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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Boomtown"”.
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Derby, Kansas: cold war boomtown
This thesis explores the development of Derby, Kansas, from the arrival of its first settlers in 1869 through the early 1970s. During its first seventy-five years, Derby never grew beyond its origins as a tiny trade center for local farmers, its economic growth constantly stymied and overshadowed …
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Gendered boomtown impacts: a social service perspective on experiences of women in resource extraction communities
… Past research on this industry has examined ‘boomtown impacts’ such has challenges to community cohesion, infrastructure issues, and crime, but few have examined the gendered impacts of the resource industry. Therefore, this thesis examines the gendered impacts associated with resource …
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Boomtown to Outdoor Museum: An Examination of Nevada City, Montana, for Placement on the National Register of Historic Places
This thesis presents a study of Nevada City, Montana to examine the eligibility potential for a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Founded in 1863, Nevada City experienced a gold mining heyday from 1863-1869. As easily attainable placers diminished and …
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Boomtown to Outdoor Museum: An Examination of Nevada City, Montana, for Placement on the National Register of Historic Places
This thesis presents a study of Nevada City, Montana to examine the eligibility potential for a historic district nomination to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Founded in 1863, Nevada City experienced a gold mining heyday from 1863-1869. As easily attainable placers diminished and …
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Fracking into the Karoo economy
… grounded in sociological research based on the "Boomtown Model", which attempts to understand the effects extractive industries have on small towns. The thesis finds that small Karoo towns are particularly vulnerable to the negative effects of the Boomtown Model, in light of their current profile …
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Boomtown wives: a novel and, The stage and backdrop: essay on the history of the Hopetoun-Ravensthorpe region, A great madness: essay on the social effects of WA's 21st century resources boom
This thesis comprises a novel entitled 'Boomtown Wives', and two essays entitled 'The Stage and Backdrop', and 'A Great Madness'. These works are about the Western Australian mining boom generally and the remote seaside town of Hopetotm in particular: my thesis explores how overseas demand for …
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Booze, Boomtowns, and Burning Crosses: The Turbulent Governorship of Pat M. Neff of Texas, 1921-1925
… prohibition, declared martial law in the oil boomtown of Mexia, and faced the rise of the Ku Klux Klan as a political force in Texas. Though often associated with the Klan, Neff did not approve of the organization and worked against it whenever possible. During the Railroad Shopmen's Strike of …
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Reclaiming Identity: Utilizing Historic Fabric to Revitalize Downtown Rochester
America’s first boomtown, Rochester, New York, rapidly decentralized after World War II. Like other mid-sized industrial cities, Rochester struggled to retain residents and businesses as suburbia flourished. Recently, the city is witnessing a resurgence as national trends favor urban living. This …
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Alienated Social Reproduction: A study on the politics of neoliberal urban restructuring in Leipzig, East Germany
… restructuring of an exceptional, East German boomtown, the thesis then shows how this structural process is reproduced through the stratified effects of residential alienation. Therewith, a multi-scalar theorization of residential alienation is developed in its dialectical counterpart with …
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On the Cusp: A School District and Two Communities Respond to an Oil Pre-Boom
… provided.</p> <p>Key Words: oil boom, pre-boom, boomtown, Social Disruption Hypothesis, community identity, community attachment, acceptance, student transience, community context</p>
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32 in '44: A management and environmental study of submarine construction at Portsmouth Navy Yard during World War II
… adjusted to the problems that accompanied a Navy boomtown. A preliminary review places the yard in context with important national and international events between the wars to set the stage for an analysis of how the shipyard achieved 32 in '44, and the consequences of that success.</p>
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Limits of Abstraction in Electroacoustic Music
… is considered in the site-specific installations Boomtown and Living Steam.
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The effects of tourism impacts upon Quality of Life of residents in the community
… social disruption theory which postulates that boomtown communities initially enter into a period of generalized crisis, resulting from the traditional stress of sudden, dramatic increases in demand for public services and improving community infrastructure (England and Albrecht's (1984). …
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"Magic City" class, community, and reform in Roanoke, Virginia, 1882-1912
The "Magic City" of Roanoke, Virginia, the fastest growing urban area in the South from 1880 to 1890, exemplified everything that New South boosters claimed to have wanted. The prototypical New South city, Roanoke emerged as an extreme version of all that was supposed to remedy the South's …
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Fracked Perceptions: Changes in Perception Regarding Hydraulic Fracturing Among Residents of Dimock, Pennsylvania.
The primary objective of this research is to critically analyze changes in perceptions associated with hydraulic fracturing within Dimock, Pennsylvania. Residents of Dimock initially welcomed fracking in 2006 due to positive corporate rhetoric promoting economic benefits such as mineral rights …