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Item Keeping the Peace Between Indians and English Colonists: The Seventeenth Century Court System on Virginia's Eastern Shore(2018) Abbott, Valerie; HistoryThe Virginia mainland and the Eastern Shore had different experiences between Indians and English colonists in the opposing geographic regions. Relations between Native Americans and English colonists occupying Virginia during the second half of the seventeenth century were more positive on the Eastern Shore than on the Western Shore. Differences in the governmental structures, the physical geography, and the social structures of the regions explains these discrepancies. Specifically, the population density and size of both English settlements and Indian chiefdoms, along with the geographic obstacle of the Chesapeake Bay region, account for the more volatile relationship experienced on the Virginia mainland.Item Nature, Gender, And Dust: An Ecocritical Reading Of Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials Trilogy(2013) Robinson, Anne Marie; Khorana, Meena G.; English and Languages; Doctor of PhilosophyThe primary goal of this dissertation is to study the relationship between humans and the natural environment as perceived in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy by analyzing the prominent settings, characters, symbols, and themes from an ecocritical perspective. The secondary goal is to apply a Native American philosophical perspective--using primarily Roy Dudgeon's concept of the "inclusive circle," Hyemeyohsts Storm's concept of the Medicine Wheel, and Black Elk's unifying vision--to this analysis in order to enhance the ecocritical understanding of the trilogy. The application of the theories of identity development, ecocriticism, ecofeminism, nondualism, and Native American philosophy serve as methodology for this study. The main contribution of this study is to emphasize the usefulness of an ecocritical analysis when applied to young adult fantasy.