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161	Passive solar housing in the American Southwest Evans, Leslee Cagnion 05 1900 (has links) No description available. Solar energy Passive systems Southwest, New Architecture
162	Captives, conquerors, and storytellers : literary legacies of the American Southwest / Dahlberg, Sandra L. January 1997 (has links) Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 1997. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves [238]-250).
163	Reading and writing a landscape: A rhetoric of southwest desert literature. Ingham, Zita. January 1991 (has links) Using a transactional model of reading and writing, the dissertation discusses rhetorical aspects of the experience and representation of the American desert. The dissertations extends recent nonfiction scholarship that claims nature writing as literature by focusing on seven major nonfiction works: Some Strange Corners of Our Country (1891), by Charles F. Lummis; The Desert (1901), by John C. Van Dyke; The Land of Little Rain (1903), by Mary Austin; The Desert Year (1952), by Joseph Wood Krutch; Desert Solitaire (1968), by Edward Abbey; Desert Notes (1976), by Barry Lopez; and Secrets from the Center of the World (1990), by Joy Harjo and Stephen Strom. The Desert, by John C. Van Dyke, is treated in depth, in terms of its use of aesthetic experience to argue for conservation and for a particular philosophy of nature. Van Dyke's establishes his rhetorical stance (including the creation of the narrator and appeals he makes to particular audiences) and initiates his aesthetic and scientific delineation of the subject in the preface to the book, which is studied in detail.
164	USING CAREER EDUCATION TO RETAIN POTENTIAL DROPOUTS. RAYMOND, LORRAINE HILL. January 1984 (has links) The purpose of this study was to determine if the successful aspects of alternative schools aimed at retaining potential high school dropouts could be conducted in the traditional school setting with similar results. The study explored the effect of career education, individual counseling and weekly progress monitoring on how long potential high school dropouts will remain in school. The experimental hypotheses were focused around the following research problems. The first question was "Does the combination of career education, individual counseling and weekly progress monitoring have a more significant effect than weekly counseling and weekly progress monitoring or just weekly monitoring." The second research question asked, "Do the previous methods of intervention significantly effect how many classes students complete." The third question was "Does career education have a more significant effect on females." The fourth question was "Does career education have a more significant effect on Mexican-American males." The research design included three groups of potential high school dropouts who were randomly assigned to three treatment levels. There were two experimental groups and one control group. The first group participated in a career education class, weekly counseling and weekly progress monitoring. The second group participated in weekly counseling and weekly progress monitoring and the control group participated in weekly progress monitoring. The dependent measures were number of days students remained in school, number of classes they were enrolled in at the end of the semester or when they withdrew and the percentage of students in each group that completed the semester. Results of an analysis of variance and Chi Square analysis revealed that career education did significantly effect retention of potential dropouts. Results of t-tests revealed that career education did not significantly increase retention of females or Mexican-American males. Read more Dropouts. High school attendance. Mexican Americans -- Education. Career education -- Southwest, New. Dropouts -- Southwest, New.
165	The perception of changes in visibility at Class I Parks and Wilderness areas Parsons, Russ, 1957- January 1987 (has links) The language of regulations implementing the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments distinguishes between humanly detectable visibility impairment in Class I Parks and Wilderness areas and the extent to which such impairment adversely affects a park visitor's visual experience. Two lines of environmental perception research have arisen from this distinction, one emphasizing the detectability of visibility impairment, and the other emphasizing a park visitor's experience. This study attempts to deal with issues relevant to both lines of research. Subjects were shown color slides depicting varying levels of visibility in Class I Parks and Wilderness areas under four treatment conditions. A sensitivity gradient emerged from these conditions: Subjects who rated repeated versions of selected vistas for visual air quality were most sensitive to changes in visibility, while subjects who rated a random series of scenes for scenic beauty were least sensitive. Other variables (i.e., scattering angle, and the particular vista being viewed) also proved to have substantial influence on perceptual ratings. Air quality. Visual perception. Landscape assessment. Wilderness areas -- Southwest, New.
166	Seeding dates and field establishment of ten southwestern desert wildflower species Sullivan, June Eileen Marie, 1957- January 1988 (has links) The effects of planting date were evaluated on field establishment and flowering of ten southwestern wildflower species combined in a mix. Species tested include Baileya multiradiata, Castilleja lanata, Eschscholtzia californica, Eschscholtzia mexicana, Gaillardia pulchellum, Lesquerella gordonii, Lupinus sparsiflorus, Orthocarpus purpurascens, Penstemon eatonii, and Phacelia campanularia. Seeds of all species were combined in a mix and directly seeded into field plots. All species are native to the southwestern deserts of the United States. Treatments consisted of five planting dates, starting September 30, 1987 and continuing through November 30, 1987, with treatments planted at two week intervals during the ten week period. There were significant differences in both plant stand and flowering between planting dates. The October 15 planting had the optimum plant stand with regard to the largest spectrum of species represented by desirable numbers. Flowering was most pronounced in the September 30 and October 15 plantings.
167	LOCATING TRAVELER SUPPORT FACILITIES ALONG THE INTERSTATE SYSTEM--A SIMULATION USING GENERAL SYSTEMS THEORY Heckman, James C. January 1973 (has links) No description available. Tourism -- Mathematical models. Service stations -- Southwest, New. Automobile travel -- Southwest, New.
168	DISADVANTAGED GROUPS IN AN ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT CONFLICT: THE SOUTHWEST POWER CONTROVERSY Cortner, H. (Hanna), 1945- January 1973 (has links) No description available. Pressure groups -- Southwest, New. Environmental policy -- Southwest, New. Navajo Indians -- Government relations. Hopi Indians -- Government relations.
169	Architectural development of the Pueblo kiva Smiley, Terah L. (Terah Leroy), 1914- January 1949 (has links) No description available. Pueblo Indians -- Dwellings. Pueblos -- Southwest, New. Kivas -- Southwest, New. Indian architecture -- North America
170	A survey of the teaching of music in Indian schools of the Southwest with suggestions for improvement of such instruction Kaap, Theodore Ferdinand, 1918- January 1950 (has links) No description available.

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