Scottish History Theses: Recent submissions
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Principal Sir James Donaldson : education and political patronage in Victorian Scotland
(University of St Andrews, 1988-07-07) - ThesisThis thesis evaluates the career of James Donaldson whose life spans the long ascendancy of the Liberal Party in Scotland. Particular attention is accorded his contribution to Scottish education - at primary, secondary ... -
Making an Atlantic North Carolina : Scottish networks in the eighteenth century
(University of St Andrews, 2018) - ThesisThis thesis examines the transatlantic networks of Scottish families who settled in North Carolina in the eighteenth century. Traditional historiography has characterized early North Carolina as an isolated and underdeveloped ... -
Mechanisms of foreign trade: re-evaluating the power of the Scottish mercantile elite in the late middle ages
(University of St Andrews, 2017-02-10) - ThesisThis thesis presents a re-evaluation of the traditional narrative of power in late medieval Scotland, focusing on the power and influence wielded by the Scottish mercantile community from 1320 to 1513. The fluidity of this ... -
Scottish unionist ideology, 1886-1965
(University of St Andrews, 2018-12-07) - ThesisThis dissertation examines Scottish unionist political thought and intellectual history in the period from 1885-1886 to 1965. It provides an analytical examination of unionist positions examining such areas as political ... -
Coalminers' housing in Fife : company housing and social relations in Fife mining communities, 1870-1930
(University of St Andrews, 1993-07) - ThesisFife coal-owners owned their workers houses and controlled the processes of housing provision and allocation. They were both employers and landlords. As a result the spheres of home and work were inextricably linked. This ...