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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"Winthrop"”.
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Bradford and Winthrop: Different Approaches to Colonial New England
… Puritan communities that grew rapidly after John Winthrop's arrival in 1630 often overshadow the earlier Separatist colony at Plymouth, which leads to the assumption that all settlers acted in similar ways with regard to land use and the environment. By analyzing Bradford and Winthrop, it becomes …
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Weathering the storms : new suburban typology for coastal cities through a case study on Winthrop, MA
… that can enable retreat in a sustainable way. Winthrop, Massachusetts, which is a dense suburb lying six miles to the east of Boston and is experiencing frequent flooding was selected as a case-study site. The thesis proposes a new building typology that can appeal to suburban life style, be …
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Les relations politiques et économiques entre le Massachussetts et l'Acadie-1630-1649
… du premier gouverneur du Massachusetts, John Winthrop, cette recherche s'est interrogée sur la façon dont les intérêts politiques et économiques entre l'Acadie et le Massachusetts se traduisirent de 1630 a 1649. L'objectif de cette étude est donc de mieux comprendre l'impact du Massachusetts …
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Of airports and architecture : exercises in public form
… and the dense neighborhoods of East Boston, Winthrop and Chelsea, is representative of this problem. This thesis explores the point at which existing urban fabric and airport protocol/culture merge, where latent potentials for infrastructure and architecture become strategically urban, …
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From typology to aesthetics in American literature
… takes a closer look at major works of John Winthrop, Mary Rowlandson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Herman Melville in order to investigate how typology was employed by each of them and develops into modern symbolism. This thesis documents some stages in the origins of …
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The 50th Anniversary of REITs: a Triple Case Study With Financial Analysis
… Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust, and Winthrop Realty Trust (formerly known as First Union Real Estate Equity and Mortgage Investments). This study provides a historical recap of the first fifty years of the REIT industry with a review of its rules and underlying tax legislation. In …
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Interaction of Detergents and Disinfectants upon Surface Adhered Populations of Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes
… nitrate 3,4-dimercaptotoluene), developed at Winthrop University Hospital, New York. The disinfectants chosen for assessment were a quaternary ammonium compound (BAC - Benzyl alkonium Chloride) and a chlorine releasing agent (NaDCC - Sodium Dichloroisocyanurate). The investigation showed that …
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Moral Training for Nature's Egotists: Mentoring Relationships in George Eliot's Fiction
… The other two, Mary Garth-Fred Vincy and Dolly Winthrop-Silas Marner, are exceptions as Eliot portrays in them a Wordsworthian reconciliation with nature. In Chapter 6 I focus on Maggie Tulliver, a mentee with three failed mentors and two antimentors. Maggie chooses regression over growth as …
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Lasting Marks: The Legacy of Robin Cassacinamon and the Survival of the Mashantucket Pequot Nation
… and other Algonquian groups, as well as with the Winthrop family and other colonial leaders, let him exploit various political and social tools. Cassacinamon's skills made him an essential part of regional negotiations between these Algonquian and English polities. By operating in the gaps and …
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The Limits of Good Intentions: A Historical Analysis of Pioneering Progressive Educators In Upstate South Carolina (1910-1920)
… by a collaborative effort between Clemson and Winthrop colleges. This study examines their individual educational philosophies, unique curricula, and social agendas. In addition, the study focuses on the relevance of time and place in shaping each reformer's endeavors and examines the role of …
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A Program of Experiences Based on a Study of Primers and First Readers
No abstract prepared.
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Brewing History: How Local Option and Prohibition Altered the Texas Brewing Industry
<p>The prohibition movement began decades before the Civil War but did not gain considerable support in Texas until the late nineteenth century. While local option elections and calls for statewide prohibition in Texas failed, national prohibition efforts culminated in the instatement of the …
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Development of Palladium-Catalyzed and Iodine-Mediated Formal [4+1] Annulation Protocols. Progress toward a New Fulvene-Based Organocatalytic Platform for Carbonyl α-Functionalization
The development of a new palladium-catalyzed [4+1] annulation protocol is described. This process involves an oxidative palladium-catalyzed intramolecular vinylcyclopropanation of dienyl beta-ketoesters followed by a magnesium iodide-mediated vinylcyclopropane-cyclopentene rearrangement. The …
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On Multiplicity Theorems and an Exact Solution in Diabatic Flow
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T20:34:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 0018143.pdf: 2724375 bytes, checksum: a4ae40208f6c142bd14fdfd4b5832776 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1956
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Low emittance electron beam production and characterization with a 17 GHz photocathode RF gun
This thesis presents theoretical and experimental results of the production of very high brightness electron beams using a 17 GHz photocathode RF gun. A beam brightness of up to 8x 1013 A/([pi]m rad)2 was measured for a 1 MeV, 1 ps, 50 pC electron bunch. Such high brightness beams are critically …
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A study of the decision-making and action-taking process in a small Appalachian town.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Humanities. Thesis. 1968. B.S.
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General manufacturing analysis of a boiler works
Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Business and Engineering Administration, 1936
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Essays in the theory of international trade and the balance of payments
Thesis (Ph.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Economics and Social Science, 1956.
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Shared landscapes : building connections in the suburbs
American suburbs are repeatedly assailed for being placeless, with restrictive zoning that isolates the public realm from the private. Critics accuse the suburbs of over-emphasizing castle-like detached single family homes at the expense of civic or community spaces. Recent interest in mixed-use …
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