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The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
Research on nonmetro poverty indicates that it tends to be both geographically discrete and persistent over time. Low income counties have been shown to have a negative effect on the income of bordering counties, increasing their poverty rates...
The impact of the Sino-Soviet conflict on the Japanese Communist Party, 1961-1968
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1973)
the pertinent factors leading to the JCP policy declaration of "autonomy and independence" in 1966. The contents are organized into eight chapters. Chapter I includes the statement of purpose, scope and method (documentary research, content analysis, and elite...
A study of the property rights constraints in US agricultural cooperatives : theory and evidence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1998)
This research addresses the issue of efficient user-owned and controlled organizational design. Using agricultural cooperatives as an example set of user-owned and controlled institutional arrangements, the economic issue examined is the degree...
Dimensions of nursing home care: perspectives of patients, family members, and care providers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1991)
', nurses' aides', patients' and family members' interpretations of the meaning of care, care requirements, and distress states that influence decision-making and care-seeking behaviors. A related question addresses whether other factors within the nursing...
Risk assessment of adopting agroforestry in a peasant economy : the Honduran case
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1996)
Risk assessment plays an important role in evaluating new technology adoption among peasant households. The purpose of this study is to evaluate peasant behavior considering risk perception and how it affects agroforestry ...
Political development in the mini-state Caribbean : a focus on Barbados
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
"Seconds after midnight, November 30, 1966, a new trident-bedecked, gold and blue banner caught the prevailing Caribbean breeze signaling the birth of another new nation. The fact that this former British outpost, Barbados, ...
The work of the Board of public welfare of Kansas City, Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
The Board of Public Welfare idea is a universal one, by which we mean that such an institution is applicable to other communities. Its spirit, aim, and principles have been tested, and found not wanting; they meet the ...
Students and politics in India : Parochialization and policization in a national university
(University of Missouri -- Columbia., 1975)
A voice for justice : the Tuscaloosa News views the Autherine Lucy incident
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"This study, 'A voice for Justice--The Tuscaloosa News Views the Autherine Lucy Incident,' surveys the news and editorial presentation of the Alabama journal which found itself in the midst of a segregation issue during a ...
Place names in the southwest border counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1933)
Counties: Webster, Wright, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, and McDonald...
-English Names, 4) and 6) Folkways and Folklore. Chapter Two comprises a brief survey and discussion of the names with regard to these five special features. Chapter Three, embracing by far the greater part of the thesis in bulk, consists of a dictionary of all...
"This thesis is the record of careful research into the origin of the place-names of the lower southwest counties of Missouri. Nine counties, Webster, Wright, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, and McDonald have been studied...
-English Names, 4) and 6) Folkways and Folklore. Chapter Two comprises a brief survey and discussion of the names with regard to these five special features. Chapter Three, embracing by far the greater part of the thesis in bulk, consists of a dictionary of all...
"This thesis is the record of careful research into the origin of the place-names of the lower southwest counties of Missouri. Nine counties, Webster, Wright, Christian, Douglas, Ozark, Taney, Stone, Barry, and McDonald have been studied...
The teaching of community civics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
of the political agencies. The interest which was taken in the study of current events and the interest which was shown in a brief course in sociology brought to me the importance of greater study of social conditions."...
A critical history of the Texas Christian Advocate, 1849-1949
(University of Missouri., 1952)
Before Tohaikovsky wrote his Fifth symphony and the year Wordsworth died, preachers with guns and an old hand press were publishing a newspaper on the Texas frontier. The preachers were Methodists and they called their ...
The modern Chinese press on Taiwan
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of this study is two-fold. One is to present facts about the present conditions of the Chinese press on Taiwan whereupon the Republic of China is based. The other is to evaluate the development and limitations ...
The emerging Negro in advertising
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1966)
This thesis studies the existence and use of African Americans in advertisements in the United States by examining the origin, growth, purpose, problems, and future of racial integration in advertising.
Values concerning disadvantaged pupils in differing organizational climates
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1970)
, and other such factors. For many years educational practitioners as well as researchers were unable to provide any specific insight into what these differences were or why they existed. They realized that distinctive differences did exist, but were at a loss...
Associated Press teletypesetter wire service usage by Missouri afternoon dailies
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"The purpose of the study which will be described in the following pages is to analyze the content of the Missouri state teletypesetter wire, and to see what use is made of it by the sixteen afternoon dailies it serves."--Page2
James Lemen, senior and junior, and the early slavery controversy in Illinois
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1935)
of the Chicago Historical Society, Illinois State Historical Library, State Historical Society or Missouri, Extension Division of the Illinois State Library, Mercantile Library of St. Louis, and to the Shurtleff College Library for valuable aid in research...
Friendship : the forgotten meaning of a vital nexus in political life
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1972)
This dissertation will demonstrate that men have aesthetic, ascetic, and therapeutic capacities with public ramifications. It will demonstrate that these capacities enable men with different values, goals, rules, and ...
The earlier political career of Thomas Hart Benton 1820-1833
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: The purpose of this study is to consider the part that was taken by Benton in the political affairs of Missouri during the earlier years of his service in the Senate, to determine what were the influences ...
A congressional history of the Populists
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1936)
"Populism arose as a party movement representing an agrarian economy to combat the rising force of industrialism in the United States. It represented the rural forces of unrest that had been agitating for relief from the ...