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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Hattiesburg"”.
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An Ethnography of Taste: Craft Beer Culture in Hattiesburg
<p>This thesis studies the craft beer culture in Hattiesburg in order to answer the research question: Is taste what draws people to this culture? Beyond conducting classic participant-observation, I deployed the method of sensory activated participant-observation in my fieldwork. In so doing, this …
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Drive-By Geography: Perceptions of Urban Growth and Land Use in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
… and landscape changes are occurring between Hattiesburg and Columbia, Mississippi within the first decade of the 21st century. The methods I used involved conducting transects and creating hand-drawn maps, conversion of hand-drawn maps into ArcGIS shapefiles for interpretation and analysis, …
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Legislated Landscape: A Comparison of New Deal Farm Communities in Hattiesburg, McComb, and Tupelo, Mississippi
… created by New Deal legislation in the state: Hattiesburg, McComb, and Tupelo. The economic crisis that was the Great Depression created a highly politicized environment as citizens looked to the government for economic relief. A crisis this severe would require an exceptional effort to …
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Black Women in Hattiesburg During World War II: War Work and Community Activism on the Home Front
… United States Army led to the formation of Hattiesburg’s Sixth Street United Service Organization (USO) in 1942, creating a need for Black women’s involvement and support. Eurkea School teachers, many of whom were club women, used their leadership to volunteer at the USO and help their …
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“Making The World A Better Place To Live In”: Hattiesburg Women’s Literary Organizations and the Formation of a Progressive Southern City, 1884-1945
… and impact of white women’s literary clubs in Hattiesburg, Mississippi between 1884 and the end of World War II in 1945. This project examines to what extent women adhered to or broke away from societal norms of the time by involving themselves in intellectually stimulating groups with other …
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East of the Tracks: Grassroots Environmentalism in South Mississippi
… years. From Columbia, to Crystal Springs, to Hattiesburg, a coalition of environmental groups is forming with Hattiesburg at the center of the emergent movement. The success and longevity of the Forrest County Environmental Support team, in particular, led me to ask the following question: In …
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"Yours For Freedom": The Life and Legacy of Civil Rights Leader Victoria Gray Adams
… a self-sustaining black community just south of Hattiesburg. Her upbringing fostered pride and a sense of independence in herself as a black person, which eventually influenced her efforts to inspire the local community’s involvement in the movement. Her participation and remarkable leadership in …
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The Relationship Between Salivary Cortisol Levels and Stressful Behaviors upon the Introduction of a New Exhibit Mate in Captive Black and Gold Howler Monkeys (<i>Alouatta caraya</i>) at the Hattiesburg Zoo
… to one another into an exhibit at the Hattiesburg Zoo in order to determine the link between behavior and stress. This study sought to answer the following research questions: What behavioral responses occur when two howler monkeys are introduced into the same exhibit at a zoo? How …
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Distant Neighbors: Negotiating Space and Urban Development in a Southern Mississippi Community
<p>Through a case study in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this research explores the need for cultural competence in urban economic development of neighborhoods. I place at the forefront the need for a collective community voice in the discussions and negotiations of future development, and argue that a …
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Within, Without: Stories
… four connected stories which are set in/around Hattiesburg during 1906. Though these stories span over a hundred years’ time, they all seek to explore what it means to survive in the South in the face of greed, violence, and loneliness. The title Within, Without is meant to reflect the two …
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Sustainable Wastewater Treatment in the American South
… region: Austin, Texas; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Hattiesburg, Mississippi; Memphis, Tennessee; Ocean Springs, Mississippi; and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The study assesses the types of sustainable treatment technology utilized at each facility, the perspectives of wastewater professionals about the …
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Geographical Analysis of Hub City Transit
… Hub City Transit, the public bus system of Hattiesburg, MS. Statistical analysis is used to determine how well the transit system serves low income areas of the city. A 0.5 mile buffer was applied to the bus routes to determine the coverage of the transit system. Areas of disorder along the …
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An Annotated Bibliography of String Method Books and Theory Books for Pre-College String Students, with a Focus on Music Theory Concepts and Sequence Analysis
<p>The Hattiesburg Public School District (HPSD) Strings program, one of the largest public school string programs in the state of Mississippi, has been utilizing a method book series titled <em>Essential Elements for Strings </em>(EES) in their curriculum since the early 2000s. After almost two …
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Vaccines at the Intersection of Religion and Politics
… of evangelical Christian churches in and around Hattiesburg, MS.</p> <p>Data was collected using passive participation at evangelical church events and services, and an online survey focusing on vaccine beliefs and experiences, perspectives on the relationship between religion and government, and …
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“From the Synagogue to the Streets”: Outsider Rabbis, Mississippi, and the Civil Rights Movement
… regarding racial equality, Charles Mantinband of Hattiesburg and Perry Nussbaum of Jackson, is central to most southern Jewish studies. However, it neglects aspects of their background. Neither rabbi was a native Mississippian nor accepted as truly Southern due to the stances they took regarding …
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Factors Affecting the Regrowth of <i>Ilex glabra</i> in a Routinely Burned Longleaf Forest
… in Lamar County, Mississippi, just west of Hattiesburg, MS. Stem densities of <em>I. glabra</em> were collected once before the prescribed burn and twice after the prescribed burn at 2 month and 9 month intervals. Soil moisture, soil texture, maximum soil surface temperature during the fire, …
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Seasonal Variation in Corticosterone, Stress Responses, and Physiology in the Northern Cardinal <i>Cardinalis cardinalis</i>
… Environmental Research and Educational Center (Hattiesburg, Mississippi, USA). The data suggested seasonal differences of CORT, with higher plasma concentrations during the winter with decreases in pre-breeding, and even further decreases during breeding where the lowest average concentrations …