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Appendix F, 2011 Brigham Young University

Appendix F

The Bridge

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Grundtvigian Danish-Americans - A Story Of Preservation And Renewal Of Cultural And Religious Traditions, Henrik Bredmose Simonsen 2011 Brigham Young University

Grundtvigian Danish-Americans - A Story Of Preservation And Renewal Of Cultural And Religious Traditions, Henrik Bredmose Simonsen

The Bridge

grant from the Grundtvig Centre at Aarhus University enabled me in 2010 to visit several small towns in the American Midwest, where Grundtvigian institutions and traditions have played and still play a role. The trip was part of the research project "Integration, Identity and Narrative among Grundtvigian Danish-Americans," which Skanderborg Museum launched in 2009.


The Jensens Came To America, Guy D. Johnson 2011 Brigham Young University

The Jensens Came To America, Guy D. Johnson

The Bridge

My grandparents, Niels and Ane Jensen, moved to America in 1870. They started from Denmark in 1870 and landed in Nevada, Iowa, on July 14, 1870. They had two children, John, my father and Aunt Annie. Grandfather's brother, Morten, and his wife and a man they called Tabby came with them.


Appendix H, 2011 Brigham Young University

Appendix H

The Bridge

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Back Matter, 2011 Brigham Young University

Back Matter

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Appendix G, 2011 Brigham Young University

Appendix G

The Bridge

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Reviews, 2011 Brigham Young University

Reviews

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Gangs And Gang Activity In America: A Prevention Report, Portland State University. Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone 2011 Portland State University

Gangs And Gang Activity In America: A Prevention Report, Portland State University. Criminology And Criminal Justice Senior Capstone

Criminology and Criminal Justice Senior Capstone Project

This report covers information on gangs, gang activity, and gang prevention. The report reveals information such as the history of gangs in the U.S., the definition of “gang,” data on prevalence, persons affected by gang activity, demographics of gangs and their members, criminal activity committed by gangs, gang hierarchical structure, prevention strategies, and effectiveness of gang prevention programs.


Socio-Economic Stability And Independence Of Appalachian Women, Michele Dawn Kegley 2011 Antioch University - PhD Program in Leadership and Change

Socio-Economic Stability And Independence Of Appalachian Women, Michele Dawn Kegley

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

This study researched Appalachian women who were in emotional, social, or economic reliant relationships with male spouses and became socio-economically stable and independent. This effort is to give Appalachian women voice and learn from their accounts of how they led change by financially, physically, and socially providing for themselves and their dependent children. Research is limited to a particular group of white middle class Appalachian women in the North-Central sub-region of Appalachia. This group was chosen because they have been largely overlooked in the literature. However, this study does not answer questions of all women‘s experiences and barriers in Appalachia. …


On The Outside Looking In: A Qualitative Study Of Southern Appalachian First-Generation Students' Perceptions Of Higher Education., Michael Steven Briggs 2010 East Tennessee State University

On The Outside Looking In: A Qualitative Study Of Southern Appalachian First-Generation Students' Perceptions Of Higher Education., Michael Steven Briggs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was designed to investigate Southern Appalachian, first-generation students' expectations of higher education. Research indicates that many first-generation students drop out of college after only 1 semester; however, little research exists concerning the expectations and experiences of first-generation college students from Southern Appalachia.

The study employs a qualitative methodology based in the tradition of grounded theory to highlight students' experiences while encouraging the emergence of data-driven theory based on what the researcher heard. Thus, the entire study is couched in the interpretivist philosophy of research.

Eleven full-time university students were interviewed for the study. They were asked to identify …


The Physical Activity Patterns And Constraints Of Diverse Female College Students, Kathleen Victoria Minkel 2010 University of Nevada, Las Vegas

The Physical Activity Patterns And Constraints Of Diverse Female College Students, Kathleen Victoria Minkel

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Diverse college aged females from a public university in the southwest were asked to participate in an online survey to determine their constraints to physical activity, as well as their current activity level. The groups were compared to establish the differences among the minority groups. Raymore, Crawford, and Godbey’s Hierarchical Model of Constraints was used as a framework when creating the survey. Data analysis showed only one significant difference among the racial/ethnic groups, when looking specifically at the intrapersonal, interpersonal, and structural constraints categories. Hispanic women differed significantly from Caucasian women in their perception of interpersonal constraints on their physical …


Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica McCulley 2010 University of Missouri-St. Louis

Black Resistance To School Desegregation In St. Louis During The Brown Era, Jessica Mcculley

The Confluence (2009-2020)

McCulley discusses opposition to school integration by African American educators in St. Louis at the time of the Brown v. Board of Education Decision.


From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith 2010 Lindenwood University

From The Editor, Jeffrey Smith

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi 2010 Lindenwood University

George Champlain Sibley: Shady Dealings On The Early Frontier, Tomas C. Danisi

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Danisi offers an analysis of Sibley’s time as assistant factor at Fort Bellefontaine under factor Rodolphe Tillier, a man of strong political connections and elastic ethics. Tillier fired Sibley, Danisi argues, because he discovered and revealed Tillier’s shady business dealings while a government official; ultimately, Sibley was exonerated and even promoted to factor of the newly formed Fort Osage.


Fall/Winter 2010, Full Issue, 2010 Lindenwood University

Fall/Winter 2010, Full Issue

The Confluence (2009-2020)

No abstract provided.


“It Don’T Look Natural”: St. Louis Smoke Abatement In 1906, David L. Straight 2010 Postal History Society

“It Don’T Look Natural”: St. Louis Smoke Abatement In 1906, David L. Straight

The Confluence (2009-2020)

In this regular feature about postal history, Straight examines efforts at reducing smog—smoke abatement, at the time—using a 1906 card and coal company letterhead as a springboard.


“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels 2010 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

“Barbarous Custom Of Dueling”: Death And Honor On St. Louis’ Bloody Island, Mark Alan Neels

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Neels argues that the Army Corps of Engineers inadvertently dealt the final death blow to dueling in the region when it eliminated “Bloody Island,” a sandbar in the Mississippi River which became a favorite venue for duels.


The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine 2010 Lindenwood University

The Illinois & St. Louis Bridge: An Engineering Marvel, Scribner's Magazine

The Confluence (2009-2020)

This reprint of an 1871 article from Scribner’s Magazine extols the new Illinois and St. Louis Bridge (Eads Bridge today) as an engineering marvel—which, incidentally, it was.


The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier 2010 Lindenwood University

The Strange Case Of The Courts, A Car, And The 1910 Batting Title, Steven Gietschier

The Confluence (2009-2020)

Ty Cobb and Napoleon Lajoie were fighting for the 1910 American League batting title right down to the end of the season. Who won was under dispute, and it landed the St. Louis Browns in court. Gietschier looks at the case files involving the Browns manager who was fired over accusations that he tried to let Lajoie win the title—and a new car.


The Intermountain West Today: A Regional Survey, Ruy Teixeira, Karlyn Bowman 2010 Brookings Institution; Center for American Progress and the Century Foundation

The Intermountain West Today: A Regional Survey, Ruy Teixeira, Karlyn Bowman

Brookings Mountain West Publications

What does it mean to live in the Intermountain West today? What issues are most and least important to the region’s residents? Do Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah have a collective identity or are state-level differences too great? Is there an identifiable Intermountain West personality? Today we will present the results of a unique survey that attempts to answer these questions.


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