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The Impact Of The Plague On Human Behavior In Seventeenth Century Europe, Judy Staiano

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Heart Of A Dog, By Mikhail Bulgakov, William Berkhout

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Beauty In The Face Of Bigotry, Katherine Ciesla

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

A First Look At The Worst: Slavery And Race Relations At The College Of William And Mary, Terry L. Meyers

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Justice In Many Rooms Since Galanter: De-Romanticizing Legal Pluralism Through The Cultural Defense, Mitra Sharafi

Law and Contemporary Problems

Sharafi explores the emergence of legal pluralism during 1970s and 80s and discusses its relation in the cultural defense. Legal pluralism was more than a methodological stance intended to help lawyers and anthropologists talk to each other; it was an ideological commitment. In the 1980s, scholars like Marc Galanter and Sally Merry inaugurated the legal-pluralist sequel to the "what-is-law" debate between legal positivists and natural-law advocate. There are two major changes in the conception of legal pluralism brought about by the works of Galanter and his colleagues. The first was the shift from the understanding of legal pluralism as a …

Collector, Larissa Cleveland

Theses

This thesis compliments my photographic investigation into an individual and societal preoccupation with collecting and the narrative or symbolic power of objects. My experiences as a child surrounded by my father’s mass collection of civil war artifacts prompted my continued interest in the pursuit of collecting and also to question the nature of hobby versus obsession. In this paper, I consider the personal and social conditions present in Western society that inform an inherent need to possess, create order, gain status, knowledge and to preserve. I discuss the creation of a persona through possession, but also question to what extent …

Mechanical Demining: From 1942 To The Present, Pehr Lodhammar

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Although demining machines have been in existence since 1942, they were not used in the field of mine action until about the early 1990s. Demining machines were initially only used by the military. With the growing number of casualties stemming from landmines, especially among civilians, it became necessary to employ machines for humanitarian purposes. From the first demining machine constructed in early 1942 to the present, tremendous improvements have been made.

Sfra Review, Spring 2008, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Spring 2008 issue of the SFRA Review.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 31, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Local celebrity named Board of Trustee, SHU alumnus, John Ratzenberger, accepts new title -- Reality show's David "Punk" Otunga to visit SHU -- Tips for students who are looking to live off campus--Sacred Heart delegation will be leaving for one week to work with elementary and secondary school children in El Salvador--Healthy Eating Revisited: article series Sponsored by the Eating Disorder Task Force -- Award shows left in the dust by students--Dancing to the top of Div. 1 schools--Digital Printing Service offered at Mail Center--Men’s hockey secures home ice for playoff opener--Wrestling falls to Rider, travel to CAA Championships--Quinnipiac scrapes …

The Pacifican February 28, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican February 21, 2008, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 30, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

NFL head coach Tony Dungy speaks at SHU (photos) -- Record turnout for Spring Career Fair -- CJ masters program receives accreditation -- Students voice opinions on political front -- New season under way for campus Channel 3 -- Performance of ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ in the Edgerton -- What does it take to be Mr. SHU? -- Student Life is searching for 2008 summer Orientation Leaders -- Jacquelin Bouthot set out for Zambia, working for the Mongu Branch of the Cheshire Home Society of Zambia -- Welch College of Business offers MBA for Liberal Arts, Science -- Men’s hoops drops …

Spectrum, Volume 26, Issue 29, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Men’s indoor track and field team clinched its first Northeast Conference title -- Sorority brings Active Minds to campus -- Obama's campaign trail brings him to Connecticut -- Chinese imports affecting what we eat and wear -- Students are inspired to improve leadership skills -- SHU chosen “College of the Week” by youth political Web site YourThreeCents.com -- Rachel’s Vineyard Ministry offers support -- Drinking posters around the campus causes reactions -- Students speak out against animal killing for the sake of fashion -- Men's track and field captures first NEC title: Women take third, behind St, Francis (Pa,) and …

Free Winona: First Of Many, Free Winona

Free Winona Newspaper

Free Winona is a newspaper published in Winona, Minnesota in 2008 and 2009. This issue includes:

• Notes from the Long Weekend Dec 2007;
• Mutual-Aid Primer;
• International Food Market;
• Beware: Capx 2020;
• Backmatter: What Dreams May Come?

2007 Oregon Vineyard And Winery Report, United States National Agricultural Statistics Service, Oregon Field Office, Chris Mertz, Laura Burgess, Ann Clemon

Oregon Wine Board Documents

This statewide survey report on vineyards and wineries in Oregon covers bearing and nonbearing acres, size of vineyard operation, variety and county, size distribution, prices, yields, crush, inventory, and sales. The report also contains some comparisons of data for 2006 and 2007. According to this report, Oregon produced and crushed a record amount of grapes for the third consecutive year.

Qubit, February 2008

Qubit (Cuban science fiction magazine)

The February 2008 issue of the Qubit.

When The Fires Die: Religious Critiques Of Revivalism In The Aftermath Of The Second Great Awakening, John D. Bratt, Lester Ruth

Symposium on Worship Archive

A document accompanying a talk on the aftereffects of the Second Great Awakening, including types of critics, common charges, common complaints, and proposed solutions.

Dead Reckoning (Book Review), Edward L. Ayers

History Faculty Publications

Long before she became the first female president of Harvard University in July 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust showed herself to be an inventive, energetic, and restless historian. Her first book, in 1977, focused on a subject many people had doubted was a subject, "the intellectual in the Old South." Five years later, she produced what is still the fullest — and most disturbing — portrayal of a white Southern planter, a man who sought complete mastery over the white women in his charge as well as over the enslaved people he claimed as property.

Soon after that, in a series …

Education In Bridgewater, Massachusetts, 1900-1910, Benjamin A. Spence

Bridgewater, Massachusetts: A Town in Transition

No abstract provided.

Silver Bullet: Depleted Uranium As A Military Weapon, Ralph Patterson

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 44-57

The Emancipation Of Bolshevik Women: No, The Soviet Woman Is Not Yet Free!, Kristina Brandon

Vulcan Historical Review

pp. 11-20

Nimbus (Winter 2008), New College Alumnae/I Association

Alumnae/i Association Collection

No abstract provided.

History Of The Life Science Museum Movement At Brigham Young University 1900–2008, Wilmer W. Tanner

Books by Faculty of the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum

Abstract

This work details the century-long journey of the BYU Life Science Museum. The museum's early days began at Brigham Young Academy, where it was established by President Benjamin Cluff Jr., with collections gathered by Chester Van Buren. It then moved to the Brimhall Building and then the Grant Building, under the direction of Dr. Kent McKnight and Vera McKnight. The museum passed through the directorship of Dr. C. Lynn Hayward and then began a new phase when Monte L. Bean and his wife Birdie Bean committed to build a museum to house their collection along with the collections BYU …

The Uses Of Rickets: Race, Technology, And The Politics Of Preventive Medicine In The Early Twentieth Century, M. Allison Arwady

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Rickets, the bone disease classically caused by Vitamin D deficiency, was one of the most common diseases of children 100 years ago. It has been recognized as a disease of urban living and linked to issues of race and culture for generations. This paper uses unpublished patient records from 1904 to 1909 and archival and published materials from multiple community-based trials, including the New Haven Rickets Study (1923-1926), to explore how the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of rickets shifted in the first decades of the twentieth century in the United States. Before 1910, as evidenced by patient records, neither the …

Exploring Interdisciplinary Prayer Research In A Health Context, E. James Baesler

Communication & Theatre Arts Faculty Publications

Communication, Psychology, and Sociology are three leading academic disciplines engaged in the social scientific study of prayer, the spiritual communication between a believer(s) and God, but rarely do these disciplines collaborate in interdisciplinary prayer scholarship. Possibilities for interdisciplinary prayer research in a health context are explored through a review of the literature and academic interviews. Interdisciplinary linkages in the prayer-health context are organized in an integral "all-quadrant" theoretical model, and an assessment of the viability of interdisciplinary prayer-health research is considered.

Negotiating For Nature: Conservation Diplomacy And The Convention On Nature Protection And Wildlife Preservation In The Western Hemisphere, 1929--1976, Keri Lewis

Doctoral Dissertations

In 1941, as the United States entered the Second World War, leaders from twenty American nations signed into effect a broad-based treaty for the protection of migratory wildlife at the Convention on Nature Protection and Wild Life Preservation in the Western Hemisphere. This dissertation examines the unique set of questions, problems, and concerns framers of the Convention dealt with in the development of a conservation program to ensure the protection of migratory wildlife as it crossed political borders. Although it provided no solid system of enforcement, the provisions of the Convention opened the door for new, more specific conservation treaties …

Learning African-American History In A Synthetic Learning Environment, Adams Greenwood-Ericksen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Synthetic Learning Environments (SLEs) represent a hybrid of simulations and games, and in addition to their pedagogical content, rely on elements of story and interactivity to drive engagement with the learning material. The present work examined the differential impact of varying levels of story and interactivity on learning. The 2x2 between subjects design tested learning and retention among 4 different groups of participants, each receiving one of the 4 possible combinations of low and high levels of story and interactivity. Objective assessments of participant performance yielded the unexpected finding that learners using the SLE performed more poorly than any other …

Teaching Washington State History Through The Arts: A Curricular Guide, Rebekah Norgard

All Graduate Projects

Students benefit both academically and nonacademically when a core subject is taught through the arts. The arts allow students to develop cognitively, extend their research skills, define their ability to problem solve, and strengthen their self-image. Personal connections and student attentiveness is increased when classes incorporate the study of the arts. The purpose of this project was to encourage the integration of arts into core subjects and provide a framework and examples of effective arts content infusion as an instructional strategy for use by Washington State History teachers.

Sfra Review, Winter 2008, Science Fiction Research Association

SFRA Newsletter (Science Fiction Research Association)

The Winter 2008 issue of the SFRA Review.

Vulcan Historical Review 12 (Complete Issue), Vulcan Historical Review Staff

Vulcan Historical Review

No abstract provided.