Texans to the front: Why Texans fought in the Civil War

Grear, Charles David Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Where a Texan came from had a direct impact on why he fought in the Civil War, and, more important, where they fought. Though motivations for Texas soldiers were very similar to the rest of the South, they had one major difference, multiple localism. Multiple localism affected more Texans than residents of the rest of the Confederacy because in mid-nineteenth-century Texas was a migrant state. Since the majority of the migrants came from the old South, they had a direct connection to localities in the region. When the war started, Texans were heavily influenced by multiple localism when they made their decision to fight and the choice of which unit they would join. Texans who had recently moved to the state viewed their new state as far removed from the dangers of battles, and thus felt no pressing need for the immediate defense of their wives and children in Texas. Because there was no perceived threat to their homes in Texas, such men wanted to return to the state they had recently left, to defend the town where their parents raised them, and to defend the extended family they left behind. On the other hand, men born in Texas had little or no connection with any other state in the South. Many of them tended to join units earmarked to stay in Texas since they had no other place to defend. Texans decided to defend their old hometowns early in the war since Texas, located in the extreme west of the Confederacy, was not a major priority of the Union Army. As the war progressed, the threat to the state increased as the Union Navy established a stronger blockade and the army encroached closer to its borders. As the threat to Texas increased, so did the priority Texans placed on defending their homes, businesses, and families in the state.

Confronting a catch-22: The Guatemalan coffee economy during the era of the International Coffee Agreement, 1962--1989

Johnson, David Conrad Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Although coffee is the second most valuable commodity exported from the tropics, Latin American historians have not fully examined the linkage between its trade and domestic production. This relationship is important because throughout the twentieth century, two features of the international coffee trade significantly influenced the ability of a farmer to profit. The first connection between trade and domestic production was a chronic oversupply of coffee. Too much coffee on the world market led to low prices and stagnant coffee economies. The second link between trade and domestic production was supply shock. Periodic droughts, frosts, and wars led to sudden decreases in the supply of coffee. These cyclical events caused a rapid escalation of prices. This boom-bust cycle of oversupply followed by supply shock wrought havoc on the coffee economies of Latin America. Two organizations determined how the Central American nation of Guatemala responded to these two structural flaws in the international coffee trade. From 1962 through 1989, the International Coffee Organization established the rules of trade. During this same period, the Guatemalan National Coffee Association implemented these rules and created domestic production policies. While researching this project, two findings became apparent. The International Coffee Organization successfully reduced both overproduction and supply shock. Yet within Guatemala, only a select few were able to benefit. Organizations can control and utilize the forces of globalization for the benefit of their members. But it is incumbent on an organization to give all their members the tools to compete in a globalized marketplace. The Guatemalan National Coffee Association failed to do this, and only a small percentage of farmers who understood how trade influenced domestic production were able to profit.

Marketplace of eloquence: Nineteenth-century Calvinism and the rhetoric of oratorical culture

Fehler, Brian Matthew Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

This dissertation concentrates on an important but largely unexplored area of the history of nineteenth-century American rhetoric. An examination of early nineteenth-century journals, sermons, and course syllabi written by prominent members of the Calvinist clergy, especially the Bartlet Professors of Sacred Rhetoric at Andover Seminary, shows how an emerging oratorical culture in the United States impacted the rhetorical choices of the Calvinist clergy. Scholars generally tell the story of the history of rhetoric in nineteenth-century America from the perspective of undergraduate colleges, omitting the contributions to rhetoric made by clergy in seminaries. But some of the most important work in the field of rhetoric, especially in the early part of the century, was done at post-graduate theological schools where students were being trained for the oratorical profession of preaching. This study aims to enlarge our understanding of how the theory and practice of rhetoric changed in the face of democraticizing forces that contributed to a distinctly oratorical culture in the Early Republic. Sometimes, as in the case of the Andover Calvinists, this democratic impulse limited the privileges of formerly dominant groups. During the years following the American Revolution, Calvinist clergy saw their privileged place in American public life erode. In order to combat this trend of declining influence and to propagate their religious message, the clergy turned to the study and practice of rhetoric. The rhetorical strategies adopted by the clergy included recognizing the social importance of a series of an unexpected religious revivals that occurred in the decade following the American revolution; institutionalizing the gains they had made in the revivals of the 1790s by establishing Andover Seminary, which became a leading site of rhetorical education; advocating the study of classical rhetoric in order to combat the gains made by popular camp-meeting revivalists; and becoming leaders in the influential elocutionary movement in order to compete with popular orators. All these activities helped to define the New Divinity's position in the Second Great Awakening and to establish the study of rhetoric as central to a minister's education.

NOTORIOUS BODIES OF FAITH : HOLY WOMEN IN VICTORIAN ART AND LITERATURE (WOMEN RELIGIOUS)

SMITH, JULIANNE NELSON TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 1999 국내박사

A pastoral theology of the self that focuses on relationality

Rathbun, Richard John Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

This dissertation explores changing models for self within a postmodern context. The project specifically sets forth five areas of human knowledge: personal/clinical experience, social constructionism, self psychology, contemporary psychoanalysis, and Trinitarian Theology for the purpose of developing a constructive pastoral theology of the self that focuses on relationality. The works of Kenneth Gergen, Harlene Anderson, Heinz Kohut, Stephen Mitchell, Catherine LaCugna, and Elizabeth Johnson are discussed as pastoral theological resources for understanding the self within a relational context. While each source of knowledge defines the term relationality in various ways, there is enough commonality between the definitions to make the project a constructive critical conversation about the human self. The project suggests that the human self cannot be understood apart from its relational connections, offering an alternative voice to views of the self shaped within the context of Western individualism. The primary audience for this dissertation includes pastoral care and counseling specialists interested in exploring contemporary models of personality theory and theology for the purpose of expanding their knowledge of the field of pastoral theology and making appropriate application to their ministries. This project also contributes to theological anthropology, specifically describing the relational nature of the self as imago Dei.

THE ART OF COMMON SENSE : VICTORIAN AESTHETICISM AND THE RHETORICAL TRADITION

AGNEW, LOIS PETERS TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY 1999 국내박사

THE POETICS OF EKPHRASIS IN WALTER PATER'S PAINTED PROSE

SHAFFER, DIANA LOUISE Texas Christian University 1995 국내박사

A history of highland Guatemalan textiles: Lost opportunities and colonial legacies, 1760--1820

Abdelnur, Heather Judge Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

The economic history of the colonial Kingdom of Guatemala centers on the production and export of coffee and indigo, while leaving Guatemalan textile production and sale to anthropologists and weavers. This dissertation addresses the question of what occurred to those dependent upon the textile trade in the late colonial period between 1760 and 1820 with the intrusion of British textiles. Because of colonial demand, spinners, weavers, and merchants all depended upon this industry for their livelihood. This is also not even taking into consideration those people who could not weave or did not have the time to weave who still required cloth and clothing as a necessity of everyday living. Guatemala was aversely affected by contraband and, ultimately, legal trade in British textiles. The inexpensive, lightweight, printed fabrics demolished any need or desire for locally-produced textiles. There were sufficient resources, a large skilled labor pool, and significant demand, yet Guatemala failed to reach the level of protoindustrialization of the textile industry. This study investigates Guatemalan society through the lens of textiles to discuss the material culture of the different ethnicities and class representations of society at the close of the colonial era. Also included are the following appendices: a bibliography of works related to Guatemalan textiles to date; dates of publication for the published works related to Guatemalan textiles; a listing of nineteenth-century travelers to Guatemala organized according to date of travel publications along with their gender and country of origin; card catalog information related to textiles from 1760--1820 in the Archivo General de Centro America (AGCA) in Guatemala City; and a listing of women accused of the theft of cloth and clothing brought before the criminal courts in late-colonial Guatemala, including their names, ages, ethnicities, and marital status where available.

Becoming a Christian authentic self in a postmodern world (Heinz Kohut, Soren Kierkegaard, Catherine Keller)

Godby, Katherine Elizabeth Texas Christian University 2005 해외박사(DDOD)

소속기관이 구독 중이 아닌 경우 오후 4시부터 익일 오전 9시까지 원문보기가 가능합니다.

Despite postmodern declarations regarding the death of the self and the dissolution of meaning associated with authenticity, this dissertation argues that the process of becoming a Christian authentic self remains a viable and important concept for pastoral theologians and pastoral counselors. Integrating the thought of Heinz Kohut, Soren Kierkegaard, and Catherine Keller, this project maintains that the movement toward a Christian authentic self involves living creatively in the midst of the tensions between individuality and relationality, wholeness and manyness, and freedom and its limitations. To live in this tension requires a courageous choice to let go and trust in God.

TOWARDS A HISTORY OF CLASSICAL JAPANESE RHETORICS AND THEIR RECOGNITION IN AMERICAN COMPOSITION STUDIES

WOLFE, KATHERINE JOANN Texas Christian University 1994 국내박사