Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:25Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2006-12-15Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:43:30Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 ponciano_np_dr_assis.pdf: 2886250 bytes, checksum: e3cb6e699e43f29a413871a84d0dfcf4 (MD5) / Esta pesquisa examina o processo de organização sócio-espacial da cidade de Fátima do Sul, MS, de 1943 a 1965, enfatizando neste, o papel de uma das instituições religiosas mais importantes do Ocidente, a Igreja Católica do Brasil. Partindo da política de colonização do Brasil Central, planejada e executada pelo Estado Novo, intitulada - Marcha para Oeste - , analisando as intenções e os efeitos deste projeto para a região do extremo sul de Mato Grosso, locus da implantação da Colônia Agrícola Nacional de Dourados, em 1943, procurou-se reconstruir historicamente a contribuição da Igreja Católica, a partir da ação desta instituição no cotidiano dos migrantes daquele período. Nesta análise, privilegiou-se o olhar para a participação da Igreja Católica na organização da cidade de Fátima do Sul, que se localiza no interior da Colônia e sua contribuição na formação da identidade local. Este estudo focaliza, assim, a ação dos padres católicos na constituição desta cidade, baseando-se na perspectiva histórico-antropológica e na observação em micro-análise. Buscou-se, para desenvolver esta análise, um mosaico de documentos escritos (oficiais e não-oficiais), depoimentos orais e fontes iconográficas, por considerar que para se estudar as práticas da Igreja Católica é necessário ir além dos documentos escritos oficiais, uma vez que estes apresentam, geralmente, lacunas entre a proposta teórica e a prática. A partir da análise destas fontes e combinando um referencial teórico que discute o papel do capital e do trabalho no processo de desbravar e colonizar o interior brasileiro, argumentar-se que a Igreja Católica participou ativamente do processo de colonização e organização sócioespacial da cidade em estudo, conferindo a esta uma ordem, um nome e uma identidade. / This research examines the process of social-space organization in the city of Fátima do Sul - MS, from 1943 to 1965, emphasizing the role of one of the most important institutions of the occident, the Brazilian Catholic Church. Starting of the politicizes of colonization of the Central Brazil, planned and executed by Estado Novo, entitled - Marcha para Oeste - analyzing the intentions and the effects of this project on the area of south Mato Grosso, locus of the implantation of the Dourados national agricultural colony, in 1943, tried to reconstruct historically the contribution of the Catholic Church, from the action of this institution in the daily of the migrants of that period. In this analyze, the Catholic Church was privileged in the participation in the organization of the Fátima do Sul city, which is located inside the colony and its contribution in the formation of the local identity. This study focus, thus, the Catholic priests action in the constitution of this city, basing on the historical-anthropological perspective and in the observation in micro-analysis. It was looked to develop this analysis, a mosaic of wrote documents (official and non official), oral reports and iconographic sources, for considering that to study the practices of the Catholic Church is necessary to go over the official wrote documents, once these present, generally, gaps between the theoretical and practice proposal. From the analysis of these sources and combining a theoretical referential that discuss the paper of the capital and the work in the process to explore and colonize the Brazilian interior, to argue that the Catholic church participated actively in the colonization process and social-space organization of the city in study, checking to this one order, one name and one identity.

The Portuguese conquest and colonization of Brazil was mediated by the Tupi-Guarani societies that inhabited the Atlantic coast in a discontinuous pattern from the estuary of the River Plate to the mouth of the Amazon. In fact, the extension of Portuguese occupation coincides with the limits of expansion of these Tupi-Guarani societies in most regions, suggesting a historical relation with deep potential implications. This work studies the conquest and construction of the Portuguese colonial frontier in the Lower Amazon and its estuary at the beginning of the XVIIth century, aiming to unveil the nature of the relations between Portuguese and Amerindian societies. The starting point is the hypothesis that the presence of Tupinamba societies from the Brazilian northeast, and of many other groups linked with them through language and culture, helped the Portuguese cause in their dispute for the control of the southern Amazon shores with other European competitors trading in the region. However, this very same dependency on the Tupinamba also acted as a brake on the Portuguese conquest as it headed north. This is supposed by the fact that almost no Tupi-Guarani traces have been recorded on the northern shore of the Amazon. After analyzing native American dynamics in Brazil and Guayana, this work presents a detailed study of the battles and skirmishes fought by opposed European interests, and their natives allies, in the Amazon from 1616 to 1632. The last part is devoted to the analysis of the process of cultural construction on the colonial frontier, through conquest mechanisms that were also deployed on other colonial American frontiers. Among these mechanisms I emphasise the implementation of a set of institutions and the construction of a negative and savage native alterity through narratives that have been reproduced by the regional historiography.

abstract: The Chinese capital market is characterized by high segmentation due to governmental regulations. In this thesis I investigate both the causes and consequences of this market segmentations. Specifically, I address the following questions: (1) to which degree this capital market segmentation is caused by the fragmented regulations in China, (2) what are the key characteristics of this market segmentation, and (3) what are the impacts of this market segmentation on capital costs and resources allocations. Answers to these questions can have important implications for Chinese policy makers to improve capital market regulatory coordination and efficiency. I organize this thesis as follows. First, I define the concepts of capital market segmentation and fragmented regulation based on literature reviews and theoretical analysis. Next, on the basis of existing theories and methods in finance and economics, I select a number of indicators to systematically measure the degree of regulatory segmentation in China’s capital market. I then develop an econometric model of capital market frontier efficiency analysis to calculate and analyze China’s capital market segmentation and regulatory fragmentation. Lastly, I use the production function analysis technique and the even study method to examine the impacts of fragmented regulatory segmentation on the connections and price distortions in the equity, debt, and insurance markets. Findings of this thesis enhance the understanding of how institutional forces such as governmental regulations influence the function and efficiency of the capital markets. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Business Administration 2015

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Orientador: Sidinei Galli / Banca: Claudio Alves de Vasconcelos / Banca: Paulo Roberto Cimó Queiroz / Banca: Ivan Aparecido Manoel / Banca: Eduardo Basto de Albuquerque / Resumo: Esta pesquisa examina o processo de organização sócio-espacial da cidade de Fátima do Sul, MS, de 1943 a 1965, enfatizando neste, o papel de uma das instituições religiosas mais importantes do Ocidente, a Igreja Católica do Brasil. Partindo da política de colonização do Brasil Central, planejada e executada pelo Estado Novo, intitulada - Marcha para Oeste - , analisando as intenções e os efeitos deste projeto para a região do extremo sul de Mato Grosso, locus da implantação da Colônia Agrícola Nacional de Dourados, em 1943, procurou-se reconstruir historicamente a contribuição da Igreja Católica, a partir da ação desta instituição no cotidiano dos migrantes daquele período. Nesta análise, privilegiou-se o olhar para a participação da Igreja Católica na organização da cidade de Fátima do Sul, que se localiza no interior da Colônia e sua contribuição na formação da identidade local. Este estudo focaliza, assim, a ação dos padres católicos na constituição desta cidade, baseando-se na perspectiva histórico-antropológica e na observação em micro-análise. Buscou-se, para desenvolver esta análise, um mosaico de documentos escritos (oficiais e não-oficiais), depoimentos orais e fontes iconográficas, por considerar que para se estudar as práticas da Igreja Católica é necessário ir além dos documentos escritos oficiais, uma vez que estes apresentam, geralmente, lacunas entre a proposta teórica e a prática. A partir da análise destas fontes e combinando um referencial teórico que discute o papel do capital e do trabalho no processo de desbravar e colonizar o interior brasileiro, argumentar-se que a Igreja Católica participou ativamente do processo de colonização e organização sócioespacial da cidade em estudo, conferindo a esta uma ordem, um nome e uma identidade. / Abstract: This research examines the process of social-space organization in the city of Fátima do Sul - MS, from 1943 to 1965, emphasizing the role of one of the most important institutions of the occident, the Brazilian Catholic Church. Starting of the politicizes of colonization of the Central Brazil, planned and executed by Estado Novo, entitled - Marcha para Oeste - analyzing the intentions and the effects of this project on the area of south Mato Grosso, "locus" of the implantation of the Dourados national agricultural colony, in 1943, tried to reconstruct historically the contribution of the Catholic Church, from the action of this institution in the daily of the migrants of that period. In this analyze, the Catholic Church was privileged in the participation in the organization of the Fátima do Sul city, which is located inside the colony and its contribution in the formation of the local identity. This study focus, thus, the Catholic priests action in the constitution of this city, basing on the historical-anthropological perspective and in the observation in micro-analysis. It was looked to develop this analysis, a mosaic of wrote documents (official and non official), oral reports and iconographic sources, for considering that to study the practices of the Catholic Church is necessary to go over the official wrote documents, once these present, generally, gaps between the theoretical and practice proposal. From the analysis of these sources and combining a theoretical referential that discuss the paper of the capital and the work in the process to explore and colonize the Brazilian interior, to argue that the Catholic church participated actively in the colonization process and social-space organization of the city in study, checking to this one order, one name and one identity. / Doutor

abstract: This dissertation applies the Bayesian approach as a method to improve the estimation efficiency of existing econometric tools. The first chapter suggests the Continuous Choice Bayesian (CCB) estimator which combines the Bayesian approach with the Continuous Choice (CC) estimator suggested by Imai and Keane (2004). Using simulation study, I provide two important findings. First, the CC estimator clearly has better finite sample properties compared to a frequently used Discrete Choice (DC) estimator. Second, the CCB estimator has better estimation efficiency when data size is relatively small and it still retains the advantage of the CC estimator over the DC estimator. The second chapter estimates baseball's managerial efficiency using a stochastic frontier function with the Bayesian approach. When I apply a stochastic frontier model to baseball panel data, the difficult part is that dataset often has a small number of periods, which result in large estimation variance. To overcome this problem, I apply the Bayesian approach to a stochastic frontier analysis. I compare the confidence interval of efficiencies from the Bayesian estimator with the classical frequentist confidence interval. Simulation results show that when I use the Bayesian approach, I achieve smaller estimation variance while I do not lose any reliability in a point estimation. Then, I apply the Bayesian stochastic frontier analysis to answer some interesting questions in baseball. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Economics 2014

In contrast to the relatively rapid changes occurring in the modern American army, the period between the end of the War of 1812 and the beginning of the Mexican War offers a definite period for a study of military life when reform came slowly.

This dissertation examines the histories of the University of Arizona (UA) and the University of New Mexico (UNM) before 1910. This project brings a trans-hemispheric approach to composition history by developing a theory of "frontier rhetoric" as a lens for analysis. Used to describe the rhetorical strategies that emphasize narratives of progress to disenfranchise others, frontier rhetoric allows us to examine the ways in which colonialism is embedded within institutions and reproduced by curriculum and policies. In the case of UA, institutional stakeholders envisioned their university as an Americanization project that both opened up Arizona’s natural resources to profit, while creating a citizenry devoted to defending their country. In the case of UNM, we see a subtler manifestation of frontier rhetorics, such as in the way Spanish was emphasized for the purposes of sending multilingual teachers out into the primarily Spanish speaking regions of the territory. An analysis of the students' curricular and extra-curricular writing from this time shows that students had the opportunity to challenge and resist frontier rhetorics through newspaper writing. The curricular and extra-curricular use of public genres such as newspapers allows students to take a more active role in negotiating their own understandings of citizenship and community engagement. Finally, this dissertation connects these histories to the present by discussing the ways in which writing program administrators can use frontier rhetoric to assess the inclusivity of their programs and adopt a translingual orientation in an effort to combat monolingual mentalities. This history makes visible the ways in which colonial legacies are embedded within our educational institutions, challenges the Eurocentric tendencies of composition histories, and offers new perspectives on the ways in which rhetorical education can both reproduce and resist oppressive attitudes about language, race, and culture.

This study is an examination of frontier movement and economic development in a portion of the Canadian Shield--Northeastern Ontario--in the period from 1850 to 1914. The process of frontier advance is examined with reference to five key elements: (1) the nature and distribution of resources; (2) external economic and cultural forces; (3) technological change, with emphasis on transportation developments; (4) public policy; and (5) entrepreneurship. The interrelationships of these factors are analysed to explain the spatial distribution of settlement and frontier-core interaction in the Nipissing Lowlands, the Algoma-Sudbury district, and the Timiskaming area. Significant changes occurred in both the process and pattern of frontier advance. The direction of movement in the nineteenth century was foreshadowed by the earlier fur trade, which was followed in some areas by logging and subsidiary agriculture. Inward movements of people and frontier-core interaction were oriented toward Montreal via the Ottawa Valley transportation linkages. In the twentieth century, northward extension of the railway system from southern Ontario gave rise to a dynamic mining frontier. A strong north-south interaction emerged, contrasting with the earlier east-west pattern. Northeastern Ontario, at first almost wholly within the sphere of influence of Montreal, had become part of the economic and cultural hinterland of Toronto by 1914. By 1914 there was established a pattern of land occupance which is still strongly in evidence at present. It was characterized by a high degree of nucleation and a linear orientation of settlement along transportation corridors. The distribution of population and the location of economic activity were usually influenced by the distribution of resources, ease of access, and the presence or absence of government stimulus, entrepreneurial skill, and capital. Economic development was (and still is) based predominantly on the extraction and processing of natural resources for consumption outside the region. Frontier-core interaction was characterized by outbound movements of commodities such as furs, minerals, and wood, either unprocessed or in various stages of manufacture. The introduction of resource-processing industries depended on whether there was less cost to the external consuming area, and to some extent on public policy. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate

L’objet de cette thèse est de montrer comment, en prenant invariablement appui sur la médiation des choses, Willa Cather confère à ses représentations d’espaces, à ses portraits de personnages et à la substance de son discours une densité et un relief qui rapprochent son écriture de l’art de la sculpture. Explorant pleinement le lien entre fictum et fingere, et forgeant des affinités nouvelles entre les mots et les choses, Cather inaugure une poétique des « trois dimensions ». Au sein de ses premiers romans et de ses nouvelles, Cather envisage les choses naturellement présentes au monde et celles que créent les personnages comme des intermédiaires concrets, permettant d’articuler un contact fructueux, mais respectueux, entre les êtres et l’espace et entre le discours et le monde sensible. Des vestiges Anasazi aux objets confectionnés par les pionniers et les artistes catheriens, dans l’Amérique du tournant du siècle, les choses constituent la base mais aussi l’horizon d’une approche véritablement poétique du concret. Au contact des outils et sous l’influence des mots, les terres de la Frontière, les paysages rocheux du sud-ouest et les grandes villes d’Amérique acquièrent une précision et une épaisseur sculpturales. En retour, les choses tangibles ou éthérées, ponctuant la trame du visible, influencent considérablement la forme et la teneur de la prose catherienne. Ecrivant en sculpteur, en orfèvre et en alchimiste, Cather élabore de surprenantes compositions langagières, qui non seulement renouvellent « les séductions qui nous viennent des choses » (Bachelard), mais qui confèrent aussi aux mots la densité et l’éclat de choses finement sculptées. / The aim of the thesis is to show how Cather constantly resorts to the mediating power of things in order to endow the representations of space, the portraits of her characters and the substance of her discourse with a sculptural density and relief. Exploring the link between fictum and fingere and inventing new forms of kinship between words and things, Cather creates an essential homology between her writing and the art of sculpture. According to her own words: “When a writer has a strong or revelatory experience”, he “gets a depth of picture and writes, as it were, in three dimensions instead of two”. Indeed, in Cather’s early novels and short-stories, natural and artificial things act as concrete intermediaries which pave the way for a fruitful yet respectful contact between her characters and space and between her discourse and the tangible world. From the Cliff-Dwellers’ relics to the artefacts crafted by the pioneers and artists in turn-of-the-century America, material things give rise to a genuinely poetic encounter with the real. Men’s tools and Cather’s words join to bring sculptural precision and depth to the Frontier territories, the canyons and mesas, as well as the outlines of cityscapes. At the same time, the tangible or ethereal things delineating the contours of the concrete world also shape Cather’s writing. Genuinely inspired by the sculptor’s, the goldsmith’s and the alchemist’s skills, Cather’s crafted prose not only renews “the seductive power of things” (Bachelard) or “the capacity for wonder” (Tanner), but also turns words into finely sculpted things.