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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.

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"“A Mass Consumption of Scenery”: Nationalism, Tourism, and the Construction of Landscape in the 19th-Century White Mountains and Their Tallest Peak Mount Washington

Publication Date
2023-May-01
Authors
Clifford, Jennifer
Department or Program
Earth Science and Geography Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Open
Abstract

New Hampshire’s White Mountains are the site of some of the earliest tourism developments in the United States. In this thesis, I analyze how these developments served to re-shape and construct a new–and lasting–landscape of the region that served the...

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Do Immigrant Inflows Affect Native Location Decisions?

Publication Date
2015-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Kevin Behan
Department or Program
Economics Department
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Vassar Only
Abstract

This paper investigates the relationship between immigrant inflows and native outflows in US metropolitan areas, using data from the Current Population Survey during the period from 2005-2014. Simple linear regression suggests a significant positive effect of immigrant population growth on...

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