Modern History Theses
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Recent Submissions
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Rhetorics of asylum : a study on the public debate about asylum policy in Germany during the era of Chancellor Helmut Kohl, 1982-94
(University of St Andrews, 2021-12-01) - ThesisThis thesis provides the first thorough analysis of the so-called “asylum debate” (Asyldebatte) in Germany in the 1980s and early 1990s. The debate revolved around the subject of asylum policy and, in a broader sense, ... -
“The Law is open on both sides.” : the contrasting British and Swedish interpretations of the Law of Nations and its impact on the role of perceptions and reputations in the East India trade of the 1730s-1740s
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisPrevious studies of the Swedish East India Company (SOIC) have consistently demonstrated the resentment of the ‘great maritime powers’, especially Great Britain, towards new competition emerging from Scandinavia. In response, ... -
Twilight of the princes : the fall and afterlife of monarchy in southern Germany, 1918-1934
(University of St Andrews, 2021-07-01) - ThesisThis thesis is a comparative investigation into the afterlives and legacies of dynastic monarchy in southern Germany. Within a few days in November 1918, Germany’s monarchical edifice collapsed, suddenly and completely. ... -
The evolution of land tenure and the agrarian economy in nineteenth century and early twentieth century Egypt
(University of St Andrews, 1982) - ThesisWhen Muḥammad ‘Ali came to power in 1805, he undertook a drastic change in Egyptian land tenure. He abolished the iltizam or tax-farm system and seized all rizaq ahbasiya or religious endowments of agricultural land. When ... -
Out for a walk : pedestrian practices & British preservationism, c.1850 - 1950
(University of St Andrews, 2020-12-02) - ThesisThis thesis evaluates the connections between rural walking, modernity, and preservationism in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Britain. During this period, the expressed practices of rural walking were overt ...
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