Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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England, the English and the Thirty Years' War (1618-1648)
(University of St Andrews, 2012) - ThesisThis thesis explores the role of England and the English during the Thirty Years’ War (1618-1648), and provides the first major study of the between 50,000 and 60,000 Englishmen who fought for the ‘Protestant cause’ ... -
The English provincial book trade : bookseller stock-lists, c.1520-1640
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThe book world of sixteenth-century England was heavily focused on London. London’s publishers wholly dominated the production of books, and with Oxford and Cambridge the booksellers of the capital also played the largest ... -
Shaping popular culture : radio broadcasting, mass entertainment and the work of the BBC Variety Department, 1933-1967
(University of St Andrews, 2012-11-30) - ThesisThis thesis examines the extent to which the BBC was able to shape the output of popular culture on radio in Britain, according to its own system of beliefs, between the years 1933 and 1967. This research will show that ... -
'Take me up on my proposal' : the 'Open Skies' initiative and Dwight D. Eisenhower's efforts to curb the military-industrial complex
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis dissertation examines president Eisenhower’s ‘Open Skies’ policy and its links with American defence strategy of the 1950s. Based principally on archival sources, especially the records of the Eisenhower Presidential ... -
The development of Islamic political thought in relation to the West during the mid-twentieth century
(University of St Andrews, 2011) - ThesisThis research is about the development of Islamic political thought in relation to the West during the mid-twentieth century. It utilizes the ideas and writings of the Islamic thinkers Sayyid Qutb of Egypt, Ali Shariati ...