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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Brownsville"”.
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A guideline for future preservation, management & interpretation of Brownsville Plantation circa 1652 Northampton County, Virginia
… preservation, management and interpretation of Brownsville Plantation. Brownsville Plantation is located in Northampton County on Virginia's lower Eastern Shore. Brownsville's original 1262 acre parcel of land was first patented in 1652 by English Quakers, John and Ursula Browne. At the time of …
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Development of HEC-HMS and HEC-RAS models for urban floodplain mapping and flood damage reduction in Brownsville, Texas
… hydraulic models for the floodplain analysis for Brownsville, Texas and analyze mitigation alternatives within a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and digital data framework. This framework allowed for flexible manipulation of data and easy interpretation of the results. A methodology was …
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Repertoires of development in economic divergence on the U.S. - Mexico border
… of cities (McAllen, TX - Reynosa, Tamaulipas and Brownsville, TX - Matamoros, Tamaulipas) along the U.S. - Mexico border. The comparison of these two cross-border city pairs reveals that differences in patterns of local behavior led one small city on the US side, McAllen, to successfully exploit …
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The Relationship Between Time-On-Task in Computer-Aided Instruction and the Progress of Developmental Reading Students at the University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College
This research sought to determine what relationship exists between time-on-task in computer-aided instruction (CAI) using Destinations courseware and progress in reading ability of developmental reading students as indicated by the reading portion of the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) test. …
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Charro Days: History, Culture, and Identity on the U.S.-Mexico Border
… of friendship between the citizens of Brownsville, Texas and Matamoros, Tamaulipas along the Rio Grande. It began in 1938 to boost the economy and the spirits of the community suffering from the Great Depression and aftermath of a category 5 hurricane. In my thesis, I explain …
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The Rio Grande Expedition, 1863-1865
… The first major objective of this campaign was Brownsville, Texas, a port city on the lower Rio Grande. Its capture would not only serve as a warning to the French in Mexico; it would also disrupt a lucrative Confederate cotton trade across the border. The expedition had a mixed record of …
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Planning ahead : characteristics of versatile buildings
… space is presented for a small valley near Brownsville Vermont. A building type is planned for this context and inhabited several ways to test its capabilities.
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Between Borders: A Comparative Study of Traditional and Fronterizo Migration from Mexico to the United States, 1965-2007
… movement from Matamoros, Tamaulipas to Brownsville, Texas. My research derives from the lived experience of migrants, making oral history a key component of my dissertation. I question the relation between geography, immigrant identity and the ability to remain bicultural after years in …
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ON THE CUSP OF INVISIBILITY: THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY, MARGINALIZED STUDENTS, AND INSTITUTIONAL SPACES
… geopolitical border spanning from Brownsville, Texas to San Diego, California and the internal checkpoints that run parallel to and 70 miles north of the border. The Lower Río Grande Valley has remained a Mexican American cultural province and zone despite six phases of …
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"En el Poder del Espíritu": A Qualitative Research Study on Social Ethics/Theology Among U.S. Latina/o Pentecostals
… church in Los Fresnos, TX, just outside Brownsville and South Padre Island. This church has a social ministry called The Southwest Good Samaritan Ministries that primarily serves refugees seeking safety from persecution in their home countries. Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer is affiliated …
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Fort Brown, Texas: The history of a border post
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