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An Inquiry Into The Causes Of The Defeat Of The Republican Party In California In 1958, John Andrew Walker

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

California has been traditionally a Republican state, yet the Republicans have been unable to regain their traditional dominance since their defeat in 1958. The 1958 election represented a fundamental shift in the nature of California politics. More than that, the defeat of the Republicans pointed up a fundamental weakness in the Republican party.

Santiago Arguello, Modernista Nicaraguense, 1872-1940, Mila Anne Harmeling

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

El presente trabajo tratará de Santiago Argüello, poeta y escritor que nació en la ciudad colonial de León de Nicaragua, el año 1872.

Como quiera que el autor es poco conocido en el mundo de las letras contemporáneas, hemos acudido a sus propias obras para, del análisis de algunas, deducir la calidad literaria del autor.

Creemos necesario en esta introducción una breve reseña de la literatura nicaragüense para poder enmarcar a Santiago Argüello en la época y tendencia literaria que le corresponde y finalmente tocamos el aspecto socio-político de la época en que el vivio porque creemos que este influyó …

A Study Of The Active Amateur And Semiprofessional Theater Groups In Central California, Phyllis Jane Nusz

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In the last several years lists of theater organizations in California newspapers hare grown steadily. This writer asserts a need for study of active amateur and semiprofessional theater groups in California for gaining knowledge and understanding of cultural activities taking place about the Western United States. Such material would help students and adults interested in drama gain information where theaters remain active according to particular tastes.

After receiving a list of nonprofessional theater members of American National Theatre and Academy's California regions, theater activity presented itself to be of such quantity within the state that it became necessary to make …

Antigone : A Creative Venture, Marian Mcarthur Leach

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Statement of the problem. It was the purpose of this study (l) to determine and illustrate the influence of time, culture and production situation upon the form and content of two plays based on the Greek legend of Antigone; the texts in question were those of Sophocles and Anouilh; and (2) to determine and illustrate the same influence of time, culture, and production situation upon the means of producing Lewis Galantiere's adaptation of Anouilh's Antigone at the University of the Pacific Play box in the Spring of 1965.