Elements - Spring 2007

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Elements - Spring 2007

An Historical (Inter)dependency: Mexican Migration to the United States
Matthew Hamilton

Examining the policies that have contributed to the continued migration from Mexico to the U.S. and resulted in a growing dependency between the two nations - PDF

Hunger for Peace: Egypt’s Economic Reasons to Seek Peace with Israel
David F. Bradley, Jr.

Tracing Egypt's economic status under Anwar Sadat and its incentives to seek peace with Israel - PDF

Sexuality, Sickness, Silence: The Gay Man in Contemporary Irish Narrative
Caitlin Fitzgerald

Investigating representations of male homosexuality in contemporary Irish narratives - PDF

The Act of Manumission: Correlations Between the Freeing of Slaves and Socioeconomic Status of Philadelphia Quakers
Lauren Sottile

Analyzing manumission of slaves by The Philadelphia Society of Friends - PDF

Trans-generational Trauma: The Zone of Indistinction After Mauschwitz
Rebecca Kraus

Exploring trans-generational trauma in literature written by children of Holocaust survivors - PDF

A Wealth of Evidence: The Identity of the Man Commemorated at Sutton Hoo
Dimitri Phillips

Determining the most likely candidate for the individual interred in Mound 1 at Sutton
Hoo - PDF

World War II Cookbooks: Rationing, Nutrition, Patriotism, and the Citizen Consumer in the United States and Great Britain
Jessica J. Flinn

Examining the role of cookbooks during World War II in the United States and Great Britain - PDF

Perilous Petrodollars: The Effects of Oil Wealth on Democratization
Marisa Cochrane

Investigating the relationship between oil wealth and democratic reform - PDF

Naive Juvenile Diamondback Terrapins: Kin Recognition in Controlled Encounter Experiments
Brad MacDonald & Alexis Rife

Analyzing kin recognition studies of naïve juvenile diamondback terrapins - PDF

Lessons in Sustainable Development: Monteverde, Costa Rica
Bernard Zipprich

Seeking to understand how Costa Rica has developed economically while preserving its rain forests and biodiversity - PDF

Songs of Praise and Invocation: The Orisha Sacred Songs of Trinidad
Richard Paul

Translating recorded Yoruba chants/praise songs of Trinidad over the past 65 years - PDF

Summer Undergraduate Research
Special Features

A list of 2006 Advanced Study Grants awarded at Boston College - PDF

Author Biographies

A list of contributing author biographies for this issue - PDF