Modern History Theses: Recent submissions
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Divergent timescapes : tracking a temporal revolution through the long nineteenth century (1750-1914)
(University of St Andrews, 2017) - ThesisDid nineteenth-century Britain experience a temporal revolution? If so, how can the course and impact of such a complex, primarily mental upheaval be effectively analysed from a focused, historical perspective? This ... -
The influence of industrial technology and material procurement on the design, construction and development of H.M.S. Victory
(University of St Andrews, 1998-06) - ThesisThe aim of this paper is to show how industrial technology and material procurement influenced the development of British warship design and construction for the period 1760 to 1830 using the construction of HMS Victory ... -
Flat floors and apple bows : evidence for the emergence of an improved merchant vessel type from the North of England during the eighteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 1999-03) - ThesisThis study provides a detailed description of eighteenth-century English merchant vessels and tests the hypothesis posed in 1962 by Professor Ralph Davis that during the eighteenth century a significantly improved merchant ... -
Ceramics carried by Spanish ships from the 16th to the 18th centuries with specific reference to collections recovered from shipwrecks in the Caribbean basin, Britain and Bermuda
(University of St Andrews, 1991-07) - ThesisThis paper records and analyses the common ware pottery finds from Spanish shipwrecks dated from the 16th to the 18th centuries. A chronological presentation of olive jar-type botijas (olive jars), Columbia Plain, and other ...