Vassar College Digital Library

Vassar Scholarship

Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

Speed as Signifier: McDonald's as a Contested Space

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2015-January-01
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Those who control spaces are able to regulate what moves through them and the speed at which they do so; as such, space has a tendency of being reorganized in favor of those who move more quickly at greater expenditures...

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Whose Destiny? The Rise and Development of Place Branding in Syracuse, New York.

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2013-January-01
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This thesis explores the structural and material dominance of the Destiny USA
regional mega-mall located in the city of Syracuse, New York. It explores the development of the 6th largest mall in the 167th largest city in the nation through...

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