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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Barnum"”.
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''Even the Truth needs a Barnum'' Nicolas Nabokov, Music and the Cold War
This thesis examines composer Nicolas Nabokov’s political involvement in the world of music in the 1940s and 1950s. In particular it concerns his attempt to use contemporary art music as a means of countering the influence of the Soviet Union, via the festivals he organised for the CIA-financed …
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Shooting a mule (and other stories)
… 20th century. It includes stories featuring P.T. Barnum, Roy Rogers, Lucille Mulhall, Eben Byers, Fred W. Loring, and other notable historical figures. The fiction is preceded by a critical introduction discussing the development of late 19th century American attitudes toward industrialization and …
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Formalizing and Modularizing Identity Theory
… of sound theory (Cohen 1989, Markovsky 1996, Barnum 1997). That is, I hope to contribute to identity theory by offering a provisional, reformulated version constructed around these properties: reducing contradiction and ambivalence, and improving communicability, abstractness, generality, …
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Listrænn ærslagangur í London: Sirkus gjörningur Kling & Bang gallerís á Frieze Art Fair
… til að fylgja verkinu til London og koma fram á barnum. Gjörningurinn er skoðaður í ljósi kenninga um þátttöku- og venslalistir. Í fyrsta hluta ritgerðarinnar er fjallað um sögu Kling & Bang gallerís. Í öðrum hluta hennar er fjallað um listakaupstefnur og þau þáttaskil sem urðu með Frieze …
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A model for the development of women in construction in the Limpopo Province of South Africa
… to Dickhoff, James & Wiedenbach (1968) and Barnum (1994). The theoretical evaluation of a model was done utilizing Chinn and Kramer (2011:205) criteria for evaluation of a theory. Guidelines to operationalize the theory were also described as well as recommendations and conclusion.
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Fred Jewell, 1875-1936 : his life as composer of circus and band music, bandmaster, and publisher
… He rose to the position of bandmaster for the Barnum and Bailey, Gentry Brothers, Hagenbeck-Wallace, and Sells-Floto Circuses. He wrote dozens of marches and other pieces of music for the circus. Upon returning to Indiana, he began to concentrate on the concert band, writing music in several …
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Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument Long-Term Outcomes and Scale Stability
… Youth Screening Instrument-2 (MAYSI-2; Grisso & Barnum, 2006) was developed in 1998 to offer an efficient measure for identifying adolescents within the juvenile justice system in need of further psychiatric evaluation, treatment, or specialized care. Since the instrument's publication, several …
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A Curriculum to Train the Parents at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, to Practice Family Worship
The purpose of this project was to develop and implement a curriculum to train parents at Christ Chapel Bible Church in Fort Worth, Texas, to practice family worship. Chapter 1 details the scope of the project in light of the ministry context, purpose, and goals of the project, and details the …
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Business process re-engineering: application for littoral combat ship mission module acquisition
The purpose of this MBA Project is to investigate the possibility/feasibility of re-engineering the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Module (PMS-420) business process to function more efficiently. The Defense Acquisition system is designed to support the National Security Strategy by managing the …
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Attachment, self-esteem and subjective well-being among survivors of childhood sexual trauma
The current study is a quantitative exploration of the relationships between attachment security, childhood sexual trauma, sexual self-esteem, and subjective well-being. Participants included 213 undergraduate students at a Midwestern University. Theories of attachment (Bowlby, 1973) and well-being …
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Scientific racism, mass collecting, and NAGPRA : a study of the transformation of relationships between museums, anthropology, and the public from the late 19th century to the 21st century.
Humankind has collected materials and remains for centuries as a way to depict social status, educate, and fascinate. The relationships between anthropologists and museums in the late 19th and early 20th century set the foundation for both disciplines to make their mark in academia and public …
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Games, protocols, and quantum entanglement
… schemes, as well as the definition of Barnum, et al. (FOCS 2002), which addresses total authentication of quantum data. Our definitions give strong characterizations for what a quantum adversary is able to do in a message authentication protocol, even when the adversary has quantum side …
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Feminism and historiography: Toward a (re)visioning of Jenny Lind
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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On the Move: Games and Gaming Figures in Nineteenth-Century U.S. Literature
<p>In this dissertation, I analyze the way that gameplay, considered broadly, both facilitated and informed representations of agency in the nineteenth century. In effect, games were archives of possibility made procedurally discrete, rendering modes of action and agency legible in ways that are …
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Robber Barons and Humbuggers: The Rise of Philanthropic Museums in Nineteenth-Century New York
<p>New York City's most recognizable museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History came to prominence in the second half of the nineteenth century thanks to the support of wealthy benefactors. At the same time, social reformers, mostly Protestant and middle …