Archaeology -- Connecticut -- Data processing; Geographic information systems; Historical geographic information systems; Archaeology -- Connecticut -- Methodology
Cultural resources in the form of historic and prehistoric archaeological sites can be found throughout the State of Connecticut. Such resources offer society numerous benefits when properly studied, protected and managed. In order to protect and...
Holcombe, Emily Seymour Goodwin, 1852-1923; Connecticut -- History
Emily Seymour Goodwin Holcombe had a long, active career as a volunteer preservationist and history activist in Connecticut, beginning in the early 1890's and ending with the onset of World War I. She preserved Hartford's Ancient Burying Ground,...
Latin American drama -- History and criticism; Latin American drama -- 20th century
In this research study, based on eight contemporary Latin American plays. I examine the characterization strategies utilized by the authors in order to reflect the crisis of the modern Hispanic man. The titles and playwrights are the following:...
Media images are extremely powerful forces in modern American society. These images with which we are constantly bombarded by living in a capitalistic society can without a word portray to millions messages of prejudice, love, hate, happiness,...
Mexican literature -- Political aspects; Political satire, Mexican; Ibargüengoitia, Jorge, 1928-1983
The following is an abstract of research conducted while writing a thesis entitled "Another Mask of Mexico and Its People Through Jorge Ibargüengoitia's Satirical Prose." Some authors believe the only purpose of satirical writing is to amuse the...
Historic preservation -- Brazil -- João Pessoa (Paraíba); Historic preservation -- Connecticut -- Guilford
The process of historic preservation is complicated by a variety of factors. Given the economic and political exigencies that often exist it is necessary to develop means of effectively managing historic districts. The arguments for historic...
Factories -- Remodeling for other use -- Connecticut -- Middlesex County; Historic buildings -- Remodeling for other use -- Connecticut -- Middlesex County
The purpose of this study, completed in 2007, was to locate and identify the surviving Industrial Revolution century factories in the fifteen towns of Middlesex County, Connecticut and determine if they, as artifacts of America’s “Industrial...
Tibet (China) -- History; Tibet (China) -- Civilization
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the relationship between the culture of the
native population of the Tibetan Autonomous Region and the level of economic
development of those people. This relationship is examined both in terms of the impact...
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Criticism and interpretation; Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616. Don Quixote -- Characters -- Women
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the representation of the feminine in the first and second parts of Cervantes's novel The Ingenious Hidalgo Don Quixote of La Mancha, published respectively in 1605 and 1615. The novel incorporates the...
World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- France; France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945; Women soldiers -- France
The Resistance in France played an important role in ending the German occupation. The women in France who took part in the Resistance played a vital role, a role which was not previously talked about in much detail. Historians waited forty years...
France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- Fiction; Duras, Marguerite. Douleur. English -- Criticism, Textual
The Second World War has profoundly impacted French literature from its onset and continuing to today. The literary work of Marguerite Duras is tied to this period not only through the events of her life during the Occupation of France and her...
Carpentier, Alejo, 1904-1980 -- Criticism and interpretation
This thesis explores ways in which the influence of composer Richard Wagner is manifested in various writings of Alejo Carpentier. This study is based on the hypothesis that the theories of the composer serve as reference to Carpentier for the...
Venice, Lagoon of (Italy); Flood control -- Italy -- Venice, Lagoon of
Venice, one of the most beautiful cities in the world and the birthplace of some of my ancestors, has for centuries inspired poets, writers and lovers alike; yet, when people think or talk about this city, they cannot help but to think of "acqua...
