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Bearing Faith and True Allegiance: Loyalty and Reconciliation During and After the British Occupation of Charleston, 1780-1784
No full textThis thesis examines the British military occupation of Charleston during the American Revolution (1780-1782), as well as its impact on postrevolutionary South Carolina. After British forces took control of the city, they quickly sought to establish their control and attract widespread support. However, such support never fully materialized, and British policies continually sought a way to bind Charleston���s inhabitants more tightly to the Crown. The practicalities of daily life, however, meant that most individuals��� loyalties were contingent, depending on access to goods, the ability to support one���s family, and the desire for a certain degree of freedom from governmental control. The reestablishment of British Atlantic trade became a key factor in ensuring initial British-American reconciliation. However, decline in trade, the large parolee population in Charleston, and concerns about British restrictions soon dashed these hopes. This paper argues that, while the British occupation���s attempts at attracting loyalty met with initial successes, a wartime administration could never fully reestablish itself as a legitimate authority in and around the city. In the war���s aftermath, this failure and the shared experience of life under British military rule helped lay the foundation for postwar discussions of American identity.
Utilizing primary sources, such as diaries, letters, newspapers, and legal records, along with a host of critical secondary resources, this paper delves into three key aspects of the British military occupation in Charleston���commerce, prisoner of war experiences, and American reconciliation in the occupation���s aftermath. Examining these aspects of Charleston���s occupation helps answer important questions about why individuals make the choices that they do under wartime occupation and highlights the contingent nature of loyalty. The thesis also focuses on how occupation can become a means of unifying people long after the occupation itself ends
Through Patient Perspectives: Assessing Patients��� Experience With the Built Environment Across Community Hospitals in Thailand
No full textThis dissertation project replicated Phase I of the study by Stern and colleagues (2003), titled ���Understanding the Consumer Perspective to Improve Design Quality.��� While Stern et al.���s study was conducted in healthcare facilities in the United States, this project was done in Thailand during the COVID-19 pandemic, making the first replication research of its kind with a unique context. The objectives were to identify the healthcare environment features that were most important to patients and families across five community hospitals in the central region of Thailand. The researcher used a mixed-method approach that incorporated environmental assessment and focus groups, with adapted instruments Stern and colleagues (2003) developed. The results showed the similarities and differences in users��� experiences with the healthcare environment between the American and Thai cultural contexts. The significance of this research project lies in its contributions to both architectural design and healthcare practices. With a comprehensive understanding of patients��� and families��� experiences with the hospital environment, insights can be drawn to promote the development of the patient-centered built environment, help reduce administrative/payment burden, enhance the quality of healthcare design, improve healthcare quality, and alleviate caregivers��� burdens. The knowledge derived from this project enriches the empirical understanding of healthcare designs. It helps healthcare professionals and designers in prioritizing modifications to built environment features in healthcare facilities, further improving the quality of care
Amare 5: an Adult Beauty and the Beast Fanzine
No full textThis publication may contain explicit sexual literary descriptions and/or artistic depictions.Romantic stories about some of the people who share Vincent's world in the second season of the television show "Beauty and the Beast": Mouse, Jamie, William, and some others not seen in the series
