Modern History Theses
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Recent Submissions
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Can I play with madness : American missionaries in Iran during the 1960s and 1970s
(2019-06-27) - ThesisThis thesis studied the interaction of American Protestant missionaries with Iranians during the 1960s and 1970s. It focused on the missionary activities of four American Protestant groups: Presbyterians, Assemblies of ... -
The exhibit that bombed : the Enola Gay controversy and the culture wars in the United States
(University of St Andrews, 2019-06-26) - ThesisThis dissertation seeks to place the so-called Enola Gay controversy of 1994-5 into the wider context of the culture wars in the United States. The controversy surrounded the preparations for an exhibit of the Enola Gay – ... -
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Jesuit confession and the private absolution of heresy in sixteenth-century Italy
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis offers the first extensive explanation of a unique papal privilege conceded to the Society of Jesus in 1551. This privilege allowed the new religious order to bring former heretics back into the Catholic Church ... -
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, ...
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