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Contents

1   Introduction and Summary 11
           1.1   Comparison of Distant and Nearby Galaxies 12
           1.2   Limitations of Current Nearby Samples 12
           1.3   Nearby Field Galaxy Survey Project Goals 13
           1.4   Outline of this Thesis 13
                      1.4.1   UBR Surface Photometry 13
                      1.4.2   Nuclear and Integrated Spectrophotometry 14
                      1.4.3   [O II]: How Well Traceth the Tracer? 14
                      1.4.4   Quantifying Appearance 15
           1.5   The Nearby Field Galaxy Survey and Beyond 15
                      1.5.1   Data in Hand 15
                      1.5.2   Observations in Progress 16
                      1.5.3   Future Observations

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2   Surface photometry of nearby field galaxies 19
           2.1   Sample Selection 20
                      2.1.1   Merits and Limitations of the Sample 22
           2.2   Observations, Reduction, and Calibration 28
                      2.2.1   Observations 28
                      2.2.2   Data Reduction 28
                      2.2.3   Calibration 29
                      2.2.4   Total Magnitudes: Extrapolation to Infinity 30
                      2.2.5   Evaluation of the Data Quality 30
           2.3   Photometric Results 31
                      2.3.1   Data Presentation 31
                      ATLAS OF IMAGES AND RADIAL PROFILES 33
                      2.3.2   Properties of Our Sample 50
           2.4   Summary 54
           2.A   Discussion of Individual Objects 61
           2.B   Calibration of the Intensity Profiles

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3   Spectrophotometry of nearby field galaxies 65
           3.1   Observations and Data Reduction 66
                      3.1.1   Observations 66
                      3.1.2   Data Reduction

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