Honours Theses and Postgraduate Coursework: Recent submissions
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Selfish, Timid, Tories: Boston in the American Revolutionary War, 1776- 1777.
Published 2013-01-01Historians of the American Revolution have celebrated Boston’s role in early resistance to Britain, while neglecting its post-1776 history. After the British evacuation, pre-existing social and economic problems re-emerged ...Open AccessThesis -
Corruption in Evidence: Policing Starting- Price Betting in 1930s NSW
Published 2013-01-01This thesis analyses two Royal Commissions into the policing of SP bookmaking that the NSW government issued in 1936 and 1937. These Commissions provide a window into the social history of betting and policing, as well ...Open AccessThesis -
'Harry the Ninth (The Uncrowned King of Scotland) Henry Dundas and the Politics of Self-Interest, 1790-1802
Published 2012-01-01The career of Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville underscores the importance of individual self-interest in British public life during the 1790-1802 Revolutionary Wars with France. Examining the political intrigue surrounding ...Open AccessThesis -
Australia and the Palestine Question, 1947–1949: A New Interpretation
Published 2012-12-01By 1947, the conflicting national aspirations of the Arab majority and Jewish minority within Palestine had developed into an intractable problem. The responsibility for the political future of Palestine fell upon the ...Open AccessThesis -
'A Tale of Two Haitis: Representations of an Island Republic in the American Press
Published 2012-01-01This thesis examines the representations of Haiti in the black and white American press throughout the United States Occupation, 1915-1934, and in the wake of the 2010 earthquake. It analyses how Haiti's revolutionary and ...Open AccessThesis