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A comparison of the existing methods of studying the stability of earth slopes
, 1959 Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1959Includes bibliographical references (leaf 15).by Salvador La Casta-Sanchez.M.S.M.S.
La Casta-Sanchez, Salvador.
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The Political Ecology of the ‘New’ Feminism in Late‐1990s Britain
Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 1990s were a vexed time for feminists in Britain. Cultural commentators declared that feminism's key battles had been won, and that given women's ascendency across various political and cultural barometers of success, the country was entering a newly ‘postfeminist’ era.
Sarah Crook
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A study of methods of determining flood damages and of evaluating flood control benefits
, 1939 Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1939Includes bibliographical references (leaf 101).by James B. Lampert.M.S.M.S.
Lampert, James B. (James Benjamin), 1914-1978.
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT During the years of the US occupation (1912–33), Nicaragua's government legally regulated prostitution. Convinced of their objectives to protect society's moral and public health, politicians embarked on a long struggle to apprehend, quarantine, and segregate female prostitutes nationwide.
Eimeel Castillo
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Settling of spheres in an oscillating fluid
, 1961 Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1961Includes bibliographical references (leaf 30).by John H. Bousman.B.S.B.S.
Bousman, John H. (John Henri)
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In this article, we ‘think with care’ about gender in Scotland in the early twentieth century, undertaking an ethnographic approach to the archive of OneKind, formerly the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection (SSPV), which has only recently been catalogued.
Elizabeth Vander Meer, Alette Willis
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The buckling load of hyperbolic paraboloid shells
, 1962 Thesis: B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1962Includes bibliographical references (leaf 85).by Samuel Tak Lee.B.S.B.S.
Lee, Samuel Tak.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
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, 1940 Thesis: M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Sanitary Engineering, 1940Appendix contains numerous pamphlets.by Henry W. Hurley and Carrol T. Newton.M.S.M.S.
Newton, Carroll T., Hurley, Henry W.
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Uncovering Biogas Outcomes: Tales of Hubris, Hope, and Failure From Southern Malawi
Natural Resources Forum, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The purpose of this article is to speak directly to biogas failure. Over the past two decades, immense amounts of money have been spent by African governments, private individuals, and most conspicuously, international aid agencies and donors, on countless biogas projects in every country on the continent.
Marc Kalina +4 more
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