Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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New state, old vices : the everyday dimensions of gaming and gambling under the Portuguese Estado Novo, 1933-1974
(2023-06-15) - ThesisThis thesis explores the dynamics of class segregation as well as questions of agency and autonomy under the Portuguese Estado Novo regime through the analytical prism of adult gaming. Taking ongoing debates about the ... -
Political engagement and popular print in Spanish Naples (1503-1707)
(2023-06-15) - ThesisThis dissertation presents an exploration of the printing industry of Naples during the Spanish Viceroyalty (1503-1707). In particular, the focus will be on popular print and its role in building a relationship between the ... -
Of gardens, suburbs and the Parsi ‘middling sort’ : the case of the Dadar Parsi colony in colonial Bombay
(2022-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis is an exploration of the Dadar Parsi Colony, a middle-class ethnic enclave located in an area of colonial Bombay which emerged in the early 20th century. The thesis argues that the Dadar Parsi Colony arose as ... -
Educating girls : the case of Carlotta de Saxy - a transnational educator and reformer at the intersection between Milan, Lombardy, and the Habsburg Empire, c.1760s-1805
(2022-11) - ThesisDuring the eighteenth and nineteenth century, education, from the hands of religious congregations, single clergymen, as well as private citizens, became codified, unified, and public. Although these developments would ... -
'Those scandalous prints' : caricatures of the elite in France and Britain, c.1740-1795
(University of St Andrews, 2022-06-16) - ThesisThis thesis explores caricatures of elite individuals produced in France and Britain between 1740 and 1795. It argues that the urban public spheres of France and Britain were increasingly critical of the elite in this ...