%) and ibises (36%) were the most abundant species. …

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Honduras' Transisthmian Corridor: An Historical Geography Of Roadbuilding In Colonial Central America., Scott Arlen Brady Jan 1996

Honduras' Transisthmian Corridor: An Historical Geography Of Roadbuilding In Colonial Central America., Scott Arlen Brady

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Historical route geographers consider the factors that influenced past roadbuilding, and the changes that result from roadbuilding. The earliest Spanish colonial officials in Central America initiated roadbuilding projects that were sensitive to physical and cultural factors. Officials had to consider the region's aboriginal routes, Spain's trade flows, the isthmus' topography, and the region's population distribution. The roads the Spaniards opened four centuries ago guided early settlement. In some cases, these early roads persist in the region's route network. During the 16th-century Spaniards sought to establish transisthmian roadways that would link Spain's Atlantic and Pacific maritime networks. Partial fluvial routes across …

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Importance Of A Siderophore In The Pathogenesis And Virulence Of Photobacterium Damsela Subsp. Piscicida In Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone Saxatili X Morone Chrysops)., John Phillip Hawke Jan 1996

Importance Of A Siderophore In The Pathogenesis And Virulence Of Photobacterium Damsela Subsp. Piscicida In Hybrid Striped Bass (Morone Saxatili X Morone Chrysops)., John Phillip Hawke

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Photobacterium damsela subsp. piscicida, formerly Pasteurella piscicida, is an important new pathogen of hybrid striped bass cultured in brackish water on Louisiana mariculture farms. Louisiana isolates compared with strains of P. damsela subsp. piscicida from Greece, Japan, Israel and Chesapeake Bay, USA and were found to be identical in biochemical phenotype and enzymic activity. Small plasmids of 8 and 5 kb were unique to Louisiana strains. Sequential daily bacteriology and histopathology on hybrid striped bass experimentally infected by immersion revealed that following high doses (13,000 CFU/ml) the gills and spleen are colonized first as early as 24 hours PI, followed …

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Elizabeth Bishop's Poetic Personae: The Dark And The Bright., Joan Louise Fields Jan 1996

Elizabeth Bishop's Poetic Personae: The Dark And The Bright., Joan Louise Fields

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The intrigue of Elizabeth Bishop's poetic texts lies in the design of her sonic elements, vocalized by her dramatic personae as she directs her play of words. She manages a cohesion among her concept or content, the phonemic nature of her chosen words, and the rhythmic phrasing of her lines. Her poetic texts convey an enigmatic, yet natural, tonal quality that is produced by the juxtaposition of opposite strains or "strands" of voice--one shadowed, darker; the other light, brighter. These strands include the voice of a little girl as well as mature male and female speakers. Beneath, yet interwoven with …

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A Hierarchical Approach To Equilibrium Cycle Nuclear Fuel Analysis., Jon Juneau Jan 1996

A Hierarchical Approach To Equilibrium Cycle Nuclear Fuel Analysis., Jon Juneau

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research involved developing an expert system that allows a nuclear fuel engineer to quickly provide answers to strategic nuclear fuel management questions, which are typically broad based. Current nuclear fuel analysis research concentrates on getting more accurate and precise answers at the expense of using large computer programs to get answers that are too specific to answer the broad based questions. The expert system brings together several artificial intelligence techniques to allow a nuclear fuel engineer to consider several scenarios in a general way in order to quickly answer the fuel management questions asked. The expert system is based …

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Groundwater Flow With Heat And Solute Transport In Sedimentary Basins., Guichang Lin Jan 1996

Groundwater Flow With Heat And Solute Transport In Sedimentary Basins., Guichang Lin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Numerical experiments were undertaken to understand (1) heat and fluid transport in an uplifted foreland basin where fluid flow is driven by topographic gradient, and (2) effects of expulsion of geopressured fluids on the thermodynamic system in salt basins. Thermal evolution of an uplifted foreland basin is strongly affected by thermal buffering of basement rocks. Thermal buffering by basement rocks does not permit constant heat flow along the sediment-basement contact, in contrast to many previous numerical studies. Ignoring basement effects can result in serious errors in temperature prediction, such as a false transient thermal pulse in the discharge area. Carbonaceous …

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"It Is Leviathan": Family, Feminism, And American Drama., Janet Vanderpool Haedicke Jan 1996

"It Is Leviathan": Family, Feminism, And American Drama., Janet Vanderpool Haedicke

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

American drama has ever occupied a stepchild position in scholarship, its denigration rooted in the lure of domestic realism for even the most resistant of our playwrights. Maligned as solipsistic and regressive, this "leviathan" of mainstream American theatre putatively upholds through its content the unity of the mythologized family and through its form the closure of classical realism. Yet the legacy of this leviathan is an epistemological subversion and a transformative impulse. Those very plays which apotheosize American domestic realism ironically undermine its foundation in psychological causality, narrative linearity, transparent language, unmediated consciousness, and unified meaning. Destabilizing that objective reality …

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Poverty And Social Control In Early Modern England: Exeter, 1558-1625., Connie S. Evans Jan 1996

Poverty And Social Control In Early Modern England: Exeter, 1558-1625., Connie S. Evans

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Poverty has always been, and continues to be, one of the most pressing social problems, and one to which a number of solutions have been proposed through the ages. The present work is an examination of the problem and the responses to it in early modern England, and is set in the local context of the city of Exeter. Prior to the reign of Elizabeth I, the majority of poor law legislation was punitive in nature. rather than rehabilitative. That the nature of poor law legislation changed under Elizabeth was due to a number of factors, not least of which …

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Social Tolerance For Drug Use Among Junior High School Students In Taipei, Taiwan., San-Yi Li Jan 1996

Social Tolerance For Drug Use Among Junior High School Students In Taipei, Taiwan., San-Yi Li

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines the degree of social tolerance for drug use among junior high school students in Taipei, Taiwan, and the relationships between their social tolerance for drug use and their individual, family, and drug environment characteristics. The theories of anomie, socialization, social control, and differential association are used as a guide for these examinations. The data for this study were collected from a sample of 604 students from 16 classes in three grades at five schools using a self-administrated questionnaire designed for this purpose. These classes were randomly selected from all 85 junior high schools which were stratified by …

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American Literary Environmentalism, 1637-1872., David Mazel Jan 1996

American Literary Environmentalism, 1637-1872., David Mazel

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The American environment is a mythic narrative that has served to mystify the social and economic relationships linking people and place. This study examines the early writing of the environment, from the 1637 Pequot War to the creation of the first national parks in the late nineteenth century. Chapter 1 draws on the work of Michel Foucault and Edward Said to theorize "literary environmentalism" as a knowledge-power formation that functions as a domestic Orientalism. Chapter 2 theorizes the narratological and psychosociological bases of environmental constructions generally before analyzing two colonial texts whose literary environmentalism is paradigmatic: John Underhill's Newes from …

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