ix, 102 p. : ill. (some col.) / In a time of rising inequality and declining social mobility in the United States, how might planners work toward a more just society? Numerous theories of structural inequality have been developed to address these issues, and the notion of internal colonialism is among them. As a theory of inequality that identifies patterns of economic domination, and the attendant subordination of certain populations, internal colonialism theory first gained popularity during the Third World liberation movement, and rose to prominence among minority groups in the United States, before fading into relative obscurity. Does this theory still hold relevance today? This study traces the development of Oakland, California through the lens of internal colonialism theory and uncovers the roots of the highly unequal conditions that exist in the city today. A critical reapplication of this theory reveals its ongoing utility as both an explanatory model and a guidepost for charting a path forward. / Committee in charge: Robert Young, Chairperson; Gerardo Sandoval, Member; Yizhao Yang, Member

The problem of this study was to develop a written code of policies and regulations for the efficient operation of the Merced City School District. The specific purposes of the study are as follows: (1) To provide the Board of Education and the stuff with an instrument for handling procedures, recommendations, and various problems in an objective and systematic way.; (2) To provide a reference source for the Board and the staff in interpreting actions to the public's.; (3) To bring up-to-date and codify the existing policies of the district.

An understanding of the tectonic history of the Klamath Mountains is crucial for a valid paleogeographic reconstruction of the Pacific Northwest. However, prior to this study there were very few paleomagnetic (PM) data from the Klamath Mountains (KN), which resulted in conflicting interpretations about the role of the KM province in the tectonic evolution of western North America. Twenty-eight sites from five unmetamorphosed Middle Jurassic KM plutons with K-Ar ages ranging from 161 to 139 m.y.B.P. yielded stable PM results showing (1) a direction for the 160 in.y.B.P. Ashland pluton (D=324°, I=163°, α₉₅=8°, n=6) nearly concordant with the coeval expected direction (D=337°, 1=54°) and (2) clockwise rotated directions for the plutons of Grants Pass (D=045°, I=67°, α₉₅=12°, n=4), Greyback (D=083°,I=63°, α₉₅=9, n=9), and the Wooley Creek batholith and Slinkard pluton combined (D=037°, 160°, α₉₅=ll°, n=9). Tectonic interpretations of these PM data are difficult; two interpretations are offered to explain the observed directions. In the first, the mean PM direction of the four plutons with discordant directions (D=057°, 1=65°, α₉₅=7°, n=22) is restored to the expected 150 m.y.B.P. (the average K-Ar age for these four plutons) direction by rotation of a rigid block ~87° in a counterclockwise sense about a vertical axis (the possibility of tilt of these four plutons is disregarded in this interpretation). The Ashland pluton which shows no rotation is problematic. Either there was (is) a tectonic boundary west of the Ashland pluton, separating it from the rotation of the others, or the Ashland pluton was influenced both by clockwise rotation and tilt, the combined effect producing an essentially concordant PM direction. In the second interpretation we distinguish between the northern KN, intruded by the Grants Pas and Greyback Mountain plutons, and the southern region intruded by the Wooley Creek batholith and the Ashland and Slinkard plutons. The bases for this distinction are recent geologic and gravity studies which suggest that post-Middle Jurassic uplift of the domal Condrey Mountain Schist may have caused radially outward tilt of its adjacent terranes and plutons intruded therein, causing some of the observed discordances in their PM directions. Thus, in the second interpretation it is envisioned that (a) the northerly portion of the KM, intruded by the Grants Pass and Greyback plutons, was affected primarily by clockwise rotation about a vertical axis, and (b) discordant directions for the remaining plutons intruded farther south are due primarily to tilt in response to Condrey Mountain uplift. Based on the observed inclinations, there is no evidence of transport of the Klamath Mountain province along lines of longitude since Middle Jurassic time. Tectonic interpretations of the PM results of this study are consistent with significant post-Middle Jurassic clockwise rotation of the Klamath Mountains. The first interpretation above yields ~87° of clockwise rotation of the terrane examined. According to the second interpretation, a clockwise rotation of ~l00° is inferred from the average of the PM results of the northern Grants Pass and Greyback plutons. Therefore, 10° to 25° of clockwise rotation of the KM may have occurred prior to the formation of the Oregon Coast Range (~55 m.y.B.P.) and the two provinces may have rotated together since post-Lower Eocene time. / Graduation date: 1983

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Oregon, 2006. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-149). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 300-324).

Thesis (M.S.)--Southern Oregon University, 2003. / "A thesis submitted to the Department of Biology and the Graduate School of Southern Oregon University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Environmental Education." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 93-89). Also available via Internet as PDF file through Southern Oregon Digital Archives: http://soda.sou.edu. Search Bioregion Collection.

Thesis (M.S.) in Mechanical Engineering--University of Maine, 2002. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 46-49).

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Thesis (M.F.A.)--Rochester Institute of Technology, 2007. / Typescript. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 20-25).