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Transport And Magnetic Measurements Of Mono -Silicides., Ncholu Ignatius Manyala Jan 2000

Transport And Magnetic Measurements Of Mono -Silicides., Ncholu Ignatius Manyala

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the magnetic and transport properties of the dilution series connecting the mono-silicides FeSi, CoSi, and MnSi. We have focused on these materials since they allow the exploration of carrier doping of an unusual insulator, FeSi, whose properties are dominated by strong Coulomb interactions. These monosilicides all have the same cubic B-20 crystal structure making them ideal for an exploration of Fe1--x MnxSi and Fe1--yCoySi for all x and y between 0 and 1. The carrier sip and densities, as well as the proximity to magnetic phases can be controlled by the level …

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Mapping The Learning Organization: Exploring A Model Of Organizational Learning., Sandra Grin Mae Kaiser Jan 2000

Mapping The Learning Organization: Exploring A Model Of Organizational Learning., Sandra Grin Mae Kaiser

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A field study examined the effects of Learning Organization variables on organizational learning and on performance drivers. Four hundred and thirty-nine employees of a nuclear power-production facility completed inventories asking about perceptions of the organization. Variables measured through a learning lens included leadership, culture, mission and strategy, management practices, organizational structure, organizational systems, climate, motivation, learning, innovation, and external alignment Hierarchial regression analyses were employed to examine the role of organizational variables in explaining variance in learning, innovation, and external alignment. Variables were entered into regression models based on the Byrke-Litwin Model of organizations. The study also examined the role …

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Reconstruction Of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5, "Adagietto" For Trombone And Piano., Yuri Murata Jan 2000

Reconstruction Of Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 5, "Adagietto" For Trombone And Piano., Yuri Murata

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study is to reconstruct Gustave Mahler's Symphony No.5, Adagietto, for trombone and piano and to discuss the procedure of the reconstruction. This paper is divided into four chapters. In the first chapter, there are three main introductory materials. First, definitions taken from different sources of the musical terms arrangement and transcription are given to show how inconsistently those two terms are used and to show why the writer decided to use a third term reconstruction. Second, a brief background on Mahler and his fifth symphony is provided. Third, the importance of comparing sources is discussed. In …

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Suspended Sediment And Nutrient Flux Dynamics In Fourleague Bay, Louisiana: The Role Of Winter Cold Fronts And Atchafalaya River Discharge., Brian Christopher Perez Jan 2000

Suspended Sediment And Nutrient Flux Dynamics In Fourleague Bay, Louisiana: The Role Of Winter Cold Fronts And Atchafalaya River Discharge., Brian Christopher Perez

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Material concentrations and fluxes in Oyster Bayou, a tidal channel connecting Fourleague Bay, Louisiana and the northern Gulf of Mexico, were sampled every three hours for 3-months, to examine the importance of atmospheric cold fronts and riverine forcing on the functioning of this estuarine system. The Atchafalaya River was the primary source of nitrate+nitrite (NO2+NO3), total nitrogen (TN), and total phosphorus (TP) to the estuary with greater influence associated with northerly post-frontal winds. Riverine influence coupled with wind-forced resuspension events led to the greatest concentrations of total suspended sediment (TSS) and particulate organic carbon (POC). Ammonium (NH4) concentrations were highly …

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Half -Cycle Pulse Ionization Of Diamagnetic Zeeman States In Rydberg Atoms., Chitra Rangan Jan 2000

Half -Cycle Pulse Ionization Of Diamagnetic Zeeman States In Rydberg Atoms., Chitra Rangan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We study the dynamics of highly excited (Rydberg) atoms in laboratory-scale magnetic fields via their ionization by THz half-cycle pulses (HCPs). A half-cycle pulse is a unipolar electromagnetic pulse that can probe an atomic electron at all points along its orbit around the atomic core. The dynamical evolution of diamagnetic Zeeman states subjected to an ultrashort (picosecond) HCP is calculated for both hydrogen and sodium atoms. Diamagnetic Zeeman states are localized parallel and perpendicular to the magnetic field. We use a grid-based pseudo-potential method to determine these eigenstates of the combined Coulomb-diamagnetic potential. We study states with principal quantum number …

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Narrative Structure And Characters In The Nanzi Stories Of Curacao: A Discourse Analysis., Joke Maaten Mondada Jan 2000

Narrative Structure And Characters In The Nanzi Stories Of Curacao: A Discourse Analysis., Joke Maaten Mondada

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation develops a new approach to the analysis of narratives by combining the analysis of narrative structure and character analysis. Through the in-depth analysis of two stories of a collection of 32 Nanzi stories (from Curacao), which are spider/trickster stories in Papiamentu, I develop a method to analyze the structure of the Nanzi stories. My method is based on the determination of narrative division into (1) episodes, organized as macro-propositions under a macro-structure (Van Dijk 1982; 1992); (2) different sections (six), based on narrative and free clauses (Labov 1972); and, (3) major events (Barthes 1975; Chatman 1978). By applying …

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American Alligator Nesting Ecology In Impounded Marsh Habitat, Louisiana., Steven Richard Reagan Jan 2000

American Alligator Nesting Ecology In Impounded Marsh Habitat, Louisiana., Steven Richard Reagan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The goal was to monitor a large number of female alligators over a 3-year period to obtain information on alligator nesting ecology. This dissertation, although designed to estimate annual nesting rates, provides additional meaningful information on methods of capture, tag retention rates, nest spacing patterns, segregation of size classes, nest site fidelity, the relationship between attendance and nest success, the effects of fire ants on alligator nest success, the relationship between hatchling alligators and their mother, and hatchling dispersal. Passive integrated transponder (PIT), monel web, and cranial mounted reflector tags were evaluated for marking and identifying alligators. Use of harmonic …

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Amy Beach's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In C -Sharp Minor, Op. 45: A Historical, Stylistic, And Analytical Study., Katrina Carlson Rushing Jan 2000

Amy Beach's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra In C -Sharp Minor, Op. 45: A Historical, Stylistic, And Analytical Study., Katrina Carlson Rushing

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study examines Amy Beach's only concerto, the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45. The four-movement, late Romantic work for virtuoso pianist and large orchestra is a significant contribution to the genre, containing well-developed and contrasting themes, interesting and innovative harmonies, and exciting virtuosic display. This monograph explores the concerto from a historical, stylistic, and analytical perspective. The first chapter provides a brief biography of Amy Beach and an overview of her most important compositions. Chapter Two examines the historical significance, the critical reception, and the pianistic style of the concerto. The influences of other late-Romantic …

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The Effect Of Negative Events And Firm Responses On Brand Associations, Organizational Associations, And Brand Evaluations., Chris Patrick Pullig Jan 2000

The Effect Of Negative Events And Firm Responses On Brand Associations, Organizational Associations, And Brand Evaluations., Chris Patrick Pullig

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines the impact of negative events and firm responses to such events on an associative network of brand knowledge; key consumer brand and organizational associations, risk perceptions, and brand response variables. To accomplish this objective the issue of how negative event information is integrated with an existing brand/organizational image was assessed within the framework of a consumer-brand relationship. Two between-subjects experiments were conducted using adult consumers as subjects. In Study One, negative events were found to affect associations linked to the brand and limit the brand's ability to fulfill the consumer-brand relationship. Two types of events were identified, …

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A Method To Discriminate Species From Hydroacoustic Fish Sampling Systems., Rui De Paula E Silva Jan 2000

A Method To Discriminate Species From Hydroacoustic Fish Sampling Systems., Rui De Paula E Silva

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Samples of species and size composition obtained by trawling were matched with the corresponding echo-distributions from two hydroacoustic and trawl surveys in the western Indian Ocean, off Mozambique, and in two surveys in the northern Gulf of Mexico. In the Mozambique surveys, a Simrad EY-M echosounder was used and the data was analyzed by applying the Craig & Forbes algorithm. In the Gulf of Mexico surveys, a BioSonics Dual-beam System (Model 102 echosounder, ESP echo-integrator, and ESP dual-beam processor) was used. The results obtained show that, provided that a particular hydroacoustic and trawl sample yielded a stable size-distribution of the …

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Sociomathematical Norms Of Elementary School Classrooms: Crossnational Perspectives On The *Reform Of Mathematics Teaching., Jeongsuk Pang Jan 2000

Sociomathematical Norms Of Elementary School Classrooms: Crossnational Perspectives On The *Reform Of Mathematics Teaching., Jeongsuk Pang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Mathematics education reform in the United States has marshaled large-scale support for instructional innovation, and enlisted the participation and allegiance of large numbers of mathematics teachers. However, there is concern that many teachers have not grasped the full implications of the reform ideals. This study explored the breakdown that may occur between teachers' adoption of reform objectives and their successful incorporation of reform ideals by comparing and contrasting two reform-oriented classrooms. This study was an exploratory, qualitative, comparative case study using constant comparative analysis. Seven mathematics lessons were video-taped from each class, and intensive interviews conducted with the two teachers. …

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Magnetic Measurements Of Rare Earth Hexaborides., Alem Abraha Teklu Jan 2000

Magnetic Measurements Of Rare Earth Hexaborides., Alem Abraha Teklu

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The de Haas van Alphen (dHvA) effect is used, using the field modulation method, to study the orientation dependence of the extremal cross-sectional areas of the Fermi surface (FS) and effective masses of CexLa 1--xB6 alloys for x between 0 and 0.05. Previous measurements on these samples, using the pulsed field method, up to x = 1 showed that the FS was spin polarized at very low Ce concentration, at x = 0.05, indicating a spin polarity-dependent scattering mechanism. Moreover, the effective mass was enhanced by the increase of Ce concentration. This was the motivation for the present work which …

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Response Of Granular Layers In Flexible Pavements Subjected To Aircraft Loads., Donald Mark Smith Jan 2000

Response Of Granular Layers In Flexible Pavements Subjected To Aircraft Loads., Donald Mark Smith

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Airfield pavement design is a complex blend of relatively simple linear elastic theory, fatigue concepts, correlations with small and full-scale tests, and pragmatic adjustments to reflect observations of in-service pavements. The granular base and subbase have always posed the most difficult analytical problem in traditional pavement design methodologies. For this reason, the granular layers have never been treated explicitly in design as have the asphalt concrete (AC) layer and subgrade layer, which have used predictive models for cracking in the AC and rutting in the subgrade as a function of linear-elastic strain and material properties. Instead, these granular layers were …

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The Effects Of Comparative Advertising Format On Consumer Responses: The Moderating Effects Of Brand Image And Attribute Relevance., Mehmet Ismail Yagci Jan 2000

The Effects Of Comparative Advertising Format On Consumer Responses: The Moderating Effects Of Brand Image And Attribute Relevance., Mehmet Ismail Yagci

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Comparative advertising has become a popular and powerful promotion tactic for companies competing in a highly competitive marketplace. While most research examined comparison advertisements, focusing on one brand being compared to a competitor brand, "within-brand comparison" advertising has been neglected. Within-brand comparison advertising compares the attributes of an extension brand with the attributes of an original or replaced brand. This dissertation examines the relative effectiveness of two forms of comparative advertising tactics, "within-brand comparison" versus "across-brand comparison". The moderating effects of "brand image" and "attribute relevance" and the mediating effect of "ad believability" are also assessed by an experiment. Based …

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Ice -Core Pollen Studies From The Dunde And Guliya Ice Caps, Qinghai -Tibetan Plateau, China., Zuju Yao Jan 2000

Ice -Core Pollen Studies From The Dunde And Guliya Ice Caps, Qinghai -Tibetan Plateau, China., Zuju Yao

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This research provides the first systematic and high-resolution ice-core pollen records from two ice caps in the northern Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau. To facilitate the climatic interpretation of the pollen data from the ice cores, a 30-year pollen record from the Dunde ice core is used to establish the quantitative relationship between pollen and modern climatic parameters. A 2000-year pollen record from the Dunde ice core reveals decadal and century time scale climatic changes. Three dry periods (i.e. A.D. 280--640, 1200--1370, and 1926--1986) and three wet periods are identifiable at Dunde. These results are compatible with other proxy data such as historical …

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Development And Evaluation Of A Mass Spectrometer -Based Continuous Emission Monitor For Organic Compound Emissions From Combustion Devices., Emmanuel Tijani Wada Jan 2000

Development And Evaluation Of A Mass Spectrometer -Based Continuous Emission Monitor For Organic Compound Emissions From Combustion Devices., Emmanuel Tijani Wada

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The Mass Spectrometer-based Continuous Emission Monitor (MS-CEM) for organic compounds was developed and evaluated at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Pilot-Scale Rotary Kiln Incinerator (RKI). The MS-CEM consists of stack probe, heat traced sampling line, vacuum pump, particulate filter, Nafion dryer and Extrel mass spectrometer. The Nafion dryer is a special type of dryer that has the ability to remove moisture from the gas sample without removing organic compounds of interest. The mass spectrometer is a quadrupole mass filter. The mass spectrometer includes a computer that controls and optimizes the operation of the unit. The MS-CEM was tested by injecting …

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Personal Factors Affecting Sales Performance: Modeling The Effects Of Experience, Competitiveness, Self -Efficacy, Effort, And Creativity., Guangping Wang Jan 2000

Personal Factors Affecting Sales Performance: Modeling The Effects Of Experience, Competitiveness, Self -Efficacy, Effort, And Creativity., Guangping Wang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Sales performance represents an important ongoing research stream to both academicians and practitioners. It is widely recognized that personal/individual factors affect how salespeople perform. Despite the numerous studies, the search for the most powerful determinants of salesperson performance has largely been unsuccessful (Churchill et al. 1985). This dissertation makes another attempt to understand the effects of select personal factors on salespeople's performance. In particular, a neglected personal factor, salesperson creativity, is introduced as a direct predictor of performance. Based on the social psychological research on creativity and the in-depth personal interviews with sales managers in various industries, the author defines …

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The Impact Of Human Resource Expenditures And The Minimum Foundation Program's Level 3 Subsidy On Academic Productivity In Louisiana., John Paul Beaudoin Jan 2000

The Impact Of Human Resource Expenditures And The Minimum Foundation Program's Level 3 Subsidy On Academic Productivity In Louisiana., John Paul Beaudoin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This study investigated the impact of instructional salaries with and without a state-sponsored, supply-side subsidy on the academic productivity of schools in Louisiana. The subsidy under investigation was the Level 3 allocation for instructional salaries outlined in Louisiana's Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) that provides fiscal support for educational costs to local school boards. An educational production function model within the general systems framework outlined by Rossmiller and Geske (1977) was used in this study. All selected variables were aggregated to the school-level, which served as the unit of analysis for the study. The study's final sample (n = 296) approximated …

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Use Of Pedal In Selected Piano Music Of Alberto Ginastera., Joanna Tuley Burnside Jan 2000

Use Of Pedal In Selected Piano Music Of Alberto Ginastera., Joanna Tuley Burnside

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This monograph examines the piano compositions of Alberto Ginastera and develops possible suggestions for the instruction of pedaling. These suggestions assist teachers in their instruction of piano students, possibly resulting in more authentic, convincing performances. This paper includes suggestions as to why one type of pedaling might be preferable to another. Such suggestions stem not only from a study of harmony, texture, dynamics, notation, and rhythm, but also from comparisons between Ginastera's works that contain pedal markings and those that do not. This monograph draws conclusions about pedaling based upon analysis of selected piano compositions by Ginastera. The repertoire chosen …

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Silencing Dreiser: Textual Editing And Theodore Dreiser's "Jennie Gerhardt"., Annemarie Koning Whaley Jan 2000

Silencing Dreiser: Textual Editing And Theodore Dreiser's "Jennie Gerhardt"., Annemarie Koning Whaley

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In 1911 Theodore Dreiser published his novel Jennie Gerhardt . Prior to publication, the editors at Harper and Brothers cut around 16,000 words from the text. In 1992 James L. West III, Distinguished Professor of English and Fellow for the Arts and Humanities Studies at Pennsylvania State University, published a restored "Pennsylvania" edition. Scholars are now unsure of which text better represents Dreiser's original artistic vision for the novel. This dissertation closely examines the changes made to the original manuscript and concludes that these changes alter Dreiser's original artistic vision dramatically. Therefore, the 1911 edition is substantially inferior to the …

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Performance Assessment And English Skill., Zhenghe Zhang Jan 2000

Performance Assessment And English Skill., Zhenghe Zhang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Recent developments in the philosophy of validity, highlighting the importance of investigating the consequences of assessment use, provide theoretical support for the move toward performance assessment. Numerous issues related to the choice of assessment approach (e.g., multiple-choice or performance-based) are not well understood today. This study investigated the potential interaction between assessment approach and the English skill of the examinee and the similarity of the information provided by multiple-choice and essay writing tests. Four hypotheses were examined in this study. Hypothesis 1 results indicated that students who were native speakers of English (regular students) achieved higher scores on the writing …

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Essays On The Gain -Loss Pricing Model., Kevin Chun-Hsiung Chiang Jan 2000

Essays On The Gain -Loss Pricing Model., Kevin Chun-Hsiung Chiang

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation conducts empirical examinations of a new normative (equilibrium) model, the Gain-Loss Pricing Model (GLPM) of Lin (1999a), in which loss aversion is intuitively incorporated into investors' portfolio decisions. In this equilibrium, the risk-return relation is based on the tradeoff between the expected market-related gain of an asset and its expected market-related loss. In addition to its economic intuition, the new model is shown to be more robust than the mean-variance-based Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). This dissertation consists of two essays. The first essay examines the empirical power of the GLPM using NYSE/AMEX/NASDAQ stocks. This testing framework has …

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Empirical And Statistical Application Modeling Using On -Chip Performance Monitors., Kirk William Cameron Jan 2000

Empirical And Statistical Application Modeling Using On -Chip Performance Monitors., Kirk William Cameron

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

To analyze the performance of applications and architectures, both programmers and architects desire formal methods to explain anomalous behavior. To this end, we present various methods that utilize non-intrusive, performance-monitoring hardware only recently available on microprocessors to provide further explanations of observed behavior. All the methods attempt to characterize and explain the instruction-level parallelism achieved by codes on different architectures. We also present a prototype tool automating the analysis process to exploit the advantages of the empirical and statistical methods proposed. The empirical, statistical and hybrid methods are discussed and explained with case study results provided. The given methods further …

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Ecological Models For Assessing Functions Of Hard Claypan Vernal Pool Wetlands In The Central Valley Of California Using The Hydrogeomorphic (Hgm) Approach For Wetland Assessment., Ellis Joseph Clairain Jr Jan 2000

Ecological Models For Assessing Functions Of Hard Claypan Vernal Pool Wetlands In The Central Valley Of California Using The Hydrogeomorphic (Hgm) Approach For Wetland Assessment., Ellis Joseph Clairain Jr

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Seven vernal pool complexes consisting of numerous shallow wetland depressions were sampled in Sacramento County, California, during the spring and early summer of 1998. Data were obtained to characterize ecological conditions within each complex and to develop models for assessing wetland disturbance and functions. Degree of disturbance, topographic features, soil profiles, and plant species composition and percent cover were examined. Pool area, volume, perimeter, maximum depth, distance from pool to pool, and percent of sample area were computed for 265 vernal pools. Additional detailed topographic and vegetative data were obtained at 68 vernal pools and soil profiles characterized at 64 …

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Suburbianation: Reading Suburban Landscape In Twentieth -Century American Fiction And Film., Robert Andrew Beuka Jan 2000

Suburbianation: Reading Suburban Landscape In Twentieth -Century American Fiction And Film., Robert Andrew Beuka

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

In the years following the end of World War II, a new kind of landscape emerged in the United States, one that would immeasurably alter the way Americans think about place. Critics and commentators greeted the emergence of the environment we know as "suburbia" with a mixed reaction: for some, the suburbs represented the material embodiment of the "American Dream"; for others, architectural and environmental homogeneity marked the new suburbs as an alienating, even dangerous terrain. In the half-century since the onset of mass-suburbanization, the United States---which has, by now, become a primarily suburban nation---has continued to struggle with the …

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Cross -Age Peers As Partners: Students' Perspectives On The Reciprocal Effects Of Paired Reading Using Cross-Age Peer Tutors., Karen Elizabeth Eason Jan 2000

Cross -Age Peers As Partners: Students' Perspectives On The Reciprocal Effects Of Paired Reading Using Cross-Age Peer Tutors., Karen Elizabeth Eason

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

The purpose of this study was to observe students implementing Paired Reading with cross-age peer tutors and to describe the attitudes and perceptions of the tutors about the reciprocal effects of participating in this program. This study examined the following aspects of the fourth grade students' perspectives on the reciprocal effects of cross-age peer tutoring using Paired Reading: (a) the interactions of the fourth grade tutor with the kindergarten tutee during tutoring sessions, (b) the tutor's perception of the effectiveness of her role as a teacher using cross-age peer tutors, and (c) the students' attitudes about and perceptions of themselves …

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Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Copper Metal Using Copper(Hexafluoroacetylacetonate)(2) Alcohol Adducts., Hui Fan Jan 2000

Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Copper Metal Using Copper(Hexafluoroacetylacetonate)(2) Alcohol Adducts., Hui Fan

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

A series of alcohol adducts of Cu(hfac)2 (Cu(hfac)2·ROH, where hfac- = hexafluoroacetylacetonate and ROH = C1, C2, C3, C4 alcohols) were synthesized as precursors for CVD of Cu metal. The low melting points of some Cu(hfac)2·ROH adducts allowed them to be used as liquid precursors at the common precursor evaporation temperature (ca. 80°C). Metallic Cu films were obtained using most of these compounds as precursors under either H2 or N2 mixed with the corresponding alcohol vapor. The details of each CVD reaction were studied by IR analysis of byproducts and electrical and thickness measurements on the resulting films. A reaction …

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Validation Of A Screening Instrument For Exposure To Violence In Children: The Kid -Save., Anise Lavaun Flowers Jan 2000

Validation Of A Screening Instrument For Exposure To Violence In Children: The Kid -Save., Anise Lavaun Flowers

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

Children in the United States have an increasing rate of exposure to chronic community violence. Research on children exposed to community, domestic, and war-related violence has demonstrated the traumatic effects of violence on children. The KID-SAVE was developed as an empirically-based self-report measure of violence exposure for children in grades three through seven. During an initial development study, the KID-SAVE demonstrated excellent reliability and preliminary construct validity data. The purpose of the present study was to provide further validity data on the KID-SAVE. A sample of 188 children (96 boys and 92 girls) and their parents participated in the study. …

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Atomic And Electronic Properties Of Neutral And Cationic Metallic Clusters., Andrew Marc Kolchin Jan 2000

Atomic And Electronic Properties Of Neutral And Cationic Metallic Clusters., Andrew Marc Kolchin

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

We find optimal atomic and electronic structures for neutral and singly, positively charged clusters of beryllium and beryllium-lithium (of the form BeLik) using density functional theory in the local spin density approximation. Ions are moved with a steepest descent method, and the electronic wave functions optimized using a fictitious dynamics with simulated annealing, as conceived by Car and Parrinello. Shell-like orbitals, filling angular momentum states in the order: 1s 2p 2s 1d, are obtained for the beryllium clusters. The same ordering is found for the BeLik clusters which indicates a departure from the ordering found in pure alkali clusters by …

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Honor Bound: *Southern Honor And The Mexican War., Gregory Scott Hospodor Jan 2000

Honor Bound: *Southern Honor And The Mexican War., Gregory Scott Hospodor

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

This dissertation examines how concepts of honor, and its adjunct, republicanism, influenced both the perceptions and actions of southerners during the Mexican-American War of 1846--1848 and the period immediately thereafter. It is meant to illustrate the important, and heretofore overlooked, role that notions of honor played both for those southerners who participated in the war and those who stayed at home. The dissertation is thematic rather than chronologic in organization and consists of three chapters. The first chapter examines the attitudes of southerners of both genders towards the Mexican War. It contends that they united in defining the conflict through …

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