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Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

1996

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"Seventeen" Magazine As A Manual For "Doing Gender", Amy N. Vreeland Jan 1996

"Seventeen" Magazine As A Manual For "Doing Gender", Amy N. Vreeland

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No abstract provided.


A Distinctive Chest Of Drawers: Using Material Culture To Interpret The Past And The Present, Jessica Williams Johnston Jan 1996

A Distinctive Chest Of Drawers: Using Material Culture To Interpret The Past And The Present, Jessica Williams Johnston

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No abstract provided.


Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney Jan 1996

Labor At Home: The Domestic World Of Workers At The Du Pont Powder Mills, 1802-1902, Margaret M. Mulrooney

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While the history of the du Pont family and Du Pont Company have been well-documented, little is known about the everyday lives of the Irish Catholic immigrants who lived and worked at the home plant near Wilmington, Delaware. to correct this oversight, "Labor at Home" explores every aspect of the powder workers' domestic world--from religious beliefs, family structure, gender relations, and ethnic ties, to houses, furnishings, and yards--and uses this data to support new conclusions about cultural identity and class affiliation. as early as the 1820s, for example, powder mill families began to convey their increasing affiliation with bourgeois American …


The Other Faces Of Mount Rushmore: Tourism, Advertising, And The Commodity Of Experience, Jill Angela Mcnutt Jan 1996

The Other Faces Of Mount Rushmore: Tourism, Advertising, And The Commodity Of Experience, Jill Angela Mcnutt

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No abstract provided.


Beyond Telling The News: The Mission Of Public Journalism, 1996, Pamela Sue Burton Jan 1996

Beyond Telling The News: The Mission Of Public Journalism, 1996, Pamela Sue Burton

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Censorship, Cyberspace, And Community Standards: American Responses To On-Line Obscenity, Laura Mame Spear Jan 1996

Censorship, Cyberspace, And Community Standards: American Responses To On-Line Obscenity, Laura Mame Spear

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No abstract provided.