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The evolution of the U.S. financial architecture, asset prices, and the role of fiscal and monetary policy
(2015-03-04)
In the past years there has been increasing interest in shadow banking institutions.
Economists identified the shadow banking system at the core of the 2007-2008 Global
Financial Crisis and it was a key component of the ...
A directory of graduates and former students of the School of Journalism, University of Missouri, 9th edition
(University of Missouri, 1958)
A neverending stream : human trafficking in Medieval Europe
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This study focuses on human trafficking patterns from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern Era. I argue that while slavery, as a means of compelling agricultural labor...
In the hands of noble men: a history of Thessaly from the Archaic period to the end of the Third Sacred War
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Modern analysis has understood the history of Thessaly in the Archaic and Classical periods as divided into two distinct phases. The first was defined by Thessalian expansion in the seventh and sixth centuries over central ...
Securitization as a theory of media effects : the contest over the framing of political violence
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
This dissertation proposes a particular form of media framing effect from securitization, a process in which political actors seek to create consensus about security related issues such as terrorism and immigration by ...
Decision making process of African farmers : a theoretical approach
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1973)
experience and intuition have made it possible to draw some empirical implications."--Page 7....
More than beer : the complex career of Adolphus Busch
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Adolphus Busch was cofounder of the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Association. During Busch's lifetime, Anheuser-Busch became the largest brewing company in the United States...
Pre- and protopalatial Minoan larnax : individuals vs collective identity in pre- and protopalatial Crete
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
Prepalatial and Protopalatial larnakes offer a corpus of material with their own biography which has long been ignored, passed over, or forgotten. They represent the beginning of a mortuary tradition of burials in ceramic ...
Not just fun and games : exploring ludic elements in Greek and Latin literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
across a broad diachronic and generic expanse to reveal the application of ludic themes as an important conceptual tool. Specifically, I demonstrate how authors employ gaming imagery to engage in ongoing discussions about the nature of the universe...
Intersubjective understanding of violence: the lifeworld of Tajik immigrant workers in post-Soviet Russia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2021)
This dissertation analyzes the phenomenon of violence in the context of labor migration from Tajikistan to Russia. It examines the legal framework for migration policy and asks how sociology can understand the experience ...
A Theory of Consumer Fraud in Market Economies
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Of the many forms of human behavior, perhaps none more than those of force
and fraud have caused so much harm in both social and ecological environments. In
spite of this, neither shows signs of weakening given their ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 043, number 06 (1955 February)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1955)
Correlates of pet-keeping in residence halls on college student adjustment at a small, private, midwestern college
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
A limited number of colleges and universities permit pets other than small aquariums in residence halls. No studies have been published documenting the effect of pets in residence halls. A matched two-group comparison of college students (N = 50...
The effects of Roman expansion in the Middle Tiber Valley : Ameria and its environs
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2023)
[EMBARGOED UNTIL 12/1/2024] This dissertation constitutes a micro-history of the town of Ameria (modern Amelia) located in the Central Italian region of Umbria from 700 BCE to 300 CE. By reducing the scale of analysis to ...
The pattern of judgement in the Queste and Cleanness
(University of Missouri Press, 1978)
Morse examines the symbolism of the vessel as a representation of man in both the French prose romance La Queste del Sant Graal and English poem Cleanness.
The evolution of the U.S. financial architecture, asset prices, and the role of fiscal and monetary policy
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-06-15)
In the past years there has been increasing interest in shadow banking institutions.
Economists identified the shadow banking system at the core of the 2007-2008 Global
Financial Crisis and it was a key component of the ...
Mixed up in the making : Martin Luther King Jr., Cesar Chavez, and the images of their movements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Although his movement was a labor movement that targeted only a small portion of Mexican Americans, Cesar Chavez has often been compared to Martin Luther King, Jr., and has been portrayed as a civil rights leader on the ...
Charles James Fox: a man for the people
(University of Missouri Press, 1969)
The book grows out of a professional interest in Fox's talents as a parliamentary speaker. The scope, therefore, is that of a biography, with Fox's attainments as a speaker coming to the foreground at frequent intervals. ...
First Principles Method for Complex Cement Structure and High Entropy Alloys
(2021)
The ultimate objective of this dissertation contains two different areas of materials – secondary of Portland cement structure and high entropy alloys (HEAs). Similar concept of the computational method was applied to ...
A Heuristic Narrative Exploration of Teacher Perception: The Usefulness of Teacher Evaluation
(2021)
The purpose of this heuristic narrative study was to use teacher voice to gain a stronger understanding of what teachers need for the meaningful use of the evaluation process for improving teaching and learning. Data ...