Sökning: "Americana"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 10 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Americana.
1. Oscar Night in Hollywood : Fashioning the Red-Carpet from the Roosevelt Hotel to International Media
Sammanfattning : This study investigates the red-carpet phenomenon from a historical perspective, seeking to understand how the Academy Awards’ red-carpet became the most prominent fashion show in media culture. The connections between Hollywood and the fashion industry predate the inception of the ceremony, and so does the role of Hollywood actresses as trendsetters. LÄS MER
2. Keep them strong, keep them friendly : Swedish-American relations and the Pax Americana, 1948-1952
Sammanfattning : This is a study of Swedish-American relations between 1948 and 1952, a period of exceptional flux and complexity in international politics. In this era of recovery and integration in Western Europe, the United States became profoundly engaged in European political, economic, and military affairs. LÄS MER
3. Production, local trade and diversity of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) in the southern highlands of Tanzania
Sammanfattning : Avocado (Persea americana Mill) has a long cultivation history in Tanzania and adds to the country’s revenue through trading within (local and commercial avocado cultivars) and outside (commercial cultivars) the country. Research has been, however, scanty to characterize the country’s avocado production, local trading and diversity. LÄS MER
4. Stories of Old : The Imagined West and the Crisis of Historical Symbology in the 1970s
Sammanfattning : For all the criticism that has been leveled against cultural representations of the American West, ideas of the westward expansion and its significance have remained powerful impulses for the negotiation of history and identity. Such notions of the past, and the cultural symbology with which they can be expressed, are more or less available to writers and other cultural agents for employment in political, cultural, or literary discourse. LÄS MER
5. Genetic variation in a large game species, the moose (Alces alces) : patterns of differentiation and some management implications
Sammanfattning : Management of wildlife populations frequently involves selective harvesting, resulting in different death rates for different sexes and age groups. Such selectivity always has specific effects on the population breeding structure and can thereby affect the rate and magnitude of genetic changes with consequences on the genetic composition of the population. LÄS MER
