Browsing MLAS Student Research by Author "Doster, Stephen"
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Doster, Stephen (Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-05)The zodiac, a pagan symbol believed to have originated in 7th century BCE Babylonia, appears in the floor mosaics of numerous synagogue ruins through the Palestine region, including one found in a fifth century synagogue ...
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Doster, Stephen (Vanderbilt University, 2007-05)Piracy in the Caribbean can be segmented into five distinct overlapping eras, which this paper will examine: the French Corsairs, 1500-1559 the Elizabethans, 1558-1603 the Dutch Sea Rovers, 1570-1648 the Buccaneers ...
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Doster, Stephen (Vanderbilt University, 2010-01-05)In 1955, construction began on a new apartment building located between the Via Latina and the Via Dino Compagni, two streets in southeast Rome. Workers pouring concrete for the building's foundation were surprised to see ...
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The Importation, Adaptation, and Creolization of Slave Leisure Forms in the Americas: 1600 to 1865 Doster, Stephen (Vanderbilt University, 2009)Leisure, the escape from the tedium of everyday existence, is found in all cultures including those in which slavery exists. At first glance the terms "slavery" and "leisure" may seem to be contradictory, mutually exclusive ...
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Doster, Stephen (Vanderbilt University, 2006)This paper provides an overview of Delbert Mann's life from his community theatre activities in Nashville and Columbia, South Carolina, to his work in the early days of television and his subsequent career as a film director.