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Davis Shuman: a biography
… and work of the pioneering trombone soloist, Davis Shuman (1912-1966). An early champion of the solo trombone, he was active in numerous areas of music, including teaching at Juilliard and the Music Academy of the West, principal trombone with the American Symphony Orchestra, regular recitals …
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Blues e emancipação em Angela Davis
Angela Davis's critical thinking is an important source for the uses of freedom and the comprehension of the limits. Even today, the freedom issue faces great precedents in philosophy. The main purpose of this dissertation is to explore the relationship between the blues and emancipation through …
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City of Davis Greenbelt Master Plan
The City of Davis is currently updating its Parks and Recreation Facilities Master Plan. During the update, greenbelts were identified as a highly used and desired facility. This Greenbelt Master Plan serves as a plan focused on the opportunities greenbelts can provide as recreational and …
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The Rhetoric of Henry Winter Davis
Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-12T22:40:13Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 7500251.PDF: 35861898 bytes, checksum: a80ca7a03a30b13ea47870ff29bf2774 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1974
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Miles Davis: The Road to Modal Jazz
The fact that Davis changed his mind radically several times throughout his life appeals to the curiosity. This thesis considers what could be one of the most important and definitive changes: the change from hard bop to modal jazz. This shift, although gradual, is best represented by and …
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The cultural and social milieu of Westmoreland Davis
… Southern family in 1859, Westmoreland Davis grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He received his education at the Virginia Military Institute, the University of Virginia and the Columbia University. After graduation in 1886 with a degree in law from Coluabia, Davis remained in New York and …
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The pragmatic constructions of Deleuze, Guattari and Miles Davis
… work of the African-American jazz musician Miles Davis. In attempting to provide a new and challenging case as the basis for this investigation, the overriding aim is to assess the pragmatic remit of Deleuze and Guattari's thought, in terms of aesthetics, ethics and politics, whilst remaining …
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Thomas Davis's education policies: theory and practice
… thesis explores the education policies of Thomas Davis. On the eve of the Great Famine Ireland was economically impoverished and politically dependent. The Irish people had a subservient mentality, were mainly uneducated and were unaware of their potential. He believed that education would develop …
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Imaginings of Africa in the music of Miles Davis
… influence reflected in the music of Miles Davis, a musician scantly recognized in this area of jazz scholarship. Using Norman Weinstein’s concept of “imaginings,” I identify myriad ways in which Davis imagined Africa in terms of specific musical qualities as well as in his choice of …
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Marguerite Inman Davis: first progressive first lady of Virginia
Born to wealth, Marguerite Inman Davis (1870-1963), daughter of a New York cotton broker of Southern lineage, grew up in the best societies of Georgia and New York and studied piano in Bonn and Paris. After her marriage to Westmoreland Davis in 1893, she continued to travel extensively in Europe …
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Hearing Miles Davis: A Pedagogy of Autobiographical Performance and Jazz
… of the autobiography of trumpet player Miles Davis, Miles. This performance and my research regarding the music, life story, and cultural significance of Davis functions as an example for my development of a listening centered approach to pedagogy. Listening to jazz and the music of Davis …
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Missionary Nurse Dorothy Davis Cook, 1940–1972: "Mother of Swazi Nurses"
… the ministry and service of Sister Tutor Dorothy Davis Cook, Church of the Nazarene missionary nurse in the African country of Swaziland 1940 to 1972. The multi-dimensional, multi-task expanded roles manifested in her integration of Christian missionary and nurse were explored and her legacy …
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Ethnicity and diversity : politics and the Aboriginal community / Edward R. Davis
Bibliography: leaves 384-402
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An Experimental Test of the Davis-Moore Theory of Reward Differentiation
Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-05T21:20:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6200650.pdf: 4140034 bytes, checksum: 9f975149ceda22b954f4247924f804fd (MD5) Previous issue date: 1961
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Inheritance of resistance to Rhynchosporium secalis (Oud.) J.J. Davis in Barley
Thirty-two resistant varieties of winter type barley from the United States Department of Agriculture's World Collection were chosen for a study of the inheritance of scald resistance. They were crossed with Wong (0.1. 6728), a highly susceptible variety and with Hudson (0.I. 8067), a highly …
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Geology of Killam deep test near Valentine, Jeff Davis County, Trans-Pecos, Texas
The Killam deep test, located one mile northeast of Valentine, penetrated the thickest sequence of Tertiary volcanic rocks (more than 6,000 feet) known in Trans-Pecos Texas. The unusual thickness is attributed to deposition in a shallow basin that subsided throughout Tertiary time and to …
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Gravity waves and ripples near the mesopause above Davis Station, Antarctica. 1999-2013
… the period February-October from 1999-2013 at Davis Station, Antarctica (68.6˚S, 78˚E) are analysed to construct a climatology of the horizontal characteristics of short-period gravity waves (GWs) and ripples near the mesopause (~87 km altitude). The main findings are as follows: 1. Two …
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Biological Control of Marmara gulosa Guillén and Davis in the San Joaquin Valley
Peelminer, <em>Marmara gulosa</em> Davis and Guillén, has been reported as a sporadic pest in California and Arizona since 1998. <em>Marmara gulosa</em> has been a persistent pest in the San Joaquin Valley of California (USA) since 1998. Prior to 2000 the only reports of high populations of citrus …
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