Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Donald D. Horward, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 10, 2005). Document formatted into pages; contains xi, 279 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2005. / Advisor: Dr. Donald D. Horward, Florida State University, College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of History. Includes bibliographical references.

Regulis hujus academiae celeberrimae postulantibus ut, qui summos honores medicinae adipisci cupiunt, de re aliqua as medicinam vel physiologiam pertinente scriberent, priusquam ad gradum doctoratus evehi possunt, Febrem apud Gibraltariam anno millesimo octingentesimo et decimo tertio pro argumento dissertationis meae inauguralis selegi, imprimis quia morbus insignis erat; tum etiam quia occasiones multae eandem in omnibus suis stadiis videndi apud noscomium generale ejus loci, cui Edvardus Dow, exercitus regii chirurgus tunc temporis praefuit, mhih officiis meis fungenti oblatae sunt.

Behavioural and ecological studies on southern European reptiles have been few. Knowledge even of the distribution and habitat requirements of the herpetofauna of southern Iberia is limited. The reptile fauna of Gibraltar was studied in relation to the history of the habitats, and compared to that of the region. Habitats, climate, and relevant aspects of microclimate are described. Work centred on the Iberian Wall Lizard Podarcis hispanica which where possible was compared to Psammodromus algirus with which it sometimes occurred. Data were collected from lizards captured in the field and kept in captivity, which were used in experiments, and from transect and continuous observations in the wild. Morphology, use of microhabitat, height and substrate preferences, annual activity, emergence, temperature relations, metabolism and behaviour were investigated. Where possible, comparison was made between lizard size classes and sexes. The observational and experimental data suggest that Gibraltar P. hispanica are well adapted to their environment. Using a variety of thermoregulatory methods they can maintain fairly uniform body temperature throughout the year. They appear to change their distribution in the habitat seasonally in response to the need for food and shelter. Activity is most severely restricted during the hottest part of the day in summer and in overcast weather. It is suggested that P. hispanica is an opportunistic feeder consuming a variety of small invertebrates during bouts of foraging which vary in length and frequency according to time of year. Lizards are tolerant of each other outside the breeding season, when males become aggresive towards each other and females and juveniles show more appeasement behaviour. The results for P. hispanica are discussed in relation to existing work on other lizards, especially lacertids from more northerly locations in Europe.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1938. / "The twenty-eighth volume published under the direction of the Department of History on the Kingsley trust association publication fund, established by the Scroll and key society of Yale college." "Bibliographical note": p. [285]-300.

Zugl.: Münster (Westfalen), Univ., Diss., 2007

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1938. / "The twenty-eighth volume published under the direction of the Department of History on the Kingsley trust association publication fund, established by the Scroll and key society of Yale college." "Bibliographical note": p. [285]-300.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Berlin, 1935. / Bibliography: p. 29-30.

Th.--Sci.--Paris, 1969.

This dissertation investigates the somatic politics of postcolonial masculinity and mass media in British Gibraltar. Drawing on 14 months of ethnographic and archival research over the course of 5 years in Gibraltar and London, I trace the interconnections between the ways of listening promoted by colonial administrators and scientists in Gibraltar during the post-World War II democratization of mass media and the contemporary listening practices of Gibraltarian men as they engage with, think about, and decry the use of emerging media technologies among women and children. Using a practice theoretical framework developed out of women's studies, anthropology, and science and technology studies, I move beyond "reading" the sounds that represent intersecting gender, race, and class stereotypes; instead, I examine how Gibraltarian men's media listening practices are both product and productive of a complex calculus of colonial masculine domination that legitimates British colonial violence - symbolic and physical - in Gibraltar today. In this way, listening to media technologies is transformed into a political technology for the maintenance and operationalization of colonialism in Gibraltar. / 10000-01-01