History (School of): Recent submissions
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Making an Atlantic North Carolina : Scottish networks in the eighteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis examines the transatlantic networks of Scottish families who settled in North Carolina in the eighteenth century. Traditional historiography has characterized early North Carolina as an isolated and underdeveloped ... -
A 'well-wisher' to man-kind? : Joseph Townsend (1739-1816) and the problem of poverty
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisJoseph Townsend’s 1786 Dissertation on the Poor Laws has achieved iconic status as the archetypical argument for abolishing poor relief. It was dismissed by Townsend’s friend Jeremy Bentham as propounding the ‘no provision, ... -
Pathways and practice : the general practitioner in nineteenth-century Dundee
(2018-08-17) - Journal articleAlthough the care of the basic medical needs of much of the population, or what might be termed general medicine, accounted by the mid nineteenth century for the work of the majority of medical men in Britain, those who ... -
The Anglo-Scottish war of 1558 and the Scottish Reformation
(2017-04) - Journal articleThe year 1558 was one of open war between England and Scotland. Previous scholarly accounts of this period have glossed over this conflict. This article first establishes the contours of the war. The failure of peace ... -
'The education of the modern king, the constitutional king' : raising heirs to the throne in nineteenth century Spain
(University of St Andrews, 2017-06-04) - ThesisThis thesis analyses royal education in nineteenth-century, constitutional Spain. The main subjects of this investigations are Isabel II (1830-1904), Alfonso XII (1857-1885) and Alfonso XIII (1886-1941) during their time ...