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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"social geography"”.
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MID-VICTORIAN PLYMOUTH: A SOCIAL GEOGRAPHY
In the 19th century, the two settlements of Plymouth and East Stonehouse grew and coalesced into one urban area. Natural population increase and immigration both contributed to the rapid population growth which gave impetus to the urban expansion. Analysis of the unpublished census manuscripts for …
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Two County Down towns, Newcastle and Castlewellan: a comparative study in social geography
… comparison will be to consider the changing social climate of Northern Ireland due to rising standards of living and to contrast the earlier socioeconomic structure of an Ulster town with its structure today. These are some of the topics that will be examined in …
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Black Space On A White Campus; Exploring The Relationship Between African American Students And The Physical Structure Of The University Of Mississippi
… in critical race theory, higher education, and social geography to argue that the "whiteness" of the university of Mississippi campus creates social and educational barriers for African American students. Furthermore, along with being surrounded by "whiteness," African American students lack …
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Spatializing social networks: making space for theory in spatial analysis
… simultaneously capturing their position within a social network of gang rivalries. Several models are constructed and compared and the model that seems to best fit the observed geography of violence is one in which both the territorial geography and the social geography of the gangs is utilized in …
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What risks in whose risk society?
… A majority of the local population faced many 'social' as well as environmental hazards. Amongst these were sub-standard housing, unemployment, under-employment, low wages, inadequate work and educational skills and crime. The thesis discusses whether the neighbourhood's socioeconomic problems …
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Immigrant Mothers--American Daughters: Context and Meaning of Relationships
… on human development and family life, including social structural positions, assignment of meaning to events, and cultural beliefs and practices. In addition, life course theorists punctuate the relevance of event timing on individual and familial growth and they seek to understand adaptive life …
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Bridging the past and the present “Rediscovering Prieska's forgotten cultural landscape”
… lost she-goat has the potential to reshape the social geography and character of Prieska, a small town in the Northern Cape, which is the focus of this research. The physical and economic developments along “Loots Boulevard” (Main Road)—the main route to and from Prieska, crossing the Frans …
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Understanding 'the National Sport for New Zealand Women': A Socio-Spatial Analysis of Netball
… studies of sport. This research focuses on the social production of netball space and the ongoing and complex relationship between netball and heteronormative femininity in New Zealand. Drawing upon interviews with 16 recreational players and ethnographic fieldwork conducted over two years, I …
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Health experiences of women who are street-involved and use crack cocaine : inequity, oppression, and relations of power in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
… Informed by tenets of intersectionality and social geography, a critical ethnographic approach was used to examine the scope of health concerns experienced by women who are street-involved and use crack cocaine, the strategies they used to manage their health, and the social, economic, …
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Methodist Union in Whitby : a study of the impact of organizational, social and cultural factors on Methodist Union in Whitby and District, 1918-1953
… the seasonal cycle of visitors. The influence of social class, related to the 'social geography' of Whitby, was also a significant factor. The organizational structures and practices of Methodism, although effective for maintaining the denominations in periods of relative stability, were not well …
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Migration, ethnicity, occupation and residence in contrasting West of Scotland settlements: the case of the Vale of Leven and Dumbarton:1861-1891
The Social Geography of Britain's 19th century towns and cities has tended to find its focus, with a few notable exceptions, in the larger English industrial towns. Residential differentiation and population mobility have been favourite them In contrast, this study is a broad based one highlighting …
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(In)visibility and missing persons: Desperately seeking certainty
… the field of policing studies with overlaps into social geography, sociology, psychology and other disciplines. Drawing on a range of views and argument, the research blends philosophical sensibility and a pragmatic eye revealing what might work in the policing response to missing; in doing so, …
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Subaltern Spaces in the Ancient City: Cultural Identity, Spatial Memory, and Networks of Meaning in Roman Pompeii
… methodological frameworks from urban planning, social geography, and urban ethnography—this thesis tracks the presence of the proposed networks of meaning attached to subaltern spaces within the spatial and imagistic environment of the Colonia Cornelia Veneria Pompeianorum. In doing so, this …
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URBAN EXILES. MIGRATION GOVERNANCE, ASYLUM, DISPLACEMENT AND SEGREGATION IN ATHENS.
… going on to trace the gradual emergence of its social geography and segregation patterns. The research then focuses on the transformation of ‘border regimes’, reception policies, and displacement strategies after the so-called “refugee crisis”, and their direct and indirect spatial productivity …
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The growth of south Belfast
… controlling influences, both topographic and social; nevertheless, there is little doubt that some of the enormities for which he was here<br/>responsible are at least comparable with his worst excesses elsewhere.<br/><br/>The writer's interest in his subject first found written expression in …
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African Caribbean educational experiences in Preston: A case study
… and qualitative methods. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) is used to analyse the survey data while Nvivo is used to analyse the interviews conducted. Both packages yielded significant results. The research concludes that while racism remains a widespread educational experience among …
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Neighborhood novels in American literature
… the city is through an awareness of its social geography; the neighborhood alternately festers with greed, corruption, and scandal among its loftiest ranks and stands as a bastion of civility for an insurgent middle class during a period of social conflict that distinguishes this period …
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The Self, the Church, and Medieval Identities: The Evolution of the Individual in Medieval Literature
… traditions and the changing political and social geography of the later Middle Ages and the impact of these cultural shifts on women's writing and their access to the traditions.</p>
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Differential rates of vandalism in a new town: Towards a theory of relative place
… the housing market, macro economics and social and cultural structures. In explaining vandalism no one theory, such as defensible space, will do. We need to take into account a multitude of factors - such as the relative desirability of housing areas, tenants self selection processes, …
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The political ideology of Subhas Chandra Bose: A reappraisal
… is variously described as either a fascist or a socialist, or both by modern historians, who cite his similarities to western politicians and politics of the time, and his links with them. The work subsequently explains in detail the individual aspects of Bose's political maturation, by examining …
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