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This thesis examines the presence of legal institutions in the accounts of enslaved and apprenticed people who resided in the British colonies of Jamaica, Antigua and Mauritius. Focusing on the lives of three individuals, Mary Prince, ...
Food production in Muslim West Africa ensures more than mere nourishment. Food plays an integral role in hospitality and moral relationships between people. Not only do people exchange food for other gifts with each other, but husbands...
Hip-hop music has become relevant in the field of education due to the implications it contains for understanding social issues, race relations, and diversity. This study takes a look at how minority college student leaders experience...
We examined the influence of age, gender, Black vs. White ethnicity, and education on five indices of personality stability and change across an average interval of 8 years in the East Baltimore Epidemiologic Catchment Area study. In the...
This study investigated the role of personality traits and sex differences in emotion recognition. In several studies using samples with mostly young Caucasian and Asian students, Matsumoto et al.1 found strong evidence that recognition...
In two empirical articles, this dissertation investigates how a college organization of black men used the concept of brotherhood to foster personal social mobility among members. Both chapters take advantage of two years of fieldwork...
The period 1980-2000 was important for infant health in Florida and the United States more generally. This period of dramatic social change and substantial improvements in therapeutic technology has produced striking improvements in...
Objectives and Theoretical Framework This study addresses the social dynamics of associations between chronic inflammation and quality of life in older adults, as well the ability of social factors to cause inflammatory disease. It...
This thesis addresses the causes and consequences of displacement in Sudan. By focusing on the themes of sovereignty and religion throughout Sudanese history, the complex challenges of the long-standing Sudanese conflict become apparent....
This paper examines racial differences in student loan debt and concurrently assesses the potential payoffs and countervailing risks inherent in reliance on loans in a cohort of black and white first-year college students. Using the 1996...
This article outlines the historiographical importance of the International Colloquium of Women's and Gender History in Mexico, particularly in the context of the author's own scholarship, especially her dissertation. It argues for the...
The Effect of the Center of Academic Retention and Enhancement on the College Enrollment of Black Undergraduate Students at the Florida State University
College enrollment rates into institutions of higher education have increased over the last thirty years for Black high school graduates (Insitute of Education Science, 2011). However, there are many college enrollment factors that...
Marital status significantly shapes individuals' psychological well-being, though more is known about its effect on negative than positive dimensions. This study examines the association between marital status and psychological well...
Five female artists will be discussed within this essay, each from varying styles of training, cultural backgrounds, and social classes, and each approaching the documentation of the harem in a different manner: Mary Adelaide Walker ...
National income has a pervasive influence on the perception of ingroup stereotypes, with high status and wealthy targets perceived as more competent. In two studies we investigated the degree to which economic wealth of raters related to...
This research contributes to medical sociology, neighborhood research, and life course studies by synthesizing relevant concepts from each field in order to offer a more complete understanding of how and why place impacts health. This...
Puerto Ricans are a minority group that is severely understudied. Because of this, we know little about why their mental and physical health is different than other racial and ethnic groups. This is troubling because Puerto Ricans have...
Racial Disparity in the Associations of Microalbuminuria and Macroalbuminuria with Odds of Hypertension: Results from the NHANES Study in the United States
Background. Limited information is available on whether the associations of microalbuminuria and macroalbuminuria with the odds of hypertension differ among non-Hispanic Whites, non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics. Methods. Cross...
The concept of sustainability is theoretically comprised of three distinct dimensions: environmental, economic, and social. Most public and academic discourse, however, focuses on environmental and economic sustainability to the neglect...
This study used social engagement theory to examine the relationship between attending worship services and the trajectories of physical decline among Mexican American elders. Data for this study came from eight waves of the Hispanic...
This study evaluates the impact of women's decision making power and attitudes about themselves in Egypt on three dimensions of child health: stunting, wasting and underweight. This study seeks to understand how women's perceived...
Rising concerns over fatness in the United States have initiated a rise in research attending to the reproduction of fatness inequality. Prior work has documented that fat workers are evaluated less favorably and endure more weight-based...
In this paper, I examine women's maternal health care usage in Jordan, Syria and the Occupied Palestinian Territories using three different family health surveys taken in the mid-2000s: the Demographic Health Survey, the third Multiple...
Food production in Muslim West Africa ensures more than mere nourishment. Food plays an integral role in hospitality and moral relationships between people. Not only do people exchange food for other gifts with each other, but husbands...
National income has a pervasive influence on the perception of ingroup stereotypes, with high status and wealthy targets perceived as more competent. In two studies we investigated the degree to which economic wealth of raters related to...
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