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Showing 1 to 20 of 828 for “"twenty-first century"”.
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Southern Bestsellers In The Twenty-First Century
… explores the concept of bestsellers in the twenty-first century, with a particular focus on six novels written by contemporary southern authors. These novels are analyzed through the lens of social consciousness, with attention to how they reflect current social issues, and how they engage …
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Musical Communication in the Twenty-First Century
… profound emotional responses. In the twentieth century, however, the composer became an increasingly isolated figure and the quest for the avant-garde pushed many listeners away from contemporary music. This portfolio and the accompanying commentary examine how a composer working in the …
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China's Pacific Strategy For the Twenty-First Century
The Pacific region has always been a strategically and commercially important region. In recent years, the People's Republic of China has begun to reemerge as an active power within Asia and the Pacific region. This thesis examines Chinese goals and strategy in the Pacific region. It also examines …
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Pride and prejudice in the twenty-first century
… examined the novel, Pride and Prejudice in the twenty-first century. As a lecturer of English literature I have found that many students are reluctant to engage with this novel because of their pre-conceived idea s of the novel' s trivial storyline and their assumptions about the writer. In …
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Assessing Campus Community in the Twenty-First Century
The sociological implications of studying campus communities can lead to breakthroughs not only in teaching and improving learning environments, but provide unique and helpful programs to aid diversity, promote unity, and decrease social inequality on campus and in American society. This study …
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Visual Activism and the Twenty-First Century Prosthetic Limb
The introduction of this thesis provides a brief history of prosthetic limb technology, introduces a Deleuzian and Groszian critical framework, and coins a new critical term-- the "phantom-phantom limb," defined as the phantom one creates when projecting his or her own insecurities towards his or …
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Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Options For the Twenty-First Century
Nuclear weapons will continue to form an essential element in the defense of the United States and its interests for the foreseeable future. In the past, U.S. tactical neclear weapons have provided a variety of unique capabilities, both on the battlefield and for deterraence. As the United States …
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Algorithmic Love: Twenty-First Century Organizations of the Romantic
<p>This dissertation investigates the highly computed and accelerated experiences of digital love as well as their cultural and artistic representations in order to shed light on the human and more-than-human entanglements producing the algorithmic love experience. The recent turn to love in …
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Twenty-first century skills development in rural school learners
… and rural learners' development of 21st century skills. The driving question for the research is, "what is the impact of introducing a technology supported connected learning environment on rural learners' development of 21st century skills?" The need arises out of the undesirable state …
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A contextualized training program for twenty-first century Korean missionaries
… Why does the Korean missionary need to be in a twenty-first century contextualized training program? How can we train them more effectively? Chapter 2 deals with the background of missionary training from the biblical, historical, missiological, anthropological, and educational foundations. This …
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Globalization: Cultural Impacts and Implications into the Twenty-First Century
This Master's thesis consisted of three parts: Historiography: Globalization: Cultural Impacts and the Shifting Balance of Power Original Research: Homogenizing Global Culture Professional Development Seminar: PowerPoint Presentation: The Global Classroom
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The sound of Korea: twenty first century Korean choral music
… recorded album entitled The Sound of Korea (21st Century Korean Choral Music) featuring the Seoul Vocal Artists. They are discussed in the order in which they are recorded on the album, which is organized according to the following themes: Poetry Settings, Church Anthems, Elements of Jazz, and …
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Works for trombone by composers of the twenty-first century
… written for the trombone by composers of the twenty-first century, one of which is a new work commissioned by the author. This manuscript explores the historical background of the pieces, their composers, musical elements and aesthetics, and their place in the trombone solo repertoire.
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New Challenges for Monetary Policy in the Twenty-First Century
… This raises a number of regulatory issues. Firstly, regulators must ensure systemic security. Secondly, is existing regulation stifling innovation? Finally, can regulation be designed to promote innovation, and would this be desirable? This thesis argues that regulation must balance systemic …
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Disabled people and communication systems in the twenty first century
This thesis is first and foremost about oppression - the oppression experienced in our society by those with particular impairments. It is also about technology - the new information and communication systems which have increasing primacy in today's world. Specifically it is about the ways in which …
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Fourth Generation Warfare: America's Challenge in the Twenty-First Century
Throughout the history of civilization, warfare has undergone a number of evolutions. Given societal, technological and political shifts, these evolutions have been undertaken in the hope of offsetting particular strategic advantages held by particular adversaries. As the world finds itself in the …
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Adapting to Resist: Epistemic Resistance in Twenty-First Century Antigones
… Ireland, and Turkey in the 21<sup>st</sup> century to represent and enact political resistance. My contention is that *Antigone* constitutes a form of epistemic resistance in relation to current political issues, such as immigration, women′s liberation, war in the Middle East, and …
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La Sociale: Welfare and Emergence in Twenty-first century Senegal
… has been central to debate on it, and the first chapters engage with the anthropology of politics and scholarship on African politics which challenge more static and culturalist, sometimes malign, conceptions of distribution. The ethnography attends to the assertion and cultivation of, and …
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