File F407 - Notes for a Ph.D. thesis.

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F407

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Notes for a Ph.D. thesis.

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  • 1970 (Creation)

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9 folders ; 34 cm.

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(1940-)

Biographical history

Ronald Lynton Lawson was born in Sydney, New South Wales and spent his childhood in Queensland. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) and a Ph.D from the University of Queensland Department of History. He went to the United States in 1971, at the age of 31, and served as Professor of Sociology at the City University of New York from 1977 to 2009.

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Research material and notes for a Ph.D. thesis, An analysis of Brisbane society in the 1890's by Ronald Lynton Lawson. The thesis was submitted to the History Department of the University of Queensland in 1970. The thesis analyses the society of Brisbane in 1891 and 1901. In 1967 Lawson used a structured interview technique, with a 112 questions on many aspects of life, surveying people who were children or adolescents in the city of Brisbane in 1891 and 1901. Over a period of three months Lawson interview 75 people aged 79 years and over. Questions included: when did parents arrive in Australia; the sort of dwellings they lived in; if they had servants; family roles; employment; newspapers read; diet; where was the grocery shopping done; vehicles; education; religion. This file includes the questionnaires, notes and photographs.

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  • English

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Thesis catalogued at THE1260.

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Material from this collection has been cited in:
Clark-Kistowski, E (2022). One Woman's Trash, Another's Treasure: Engendering a Late Victorian South Brisbane Archaeological Refuse Assemblage. Honours Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.

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991008581959703131

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Revised

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Revised, Linda Justo, 19-Apr-2022. Migrated from LMS: April 2019, P.A.

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