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Negotiating Traditions : Taiwanese Art Since the 1980s
… as very ancient. This is frequently not the case as shown, for instance, by Eric Hobsbawn and others in their studies demonstrating that traditions are "often quite recent in origin and sometimes invented." Employing this perspective as a starting point, it is my special interest to …
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The evolution of intimacy : advertising personal computers in the 1980s
At the heart of this thesis is a desire to understand the evolving and situated relationship between humans and computers. Looking to a specific kind of computer at a specific moment in history, I analyze the ways in which advertising played a role in socially constructing an individual's …
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A Cauldron of Chaos and Cultivation: Rediscovering Disney Animation of the 1980s
<p>This thesis examines the four transitional Disney animated features of the 1980s <em>The Fox and the Hound</em> (1981), <em>The Black Cauldron</em> (1985), <em>The Great Mouse Detective</em> (1986), and <em>Oliver and Company</em> (1988)— in order to reassess the significance of this period in …
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Inkatha, Propaganda, and Violence in KwaZulu-Natal in the 1980s and 90s
<p>The 1980s and 1990s marked the beginning of the end of Apartheid in South Africa but before the first fully democratic election in 1994, the KwaZulu-Natal region was being torn apart by a low level civil war. This conflict was not the black majority fighting against white minority, but part of …
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Labor Law and the State: The Crises of Unions in the 1980s
This study broadly assesses the role played by political factors in the widespread union crises that occurred in many Western capitalist democracies during the 1980s. Specifically examined are the effects of state labor law policies on union strike effectiveness in Great Britain and the United …
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People like us: gentrification and the service class in Hackney in the 1980s
… an inner London borough situated directly to the north of the City of London. The main focus of the study is on why these people chose to live in Hackney in the first place, why they have stayed and what influence living in Hackney has had on their social and political attitudes. Chapters two …
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An investigation into the emergence of the anarcho-punk scene of the 1980s
This thesis aims to investigate the way in which anarchism - both as a means of theoretical political dissent as well as a practical tool of shock - was transformed from the `chaotic' intent of first wave punk towards a more informed political ideology in the emerging `anarcho-punk' scene of the …
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Strategies of silence: Representations of Jewish Poles in Polish literature since the 1980s
… an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2022-04-06 without embargo terms
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Teen ages: Youth market romance in Hollywood teen films of the 1980s and 1990s
This thesis examines the differences between teen romantic comedy films marketed to Generation X teenagers in the 1980s and Generation Y teenagers in the 1990s, focusing on the presentation of gender roles, consumptive behavior, and family. The 1980s films are discussed within the social context of …
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Financial and managerial implications of mergers and acquisitions in food industries in the 1980s
Item marked as restricted to the 'UIUC Users [automated]' Group (id=2) by Howard Ding (hding2@illinois.edu) on 2011-05-07T14:52:41Z Item is restricted indefinitely.
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China’s Escape from the “Big Bang”: The 1980s Price Reform Debate in Historical Perspective
… This new great divergence originates from the different policies pursued in the transition from a command economy. Russia applied a ‘big-bang’ doctrine with rapid price liberalisation at its core. In contrast, a policy of experimentalist gradualism manifested in the dual track price system …
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IZWI : the working conditions of African domestic workers in Cape Town in the 1980s
The focus of this thesis on African women's experiences as domestic workers results from the fact that the majority of women within the African population in Cape Town are employed in this sector of economy. Further, the African working class is in a peculiar position as a result of the strict …
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A computable general equilibrium analysis of regional impacts of macro-shocks in the 1980S
The purpose of this study is assess the domestic regional impacts of changes in federal fiscal policies and the nation's trade deficit. An attempt is made to fill a gap in the literature of regional economics by providing an explanation of how economic changes at national and international levels …
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Political liberalism in South Africa in the 1980s and the formation of the Democratic Party
Bibliography: leaves 369-384.
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Workers' Attitudes and Bourgeois Hegemony: Investigations of the Political Consciousness of Canadian Workers in the 1980s
<p>The principal objectives of this thesis are to deepen our understanding of the character of working class consent to capitalist domination in contemporary Canada, and to assess the possibilities for the development of an alternative hegemonic movement. The following four points are among the …
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