Césaire, Aimé -- Criticism and interpretation; Guillén, Nicolás, 1902-1989 -- Criticism and interpretation; Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation; Palés Matos, Luis -- Criticism and interpretation; McKay, Claude,...
This research represents a comparative study of the poetry and politics of the afro voice in the literature across the Americas in the post-colonial period. The works of Aim Csaire from Martinique; Nicols Guilln from Cuba; Langston Hughes from ...
Rawlings, Jerry J., 1947-; Ghana -- History -- 1957-; Ghana -- Politics and government -- 1979-2001; Ghana -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Jeremiah John Rawlings, Ghanaian air force pilot and populist politician ruled Ghana for almost two decades between 1981 and September of 2000. Rawlings, who began his leadership career as a military ruler, later went on to become a democratically...
The human race is constantly under barrage from uncontrollable forces that never cease. Occasionally, the barrage is notably violent, causing extreme damage, destruction, death, injury, disruption of local and national economies, and changes that...
Paradox ideology is founded upon the notion that a statement or words
seem contradictory to common sense but perhaps is true. Paradox defies
explanation by confounding language. Paradox bewilders the linear thinker
and thus, stimulates the...
Historians, at some point, have dealt with questions of the
causes of the subject matter they study, whether those entities are persons, events, ideas,
or political states. The historian, Edward Hallett Carr, wrote, "The study of history is...
In Connecticut, a valid state issued pistol permit allows residents to legally own, operate, and conceal a handgun. Much of the previous research investigating pistol permits examines aggregate level characteristics and focuses on handgun...
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...
Beaches -- Connecticut; Recreation areas -- Access -- Connecticut
Beaches are considered an important natural resource, although perceptions
of the nature of that resource may vary significantly. Municipalities located along
Connecticut's coastline exhibit a variety of income levels, populations, and
economic...
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...
Terrorism -- Government policy -- United States; Arab-Israeli conflict; United States -- Foreign relations -- Middle East
A presumption that the United States and Israel are joined in a common struggle against terrorism has become a part of the political orthodoxy of both the U.S. Republican and Democratic parties. Implicit in this worldview is the premise that the...
Brazil is rapidly transitioning into an economic superpower and key global player in the 21st century - a development that few if any could have predicted even just a quarter-century ago when the country was deeply mired in foreign debt and racked...
In 1952, Pinnacle Heights became the second public housing project in New Britain, Connecticut that was a product of the state's Moderate Rental Housing Program. Completed in 1954, Pinnacle Heights provided 450 units of modern affordable public...
United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy; United States -- Emigration and immigration -- 20th century
The original purpose of this thesis was to examine the forces behind the anti-immigrant movement in United States history culminating in the Quota Law of 1924. However, after much analysis that thesis was expanded to examine the changing nature of...
Drug traffic -- Colombia; Guerrilla warfare -- Colombia; Colombia -- Social conditions
During the 1980's, Latin America was one of the major concerns of the U.S. foreign policy. Countries like Nicaragua, Panama, Peru and Colombia had unstable governments and civil war created a clear and present danger to the national security of the...
Judaism; Zionism; Israel; Israel and the diaspora; Israel--Politics and government--1993-
After introducing the reader to a brief history of Judaism, this thesis describes the connection that Jewish people have with their land. A premise that is central to understanding Jewish history is the continued unity of the Jewish nation, even in...
Service learning -- United States; AmeriCorps (U.S.)
In the recent past there has been a growing concern for the decline in civic and political attitudes long associated with a spirit of citizenship in America (Keeter, Zukin, Andolina, & Jenkins, 2002; Putnam, 2000). A review of the literature...
Connecticut -- Politics and government -- 1861-1865
In the middle of the 1800s the American nation ceased to be the United States and engaged in five horrible years of bloodshed. As the facts concerning the battles and fighting became concrete, and the actions of those who fought in the Civil War...
This thesis explores the idea of the "artist" as a figure of self-creation in the
development of identity (both in and through literature) using a number of Shakespeare's
protagonists to exemplify the different stages of evolution, especially...
Short stories, Latin American; Hispanic American women in literature; Women and literature -- Latin America -- History
Since the beginning of time people have used storytelling to pass on history and entertain. During the Middle Ages more formal short stories began to take shape. With the invention of the printing press and the exploration of the New World, short...
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...
