Browsing Department of Sociology (UMKC) by Thesis Semester "2010 Fall"
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Consumer holiday structure: an analysis of Christian holiday patterns and consumer ritual practice in America
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)This thesis explores the rituals that reinforce American capitalist consumerism, specifically focusing on the Christian holiday calendar structure. Major Christian holidays are viewed as complex sets and repeated patterns, ... -
Containment in the City: Boundaries, Bodies, and the Politics of Urban Space
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2011-01-20)The organization of urban space accommodating the rapid movement of the automobile facilitates a kind of forgetting, through the act of driving, and creates a sense of containment, through the built environment itself. ... -
Determinants of Earnings for Asian Immigrants in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)This thesis examines the determinants of earnings for Asian immigrants in the Midwest of the United States. It tests simultaneously three theoretical explanations--assimilation, human capital, and job competition--for the ... -
Motives Relating to Internet Usage Among Korean Adolescents
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2010)Previous studies have shown that the Internet influences adolescents' development and their lives. Adolescents' Internet usage is simultaneously affected by variables such as demographics, personal characteristics and ...