Modern History: Recent submissions
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Obligation and choice : aspects of family and kinship in seventeenth century County Durham
(University of St Andrews, 1988) - ThesisThe thesis seeks to explore alleged differences in kinship and family relations within County Durham, an area of wide geographical, social and economic diversity. A study of recognition that reveals that kinship ties ... -
Phantoms of Anglo-Confederate commerce : an historical and archaeological investigation of American civil war blockade running
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisDuring the American Civil War Wilmington, North Carolina and the Bermudian ports of St. Georges and Hamilton served as vital links in a complex trading network that developed to facilitate the exchange of southern agricultural ... -
Imperialist women in Edwardian Britain : the Victoria League, 1899-1914
(University of St Andrews, 1998) - ThesisThis thesis, based on private papers, society records, autobiographies and memoirs, newspapers and periodicals, examines one mainly female imperialist organisation - the Victoria League - and the women who ran it. It ... -
The debate on Austrian national identity in the First Republic (1918-1938)
(University of St Andrews, 1997) - ThesisThis thesis examines the debate over Austrian national identity in the interwar period (1918-1938), and deconstructs key components of national identity. These components include economic, historical, linguistic and ... -
From forest to fairway : hull analysis of 'La belle', a late seventeenth-century French ship
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisThis thesis is a comprehensive analysis of the hull remains of La Belle, a ship wrecked off the coast of Texas in 1684 during the failed attempt by Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle to establish a colony at ...