Browsing by Author "Greiner, Alyson"
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Comparison of the complexities in development between Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Cady, McKenzie (2020-05-11)This study is a country comparison between the African states of Botswana and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Using a data set of selected African countries, this paper offers valuable insights into the nature of ... -
Farmers' Markets and Organic Farming in Oklahoma
Gill, Kris (Oklahoma State University, 2006-05-01)This research examines the connection between organic farming and the farmers' market in Oklahoma. It specifically addresses the barriers to the dispersion of organic knowledge and farming in the state in relation to the ... -
Ghosts of the past or relics of the future? A geographical analysis of the hand-pulled rickshaws of Calcutta
Hyrapiet, Shireen (2012-12)This dissertation was an attempt to develop a better understanding of the use and value of hand-pulled rickshaws in the city of Calcutta and the lifeworlds of the rickshaw pullers because of a ban placed on the profession ... -
Historical Geographical Assessment Of Bison Hunting on the Southern Great Plains in the 1870s
Liles, Jeff (Oklahoma State University, 2008-05-01)The trading posts serve as a general proxy for hunting activities during the bison hide hunt on the Southern Great Plains in the 1870s. The trading posts offer more stability than hunters' camps for broad conclusions about ... -
Ice Accretion on Small Unmanned Aircraft
Avery, Alyssa Shearon (2019-07)Aircraft icing is an important and complex problem. Small unmanned aerial systems are becoming increasingly common in high quality operations. The hazards of icing on these smaller aircraft are significant and primarily ... -
Identity and home in three Caribbean authors
Hira, Harbhajan S. (2020-07)The search for identity is a major theme in modern literature. It is particularly prevalent in societies that have historically been colonized where the colonizer has sabotaged the values of the colonized that are at the ... -
Langston City Herald: Race and Representation in the Construction of a Black Promised Land
Brasher, Jordan (2016-05-01)The ratification of the 13th amendment and the emancipation of African-Americans from slavery radically transformed the Reconstruction-era American landscape. Black southerners seeking to flee the institutional oppression ... -
Latinos of Tulsa: Their Place in Space and Patterns of Migration
Dent, Samuel Taylor (Oklahoma State University, 2008-07-01)This study's goal is to develop a better understanding of Latinos and Latino businesses in Tulsa. This study was created with the help of two surveys. On site interviews were conducted to acquire the majority of the data. ... -
Monumental Discourse: The Narratives on Display at Stone Mountain Park, Georgia
Thomas, Sean V. (2015-12-01)While the desire to memorialize the past is quite common, the motivations behind many memorials are not necessarily self-evident. Often � whether intentional or not � the memorialization of the past is a platform for the ... -
Mutual aid and its applications in the nonprofit sector: A case study of Stillwater nonprofits
Blew, Lydia (12/16/2022)This project explores Mutual Aid theory and both historical and contemporary examples of its practices. Then, examines the intersection of Mutual Aid practices and the practices of Stillwater, Oklahoma nonprofits. Knowledge ... -
Place-making at American Renaissance Festivals
Koehn, Stephanie Elizabeth (2017-05-01)Where can you take a picture with a knight, eat a turkey leg, and shop for a fairy costume? All this and more are found at American Renaissance Festivals. In 1963, California hosted the first recorded festival, which was ... -
Reconstructing the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 1894-1898: Landscape and settlement on the eve of allotment
Watkins, Bradley W. (2007-07)Scope and Method of Study: This study is a landscape reconstruction that examines the historical settlement geography of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma from 1894 to 1898. The primary data for this reconstruction was the ... -
Southern Man of Northern Principles: Michael C. Garber and the Political Realignment of the 1850s
Furnish, Mark Allan (Oklahoma State University, 2004-07-01)This study is a political biography of Indiana editor Michael C. Garber from 1849 to 1856. A Virginia-born Democrat, Garber purchased the Madison Daily Courier in 1849 and for almost five years filled its pages with ... -
Spatial Analysis of Membership and Success in the Kingdom of Ansteorra
Gillilan, April (Oklahoma State University, 2004-12-01)Humans study success in order to identify habits or traits of successful people and to acquire such traits. This thesis is an extension of that activity, being a study of a world-wide medieval recreation group (the Society ... -
Urban Ethnic Mosaics: an Analysis of Community Perspective in Third Ward, Houston, Texas
Carrasco, Chandra L. (Oklahoma State University, 2006-05-01)While many sociological and geographical studies have focused on specific quantitative methodologies to understand the process and development of segregation, relatively little attention has been paid to the role of ...