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Description: Sleeveless dress of various nylon, polyester, cotton, and blends in the form of taffeta, organza, and batiste fabrics.
Date: Spring 2014
Creator: Kawakubo, Rei
Partner: UNT College of Visual Arts + Design
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The King Arrives: Chinese Government Inspections and Their Effects

Description: This dissertation studies a critical facet of Chinese politics, inspections by higher Chinese government to villages. Principally, it looks at how village economic development determines government inspection decisions and how inspections, once conducted, impact village politics. Specifically, I argue that villages perceived as destabilizing to the Chinese regime, villages with higher levels of economic inequality and villages located at the two extremes of economic development, should see more… more
Date: August 2017
Creator: Xi, Jinrui
Partner: UNT Libraries

Roshan Laal Negi's experience in the Indian army

Description: Roshan Laal Negi describes his experience in the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and in the Indian Army. The ITBP is very much present in the area of Chhitkul village, notably due to recurring tensions with China. The recording was made in the living room of his house in Chhitkul village. His house is one of the most spacious houses at the back of the village.
Date: 2018/2022
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Roshan Laal Negi's experience in the Indian army

Description: Roshan Laal Negi describes his experience in the ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and in the Indian Army. The ITBP is very much present in the area of Chhitkul village, notably due to recurring tensions with China. The recording was made in the living room of his house in Chhitkul village. His house is one of the most spacious houses at the back of the village.
Date: October 12, 2018
Duration: 4 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Martinez, Philippe Antoine
Partner: UNT College of Information
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Constructing Taiwan: Taiwanese Literature and National Identity

Description: In this work, I trace and reconstruct Taiwan's nation-formation as it is reflected in literary texts produced primarily during the country's two periods of colonial rule, Japanese (1895-1945) and Kuomintang or Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) (1945-1987). One of my central arguments is that the idea of a Taiwanese nation has historically emerged from the interstices of several official and formal nationalisms: Japanese, Chinese, and later Taiwanese. In the following chapters, I argue that the co… more
Date: August 2018
Creator: Lu, Tsung Che
Partner: UNT Libraries
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The Effects of Family Cultural Capital on Reading Motivation and Reading Behavior in Elementary School Students with New Immigrant Background: A Structural Equation Model

Description: This study was designed to investigate the impact of family cultural capital on reading motivation and reading behavior among new immigrant children and non-immigrant children. This research used Chang and Wang's family cultural capital, reading motivation, and reading behavior questionnaire to conduct the survey. The target population of this study was students enrolled in fifth grade and sixth grade in elementary school in the fall of 2017 in Tainan, Taiwan. The sample include 414 students fr… more
Date: August 2018
Creator: Tseng, Hui Te Li
Partner: UNT Libraries
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A Conductor's Guide to Hyo-Won Woo's Choral Music as Reflected in "Oh! KOREA"

Description: The choral music of Hyo-won Woo, the composer of Oh! KOREA, is being widely performed by universities and professional choruses in Korea, as well as throughout the world. The work exhibits Woo's remarkable compositional style, which displays traditional Korean musical influences. Hyo-Won Woo's Oh! KOREA consisting of four movements, is for chorus, two pianos, and both Eastern and Western percussion instruments. Woo's Oh! KOREA employs an excellent introduction to the Korean choral repertoire fo… more
Date: December 2018
Creator: Noh, Wonil
Partner: UNT Libraries
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Mobile Learning in a Mobile World: Understanding the Views of Parents with Mobile Technology in the Singaporean Elementary Classroom

Description: Personal handheld mobile technology represents a growing topic of interest for K-12 educators. Devices such as iPads, tablets, and smartphones, in particular, are becoming more ubiquitous in society and prevalent in classrooms of children of all ages. The ease of access, combined with growing functionality and capacity of these devices creates opportunities that were previously unimaginable. Professional educators are beginning to recognize the value such devices offer for enriching and expandi… more
Date: August 2017
Creator: Riddle, Joseph R.
Partner: UNT Libraries

Oral History Interview with Tony Coalson, April 19, 2013

Description: Interview with Tony Coalson, a Army Vietnam veteran and Air America pilot from Oxford-Anniston, Alabama. Coalson discusses his early interest in aviation, education and ROTC at Auburn University, becoming an Army helicopter pilot, deployment to Vietnam, missions in II Corps, return to the US and becoming an Air America pilot, returning to Vietnam, the nature of Air America and their missions, and flying into Laos and Cambodia. In appendix are several photos of Coalson during his career, mention… more
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Date: April 19, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Coalson, Tony
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with John Stiles, May 5, 2013

Description: Interview with John Stiles, a US Air Force navigator and Vietnam War veteran from Memphis, Tennessee. Stiles discusses joining the Air Force, the RF-4 Phantom II, deployment to Udorn Royal Thai Air Force Base, flying reconnaissance missions over North Vietnam and the Ho Chi Minh Trail in Laos, being shot down and later meeting the Vietnamese pilot who did it, and Air America.
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Date: May 5, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Stiles, John
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Charles Leroy "Lee" Smith, December 20, 2018

Description: Transcript of an interview with Charles Leroy "Lee" Smith, U.S. Air Force veteran and private pilot. Smith recounts his experiences at the University of Alabama and in the US Air Force, Flight School at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, and Basic Training in Mississippi. He speaks of his assignments in Keflavik, Iceland, Red Bluff, CA, and NORAD Sector as Captain in electronics and communications. He was Certified for the F-102 at Perrin Air Force Base, Sherman, TX. He tells of his ex… more
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Date: December 20, 2018
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Smith, Lee (Charles Leroy), 1932-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, November 8, 2010

Description: Transcript of an interview with Paul Anthony Sovik, U.S. Marine Corps (1st Marine Division) World War II veteran. Sovik discusses his family life and childhood in Ohio, decision to enlist with the Marine Corps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, experiences with the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific Theater during World War II, and post-war life.
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Date: November 8, 2010
Creator: Hegi, Benjamin & Sovik, Paul Anthony, 1920-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Masanobu and Tomoko Ikemiya, August 7, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Masanobu and Tomoko Ikemiya. In the first part of the interview, Ikemiya Masanobu discusses his early life in China and Japan, and his education in the United States. He talks about religion and Zen, and sustainable lifestyles. In the second part of the interview, his wife Ikemiya Tomoko talks about her early life, and their lives together.
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Date: August 7, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A.; Ikemiya, Masanobu, 1946- & Ikemiya, Tomoko, 1956-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview With Thanh Kim Huynh, December 8, 2012

Description: Transcript of an interview with Thanh Kim Huynh, Vietnamese-born immigrant to Carrollton, Texas for the DFW Metroplex Immigration Oral History Project. Huynh discusses concerning his childhood in Vietnam; memories of the Vietnam War; experiences as a helicopter pilot for the South Vietnamese Army; evacuation to Guam; transfer to the U.S.; life in America; culture shock; settlement in Dallas-Fort Worth area; immigration process as a refugee; considering America “home;” Dallas Vietnamese communit… more
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Date: December 8, 2012
Creator: Stallings, Chelsea & Huynh, Thanh Kim, 1953-
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with William F. Collier, February 17, 2013

Description: Interview with William F. Collier, Marine veteran and Air America helicopter pilot, for the Air America Oral History Project. The interview includes Collier's personal experiences as a Marine helicopter pilot in Vietnam, living with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, living in Thailand, search and rescue missions, and the Marine Aviation Cadet program, as well as his early love of aviation, interaction with the local populations in Southeast Asia, rumors about Air America, thoughts on the Air Amer… more
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Date: February 17, 2013
Creator: Ferguson, J. Michael & Collier, William F.
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

Oral History Interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., July 31, 2015

Description: Transcript of an interview with Keith Heavrin Jr., homesteader and simple life advocate. Heavrin shares concerning his childhood; military experiences in Vietnam; love of the sea; discovering the Nearings and the Simple Life; decision to homestead in Maine; memories of the Nearings and the Good Life Center.
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Date: July 31, 2015
Creator: Pomerleau, Clark A. & Heavrin, Keith Jr., 1946-2016
Partner: UNT Oral History Program
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Our Planet, February 2010

Description: Magazine of the United Nations Environment Programme discussing worldwide environmental policies and other concerns. This issue is devoted to programs in several countries that are investing in a "green economy" in order to ensure the efficient and sustainable use of natural resources.
Date: February 2010
Creator: United Nations Environment Programme
Partner: UNT Libraries
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African American Soldiers in the Philippine War: An Examination of the Contributions of Buffalo Soldiers during the Spanish American War and Its Aftermath, 1898-1902

Description: During the Philippine War, 1899 – 1902, America attempted to quell an uprising from the Filipino people. Four regular army regiments of black soldiers, the Ninth and Tenth Cavalry, and the Twenty-Fourth and Twenty-Fifth Infantry served in this conflict. Alongside the regular army regiments, two volunteer regiments of black soldiers, the Forty-Eighth and Forty-Ninth, also served. During and after the war these regiments received little attention from the press, public, or even historians. These… more
Date: August 2017
Creator: Redgraves, Christopher M.
Partner: UNT Libraries
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