PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment

Presents survey results on Californians' views of the federal Gulf of Mexico oil spill response, offshore drilling, the effects of global warming, the impact of emissions regulation on the economy, and other energy and environmental policy issues

Hospitality, Hunting, and the Home in Garden and Gun: Deconstructing Southern Identity Based on Representations of Gender, Race, and Class

In my thesis, I have studied how Southern identity is formed through Southern leisure magazines, specifically Garden & Gun. I chose to narrow my focus by choosing to look only at the 2014 editions of the magazine, and I also looked primarily at the food, alcohol, homes, and hunting sections in order to be concise. Through my research, I have discovered that the magazine, although trying to be inclusive for race and gender, struggles to accurately depict the South. Instead, the magazine focuses on the primarily white, upper classes of the region, which creates and imagined reality for the reader. But, while race is not represented in sections of the magazine, gender representation (for white men and women) is always equal While researching, I discovered that in the food section of the magazine, Garden & Gun allows the kitchen to become an inclusive domain by representing men and women, white and black, equally alongside one another. So, this means that Garden & Gun, while trying to be inclusive for everyone, is unable to expand the acceptance to other sections of the magazine

Highway 61: Good Roads, Great Migrations, and Delta Blues

This thesis analyzes the social and racial factors that contributed to the cultural significance of U.S. Highway 61. First, I explore the background of road building and transportation in the United States. Next I detail the history of convict labor in the South, from convict leasing to convict labor on roads as a result of the Good Roads Movement. Third, I describe how economic and social conditions contributed to the out-migration of southerners during the twentieth century. Lastly, I analyze how social conditions spawned the Mississippi Delta blues, and how Highway 61 became a symbol of opportunity for blues musicians

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Higher Education 2010

Presents survey findings on views of higher education as a state funding priority; concerns about college costs, access, and the impact of budget cuts; support for increases in taxes, fees, or out-of-state students to maintain funding; and other issues

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government 2010

Presents survey results on how voters gathered information on the 2010 elections, made ballot choices, and participated in the citizens' initiative process and their views of state and national governments by party affiliation, region, and demographics

The Use of Imitation in the String Quartets of Béla Bartók

Bela Bartok's six string quartets are generally regarded as the next most significant works in the medium after the quartets of Beethoven. Unlike some of his contemporaries in the field, e.g, Hindemith, Milhaud, and Schoenberg, Bartok's quartets are representative of his musical growth and, as such, are worthy of equal status with those of such recognized masters as Haydn and Mozart, as well as Beethoven..

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Healthy Communities

Presents survey results on views of community quality-of-life conditions, health policy and services, support for universal health care for children and healthcare reform, and other issues by race/ethnicity, education, income, and insurance status

Hospitality, Hunting, and the Home in "Garden & Gun": Deconstructing Southern Identity Based on Representations of Gender, Race, and Class

In my thesis, I have studied how Southern identity is formed through Southern leisure magazines, specifically Garden & Gun. I chose to narrow my focus by choosing to look only at the 2014 editions of the magazine, and I also looked primarily at the food, alcohol, homes, and hunting sections in order to be concise. Through my research, I have discovered that the magazine, although trying to be inclusive for race and gender, struggles to accurately depict the South. Instead, the magazine focuses on the primarily white, upper classes of the region, which creates and imagined reality for the reader. But, while race is not represented in sections of the magazine, gender representation (for white men and women) is always equal While researching, I discovered that in the food section of the magazine, Garden & Gun allows the kitchen to become an inclusive domain by representing men and women, white and black, equally alongside one another. So, this means that Garden & Gun, while trying to be inclusive for everyone, is unable to expand the acceptance to other sections of the magazine

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government March 2010

Analyzes survey data on views on elected officials, the 2010 gubernatorial and senate races, same sex marriage, immigration and electoral reforms, the economic outlook, state budget deficit and spending cuts, and other issues by political affiliation