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An Econometric Approach to Applied Microeconomic Theories: The Case of Natural Resource-Based Industries
(2016-04-05)
The forest products industry of Alabama has a dominant role in the state’s economy. The industry has experienced a general downturn in production, employment and number of operating establishments since the mid-1990s. In ...
Chemometric Modeling of the Structural Integrity, Chemistry and Bioenergy Potential of Elite Loblolly Pine Families and Forest Biomass
(2016-12-12)
Pinus taeda L. (loblolly pine) is the most economically important tree species in the USA. With 30 million acres in plantations in the southern United States alone, it accounts for over 50% of the standing pine volume of ...
Denomination and Dissent: Benjamin Franklin Haynes and the Travails of Methodist Identity, 1885-1925
(2016-08-05)
This dissertation explores the themes of denomination and dissent in two related denominations, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (MECS), and the Church of the Nazarene, using the life of Benjamin Franklin Haynes. A ...
"Alas for the Church of God": Southern Methodist Leaders and the Quest for Ecclesiological Identity, 1844-1876
(2016-08-19)
This dissertation traces the formation, development, and preservation of a distinctive “southern Methodist” identity by southern Wesleyan leaders during the Civil War era, and describes the tensions faced in seeking to ...
Building a Black Belt Empire: Charles H. Miller in Marengo County, Alabama, 1870-1917
(2016-05-06)
The life of planter, merchant, and politician Charles Houston Miller of Miller, Marengo County, Alabama exemplified the powerful elites who ruled the Black Belt in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Through ...