1930-1939 Theses (MU)
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Item The American press and the Manchurian question : a quantitative study(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933) T'ang, Teh-Ch'en"To summarize, the object of the present quantitative analysis is to compare the papers' policies with respect to the Manchurian question. The result of such a study, it is hoped, may represent the taste of the suburban, urban and metropolitan publics with regards to the Sino- Japanese difficulties, since "the modern newspaper is much more of a reflector than a molder of Public Opinion." In the selection of the papers, no attempt, however, is made to represent the American press in its large regional areas."--Summary.Item Proposed : a Chinese associated press(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1935) Shen, James Chien-hung"Nations nowadays live in a new world. They have been brought closer to each other than they were ever before. The increasing contacts among peoples bring enrichment of life, material as well as spiritual, to all parties concerned. But international contacts also breed International misunderstanding and with it international conflicts. How to remove such misunderstanding between nations and how to promote friendship and good-will constitutes one of the most important problems to which people with world peace and prosperity at heart should first turn their attention. It would seem obvious to those who have studied the problem that what every nation today is primarily seeking with reference to other peoples is to be understood. The people of every nation have their ideals, their longings and their convictions. They often feel deeply that their own sincerity of purpose and earnestness of effort are neither appreciated nor understood by others. Indeed, it can be said that the principal desire of nations today, large or small, is that their legitimate aspirations be understood in their proper light by other peoples."--Page 1.Item The siege of Peking as recorded in the London Times(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932) Lu, David Chi-hsinThirty years ago a miniature "world war"— The Boxer Rebellion—ended in China. It was not China’s war, in fact, but a war between the Manchu Court against the eleven Powers of the world. The leading journals in Europe and America displayed reports of this international struggle with prominence and it was the talk of the civilised world for nearly four months. In this particular period the Siege of Peking took place; the ancient Chinese capital was isolated and communications of all kinds were suspended for weeks. What was thought to have happened in Peking, and which in most eases never happened, continued to be the salient news of the day and gripped the world in a state of horror for many days, what effects on the minds of the readers' and the influence it produced in the leaders of foreign countries, cannot be estimated. This thesis is a comparative study of the news reports regarding the Siege of Peking during the Boxer Rebellion of 1900, as published in the "London Times", and the alleged facts as recorded by the historian and official reports. The purpose of this research is to show: First, that the Boxer Rebellion was not a national war waged by China as a whole, neither was it merely an anti-foreign and anti-Christian movement, but that it was a conflict with many difficult and underlying problems; second, to prove by historical and official data that many of the alarming reports as recorded in "The London Times" were erroneous; third, to show how difficult it was to obtain news, to get it confirmed and to have it accepted as authentic; finally, to show how generally such unfounded reports are believed in Europe and America."--Preface.Item The Missouri constitutional controversy of 1845(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1936) Bradford, Priscilla"The frontier in America in the 1840’s was usually a stronghold of the principles of Jacksonian Democracy. The frontier demanded economic and social equality for all people, recognition of the common man, election of all officers and their direct responsibility to the people, and destruction of any Institution which seemed to represent privilege for one class against the frontier class. "It was a self-confident section, believing in its right to share in government, and troubled by no doubts of its capacity to rule." Missouri in the 1840's permits a study of the clash between the frontier and the older sections since the State had then both types of settlement. The constitutional controversy of the 1840’s has been used in this study as a basis for an analysis of the frontier— old section clash. The controversy revealed inconsistencies in the frontier position as well as careful observance of its principles, depending up on the extent to which observance of those principles was politically expedient. In the description of the convention there was no attempt to discuss, nor even to enumerate, all the measures considered by the delegates and written as a part of the new constitution. Only those measures were included which involved considerable controversy among the delegates and which contributed to the rejection of the new constitution."--Introduction.Item A study of Chinese newspapers published in America(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1930) Chang, Shao-WeiThis research is primarily a historical and critical survey as to the natural growth and development of Chinese journalism on American soil. In particular, by means of the comparative method, the content of the leading Chinese newspapers of today in America has been measured, and should show the progress that has been achieved by the Chinese press in this continent from the standpoint of newspaper-evolution. Except some information about the early Chinese newspapers produced in America which is short and fragmentary in content, the data used in this dissertation mainly come through correspondence together with the examination of copies of newspapers and personal experience of the author. It is a pleasure to the author to acknowledge his profound indebtedness to the editors of The Morning Sun, the Kuo Mun Yat Po, the Chinese Daily of Industry and Commerce, the Chinese Times, and the Chung Sai Yat Po, to the Secretary of the Chicago Chinese Y. M. C. A., and to a few of his friends, all of whom have given much information, many copies, suggestions, and experience for the preparation of this dissertation.--Preface.