Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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The history of London Town, Maryland : a case study of an eighteenth-century Chesapeake tobacco port and its role in the colonial maritime economy
(University of St Andrews, 2003) - ThesisPresented herein is a detailed study of London Town, a tobacco port in Anne Arundel County, Maryland established during the British colonial period in North America. Long defunct, the town has been the subject of archaeological ... -
'Oradores' and 'defensores' : death in fifteenth-century Castile
(University of St Andrews, 2001) - ThesisIn this thesis I have sought to investigate the attitudes towards death held by the elite of Castilian secular and ecclesiastical society in fifteenth-century Castile, the defensores and oradores. Although many wide-ranging ... -
'Preparing for government?' : Wilhelm Frick as Thuringia's Nazi Minister of the Interior and of Education, 23 January 1930 - 1 April 1931
(University of St Andrews, 2002) - Thesis -
Solving the 'Highland problem' : Frank Fraser Darling and the West Highland Survey, 1943-1955
(University of St Andrews, 2004) - ThesisBetween 1944 and 1951, Dr. Frank Fraser Darling conducted the West Highland Survey for the Department of Agriculture for Scotland with grants from the Development Commission. He sought to solve die 'Highland problem', a ... -
Realism, rationalism and revolutionism in Iran’s foreign policy : the West, the state and Islam
(University of St Andrews, 2018-06-28) - ThesisIran’s foreign policy is consistent and is fundamentally realist with a revolutionist vision while the means are rationalist is the central argument of this dissertation. I make use of the English Schools three traditions ...