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Showing 1 to 20 of 53 for “"historical investigation"”.
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Intentionally Diverse: A Historical Investigation of a Southern Private School's Ten-Year Diversity Initiative
<p>This is a historical investigation designed to analyze a private Christian school’s intentional efforts to significantly diversify its student body after decades in existence. More specifically, given the history of private education and of race relations in the United States, it is vital to …
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An historical investigation into healing trajectories of selected megachurches in the South African religiosity space, 2010-2018
… the above incidents that this study focused on investigation into healing trajectories of selected megachurches in South African religiosity space from 2010-2018. In this regard, South African government has a huge role to play in order to enforce ethical principles onto some churches and …
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Resurrecting the Past, Constructing the Future: A Historical Investigation on the Formation of a Greek National Identity in Schools, 1834-1913
… dissertation research combines archival data and historical methods and analyzes how schooling and education in Greece between 1834 and 1913 sought to shape a Greek national identity. The goal of this project is to present a historical analysis, that has thus far been absent from scholarship on …
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School Certificate Examinations in England, 1918-1950 A historical investigation of the formation and maintenance of a national examination system: Examination Boards, teachers and the state
This dissertation calls for a reevaluation of the place of the School Certificate Examinations (SCE) in the history of the examination system in England. The SCE scheme has been portrayed as the inevitable successor to the independently run “Local Examinations” of the nineteenth century and as a …
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Fagin the Jew
… lyric essays that is part family history, part historical investigation of Cotopaxi, a 19th-Century Jewish agricultural colony in Colorado that failed after two years. It explores personally and historically constructed Jewish identities as they reverberate through the gaps and silences in the …
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See It Now vs McCarthyism : dimensions of documentary persuasion
… Problem: The purpose of this study is to make a historical investigation using Wayne Brockriede's dimensional paradigm of the following CBS "See It Now" broadcasts: "The Case of Lieutenant Milo Radulovich," October 20, 1953, "Argument at Indianapolis," November 24, 1953, "A Report on Senator …
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A study of associational culture and the development of Irish nationalism, 1780-1830, with the construction of a software information environment
… and early nineteenth century. Parallel to this historical investigation it examines the use of and implements a digital humanities methodology to research and where possible a digital solution was used to support this thesis. This project can be described as a digital humanities project as it …
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Leveraging bargaining power under patriarchy: the economic development of post-revolutionary Cuban women
This socio-historical investigation discusses education as a key contributor to women’s development in Cuba since 1959 all the while operating under a well-entrenched patriarchal backdrop. Economic indicators through labor participation are emphasized as the primary metrics for women’s development, …
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Making sense of contemporary Charismatic Apostolates: An historical and theological appraisal
… sense of contemporary CAs from a theological and historical perspective by incorporating historical investigation, theological analysis and biblical exegesis. The thesis describes the current situation with regard to CAs in the USA and UK; traces its history within the Church catholic and amongst …
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An accounting study of American depositary receipts
… questions, this study includes a thorough historical investigation of the origin and evolution of the ADR as a financial instrument.
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Social identity and the ideology in intergroup conflict: the case of Northern Ireland
… thesis can be divided into three sections: an historical investigation of the background to the conflict sought to trace some of the factors in the development and reproduction of contemporary social<br/>identities; a series of experimental studies, based on Tajfel's Social Identity Theory, …
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Economic structure and individuality: an essay on contradiction
… theory in toto is put to the ultimate test of historical inquiry and verification. This historical investigation seeks to explore the development of capacities and the structure of activity (use-time) in the Advanced Capitalist Countries since the mid-19th Century. Contra the deskilling …
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Uncovering strata: an investigation into the graphic innovations of geologist Henry T. De la Beche
An historical investigation into the types of illustrations in the Golden Age of Geology (1788-1840) revealed the nature and progression of graphic representation at the dawning of geology as a science. Exhaustive sampling of geology texts published in the period of focus proceeded until saturation …
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W. E. B. Du Bois's “Talented Tenth”: A Pioneering Conception of Transformational Leadership
… acceptance and independence. This study is a historical investigation into the educational ideas of W. E. B. Du Bois's “Talented Tenth.” It describes the historical factors that led to and influenced Du Bois's development of the “Talented Tenth” strategy, especially his reaction to and …
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Essays on Investment Stagnation and Financialization
… distinct perspectives. the first essay offers a historical-dynamical view into the work of the pioneer of investment stagnation, Alvin Harvey Hansen. The essay shows that the influence of continental business-cycle theory, and notably the work of Arthur Spiethoff and Gustav Cassel, were critical …
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The reshaped Buddhist cosmos: a study of the iconography of the main chamber of Cave 45, Mogao Grottoes, Dunhuang
… of the earthly world and afterlife. As an art-historical investigation of the main chamber of Cave 45, this research presents an explicit chronology of its devotional works of art. The speculation of the cave's incomplete commission and renovations provides the reader with a glimpse of Buddhist …
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Doublecloth: History, Technique, Possibilities.
… research is to analyse through practical and historical investigation the manner in which Doublecloth in the twentieth century has been transformed from a traditional woven technique to one of artistic innovation and challenge. The first series of woven samples and historic enquiry concerns …
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