W & L Historic Theses: Recent submissions
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Person' as a Family Resemblance Concept
For the purposes of this paper, the question of the concept 'person' is directed toward the use of 'person' that concerns "having or not having rights." I do not intend to pursue personality, identity, or any of the many ... -
Unofficial Dollarization and Market Integration: The Case of Latin America
This study examines the relationship between unofficial dollarization and goods market integration in the context of dollarizing Latin American nations and the United States. While a breadth of research focuses on the ... -
European Economic Community Enlargements: The Common Agricultural Policy, The Wine Sector, and Their Effects on Integration
The purpose of this paper is to address some of the problems of European integration, with particular emphasis on the Common Agricultural Policy ( CAP) and the last two enlargements of the Community. Greece joined the ... -
Knowledge Through Participation: The Epistemic Status of Religious Belief
Critical philosophy has severely restricted the role of philosophy of religion. A hallmark of the critical approach is an acceptance of Locke's epistemological ethics: belief ought not to go beyond what explicit data or ... -
Franciscan Art as Propaganda: The Conventuals and the Chapel of Saint Martin in San Francesco at Assisi
The Chapel of Saint Martin is noteworthy not only because of its subject matter, but also because of the relatively little information known about its commission and patron. This paper will not address all these issues, ... -
Chaucer and Morris as Narrative Poets: As Determined Chiefly from The Canterbury Tales and The Earthly Paradise
The aim of this paper is to treat the most prominent points of similarity and difference in these two narrative poets. The study will be based almost entirely on the masterpieces of the two poets, the Canterbury Tales and ... -
Potentiometric Titrations with Ceric Sulphate: A Thesis
These investigations indicate that ceric sulphate is an excedingly versatile oxidizing agent useful in many laboratory procedures. It has been found particularly valuable for the determination of reducing agents in the ... -
The Cardboard Sublime: Novella and Postscript
Aristotle claimed that the purpose of art is to delight and to instruct. In dealing with the latter, it is necessary to consider the virtues advocated by a work of literature. At first glance of the opening chapters, it ... -
An Inheritance of Slavery: The Tale of "Jockey" John Robinson, His Slaves, and Washington College
Much of the Washington College slaves' inner lives remain a mystery. The evidence does, of course, illuminate a great deal about the general course of their lives. John Robinson acquired and later bequeathed them to ... -
The Fabrication of Antireflective Coatings by the Self-assembly of Silica Nanopartical and Polycation Bilayers
This study examines several factors that affect the quality of antireflective coatings created by the self-assembly of alternating layers of silica (Si02) nanoparticles and poly(allylamine hydrochloride) or poly(diallyld ... -
The Role of Food Production in the Economic Development of West Africa's Sahel Region
One must not forget, therefore, that the Sahel comprises a fragile ecosystem within an area of scarce resources. Much care and understanding, that is to say "good government", is needed if these sparse , resources are to ... -
The Birth of the Modern Book: Re-reading Vollard's Livres d'artistes
Ambroise Vollard certainly treated all his book projects as works of art. He was tremendously involved in all his book projects, from choosing the literary artist and visual artist to editing the final appearance of the ... -
Jane Austen and the Feminist Tradition
The casual reader of British literature often views Jane Austen as a genteel early nineteenth-century novelist whose works focus on a young woman in her quest for marriage. These same readers would consider as quite ... -
Ayn Rand: An Individualist's Paradoxical Involvement with the Collective
Ayn Rand's paradoxical involvement with collective organizations began early in her career during her crusade against communism. Rand developed her anti-communistic ideas as an individual during her youth in Soviet Russia. ... -
Louis Marshall, M. D.: His Administration as President of Washington College
Louis Marshall was not a great educator, and probably deserved his obscurity. As an unrepentant individualist he is an interesting study. As a representative of personalized education, which was becoming unfashionable in ... -
A Study of the Preparation of 8, Mercapto, Quinoline
Edinger in 1908 reported in the German journal, Berichte der Deutschen Chemicen Gesellschaft , that he had prepared 8, mercapto, quinoline su1fonic acid with phosphorour pentachloride, thus obtaining the acid chloride of ... -
The Great Crusade: Theodore Roosevelt and the Progressive Campaign of 1912
The year 1912 was an exciting one, and the Taft- Roosevelt feud that it symbolizes is complex and confusing. Allan Nevins, in his Gateway to History, has stated the problem succinctly: "We decide by preliminary survey ...