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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"The Alamo"”.
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The 'supports' design for a block in the Alamo Square area, San Francisco.
Thesis. 1979. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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An application of the SAR tissue method with a view to the Alamo Square area (San Francisco).
Thesis. 1979. M.Arch.A.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture.
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Remember García : an analysis of the life, legacy, and leadership of Dr. Héctor P. García.
The present research paper examines the historical figure of Dr. Héctor P. García. I begin by examining the history of the Alamo from an unpopular perspective, the Mexican side. By explaining the lesser-known history of the Alamo, I analyze García's similar situation. I, therefore, follow my …
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Alamo Center: A mixed - use facility
The adaptive use project is the Alamo Cement Plant in San Antonio, Texas. This design will involve the renovation of so.me of the existing structures, demolition of others, design of new linking structures, and the use of plazas and landscaping throughout the site in such a way that conflict will …
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Marketplace Multiculturalism
… and peppered with enclaves of immigrants from the world over. A contact zone where logistical and legislative apparati warp to serve consumer comfort, Texas today is the world tomorrow: forget the Alamo, it’s highways, tax-incentives, and backyard barbecue on the 21st century frontier. This …
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Out of Time: Temporal Colonization and the Writing of Mexican American Subjectivity
<p>This dissertation studies the ways that Mexican Americans experienced time as a colonizing force in the US Southwest between 1848 and 1940. I argue that Mexican American writing of this period exposes oppressive iterations of time within US modernity and often points toward possibilities of …
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Sediment Dynamics in a Dryland River: Grain-Size Variations, Erosion Rates, Sediment Mixing and Dam Effects
… grain size patterns for long periods of time. The large natural variability in dryland river stream flow causes susceptibility to geomorphic alteration when they are dammed. Cosmogenic nuclide analysis, a tool for determining catchment-wide erosion rates and addressing associated geomorphic …
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Sediment Dynamics in a Dryland River: Grain-Size Variations, Erosion Rates, Sediment Mixing and Dam Effects
… grain size patterns for long periods of time. The large natural variability in dryland river stream flow causes susceptibility to geomorphic alteration when they are dammed. Cosmogenic nuclide analysis, a tool for determining catchment-wide erosion rates and addressing associated geomorphic …
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El sabor del amor y del dolor: violence, affect and the (trans)body in the Chican@ historical imaginary
El Sabor del Amor y del Dolor is a study of the representation of Transgender and gender non-conforming Chican@s and traces the absence and presence of this population in the Chicana/o Historical imaginary. I examine how the transgender and gender non-conforming Chican@ body complicates categories …
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Reclaiming Tribal Identity in the Land of the Spirit Waters: The Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation
Abstract“Reclaiming Tribal Identity in the Land of the Spirit Waters: The Tāp Pīlam Coahuiltecan Nation” brings together American Indian, Chicana/o/x, and U.S./Mexico borderlands history, demonstrating how the ambiguities of Chicana/o/x and American Indian categories paradoxically both made it …
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Museums as Artifacts: How Architecture and History Influence Museums and the Visitor Experience
The Built Environment of a museum provides a backdrop for every activity undertaken in a museum. It can complement, distract from, or remain invisible besides the collections the museum contains, but always has an effect on the visitors who come to view those collections. This Thesis will explore …