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The origin and history of the doctrine of popular sovereignty
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1905)
In this study of the Doctrine of Popular Sovereignty the principal attention has been devoted to its origin and its growth as a political policy until Stephen A. Douglas became its champion and secured its adoption by ...
The methods of missionaries in civilizing savage and barbarous peoples viewed from the standpoint of sociology and pedagogy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
This thesis assumes that missionaries are a civilizing force. Their work is frequently initial and fundamental in civilizing savage and barbarous peoples. But what is meant by civilization? The significance usually attached ...
Outdoor relief by the counties of Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1909)
In the following pages the results of a somewhat isolated study of outdoor relief are presented. The general value of the study probably lies in the novel view it affords of a public relief system in the earlier stages of its development. Though...
English bourgeois tragedy from 1576 to 1642
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
What is English bourgeois tragedy? What forces produced it, and what is its significance in the first great period of English drama? It is the purpose of this dissertation to answer these questions by a detailed study of ...
The development of railroads in Missouri to 1860
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
Railroad construction in Missouri was undertaken by private companies who expected to finance the roads by subscriptions to the capital stock by individuals, towns and counties. Early in 1851 the people realized that the ...
The geography of Boone county : historical and economic geography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
This thesis discusses the geographical concerns of Boone County including its location, agriculture, economic dependencies, transportation capabilities, and people. The authors attempts to show correlation between the ...
Alderman Jim Pendergast
(University of Kansas City, 1962)
James Pendergast came to Kansas City in 1876 from
St. Joseph, Missouri. After working for several years as
a laborer, Pendergast entered the saloonkeeping business
in the West Bottoms, the heart of Kansas City's ...
The conception of tragedy in recent English drama
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
It is the purpose of this thesis to examine the conception of tragedy in English drama of the period 1900-1912. In the investigation three questions have been considered. 1. What conceptions of tragedy prevailed in English ...
The withdrawal of pupils from school
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1906)
lawmakers as well as educators. It is a well-known fact that a very small percent of the pupils who enter the public schools - to say nothing of those who do not enter - ever complete the elementary course of study, and that a very large percent withdraw so...
The English Civil Parish
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
English constitutional history, since the beginning of the political revolution in the seventeenth century, has been the subject of study of every civilized nation. This wide spread interest has resulted in a thorough search through English...
Interpreters of Chicago : a study in American regionalism
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1932)
. The Pennsylvania Dutch speak differently from the people in New York, and they dress differently. A fourth kind of interpretation was discovered in history. For many years writers have used nature to interpret the mood or the events which have a place...
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.
The poverty of place : a comparative study of five rural counties in the Missouri Ozark
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1999)
to further the understanding of the dynamics driving this phenomenon or to discover what types of public policies are likely to be successful at breaking up these areas of persistent poverty. The existence of a five county group in the south central Missouri...
Opposition to the reelection of Thomas Hart Benton in 1844
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1913)
In February, 1850, Thomas Hart Benton was defeated for reelection to the Senate of the United States. This defeat of Benton marked the culmination of one of the most exciting senatorial campaigns ever waged in the state. ...
Browning and the Florentine Renaissance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
There seem to me to be three distinct causes why Florence rather than any of the other city states was the center of the Italian Renaissance. The first of these is that she preserved her popular government long enough to ...
Antony's oriental policy until the defeat of the Parthian expedition
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
Text from page 1: "For a comprehensive study of Antony's relations to the Orient, it is necessary to take up in some detail the proconsulship of Gabinius in Syria, for it was as commander of the cavalry that Antony first ...
Development of manual arts instruction in cities of the United States
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1918)
of life down to the present bifurcation into the distinct fields of (1) general manual arts courses in the common schools and (2) special vocational courses in trade and vocational schools under public control."...
The principles underlying the selection of a course of study
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1915)
The problem of this study is to find the principles that should underlie the selection of the school curriculum. It is not a scientific investigation of the social and psychological facts upon which the course of study ...
The artistic crafts in the public schools
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1916)
Text from page 3: The intention here is, to deal with the subject from the standpoint of the crafts themselves, their direct and indirect functions, and the justification for their place in the course of study for elementary ...
Heredity and education
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1907)
It is evident that there are two important factors in producing a man and making him what he is, one the endowment given him at birth, the other, the environment into which he comes. No one doubts that the natural endowment ...