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Cornerstone of History
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 2010)
One of Mizzou's oldest treasures, the original cornerstone from Academic Hall, has a new home in the rotunda of Jesse Hall.
Man up : muscular Christianity and the making of 20th-century American religion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] "Man Up: Muscular Christianity and the Making of 20th-Century American Religion," examines the history of muscular Christianity in 20th-century America. Specifically, I analyze...
A climatological and contextual analysis of Roman water technologies in Cyprus
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
that the Roman period brought about a great deal of change in water usage. However, despite the greater increase in supply, the water technologies in use on a public, private, and religious level display marked tendencies towards water conservation and frugality...
The troubling voices of Confederate women : the language of family, religion, and rebellion on the occupied Civil War home front
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
forces contended with this domestic supply line, Confederate women resisted with their public and private voices. Chapter one focuses on community, family, and the household, and how these were important to the Confederate war effort. The second chapter...
Modalities of literacy and Anglo-Saxon interpretive cultures
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] This dissertation focuses on the reception of Anglo-Saxon texts in both Anglo-Saxon and Reformation England. Its four case studies span developments in media history, and begins...
University of Missouri--Columbia : campus map
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
This pamphlet contains maps showing the locations of buildings, parking, construction, and more on the University of Missouri campus, as well as a map showing the university's location within Columbia, Mo.
Life-history and disease ecology of the brown-nosed coati (Nasua nasua) and the crab-eating fox (Cerdocyon thous) in the Brazilian Pantanal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
Infectious diseases can be significant threats to public health and wildlife. Yet, there is still a relatively poor understanding of the impact parasites have on the health and demography of wild hosts. Understanding the effects of parasites...
Psychosocial influences on total pain management by informal hospice caregivers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
strategies are influenced by the history of the caregiver-patient relationship, caregivers' occupational and personal health histories, previous caregiving experiences, caregivers' individual personalities, support from others, and competing demands. Findings...
The miniature room
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
to the fine arts miniature. The poems also seek to record aspects of human-specifically female-experience through the voice of a speaker not very distant from the poet herself, as well as through the use of personas from throughout history. Preceding...
University of Missouri : campus map
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
This map shows the locations of buildings on the University of Missouri campus, labeled by number and letter. Directions to the university and descriptions of points of interest appear on the reverse.
Landscapes of belonging : Cuban ethnicity, class, and community
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2013)
of belonging. The study finds that collective memory and public narratives in those communities are shaped by political and historical events, and that elements of the community's broader history become part of our personal life stories....
Indian sovereignty and religious freedom : United States public land management and Indian sacred sites, 1978-2014
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
authorities to take into account the preferences of Native Americans regarding the uses of public lands that violate their sacred sites. The consultation process has helped bridge the gap in cultural understanding and knowledge of the Indigenous peoples...
Visual humor : female photographers and modern American womanhood, 1860-1915
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The late 19th and early 20th century was a period of humor, photography, and rampant gender debates. This dissertation was founded on an attempt to make sense of a period in American history that was messy and confusing. The United States was going...
Commerce clause new federalism in the Rehnquist and Roberts courts : dynamics of culture wars constitutionalism, 1964-2012
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Commerce Clause New Federalism in the Rehnquist and Roberts Courts describes how interpretation of the Commerce Clause of the Constitution has evolved since the Constitution was first ratified by the several states. It ...
The 1898 Reform Movement, Britain, and China: an examination of four British writers on British-Chinese relations 1895-1900
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
Gundry- considered essential to British-Chinese relations between 1895 and 1900. This project explores Britain's late 1890s interactions with China, an understudied but important point in international relations and Chinese history. Furthermore, it argues...
Kachinas are snowmakers : United States public land management and the Hopi quest for religious freedom, 1962-2008
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
This study constitutes an original in-depth look at the first federal judicial case to test the scope of religious protections offered to Native American sacred places on public lands by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, Navajo Nation v...
Genome evolution in monocots
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
in monocot evolution, each highlighting different taxonomic scales and relevant questions to the diversification and significance of both organismal (life history, biogeography, morphology) and genomic (genome size, molecular evolution) characteristics...
University of Missouri : campus map
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
The main map shows the locations of buildings on the University of Missouri campus, labeled by number and letter. Directions to the university, accompanied by a small Columbia area map, and descriptions of points of interest ...
"The sphinx of the nineteenth century": Helena Blavatsky's syncretism in Britain, 1887-1891
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
contemporaries. The paper also draws from and builds upon recent secondary sources, including Theosophical publications, popular biographies, and academic monographs....
It's your Fault!: Commemorating the 200th Anniversary of the New Madrid Earthquakes
(2012-02)
Two hundred years ago, a series of earthquakes rocked southeastern Missouri and a large portion of the southern United States. Conference speakers explored what Missouri was like in 1811, what occurred during the earthquakes, ...