Statement of Intent

Table of Contents

Letter to the Reader

Causes of Terrorism

1-8

1959: A Progressive Look At Gender

9-12

Relationship Between Activity Levels and Educational Levels of the Eldery

13-16

Un-Romanticizing the American West: White Frontier Women's Daily Lives, 1860-1900

17-20

The Non-Tragic in a Tragedy

21-23

Mexican Identity Through the Eyes of Diego Rivera

25-32

Application of Self-Organizing Maps to Texture Visualization and Analysis

33-44

Institutions, Elites, and a Transition to the Unknown The Russian Oligarchy

45-50

The Religiosity of Young Adults The Determinants of the Religiosity of Young Adults

51-55

Subtle Strides: Mass Culture and Anti-Semitism during the Weimar Republic, 1920-1925

57-63

Desperate Times Lead to Drastic Measures: The War on Terrorism and the USA Patriot Act

65-71