Liberalist and Marxist concepts of wealth are problematic to geographic understandings. Rather than producing integrative analyses of complex relationships, among often distant people, and between people and their worlds, wealth as conceived in these two traditions enforces the …
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Through a study of the history and performance of successive military regimes, this thesis examines the role of military governments in economic development, particularly the creation of a market-enabling environment in Nigeria. The key question underlying this research is: did …
This dissertation analyzes the effects of the globalization phenomenon on economic integration patterns and business cycles from three distinct perspectives. The first essay looks at the major economic linkages explaining real GDP correlations for 47 countries during the 1970-20…
The last hundred years of Ottoman rule in Syria saw the incorporation of Damascus into the world economy, the decline of traditional elites and rise of national sentiment, and the transformation of the urban fabric by growth, class stratification, new infrastructures, public spa…
Does resource wealth make for weak states? Do boom-bust cycles in the global oil market destabilize governments in exporting states? The most common answer to both of these questions has been yes. I argue that this conclusion provides limited analytic purchase on the ways in whi…
The purpose of this project was to restore the impact of Christian or biblical doctrine on wealth in the life of the believers and the church. While the current trend of preaching often minimizes the theological tenets in favor of preaching the felt needs of the contemporary aud…
“Every Man is Now in the Market” is a study of informal institutional change in medieval Liguria during the second half of the thirteenth century. Informal institutions are social rules that are enforced by commonly held values and norms, rather than by any law. The goal of this…
This dissertation includes three essays in economic history and applied microeconomics. In the first chapter, I investigate the intergenerational effects of a negative shock in wealth for African Americans by examining the failure of the Freedman's Bank. I find that children of …
The American government and its policies have a long history of racism. In particular, the historic policy of redlining is one legislation explicitly responsible for America's modern-day urban disparities. This study attempts to estimate the effect of redlining on urban disparit…
This paper examines how Greek Christian authors engaged with the topics of poverty and wealth during the second and third centuries CE - a period of major transition for the Christian Church. Beginning with the latest documents in the Greek New Testament (c. 90 - 120), this stud…
This qualitative case study examined how six educators utilized professional development training designed to foster equity in the classroom through culturally sustaining pedagogy, critical reflection, and the development of student self-efficacy. Research participants engaged i…