Thesis (M.Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaf 73-74) Also available in print.

Thesis (M.T.R.P.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2008.

This study compares the expropriation and assimilation policies of the French and American governments towards the Algerian and Southeastern Indian peoples in the nineteenth century. It describes in detail the policies and techniques, including sequestration and removal, which were established to deprive the indigenous people of their land for the purpose of colonial development, and also examines the various responses to it by the Algerians and Indians. Having effected wholesale confiscations by the middle of the nineteenth century, the French and American governments subsequently developed more mature policies designed to break down the traditional political and economic structures through an attack on collective property in the Warnier Law of 1873 and the Dawes Act of 1887. After a brief introduction, the first two chapters examine the background to European colonization in the two societies, including an analysis of the native society and economy. The major expropriation phases in Algeria and the southern United States are examined in the following four chapters, with a particular emphasis upon Indian removal in the United States and upon the sequence of French land legislation up to and including the Senatus-Consulte of 1863. In the final chapter, the two assaults upon tribal collective property are analysed. A brief conclusion reviews and contrasts the two processes of expropriation.

Thesis (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2002. / Adviser: Peter G. Rowe. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Bowling Green State University, 2009. / Document formatted into pages; contains xiii, 271 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Berlin.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison, 1966. / eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references.

Land plants are characterized by the alternation of two generations: the haploid gametophyte and the diploid sporophyte. As land plants evolved from bryophytes to vascular plants, the sporophyte became the dominant generation in the life cycle. The sporophytes of bryophytes are developmentally simple structures characterized by determinate growth. In contrast, the sporophytes of vascular plants diverged to become highly variable and often complex structures with indeterminate growth. KNOTTED1-LIKE HOMEOBOX (KNOX) genes encode homeodomain containing transcription factors that are key regulators of sporophyte development. KNOX genes are divided into two subclasses, class 1 and class 2. The critical role of class 1 KNOX genes in the apical growth of all extant land plants studied to date, suggests that modifications to class 1 KNOX gene function may have played an important role in sporophyte evolution. However, the nature of any such modifications is largely unknown. In this study, a number of cross-species complementation experiments were carried out to determine the extent to which class 1 KNOX gene function is conserved between different land plant groups. The role of KNOX genes in hornworts was also investigated because hornworts are believed to be the sister group to vascular plants. The work presented in this thesis demonstrates that the function of class 1 KNOX genes is conserved between lycophytes and angiosperms. In contrast, the function of class 1 KNOX genes appears to have diversified between bryophytes and vascular plants. Collectively, these results indicate increased complexity of class 1 KNOX gene function during the evolution of land plants.

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-92).

Thesis (M. Sc.)--University of Hong Kong, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 140-146).