Browsing Sociology electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Thesis Semester "2016 Summer"
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Distilling whiteness : prohibition of alcohol and Americanization of German-Americans in Missouri /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] In the field of sociology, Joseph Gusfield (1963) is considered the leading authority on the prohibition of alcohol in the United States in 1919. ... -
Feeding others' children : a comparative ethnography of school food service employees and how they make meaning /
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Utilizing 18 months of participant observation, 25 in-depth interviews and numerous textual sources, this research is an ethnography at an elementary, ... -
Selling wellness : the cultural politics of holistic health in the U.S.
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)Currently, holistic health and lifestyle medicine are growing sectors of the U.S. health care market (Fadlon 2005). The term "holistic" entered the U.S. medical discourse in the 1970s and refers to the treatment of the ...