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Persistence Of A Culture's Patterns In Prisons Of War, Anne Hoffman Senter

Sociology ETDs

This study is an investigation of prisoner of war sociology, specifically that of Japanese-controlled prison camps in which American soldiers captured in the Philippine Islands in the spring of 1942 were confined for almost three and one-half years. It is an attempt to discover the informal social social structure obtaining in these camps and helps answer answer the question of what happened when the existing social structure of the army was torn down and the men were thrown into a life requiring a rebuilding and realignment of social relationships and values.

The Use Of The Personal Interview To Study The Subjective Impact Of Culture Contacts, Aristides B. Chavez

Sociology ETDs

The general interest in this problem arose from observation of the behavior and attitude of the Spanish speaking people towards problems affecting them in the urban setting where the cultural tempo is set by a differing value and attitude system from their own. The behavior and attitude precipitants have been incidents involving attempts at testing race and culture attitudes, land legislation, question of church and state in the field of education, membership policy in unions, employment, administration of justice. business techniques, rural medicine, and health problems, etc.

A Sociological Study Of Part Time Employment In The Senior High Schools Of Louisville, Kentucky., Thomas Hoskins Kettig

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Today with the advent of an ever increasing industrialization, the importance of developing the skill, strength, and knowledge of the young people to meet the new age is recognized as never before. Not only must the fundamentalism of traditional education be revised in terms of a more progressive education, but also the practical, non-academic courses should be given more consideration. In this thesis I have attempted to analyze one particularly important aspect of the problem of youth and employment. I have presented here a sociological analysis of part-time employment in the Louisville, Kentucky Senior High schools. It was my intention …

Public Recreation In Logan, Utah, 1946: An Appraisal, Beatrice J. Carroll

All Graduate Theses and Dissertations, Spring 1920 to Summer 2023

Modern writers see varied values in recreation. The necessity for recreation in a machine age has become widely recognized. Its many-sided contribution to good living is being clarified by a constangly increasing member of writers--sociologists, educators, physicians, philosophers, etc. It seams appropriate to this inquiry to consider what some of these writers say.

Child Labor In Kansas., William H. Cape

Master's Theses

The problem of child labor in Kansas is being recognized more and more by the people and by the legislature . Child labor has never assumed formidable proportions in this state, however young people need protection regardless of the number employed. This particular age group has never been a great employment problem, perhaps the principal reason being t hat Kansas is primarily an agricultural state . The possibilities that t he stat e will become an industrial and manufacturing 'stat e are excellent and such a change would, no doubt, bring an increase in the number of children employed unless …

A Study Of Religious Drama As A Resource Of The Church, Illustrated By An Original Biblical Drama, Marien E. Griffith

Student Work

The main purpose of this study is to determine the place of religious drama in the church. Data of information were secured from personal letters and interviews with pastors and lay-people in Omaha, Nebraska; Council Bluffs, Sioux City and Des Moines, Iowa; St. Louis, Missouri; Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota; Idaho Falls, Iowa; and Monrovia, California. A questionnaire was used as a guiding basis for the interviews. The case method and survey method were used. An original Biblical drama is presented to illustrate what the possibilities are in this field of activity.

Drama is one of the most interesting of …

The American Labor Leader: A Statistical Survey And Interpretative Study, Irving Frederick Friedman

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Factors In Escape--A Sociological Study Based On Escapes From The Indiana Boys' School, Joseph C. Ramsey

Graduate Thesis Collection

No abstract provided.

The Attitude Of The Catholic Press Regarding The Labor-Management Relations Act Of 1947, Jude Aloysius Cantwell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Social Aspects Of Farm Ownership And Tenancy In The Arkansas Ozarks., J. L. Charlton

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

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The Attitudes Of Rural Parents Toward Dental Care For Children In Selected Areas Of Louisiana., Alvin Lee Bertrand

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

Role Of The School In A Cooperative Program For Prevention Of Juvenile Delinquency, Josephine Peters Killinger

Dissertations, Theses, and Masters Projects

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A Study Of Certain Changes In The Spanish-American Family In Bernalillo County, 1915-1946, Irma Yarbrough Johnson

Sociology ETDs

The purpose of this study is to trace some of the changes in the Spanish-American family in Bernalillo County from 1915 through 1946. It is justified by the fact that culture changes of any kind taking place in a group are reflected in the family as the basic primary unit. This study specifically includes changes in the following: marriage age of Spanish Americans, type of marriage ceremony, inter-marriage with Anglos, family size, and divorce rate.

The Socio-Economic Correlatives Of Health., Julien Rundell Tatum

LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.

A Study Of The Development Of The Recreation Department Of Stockton, California, Margaret Fitzgerald Coston

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

Stockton is a city suffering from the sudden realization that it is no longer a small farm town, end that in the process of becoming a moderate-sized city, a community faces inevitable growing pains.

The municipal recreation phase of city government well illustrates this fact. Because of the great need for expansion in this field, and because the city is now just beginning to rise to meet the occasion, a study of the Recreational Department and the program of the Metropolitan Recreation Commission in Stockton City Government and San Joaquin County, is a particularly interesting activity.

In contrast to many …

Basques In Stockton : A Study Of Assimilation, Carol Pagliarulo

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

In Stockton today there is a small number of persons who come under the category, Basque. As the origin of the Basques and their language is as yet undetermined, it lends a somewhat mysterious air to them.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the Basques, more particularly the younger generation, are becoming assimilated into the community. Are they the Basque in their manner of living, or are they American?

WIthin the scope of this study fall some 219 individuals organized into eighty-seven family groups. They are the first and second generation families and their unmarried children living …

A Community Study Of Social Change In Goshen, Clark S. Knowlton

Theses and Dissertations

During the last two years, the author in the course of fulfilling class requirements in the Department of Sociology made a series of investigations into the social, economic, and political aspects of several towns and villages in Utah and Idaho. As a result, an interest developed in the process of social change within the social structure. Therefore, as a thesis problem, a community study of a small Mormon village analyzing social change in the institutions and mores was selected.