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Showing 1 to 20 of 117 for “"Early 1900s"”.
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An explanation of declining voter turnout: the case of Richmond, Virginia, 1880-1913
… Numerous scholars point to the late 1800s and early 1900s as the era when significant changes in voting, turnout, and political party competition took place. Many of these same scholars contend that the consequences of these changes, such as continuing low voter turnout, can be seen today. Yet, …
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The Missing Central Bank: A Case History of the United States of America 1791-1913
… essential to the U.S. financial markets in the early 1900s.
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Saving America’s Pastime: A Comprehensive Look into the Successes & Failures of Major League Baseball in the 21st Century
From the early-1900s to mid-2000s, Major League Baseball (MLB) saw an incredible rise in popularity and attendance numbers. The league was among the highest attended live spectator events across the United States of America, reaching numbers close to 80 million total fans in yearly turnout. …
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Change in piñon-juniper woodland cover since Euro-American settlement: expansion versus contraction associated with soil properties
… increased density and expansion since the early 1900s, including in the widely distributed piñon-juniper vegetation type of the U.S. Southwest. Fire suppression and grazing are often cited as the main drivers of these historic changes and have led to extensive tree-reduction treatments …
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The cult of Rodin : words, photographs, and colonial history in the spread of Auguste Rodin's reputation in northeast Asia
… Northeast Asia, where he was introduced in the early 20th century, when China, Japan, and Korea were undergoing social, political, and cultural turmoil caused by colonial intrusions of the West, and became established largely through pictures and textual accounts before actual works by the …
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A History and Socio-Cultural Examination of the Long Beach Municipal Band
… as a recreational tourist destination by the early 1900s, and (3) beyond.
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A History of Theatre Sound Effects Devices to 1927
… which served as models throughout the 1800s and early 1900s. Chapter II presents the developments which occurred betwen 1800 and 1927, and Chapter III singles out those devices required by new styles of production which emerged around 1900. Authentic drawings, photographs, and descriptions …
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X Disease | Disease X: Medical Mystery-Solving and Epidemiological Change
… It uses two cases, Australian X Disease of the early 1900s and Disease X of the dawning 2000s, to broadly interrogate how medical mystery-solvers marshall forms of experimentation and classification to identify and contain unknown diseases. While dominant theories of millenial disease …
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On Emmy Noether and Her Algebraic Works
<p>In the early 1900s a rising star in the mathematics world was emerging. I will discuss her life as a female mathematician and the struggles she faced being a rebel in her time. I will also take an in depth look at some of her contributions to the mathematics and science community . Her work in …
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A Rejuvenating Resort Remembered: The Use of Folklore and Archaeology in the Investigation of the Historic Massey Springs Resort in South-Central Kentucky
… Warren County, Kentucky, a popular resort in the early 1900s. This project examines the site in terms of its archaeological resources, primary and secondary archival data, and vernacular architectural resources. Since there are no standing structures, Massey Springs is worthwhile example of the …
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The Economic Impacts of Soil Remediation Efforts at Lead Arsenate Contaminated Sites in Yakima County: A Hedonic Approach
… from the widespread use of pesticides in the early 1900s poses a serious health risk to the residents of Yakima, Washington. Soil testing for contaminants resulted in the Department of Ecology funding the remediation of 6 elementary schools in Yakima, Washington where unsafe levels of lead and …
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Archival Frictions: The Arab and Arab American as Image in Literature, Film, and Other Archives
… and to read across two distinct moments—the early 1900s and post-1967—of Arab discursive and historical representation and identity after a prolonged encounter with the west and western media in the twentieth century.
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Women, Art, and Community: A Proposal for a Non-Profit Pottery Program in Appalachia.
… The research covers the time period from the early 1900s to 2008 and employs scholarly journal articles, books, Web sites, and interviews to support the thesis.</p>
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The impacts of century-old, arsenic-rich, mine tailings on multitrophic level biological assemblages in lakes from the Cobalt, Ontario, Canada region
… and lack of environmental regulations in the early 1900s resulted in a legacy of century-old, arsenic-rich mine tailings around Cobalt, Ontario, Canada. In order to examine the impacts that arsenic has had on aquatic ecosystems in the region, diatom, cladoceran, chironomid, and zooplankton …
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An environmental history : William Cameron Park, Waco, Texas.
… cleared for grazing during the late 1800s and early 1900s and secondly that release of the pastures led to differential regeneration of forest cover, first in Juniperus species and then with deciduous species. This release event took place eighty to ninety years ago, coinciding almost exactly …
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Discerning Neighborhood Characteristics as Contributing Factors to Infant Mortality in Rural Northern Plains Communities
… territorial policies from the 1700s through the early 1900s have manifested in the distinctive status of many American Indian communities as sovereign nations, a classification that no other ethnic group in the United States can claim. However, as a result of political and geographic isolation, …
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One hundred years of environmental pollution at Chattanooga Creek: a review of selected studies
… pollutants, beginning with animal wastes in the early 1900s, coal tar from government operated coke ovens during the WWII era, and large amounts of industrial wastes in the latter part of the century. Today the creek is officially closed to the public but the status of its water and sediments …
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The Hidden History of Western Washington Logging Camps: St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Company’s Camp #5 ca. 1934-1947
… harvested the Kapowsin Timberlands from the early 1900s to the late 1950s. The logging camps located within these timberlands can provide information on the organization of these industry camps as well as on the daily lives of the men that would help build one of the most important industries …
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The mechanics of tractor performance and their impact on historical and future device designs
… to its conventional modern form in in the early 1900s in USA pushed not only by suitability to domestic agriculture at the time but also efficiency in contemporary mass manufacturing and symbiosis with the burgeoning automotive industry. The farm tractor model as suggested in this thesis is …
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The Technical Writing Skills of Josiah Flynt and Ida Tarbell
… important information to Americans in the early 1900s. They were among the professionals of the Golden Age who recognized the importance of clarity in communicating technical and scientific subjects to the citizens who needed to assimilate information quickly. Then as now, scientific, …
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