The Bracero Programs (open access)

The Bracero Programs

The bracero programs of the 1942-1964 period have been the subject of a large amount of controversy. One side insists that foreign workers are necessary to the production of the nation's food and fiber while the other is just as certain that native workers will do the work required when paid a reasonable wage. This thesis will attempt to explore the principal issues involved in the controversy.
Date: August 1965
Creator: Allen, Donald C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Market Power in the Common Market (open access)

Market Power in the Common Market

This study involved an analysis of the competitive philosophy and market structures of the European Economic Community. The investigation was concerned with market power both within the EEC itself and between the EEC and its eighteen African Associates. Although the present Association is in part a vestige of the colonial era, its economic nature is closely related to the economic nature of the EEC. It was the object of this study to define these characteristics, showing how they evolved from forces concomitant with postwar recovery and integration.
Date: May 1968
Creator: Bays, Carson W.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Contrast of the Classical and Institutional Theories of Production and Waste (open access)

A Contrast of the Classical and Institutional Theories of Production and Waste

The purpose of this thesis is to study the writings of two schools of economic thought to bring out the theories of production, resources, and waste of resources involved and compare and contrast them.
Date: 1948
Creator: Burns, Thornton E.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Descriptive Ecological Study of Selected First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital 1960 through 1963 (open access)

A Descriptive Ecological Study of Selected First Admissions to a Private Psychiatric Hospital 1960 through 1963

Following Hawley's point of view regarding the definition and inclusiveness of human ecology, ecological data must include both a population and its characteristics and some measurements of the environment of this population. Following Hawley, an ecological investigation must select from available data and examine at least some of the relationships that may exist among these measurable population and environmental characteristics, in an effort to find and isolate the causes of mental disorders, particularly of those now called "functional."
Date: May 1968
Creator: Carroll, D. Frederic
System: The UNT Digital Library
Demographic Trends in the Older Population of Texas, 1900 To 1960 (open access)

Demographic Trends in the Older Population of Texas, 1900 To 1960

"The purpose of this thesis is to examine the age structure of the population of Texas as it existed in 1960, and insofar as possible to trace important changes and trends in the older group from 1900 to 1960. The qualification derives from the fact that at this time not all of the data from the 1960 census are available, and hence many trends can be described only through 1950. Where appropriate, the structure and trends characteristic of the total population will be described, usually for comparative purposes."-- leaf 1.
Date: June 1961
Creator: Dillingham, John William
System: The UNT Digital Library
Ministerial Roles: A Study of the Professional Roles of the Minister as they are Conceived by his Reference Group, the Church Members (open access)

Ministerial Roles: A Study of the Professional Roles of the Minister as they are Conceived by his Reference Group, the Church Members

This study is an attempt to discover the church members' hierarchy of ministerial roles and the social significance of their evaluations.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Ethridge, Franklin Maurice
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pre-Marital Environment as a Factor in the Declining Birth Rate of College Women (open access)

Pre-Marital Environment as a Factor in the Declining Birth Rate of College Women

This study is concerned with the pre-marital environmental factors that might influence the declining birth rate among college women. There have been some studies made on this subject, but none of them has taken into consideration so many variables, to the writer's knowledge, as are recognized in this survey.
Date: August 1949
Creator: Hackett, Bettye Curry
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Evolution of Capital Formation Theory (open access)

The Evolution of Capital Formation Theory

The various aspects of a social science ramify closely with one another, and so it will be necessary to inspect certain economic theories rather extensively in search of their meaningful connection with the word "capital." However, the major purpose here will be an examination of the use and potential logical use of the terms "capital" and "capital formation."
Date: August 1962
Creator: Hodgson, Richard Corrin
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Analysis of a Sample of County Welfare Families with a Record of Pregnancy Causing Increases in Welfare Expenditures (open access)

An Analysis of a Sample of County Welfare Families with a Record of Pregnancy Causing Increases in Welfare Expenditures

This is a study of families that had pregnancies while they were recipients or potential recipients of public assistance.
Date: June 1966
Creator: Hollingsworth, Bruce Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
Involvement in Admission to Two Homes for the Aged (open access)

Involvement in Admission to Two Homes for the Aged

The study reported in the thesis attempted to examine the decision-making process for the institutionalization of older people in homes for the aged. More specifically, it sought to determine who was responsible for the decisions, to discover if this responsibility was related to selected social factors, and to ascertain if it affected the adjustment of older people to the institutional setting.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Howze, Glenn Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Erath County, Texas, January 1, 1938, Through December 31, 1958 (open access)

A Study of Juvenile Delinquency in Erath County, Texas, January 1, 1938, Through December 31, 1958

The object of this study was to find out what pattern juvenile delinquency follows in small towns and rural areas.
Date: August 1959
Creator: Isbell, Phoebe B.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Economic History of the Development of the Oil Industry in Southeast Texas (open access)

Economic History of the Development of the Oil Industry in Southeast Texas

The main body of this thesis is composed of four chapters: Chapter II is concerned with the development of the oil industry in Texas prior to the discovery of Spindletop; Chapter III deals with Spindletop; Chapter IV sets forth the later developments of the oil industry in Southeast Texas or Railroad Commission District No. 3; Chapter V is the concluding chapter, complete with summary, evaluation present status and future possibilities of the oil industry in Southeast Texas.
Date: January 1952
Creator: Kennedy, Emery L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Consumer Protection in Texas (open access)

Consumer Protection in Texas

In the study, as a whole, the purpose is to present the major laws for consumer protection in Texas in the existing economy and determine the extent to which they meet consumer protection standards and where they fail to meet such standards.
Date: May 1965
Creator: Mangum, James N.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Residential Mobility and Living Arrangements of a Group of Aged Persons Prior to Institutionalization (open access)

Residential Mobility and Living Arrangements of a Group of Aged Persons Prior to Institutionalization

The purpose of this investigation, conceived in its broadest sense, was to study the living arrangements of older persons over a specific period of time in an attempt to arrive at some generalizations about the nature and changes of these arrangements as they relate to certain sociological variables.
Date: January 1963
Creator: Martin, Cora Ann
System: The UNT Digital Library
An Exploratory Study of Victim Reactions to Two Disasters (open access)

An Exploratory Study of Victim Reactions to Two Disasters

The following chapters report an exploratory study of reactions to two disasters, a tornado and floods, which struck Dallas, Texas, in the spring of 1957. Although the findings and discussion are presented in the context of a somewhat shortened version of the time sequence described above, the major emphasis is on the differential impact of the two types of disaster agents and on the reactions of victims to disaster situations.Two disasters had occurred in the Dallas area, both having a major effect upon Negro areas of residence in that city. Furthermore, a rapid, impressionistic survey of the two areas made by Doctor Harry E. Moore of the Department of Sociology of the University of Texas and Doctor H. J. Friedsam of the Department of Sociology of North Texas State University, suggested that the two areas were also homogeneous in income level and. possibly in other ways. 5 Hence, the situation presented an opportunity to study and compare the residents' reactions to two different disaster agents. More specifically, it was felt that an exploratory study to determine whether or not there was Qadifference in the responses of tho victims to the tornado and floods could be undertaken.
Date: August 1963
Creator: Miller, James J.
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Study of Opinions of a Selected Group of Ministers Toward Race Relations (open access)

A Study of Opinions of a Selected Group of Ministers Toward Race Relations

This study deals only with the attitudes held by ministers who cooperate in the Baptist General Convention of Texas.
Date: 1957
Creator: Milligan, Alfred Ray
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development of Oil in the Middle East (open access)

Development of Oil in the Middle East

This thesis discusses the development and history of oil in the Middle East. The transportation and positions of various countries are presented.
Date: May 1967
Creator: Murdock, E. Wayne
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Case Study in the Market Potential of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Compounds (open access)

A Case Study in the Market Potential of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizer Compounds

This thesis reveals trends in the fertilizer industry associated with the search for the most economical means for the production of plant nutrients, such as nitrogen, phosphorus and/or potassium compounds.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Najjab, Muhammad R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Historical Development and Current Status of Sociology in Texas Public Junior Colleges (open access)

Historical Development and Current Status of Sociology in Texas Public Junior Colleges

The purpose of this thesis is to describe the development and current status of sociology in Texas public junior colleges.
Date: January 1965
Creator: Newsom, Rollo K.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Secondary Economic Education in North Texas (open access)

Secondary Economic Education in North Texas

There has been a great deal of discussion about the adequacy or inadequacy of economic education and the amount of economic illiteracy in the United States.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Perry, William A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Employment Act of 1946: Original Intent Versus Current Interpretation, The Forces Underlying the Modification and the Implications thereof (open access)

The Employment Act of 1946: Original Intent Versus Current Interpretation, The Forces Underlying the Modification and the Implications thereof

There appears to be a vacillation from the original intent of the Employment Act of 1946. It was originally intended to serve as a tool whereby the smoothing and the easing of cyclical fluctuations of the business cycle could be facilitated. It now seems as though this tool has become one which is being used to correct those structural weaknesses which exist in the economy.
Date: January 1962
Creator: Reasoner, Harrell Edward
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Failure of the Labor Management Relations Act to Protect Bargaining Rights of Newly Certified Unions (open access)

The Failure of the Labor Management Relations Act to Protect Bargaining Rights of Newly Certified Unions

The purpose of this study is twofold. First, it will examine employer techniques used to thwart the rights of newly certified unions. Second, this study will attempt to determine the effectiveness of the Act's remedies. Some statistical characteristics of cases and firms involved in violations of the duty to bargain collectively will be evaluated. Statistics from the Board's annual reports as well as from a recent study by Philip Ross will be used. The increase of Board cases dealing with violations of refusal to bargain, the average number of violations per case, and the prevalence of other unfair labor practices will be examined. The size of firms committing the majority of violations of collective bargaining will be compared with the size of firms involved in the majority of Board certification elections. National Labor Relations Board, circuit court of appeals, and Supreme Court cases will be used to investigate the effectiveness of three of the most prevalent violations of the duty to bargain collectively used by employers to circumvent the purposes of the Act. They are (1) refusal to meet with the newly certified union, (2) engaging in unilateral activity, and (3) refusal to bargain in good faith. This study will …
Date: January 1969
Creator: Rooth, Stewart Richard
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Restricted Analysis of the Relationship between Property Tax Assessments and Electric Utility Earnings in Denton (open access)

A Restricted Analysis of the Relationship between Property Tax Assessments and Electric Utility Earnings in Denton

The primary purpose of this study will be to compare the equitableness of utility earnings as a source of municipal revenue when compared to that of property taxes.
Date: May 1964
Creator: Rudd, Edwin Derle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Comparative Study of the Theory of Distributive Justice: John Bates Clark and C. E. Ayres (open access)

A Comparative Study of the Theory of Distributive Justice: John Bates Clark and C. E. Ayres

The purpose of the present thesis, then, is to find answers to the following specific set of questions: According to Clark and Ayres, a) On what basis should the income of society be distributed? b) Are the conditions under which this goal may be achieved those which actually prevail at the present time? c) If not, what action must be taken to assure that they will prevail in the future?
Date: January 1969
Creator: Smith, G. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library