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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"piney woods"”.
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Soil Studies Educational Unit and Soil Reconnaissance Survey of Piney Woods Conservation Center
… County, the future site of the proposed Piney woods Conservation Center. Data from the soil reconnaissance survey was interpreted and organized into a soil studies educational unit to be used to familiarize teachers with a variety of soils and their properties. Five of the eight soils …
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German POWs, Biopolitics, & the Piney Woods: Using Foucault to Analyze Resistance at Camp Shelby's POW Camp During World War II
<p>Few people realize that during World War II, Camp Shelby in south Mississippi was a detention site for German prisoners of war (POWs) where the United States government engaged in reeducation efforts to de-Nazify soldiers in order to create a democratic Germany after the war. The U.S. War …
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A Cleave within the Piney Woods: Nacogdoches, Stephen F. Austin State University and How Racial Integration Divided the Town and Gown
<p>Stephen F. Austin State University was once the pride and joy of the city of Nacogdoches, Texas. When the Texas State Legislature began to look for a location for their new state normal school, the people of the East Texas town fought to have it built there and the Stephen F. Austin Teacher’s …
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Impacts of the Poultry Industry In Mississippi
… of the poultry industry in seven counties in the Piney Woods region of South Mississippi: Wayne, Jones, Forrest, Lamar, Jefferson Davis, Marion, and Pike. Current research indicates that the poultry industry has a significant impact on the cultures and economies of rural towns throughout the …
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Assessing The Impacts Of Grazing By Piney Woods Cattle And Controlled Burning On The Herbaceous Layer In An East Gulf Coastal Plain Longleaf Pine Woodland
… bison have been extirpated from this region, Pineywoods Cattle, which were introduced by the Spanish in the 16<sup>th</sup> Century, have been fulfilling a similar role in many of these communities. This study examines the effects that combined grazing and controlled burning have on plant …
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A BIOARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COURTNEY-ANDERSON CEMETERY
… represents an abandoned turn-of-the-century Piney Woods cemetery. The cemetery is located on land once owned by the Courtney and Anderson families, who farmed the area until it was taken under eminent domain by the United States government in 1942. The purpose of this thesis is to present …
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Selling Tradition: Impression Management and Draft Animal Agriculture of a Mississippi Farmstead
… study of a family of farmers in Mississippi’s Piney Woods who use horse-drawn equipment to grow crops. This practice is notable in the context of a larger agricultural system that prioritizes mechanization (particularly the use of tractors). The production style and their use of local direct …
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'Let There Be One': P.D. East, The Petal Paper and the Civil Rights Movement in Mississippi
… made his stand for equality in Mississippi’s Piney Woods, a place of intense racial violence. Exploring the responses he received from various segregationist groups further illuminates how movement supporters were viewed—and dealt with.</p>