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Frontier Defense in Texas: 1861-1865

Description: The Texas Ranger tradition of over twenty-five years of frontier defense influenced the methods by which Texans provided for frontier defense, 1861-1865. The elements that guarded the Texas frontier during the war combined organizational policies that characterized previous Texas military experience and held the frontier together in marked contrast to its rapid collapse at the Confederacy's end. The first attempt to guard the Indian frontier during the Civil War was by the Texas Mounted Rifles,… more
Date: December 1987
Creator: Smith, David Paul, 1949-
Partner: UNT Libraries

Environmental Ethics, Volume 9, Number 1, Spring 1987

Description: Quarterly publication discussing various topics in environmental ethics, including features, discussion papers, book reviews, editorial commentaries, and other text related to environmental philosophies. Some issues also include announcements and other news related to the environmental studies community.
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Date: 1987
Creator: The Center for Environmental Philosophy
Partner: UNT Center For Environmental Philosophy
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Science, technology, and the Constitution

Description: This background paper summarizes and discusses major themes that are being explored in special reports the project on Science, Technology, and the Constitution.
Date: September 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Undergraduate

Description: The North Texas State University Undergraduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 234.
Date: June 1987
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries

Environmental Ethics, Volume 9, Number 2, Summer 1987

Description: Quarterly publication discussing various topics in environmental ethics, including features, discussion papers, book reviews, editorial commentaries, and other text related to environmental philosophies. Some issues also include announcements and other news related to the environmental studies community.
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Date: 1987
Creator: The Center for Environmental Philosophy
Partner: UNT Center For Environmental Philosophy

Environmental Ethics, Volume 9, Number 3, Fall 1987

Description: Quarterly publication discussing various topics in environmental ethics, including features, discussion papers, book reviews, editorial commentaries, and other text related to environmental philosophies. Some issues also include announcements and other news related to the environmental studies community.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1987
Creator: The Center for Environmental Philosophy
Partner: UNT Center For Environmental Philosophy
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A Study of the Perceptions of Students, Teachers, and Administrators of Actual and Ideal Educational Goals in Level Four Adult- Continuing Education Programs in Bangkok, Thailand

Description: This investigation sought to examine the congruence or the lack of congruence of educational goals in Level Four Adult-Continuing Education Programs in Bangkok, Thailand. The purposes of the study were to identify the actual and ideal goals of Level Four Adult-Continuing Education Programs and to determine whether any significant differences existed in the perceptions of educational goals of the programs among students, teachers, and administrators.
Date: May 1987
Creator: Jintana Sujjanun
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Catalog of North Texas State University, 1987-1988, Graduate

Description: The North Texas State University Graduate Bulletin includes information about class offerings as well as general information about the university (academic calendar, admissions and degree requirements, financial information, etc.) about research, and about the colleges and schools on campus. Index starts on page 249.
Date: June 1987
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Dispute Resolution Studies in the Institutions of Higher Learning: an Initial Investigative Study of Professors' Attitudes

Description: Conflict is present in all human relationships and societies. Throughout history, fighting has been more notable than peacemaking. Only recently have conflict resolution studies entered the mainstream of academia. Since peace is no longer an option, but a necessity, educators must become actively engaged in promoting the importance of peacemaking skills among their students. In 1986, the National Institute for Dispute Resolution funded a study of conflict resolution in higher education. Results… more
Date: December 1987
Creator: Ghadrshenass, Delavar
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Bands of the Confederacy: An Examination of the Musical and Military Contributions of the Bands and Musicians of the Confederate States of America

Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the bands of the armies of the Confederate States of America. This study features appendices of libraries and archives collections visited in ten states and Washington D.C., and covers all known Confederate bands. Some scholars have erroneously concluded that this indicated a lack of available primary source materials that few Confederate bands served the duration of the war. The study features appendices of libraries and archives collections visited… more
Date: August 1987
Creator: Ferguson, Benny Pryor
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Technologies for underwater archaeology & maritime preservation

Description: This background paper describes and assesses the role of technology in underwater archaeology and historic maritime preservation. As several underwater projects have recently demonstrated, advanced technology, often developed for other uses, plays an increasingly important role in the discovery and recovery of historic shipwrecks and their contents.
Date: September 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Environmental Ethics, Volume 9, Number 4, Winter 1987

Description: Quarterly publication discussing various topics in environmental ethics, including features, discussion papers, book reviews, editorial commentaries, and other text related to environmental philosophies. Some issues also include announcements and other news related to the environmental studies community.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: 1987
Creator: The Center for Environmental Philosophy
Partner: UNT Center For Environmental Philosophy
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North Texas State University Schedule of Classes: Summer 1987

Description: Schedule of classes at North Texas State University for the Summer semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Summer 1987
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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North Texas State University Schedule of Classes: Fall 1987

Description: Schedule of classes at North Texas State University for the Fall semester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Autumn 1987
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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North Texas State University Schedule of Classes: Spring 1987

Description: Schedule of classes at North Texas State University for the Spring emester providing a list of classes that will be offered by department, with times and locations. It also includes class indexes and other information about registration procedures, exams, tuition, and related topics.
Date: Spring 1987
Creator: North Texas State University
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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Life-Sustaining Technologies and the Elderly

Description: A report on OTA has conducted a study of a wide range of topics, some of which have recently been receiving a great deal of scrutiny inside and outside the government. In order to derive information specific enough to guide possible congressional action and to be responsive to the requesting Committees, this examination of the issues is specifically tied to particular life-sustaining technologies and their use with patients who are elderly. At the same time, much of this information is applicab… more
Date: July 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Losing a million minds: confronting the tragedy of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Description: This report involves collection of more than 10)000 pages of existing documents and preparation of more than 40 papers by outside experts under contract to OTA. Many of the OTA contract reports have been released to the National Technical Information Service or published elsewhere.
Date: April 1987
Creator: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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