Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Prior to Bolingbroke : How a ‘minor’ poet and diplomat shaped the greatest events of his day
Published 2008-01-22My thesis is an attempt to adjust the historical record in reference to one who has been for a long time considered a minor figure, and to indicate the supreme political and commercial influence of Matthew Prior (1664-1721) ...Open AccessThesis -
Neither French Nor Savage : A Sonic History of the Eastern Woodlands of North America
Published 2007-10-17Recent histories of the colonial American soundscape have offered readers the popular story of a sonic frontier between Europeans and indigenous inhabitants, in which the latter is silenced by the former’s “sensory ...Open AccessThesis -
“ Bold in the Senate House and Brave at War ” : Naval Officers in the House of Commons 1715 - 1815
Published 2007-10-17Between 1715 and 1815, 182 British naval officers sat in the House of Commons, a group hitherto unstudied in a systematic way. This thesis draws upon the work of the History of Parliament Trust to examine naval MPs’ ...Open AccessThesis -
Strange Bodies and Familiar Spaces: W. J. R. Simpson and the threat of disease in Calcutta and the tropical city, 1880 - 1910
Published 2007-10-17This thesis discusses the role of urban sanitation in tropical cities, especially Calcutta. Focusing particularly on the provision of milk, the author argues that hygienic practice, and the culture of nineteenth-century ...Open AccessThesis -
Anti–Semitism and American Immigration Policy during the Holocaust : A reassessment
Published 2007-10-05Since the publication of David Wyman's seminal monograph on the American immigration policy during the Second World War— Paper Walls: America and the refugee crisis—the historiography has been framed by a fundamental ...Open AccessThesis