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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Latin Americans"”.
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The "Re-Latinization" of New Orleans in the Twentieth Century: Multiple Waves of Hispanic Migration
Latin Americans immigrating to New Orleans during the Jim Crow period found New Orleans to be a place where they could assimilate. Several factors produced a tolerant climate for Latin Americans. These included New Orleanians' tolerant attitude, which was possible since Latin Americans arrived in …
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Herederos de la libertad: criminalización, liderazgo y escritura de afro-descendientes en Colombia, Brasil y Cuba
… portrait of the efforts and impact of Afro-Latin Americans in the emergence of national print cultures and the state formation process in three of the most important areas of the African diaspora in the Americas. I argue that in Colombia, Brazil, and Cuba leaders and intellectuals of African …
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An inter-American study of William Sydney Porter's Latin American stories
… is an examination of William Sydney Porter's Latin American stories in light of their inter-American significance. The basic point of view from which the study is made is that Porter is a North American writing about Latin American at the beginning of the twentieth century. The paper examines …
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A Cross-Cultural Examination: Effects of Reward Systems and Cultures on Low Severity Risk-Taking Behavior in Construction
… from different cultures (American, Asian, and Latin American cultures). This research used the sociotechnical system as the underlying, guiding scientific framework. The research found that Americans and Latin Americans had higher risk-taking behavior than Asians (p<0.01). No difference in …
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Estados Unidos e América Latina: as condicionalidades da Guerra Fria e o impacto da administração Eisenhower
Latin America on the 1950’s had different necessities from the ones imposed by the Cold War optic. While the world powers discussed about security, the Latin-Americans were looking for support to their development program. The disparity between the agendas was due to the region externality to the …
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AID AND INFLUENCE: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ON U.S. INTERESTS IN LATIN AMERICA
… China have greatly expanded their presence in Latin America—often in ways deemed threatening to U.S. national interests. Partly echoing the first half of the Cold War, the U.S. aims to maintain influence in the region while these states seek to counter any advances. At the same time, the …
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Mothering strategies and maternal satisfaction among Latin American, Afro American, and Anglo American groups of at-risk mothers
… different ethnic groups of at-risk mothers: Latin Americans, Afro Americans, and Anglo Americans. The Latin American group reported supporting a lower use of physical punishment when disciplining a child than its counterparts the Afro American and the Anglo American groups. All three groups …
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Americhicano
… capture the shared experiences of Chicanos, Latin Americans and the vast people group we identify as “American.”</p> <p>In the first part of my Statement of Purpose, I go into the politics and social commentary of why I chose this as the focus of my project. “Why I Write” is a continuation of …
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Latin London: Representation of Life in The Diaspora. The Latin American Community In London –1970s Onwards.
… thesis sets out to explore the representation of Latin Americans in London through a conceptual analysis of visual narratives produced from the 1970s onwards. The contribution to knowledge of this thesis derives from understanding the representational dynamics of the Latin American diaspora in …
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Inventing Inca Music: Indigenist Discourses in Nationalist and Americanist Art Music in Peru, Ecuador and Argentina (1910-1930)
The Latin American centennial celebrations of independence (ca.1909-1925) constituted a key moment in the consolidation of national symbols and tropes, while also producing a renewed focus on transnational affinities that generated a series of discourses on continental unity. At the same time, a …
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The emergence of the south European migration system and the role of social networks of migration as catalysts of change in countries of origin : the cases of Argentina and Peru
… most important system of migration in which Latin Americans participate, i.e. the South European Migration System. I pursue this aim through the means of examining the characteristics and mechanisms of operation of ego – centered social networks of migration that are active within the …
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Ibero-American intersections: constructing (trans)national imaginaries in Spain and Latin America, 1898-1938
This study explores the ways in which Spain and Latin America have represented each other culturally, and the so-called singular cultural space of Ibero-America, through essays and travel narratives produced between 1898 and 1938. In particular, it reflects on the supranational contexts in which …
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Maintaining the empire: diplomacy and education in U.S.-Ecuadorian relations, 1933-1963
… programs to expand this pool of pro-U.S. Latin Americans. Using documents from archives in the United States and Ecuador, this study explores how policymakers used diplomacy and education to maintain the U.S. Empire in the Third World from 1933 to 1963. This process began with the …
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Cross-race advising relationships: the role of race in advising relationships between Black doctoral student protégés and their White faculty advisors
… Nettles and Millett (2006) found that Blacks and Latin Americans have higher attrition rates compared to Asian American, international, and White doctoral students. The sample included Black doctoral students at one research extensive (McCormick, 2001) predominantly White institution (PWI) in the …
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Mobilisation of support for the Palestinian cause : A comparative study of political change at the communal, regional and global levels
… regional groupings, such as the Non-Aligned, the Latin Americans, the European Community and the East Europeans. The final level is the global one, represented by the United Nations political system. The analysis reveals the dynamic and interactive nature of the mobilisation process across …
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Resisting and Transforming: Pastoral Theology and Care of Korean Military Wives
… "nothing," and "evil" by Koreans, Korean Americans, and their American families. They also experience same level of oppression and discrimination within Korean American congregations. In Korea, the women suffered poverty, sexual violence, and Confucian gender discrimination. They have also …
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Examining the Role of Urban Policy, Built Environment, and Physical Activity in Mexico City
<p>Over the past three decades, Latin America has undergone major demographic, lifestyle, and epidemiological transitions. These rapid transitions are relevant contributors to social and health inequities in the region. Physical inactivity is a known risk factor for several adverse health outcomes, …
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Investigating local ancestry inference models in mixed ancestry individual genomes
… include the mixed ancestry of South Africa, Latin Americans and African Americans. Admixed individuals play important roles in understanding population history, disease aetiology, and personal genomics. Accordingly, efforts have been made to understand the genetic composition of such …
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The Politics of Affliction: Crisis, the State, and the Coloniality of Maternal Death in Bolivia
… of personal priorities and discourses circulating around these events had at its center a crisis at once glaringly public and intensely personal--which was used to the actual advantage of some, while to the obvious disadvantage of others: what I refer to as the "quality of its imagining." …
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Splendor of Ruins: Gang, State, and Crime in Honduras
Splendor of Ruins examines the growth of street gangs in Honduras in the aftermath of the Cold War, as a flourishing criminal economy and the devastation of Hurricane Mitch destabilized life in the capital, Tegucigalpa. I examine the displacement of smaller gangs in the city by the broad community …
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