Browsing UCO - Graduate Works and Theses by Author "Loughlin, Patricia"
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Paradigm shift : how the evolution of two generations of home consoles, arcades, and computers influenced American culture, 1985-1995.
Wiley, Jason T. (2016)As of 2016, unlike many popular media forms found here in the United States, video games possess a unique influence, one that gained its own a large widespread appeal, but also its own distinct cultural identity created ... -
Political economic racism : California's policy regarding its Asian immigrants.
Kent, Marcus (2011)From 1848 - 1943, California enacted a policy known as political economic racism: the act of discriminating against a particular ethnic group economically through the political process. The target of their legislation was ... -
Politics and production control : American farmers and the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Biles, Amanda B. (2011)Throughout the 1930s, the Roosevelt administration enacted numerous federal programs under the umbrella of the New Deal; among these was a series of agriculture regulations designed improve the plight of the American farmer. ... -
Resisting change : toxic masculinity in the post modern United States Armed Forces, (1980s-Present).
Webster, Joseph E. (2019)This thesis examines the changes regarding women and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) serving and toxic masculinity in the United States Armed Forces from the end of Operation Just Cause to the War ... -
Resources, radicals, and reactionaries : the first red scare in Oklahoma.
Molina, Michael (2012)The purpose of this study is to identify and explore the major events of the First Red Scare in Oklahoma, and how the distinct resources contained in the state, namely coal and oil, defined its Red Scare experience. This ... -
Silent history : reclaiming Palestinian cultural patrimony and history and using NAGPRA as a paradigm.
Babbit, Thomaira E. (2011)This study examines the nationalist tendencies of Israeli archaeological policies and practices, but also that nation's infringement on Palestine's cultural patrimony claims and identity. Despite the international community's ... -
Silk, supplies and socialism : how women exercised public power in the American West, 1890-1920
Carlson, Christine (2023)In my thesis, I reframe the long-held assumption that because women in the United States prior to 1920 were blocked from access to the vote, women did not exercise political or economic influence in their communities. I ... -
The battle of Belleau Wood : America's indoctrination into 20th century warfare.
Seldon, Kevin C. (2010)The battle of Belleau Wood serves as a microcosm of the American experience in the Great War. Several misconceptions surrounding the battle, born largely out of its propaganda value, created a legacy that overshadows the ... -
The big break : race and gender in Pawnee Bill's Historic Wild West, 1888-1913.
Vigil, Alyce (2013)Wild West shows such as that organized by Gordon William "Pawnee Bill" Lillie were the national pastime of America, and endeavored to teach Euro-Americans about life on the western frontier. Pawnee Bill's traveling show ... -
The effects of focused attention on batting performance of collegiate athletes.
Craig, Lauren C. (2013)Proper thinking is essential to effective batting in baseball and softball. However, the qualities that define "proper thinking" are unspecified and therefore require examination. That is, on what should a batter focus for ... -
The legacy of Arthur and Shifra Silberman : an unparalleled collection of American Indian painting and scholarship.
Dudley, Leigh A. (2013)American Indian art is a vibrant illustration of the individuality of Oklahoma history and a pivotal aspect of its modern identity. The Native American Art Movement of the twentieth century produced influential artists ... -
Women in Mexico's illicit economy: expendable as pennies or breaking barriers?
Perez, Lydia A. (2022)This thesis will examine how women’s roles vary throughout the economic, social, and governmental domination and influence of Mexico at the hands of the narcotrafficking organizations. The chapters of this thesis are ...