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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"History of the Family"”.
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Love, life and the family in the Ulster Presbyterian community, 1780-1844
Using the concept of gender, this thesis examines how members of the Ulster Presbyterian community experienced family life as adherents of a distinctive religious tradition, between 1780 and 1844. Drawing on Presbyterian church records, personal correspondence, diaries and other personal and family …
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Change and Transition in a Professional Scots Family 1650-1900
Summary<br/>This study examined the evolution of a family from their foundations as well-placed and successful burgesses and merchants-skippers in seventeenth century coastal Fife to professionals in Scotland and the British Empire. Whilst the necessary generalisations around much of the writing of …
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TAXONOMY AND PHYLOGENOMICS OF CHRYSOBALANACEAE
The Chrysobalanaceae is a pantropical woody plant family of 546 species and 27 accepted genera. Its centre of diversity is the Amazon where it is among the most numerically important in both number of species and individual trees in forest tree inventories. The family has been extensively studied …
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Dead bugs do tell tales: implications of a new fossil assassin bug (Heteroptera: Reduviidae) for the evolutionary history and systematics of an extant lineage
The following thesis comprises three parts: (1) the description of a new fossil assassin bug, (2) the use of this newly described taxon to inform the phylogenetic history of the family, and (3) a survey of previously-described extinct taxa compiled into the first taxonomic catalog of fossil …
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Local Commitment to JOBS
This thesis makes an argument for the importance of a high level of commitment from local departments of social services, area businesses, and community organizations to the implementation of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) program. It contends that such a commitment is a necessary …
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Unique challenges facing family businesses
Participating in the dynamics of a family business, whether as owner I manager or non-family employee, active or inactive member of the business, can both be an exhilarating. A daunting life experience that will have a profound impact on their quality of life and work life. Balancing the fine line …