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The spirit of home in the literature of the Lower South
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1917)
Text from page 3: In 1867 Harte began writing stories of the West that were focused upon locality, employing in them a technique similar to that of Poe. He has been heralded as the first contributor to the literature of locality. I shall challenge...
Missouri alumnus, volume 050, number 4 (1961 December)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1961)
OPEC as a non-state actor : formation and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1982)
in the hands of the MNOCs, it did not press to the point that the international economic system was threatened. Moreover, OPEC proved to be a responsible international actor in a number of specific respects. It attempted to provide financial aid to those Third...
The Argentine generation of 1880 : ideology and cultural texts
(University of Missouri Press, 1990)
The political interests, the intellectual forces, and the attendant cultural activities associated with the project of providing Argentina with a specifically ninteenth-century Liberal identity are custumarily identified ...
Sports column writing : a comparison of ten 1957 and five 1927 columnists
(University of Missouri., 1958)
"It is the purpose of this study to: (1) Compare the sports column style of the 'Golden Era of Sports'(1927) with our modern (1957) columnists and (2) To analyze the content of the modern sports columns as exemplified in ...
The other side of the window : an essay on structural iconography in English and American fiction
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
characteristically serves as a vehicle for exploring the psychological and philosophical ramifications of one root problem: the nature of the relationship between the perceiving subject and the object—be it another single individual or a whole ideological universe...
Fast talk & flush times : the confidence man as a literary convention
(University of Missouri Press, 1985)
Lenz provides a historical overview of the American confidence man, and its role as a literary convention.
Normative political community : the necessary condition for justice
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1979)
In this dissertation, I develop a theory of political community through an analysis of human needs for fellowship on the one hand, and a synthesis of numerous critiques of the liberal state on the other. My thesis is that ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 050, number 1 (1961 September)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1961)
The humor of irony and satire : in the Tradiciones peruanas
(University of Missouri Press, 1986)
The richness and vastness of Palma's narrative contribution have long demanded a more illustrative approach, such as that employed by Rosenblat and Hatzfeld in their studies of Cervantes' language. Accordingly, I have ...
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 ...
Missouri alumnus, volume 050, number 2 (1961 October)
(MU Alumni Association, University of Missouri, 1961)
Kangaroo, 1963
(University of Kansas City, 1963)
Changing perceptions of alliance relations by select Southeast Asian states, 1951 - 1972
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 1978)
The purpose of this study is to examine the thesis that in the period from 1951 through 1972, the receptivity of select Southeast Asian states towards alliance relations with the United States underwent a change because ...
The Bucareli Conference and United States-Mexican relations
(University of Missouri--Columbia., 1966)
This dissertation attempts to explain the role of the Bucareli Conference in the contest between the United States and Mexico from 1914 to approximately 1930. It arose from an interest in the land and oil questions and ...
The radical self : metamorphosis to animal form in modern Latin American narrative
(University of Missouri Press, 1988)
This essay approaches modern Latin American narrative from a predominantly phenomenological and existential perspective and therefore marks a departure from the main currents of contemporary Latin American criticism, which ...
Let it ride
(University of Missouri Press, 1991)
Written with the breathtaking beauty of the woods at night, 'Let It Ride' is a lyrical, witty celebration of the significance of the small things in our lives--children, insects, fleeting thoughts--by a writer of uncommon talent
Metaphysical tales
(University of Missouri Press, 1981)