W & L Historic Theses: Recent submissions
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The Work Situation: A Study in Adult Socialization
The goal of this investigation is the clarification of the role which socialization plays in work groups. In order to reach this goal, this study will be divided into two areas. Of primary interest is the construction of ... -
The Use of Potassium Hydrazidooxalate in the Resolution of Racemic Ketones
Results to date look very favorable for the use of potassium hydrazidooxalate in the resolution of racemic ketones. Condensates have been made with several carbonyls, including optically active 3-methylcyclohexanone, and ... -
An Essay on Absolutism in the Renaissance
Thus we have observed the diverse paths which the renaissance rulers chose to carve their national monarchies. All of them were aided by a powerful but subordinated oligarchy, be it the Royal Council in England, le Conseil ... -
The Idea of Progress and the French Enlightenment
Lord Acton in his essay "The Heralds of the Revolution" declared that it was the combination of the American example with the influence of the French enlightenment that caused the French Revolution. Granting that generalizations ... -
A Madwoman for Every Room in the House: Eating Disorders, Schizophrenia and Other Forms of Insanity in Seven Victorian Novels
The subject of insanity, particularly in female characters, in British novels first attracted my attention while studying nineteenth century Gothic novels with my tutor in Oxford last year. I began looking at "sensation" ... -
Juan Criso?stomo de Arriaga: The Enigmatic "Spanish Mozart"
Born into this fertile musical environment in 1806, Arriaga reflects classical as well as romantic elements in his music. For his classical influences, Arriaga paid great attention to the serenity and symmetry of Haydn, ... -
A Study of the Kinetics of the Esterification of Benzoic Acid with Methyl Alcohol
The reaction between methyl alcohol and benzoic �acid to form methyl benzoate is perhaps the most fundamental of all esterification reactions. . . . The forward as well as the reverse reaction is catalyzed by protons ... -
History and the Pendulum: An Application of the Schlesinger Theory of American Politics to Twentieth-Century Mexico
Beginning with the Greeks Parmenides, Errpodocles and Polybius, continuing through unknown Mayan theologians, to the works of Vico and Hegel, cyclical theories are found throughout the historiographical canon. The tradition ... -
Paterson via the Passaic
Paterson does and says many different things but its most central concern is man and his relationship to the world. Williams adamantly believes that a sustained, immediate interpenetration between the individual and his ... -
Maurice Barre?s and French Traditionalism
Barre?s was a novelist who dabbled in the politics of the Chamber. His involvement with political organizations espousing a program of extraparliamentary action was considerable. Yet, he was first and foremost a novelist. ... -
Musico-Poetic Synthesis in Nineteenth Century Melodies
It strikes one indeed as noteworthy that the periods of greatest achievements in French lyric poetry should coincide with the periods of high development in the French chanson. In the sixteenth century the inspired lyricism ... -
The Political Philosophy and Congressional Career of John Randolph Tucker, 1823-1897
Thc career of John Randolph Tucker was indeed unparalleled by anyone of his era. His contributions have had lasting effects on Washington and Lee University, the state of Virginia and our nation. As a professor at Washington ... -
Toward the Synthesis of Tricyclic Octanes
I began my research as a continuation of the summer research of Miss Julie Kugel of Northwestern University. She worked under a National Science Foundation grant. She had begun work on synthesizing Tricyclo (2.1.l.0 24) ... -
Language and Representation in Laurence Sterne's Tristram Shandy
The self-aware form of Tristram Shandy thus separates it from novels of its own century and from those of the century that followed it. It is less evident how the novel significantly differs from more recent texts, which ... -
Flaubert et la Francaise au XIXe Siecle: l'idiot(e) de la Famille
Le 29 janvier 1857, Gustave Flaubert et son oeuvre Madame Bovary etaient mis en jugement pour l'outrage a la morale publique et religieuse et aux bonnes moeurs. Cependant, les raisons pour lesquelles on a poursuivi l'auteur ... -
Death After the Banquet: The Elegiac Unity of Beowulf
The purpose of this paper is to make a generic investigation of the poem and, if possible, reveal what it means by defining what it is. Since the poem comes from a definite and somewhat known tradition, generic criticism ... -
The History and Development of the Federal Reserve System
The Federal Reserve Act will and has proved to be one of the most constructive contributions ever made by Congress.(2) It is not in its final state, but as new problems and situations arise, substantial changes will have ... -
A Study of the Oxidation of Naphtosulfonic Acid to the Quinone
The purpose of this experiment was to determine, to a certain extent, whether the method of preparation of the 8-sulfonic acid of 2-methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone as carried out by Aaron Bendich and Erwin Chargaff [1] is of ...