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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
481

Great emergencies

DeMers, Sean David 01 May 2016 (has links)
In 1881 an assassin's bullet changes the course of American history. Could it be that Julia Sand was the only one to foresee the destiny of the country? Familiar with now President Arthur's exclusionary politics, Julia writes and urges the President to reform his ways and unite the Republican Party. Great Emergencies is a stage play about the lavish dangers of The Gilded Age, but ultimately a cautionary tale about those of us whose voices are doomed to be forgotten because of the ephemeral and apathetic nature of human history.
482

The possible cost of cost-benefit analysis to the United States government's integrity

Hynes, Edward J. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (M.A.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Philosophy, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.
483

Adaptations as imitations : an evaluative study of recent film adaptations of novels /

Griffith, James John, January 1900 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 1984. / Includes vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 279-287). Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center
484

Symbolic Exchanges: Haiti, Brazil and the Ethnopoetics of Cultural Identity

Mompoint, Myriam 12 May 2008 (has links)
This work is a comparative study of the influence of the pan-Africanist discourse of ethnographers Dr. Jean Price-Mars of Haiti and Dr. Arthur Ramos of Brazil, and its impact on the respective literatures and cinemas of the two nations. Beginning in the first quarter of the 20th Century, and stemming from a developing auto-ethnography undertaken by the two scholars, a growing concern over defining cultural identity inspired a generation of writers to appropriate ethnographic methodology and apply it to their fictional works. The discourse of representation, which looked to popular sources for inspiration (Haitian Indigénisme and Brazilian Regionalismo, or which rebelled against literary conventions (modernists of both nations), gave rise to a contentious dispute over a State-sanctioned national identity versus a cultural identity spearheaded by the literati. In looking at the battle over signification, I examine the development of an ethnopoetics in the works of such writers as René Depestre, Jean-Baptiste Cinéas, Jacques Roumain, Jorge Amado, Rachel de Queiroz, Mário de Andrade and others, that is persistently used to subvert and oppose the official discourse of the State and its allies. Following the model provided by the Indigénistes, Regionalists and Modernists, and utilizing the framework of French filmmaker Jean Rouch's conceptualization of ethnofictions, the final chapter of the dissertation examines the blurring of the lines between narrative cinema and documentary as a counterdiscursive strategy in Haitian and Brazilian films.
485

C-RAM : en amerikansk akronym eller en svensk förmåga?

Pekkari, Johan January 2009 (has links)
<p>Det här självständiga arbetet i militärteknik avhandlar huruvida Försvarsmakten, med i huvudsak redan befintlig materiel, genom en teknisk aktiv skyddslösning kan uppnå en förbättrad skyddsförmåga mot indirekt eld. Förmågan som söks är främst avsedd för, men inte begränsad till, att kunna nyttjas för att erhålla ett förbättrat skydd av Försvarsmaktens internationella camper. Därmed utgörs hotbilden framförallt av granatkastarammunition och raketer vilka inom ramen för en teknisk aktiv skyddslösning först måste kunna detekteras för att sen medge förvarning, eller ännu hellre avvärjning, innan de når sitt mål. Arbetets resultat presenteras i form av Förvarsmaktens möjligheter idag tillsammans med en rekommendation om hur skyddsförmågan kan säkerställas på något längre sikt.</p> / <p>This thesis in Military Technology deals with whether the Armed Forces, with mainly pre-existing equipment and using a technical active protection solution, can achieve enhanced protection capability against indirect fire. The capability sought is primarily for, but not limited to, the purpose of obtaining greater protection for the Swedish Armed Forces’ international camps. The threat, typically mortar ammunition and rockets, should within the framework of a technical active protection solution be detectable in order to provide early warning and preferably also interception before reaching its target. The results of the thesis are presented as possibilities for the Swedish Armed Forces today and as recommendations on how this capability can be achieved in the longer term.</p>
486

Being Towards Death of a Salesman

Klimchak, Amre L 09 August 2005 (has links)
No description available.
487

A brief history of the writing (and re-writing) of Canadian national history

Hamel, Jennifer Leigh 17 August 2009
Canadian historians periodically reassess the state of their craft, including their role as conveyors of the past to the Canadian public. With each review since the late 1960s, some Canadian historians have attempted to distance the profession from the work of those scholars labelled national historians. Three of the most prominent of these national historians were Arthur Lower, Donald Creighton, and W.L. Morton, whose work was once popular among both professional historians and the general population. Drawing primarily upon reviews of their monographs, this thesis tracks the changing status of national history within English-Canadian historiography since 1945 by examining how Canadian historians have received the work and assessed the careers of Arthur Lower, Donald Creighton, and W.L. Morton.<p> National history can be broadly defined as the history of a specific nation, more typically, a nation-state. While the specific characteristics of national history have, like other types of history, changed over time, Canadian national history in the decades following the end of the Second World War used strong scholarship and clear, readable prose to communicate a specific vision of Canada to the general public. While Lower, Creighton, and Morton applied differing interpretations to their historical research, they all employed these components of national history within their work. After the Canadian Centennial, a new cohort of baby boomer historians brought a different set of values to their understanding of history, and the interpretations so widely acclaimed during the 1950s and early 1960s failed to persuade this new generation of Canadian historians. The lasting reputation of each of these three national historians has been highly dependent on whether each scholars preferred interpretation aligns with the new values held by the new generation of Canadian historians. While W.L. Mortons western perspective fit in well with the regional concerns of the 1980s, and Arthur Lower retained a reputation as an early innovator of social history, Donald Creightons career has been remembered for the strident opinions of his later life, especially regarding the growth of Quebec nationalism and the increasing influence of the United States within Canadian national affairs. It is Creightons diminished reputation among English Canadian historians that is most commonly linked to the moniker of national history. As the gap between the postwar understanding of Canada and the post-Beatles vision for Canada continued to widen throughout the 1980s and 1990s, the Canadian historical community, on the whole, continued to equate all national history with the reactionary reputation of an aging Donald Creighton. While this simplistic view provides convenient shorthand for the genre of national history, it fails to appreciate both the substantial contributions of national historians to Canadian historiography and the widespread influence of their work on the reading Canadian public.
488

Theories of Justice to Health Care

Tobis, Jacob R 01 January 2011 (has links)
In this thesis, many topics will be discussed and a variety of philosophers will be mentioned. The main goal of this thesis is to determine a health care plan that fits with the theories of Robert Nozick, Arthur Ripstein, Norman Daniels, and Amartya Sen. I conclude that Ezekiel Emanuel’s health care plan, The Guaranteed Healthcare Access Plan, can be used as a compromise between the views of each of these philosophers. In reaching such a conclusion, I take many steps. I begin with the explanation of theories of justice and their focus. I then turn to the important distinction between rights and ethics. Next, I explain that often closely held values come into conflict with one another. Then, I turn to the specific philosophers and their theories. Beginning with Nozick, I explain the justification for a state and how this justification is important for all four of the philosophers. Afterwards, in turn, I lay out what each philosopher claims in regards to a just society and the role of a state, his justification for such claims, and the results of such claims specifically in regards to health care. Subsequently, I examine the connections between philosophers, which help me understand the ways a health care system could be instituted to appeal to all four of them. After questioning if a just society can really exist in a limited world, I decide what type of health care system such a just society should implement. Finally, I rest on Ezekiel Emanuel’s plan, which I believe should be implemented in a just society and which best demonstrates the common ground between the four philosophers I discuss.
489

Nietzsche et Schopenhauer : la pitié et ses métamorphoses

Roussil, Julie January 2008 (has links) (PDF)
Le philosophe Friedrich Nietzsche est connu pour sa critique des valeurs chrétiennes. L'objet de notre intérêt concerne particulièrement son examen du sentiment chrétien par excellence qu'est la pitié. Le philosophe la condamne en affirmant qu'au-delà des apparences de bienveillance et de compassion, la pitié n'est que cruauté et ressentiment. Cette approche situe Nietzsche parmi les "penseurs du soupçon" car il surprend sous le sens traditionnel ou courant des différentes valeurs morales un sens caché ou, autrement dit, un sens profondément enfoui dans la conscience des hommes. On dit du philosophe qu'il est un "généalogiste de la morale" car il fait justement enquête pour démasquer le sens authentique des idéaux moraux promus par le christianisme. Cette recherche met en évidence l'idée que, en ce qui concerne la pitié, Nietzsche s'adresse non pas très largement à l'institution chrétienne dans son ensemble, mais plus précisément au maître de ses jeunes années Arthur Schopenhauer. Ce dernier est considéré comme le premier penseur à avoir envisagé que l'intellect est soumis à une force obscure et englobante qui le transcende. Nietzsche lui emprunte une grande part de sa conception du monde et la rupture qu'il établit avec cette première influence est tardive dans son oeuvre. Nous découvrons que c'est très spécifiquement à la conception de la pitié telle que défendue par Schopenhauer que Nietzsche s'attaque lorsqu'il dénonce la perversion et le mensonge qui lui sont inhérents. C'est cette influence de Schopenhauer dans la critique nietzschéenne de la pitié qui est au coeur de notre initiative pour mieux comprendre l'oeuvre critique du philosophe de la "volonté de puissance" et de l'"éternel retour". Nous trouvons un grand intérêt à retracer les origines d'une pensée qui, encore aujourd'hui suscite la controverse. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Pitié, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer, Christianisme.
490

Les représentations des légendes amérindiennes peintes par Arthur Guindon, P.S.S. (1864-1923)

Jetté, Bonnie January 2009 (has links) (PDF)
L'artiste Arthur Guindon est à peu près inconnu, surtout du public et son oeuvre peint, même parmi les spécialistes des arts visuels a, à mon sens, été rapidement classé stylistiquement et fort mal interprété. Les quelques témoignages recueillis dans la fortune critique (voir chap. Il) nous montrent un artiste isolé, solitaire et autodidacte qui s'intéressait à plusieurs disciplines et a laissé maints documents écrits et peints sur son expérience auprès des autochtones. Alors que le corpus visuel de l'artiste soulève de nombreuses interrogations parmi les rares personnes à avoir contemplé les oeuvres, les commentaires demeurent assez superficiels et ne répondent pas de façon satisfaisante aux questions sur la signification des oeuvres ou le contexte duquel elles sont issues. Guindon a été classé stylistiquement comme un cas de surréalisme avant la lettre et ses oeuvres, ne faisant pas partie du circuit de l'art officiel, ont été reléguées à l'intérieur de la collection des sulpiciens, puis presque oubliées. L'objectif de ce mémoire de maîtrise est d'effectuer un repositionnement des représentations peintes de légendes amérindiennes d'Arthur Guindon au sein de l'histoire de l'art au Québec selon des critères qui débordent amplement les critères stylistiques d'après lesquels elles ont été jugées. L'analyse des oeuvres peintes de Guindon et de leur contexte de production permet-elle de repositionner le corpus de cet artiste au sein de l'histoire de l'art québécois, et plus largement, dans le contexte nord-américain? Si oui, où le positionner? Guidée par des approches et une méthodologie éprouvées et adaptées à mon objet d'étude, je tenterai de dénouer les noeuds que cette problématique pose par le recours à la mise en contexte et à l'analyse des oeuvres suivant la méthode élaborée par Erwin Panofsky. Au préalable, je dresserai une biographie de l'artiste à l'aide des nombreux documents recueillis dans les archives concernant Arthur Guindon. Après une mise en contexte historique, ainsi qu'une analyse et interprétation des oeuvres, j'en arriverai à la conclusion que les représentations de Guindon se situent plutôt à un point de convergence entre l'ethnographie (anthropologie) moderne américaine, la représentation peinte d'Amérindiens et le culte des héros de l'époque. Le corpus se rattache donc à un courant idéologique en lien avec la sauvegarde des cultures autochtones inspiré par l'anthropologie américaine et à certains aspects formels de la représentation de l'Amérindien. ______________________________________________________________________________ MOTS-CLÉS DE L’AUTEUR : Arthur Guindon, Amérindien, Mythologie, Peinture, XIXe siècle, Sulpiciens, Iroquois, Iconologie.

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