Social Movement Theory (SMT) is an area of study in Sociology and Political Science that provides an analytical framework for understanding the factors involved in organized social action. A social movement develops in response to an injustice or...
Proulx, J.-B. (Jean-Baptiste), 1846-1904; Education -- Manitoba -- History; Church and education -- Manitoba; French-Canadians -- Connecticut; Catholics -- Connecticut; Danielson (Conn.) -- Church history; Saint James Church (Danielson, Conn.)
The thesis is an examination of the role of Fr. Jean-Baptiste Proulx as an intermediary for the French-Canadian laity at St. James' Church in Danielson, Connecticut in the parish discord known as the Danielson Affair, and as a secret ambassador of...
Puritans -- Connecticut: Connecticut -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
The Puritan settlers who established England's colony in Connecticut during the period from 1630 to 1660 brought forth and nurtured the seeds of democratic ideals for America and the world. The primary document that fertilized Connecticut's rich,...
Internet in education -- Jamaica; Education, Primary -- Jamaica
This case study documents Internet use in Grade 6 classrooms in rural and urban, inner-city primary schools in Jamaica. Data sources included field notes, journal entries, interviews, classroom observations, photographs, a video, and Internet...
Although historians have long been familiar with an accepted picture of Eva Peron, the elusive personality of Argentina's most dynamic female has undergone a significant evolution in the past fifty years. As an unknown actress, Eva Duarte was first...
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...
Arguedas, Alcides, 1879-1946; Marof, Tristán; Bolivian literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism
The research stated here is an investigation of literature weaved by political views of Bolivian pre-rights times that may have held great influence upon political changes towards social rights of the later half of the twentieth century. Alcides...
Urban schools -- Connecticut; School principals -- Connecticut; Educational leadership
This case study explored leadership behaviors of urban school principals that develop capacity-building for teaching and learning that supported the school improvement plans of one school district in Connecticut. Six embedded cases were...
Horáková, Milada,1901-1950 -- Trials, litigation, etc.; Czechoslovakia -- Politics and government -- 1945-1992
Over the last twenty years and since the fall of the Iron Curtain, stories that were once silenced under the Czechoslovak Communist occupation are at last being voiced. The discovery of accounts of those who were persecuted under communism has...
Corporate culture; Corporations -- Sociological aspects; Symbolism in organizations
A society's culture is a creation of its history, the result of both real and fabricated events. In the same manner, history plays a significant role in the creation of a corporate culture. Organizations working in a traditional environment rely on...
Liberation theology; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1980-; Catholic Church -- Latin America -- History -- 20th century; Latin America -- Politics and government -- 1948-1980
This thesis represents an analysis of the evolution of liberation theology beginning with its basic philosophical tenets continuing into its role as a social and political movement in Latin America. Since the early 1960's liberation theology has...
St. Louis (Ship); Jews -- Germany -- History -- 1933-1945; Jewish refugees
The purpose of this paper is to document the history and voyage of the Hamburg-American Line steamer the St. Louis, loaded with 908 German Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany. In May 1939, the ship went to Cuba to wait out United States immigration...
Connecticut. -- Dept. of Transportation -- Administration; Project management -- Connecticut; Roads -- Design and construction -- Management
Historically, the individuals involved in the planning, design and construction phases of Connecticut Department of Transformation projects have been physically and professionally removed from the contractors. As cost pressures mount, staffing...
Intranets (Computer networks); Integrated library systems (Computer systems)
In 1997, a communication review was conducted for a multi-site university library system. Most of the recommendations that resulted were implemented. A recommendation to develop an intranet for the library system was deferred pending a more...
My intent in this thesis is to show that the witch trials in the Hartford area during the Seventeenth Century were unique. The accused witches did not all share any single common bond. There was no one link to connect all of the accused to one...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Mathematics -- Study and teaching
For years mathematics education has been at the center of discussion and action aimed at reforming curricula, teaching, and assessment in American schools and universities. Prodded by a series of critical national advisory reports and by...
Retinger, J. H. (Joseph Hieronim), 1888-1960; Diplomatic couriers -- Poland -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Biography; World War, 1939-1945 -- Underground movements -- Poland; Poland -- History -- Occupation, 1939-1945
Jozef Retinger is one of the most intriguing Polish political activists of the Second World War period. The mysterious character although almost completely unknown to the public, without a doubt deserves a place in the history of Poland, perhaps...
Libraries -- Technological innovations; Mobile computing
Considering the year-over-year growth in mobile technologies, we came up with an idea about applying mobile oriented technologies within the Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) library website. The library mobile application is now fully...
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...
Comparative education; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States -- Cross-cultural studies; Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- Japan -- Cross-cultural studies
In recent years, policymakers and academic experts have expressed alarm about the variance between Eastern and Western mathematics achievement. Research reveals that classrooms in the United States are lagging behind their Eastern counterparts....
