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Department Of Modern Languages And Civilizations, Faculty Of Humanities, University Of Genoa, Italy, Mohamed Daoud
Department Of Modern Languages And Civilizations, Faculty Of Humanities, University Of Genoa, Italy, Mohamed Daoud
An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)
This research reviews the history of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in Iran since Darcy obtained the oil concession in 1903 and then the establishment of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, which controlled the extraction and sale of oil in Iran until 1950, the year that witnessed the rise of the national trend in Iran Led by Mohamed Mosadegh, he entered into a conflict with Britain after he nationalized the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company, which London saw as a dangerous development, which prompted it to present the issue to the Security Council. Oil nationalization, and with the failure of all political attempts to …
The Peacock Dress: The Language Of British Imperialism In India, 1899-1905, Rebecca Onken
The Peacock Dress: The Language Of British Imperialism In India, 1899-1905, Rebecca Onken
Copley Library Undergraduate Research Awards
Imperialism exists in tandem with colonialism. Empires seek out colonies for their resources so they can take the wealth in those countries for their own. Rarely do empires admit this, so they require a language with which to reframe their practices. The British Raj in India exemplifies this. A narrative of exploitation is at first hard to discern, because while the British drained India of its resources and broke down its industries, they appreciated Indian art and objects too, to the point of clothing themselves in Indian textiles, as in the case of the titular Peacock dress. But this appreciation …
The Twentieth Century Downfall Of Professional Midwifery In Britain And Its Gendered Connotation, Katherine Epstein
The Twentieth Century Downfall Of Professional Midwifery In Britain And Its Gendered Connotation, Katherine Epstein
Senior Theses and Projects
No abstract provided.
"I Deny Your Authority To Try My Conscience:" Conscription And Conscientious Objectors In Britain During The Great War, Albert William Wetter
"I Deny Your Authority To Try My Conscience:" Conscription And Conscientious Objectors In Britain During The Great War, Albert William Wetter
Honors Projects
During the Great War, the Military Service Act was introduced on January 27, 1916 and redefined British citizenship. Moreover, some men objected to the state’s military service mandate, adamant that compliance violated their conscience. This thesis investigates how the introduction of conscription reshaped British society, dismantled the “sacred principle” of volunteerism, and replaced it with conscription, resulting in political and popular debates, which altered the individual’s relationship with the state. British society transformed from a polity defined by the tenets of Liberalism and a free-will social contract to a society where citizenship was correlated to duty to the state. Building …
Writing The Official History Of The Joint Intelligence Committee, Michael Goodman
Writing The Official History Of The Joint Intelligence Committee, Michael Goodman
Secrecy and Society
This article recounts the experience of a professional historian in being given the keys to the kingdom: access to the classified vaults of Britain’s Joint Intelligence Committee. This article includes some of the problems in having access, but complying with the sensitivities around official accounts, difficulties in writing a global history, or trying to make the work of a committee interesting and accessible, and of trying to determine the impact of intelligence on policy.
The Two Conversions Of John Newton: Politics & Christianity In The British Abolitionist Movement, Megan Keller
The Two Conversions Of John Newton: Politics & Christianity In The British Abolitionist Movement, Megan Keller
CMC Senior Theses
This thesis interrogated the relationship between abolition and the evangelical revival in Britain through the life of John Newton. Newton, though not representative of every abolitionist, was a vital figure in the movement. His influence on Hannah More and William Wilberforce along with his contributions to the Parliamentary hearings made him a key aspect of its success. How he came to fulfill that role was a long and complex journey, both in terms of his religion and his understanding of slavery. He began his life under the spiritual direction of his pious, Dissenting mother, became an atheist by nineteen, and …
"Queen Of All Islands": The Imagined Cartography Of Matthew Paris's Britain, John Wyatt Greenlee
"Queen Of All Islands": The Imagined Cartography Of Matthew Paris's Britain, John Wyatt Greenlee
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
In the middle decade of the thirteenth century, the Benedictine monk and historian Matthew Paris drew four regional maps of Britain. The monk's works stand as the earliest extant maps of the island and mark a distinct shift from the cartographic traditions of medieval Europe. Historians have long considered the version attached to the monk's Abbreviatio Chronicorum – the Claudius map – as the last and most thorough of Paris's images of Britain. However, scholars have focused on the document's limitations as an accurate geographic representation and have failed to consider critically Paris's representation of Britain with an eye towards …
The Ministry Of Economic Warfare: Anglo-American Relations 1939-1941, Jonathan Davis
The Ministry Of Economic Warfare: Anglo-American Relations 1939-1941, Jonathan Davis
Masters Theses
An exploration of Anglo-American relations beginning in the interwar period to American involvement in World War II. This thesis explores the actions of the Ministry of Economic Warfare and how it affected Anglo-American relations before American commitment to the allied cause. It highlights the existing economic contention that existed between Great Britain and America before the conflict and acknowledges that the Britain and American alliance that is enjoyed today was not inevitable or necessarily desired by either nation. It demonstrates through the actions of the British Ministry of Economic Warfare the paradigm shift in Great Britain concerning the preservation of …
The Union Wage Effect In Late Nineteenth Century Britain, Timothy J. Hatton, George R. Boyer, Roy E. Bailey
The Union Wage Effect In Late Nineteenth Century Britain, Timothy J. Hatton, George R. Boyer, Roy E. Bailey
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] This paper offers an historical dimension to the impact of trade unions on earnings by estimating the union wage effect in Britain in 1889-90 using data from the US Commissioner of Labor survey conducted at that time. The determinants of union status are also investigated in terms of a probit estimation using individual characteristics which may be correlated with union membership. The results of this first step are used in the computation of selectivity corrected estimates of the union wage effect. It is found that the effect of union membership on earnings at this time was of the order …
Poor Relief, Informal Assistance, And Short Time During The Lancashire Cotton Famine, George R. Boyer
Poor Relief, Informal Assistance, And Short Time During The Lancashire Cotton Famine, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] This paper presents new evidence concerning the importance of poor relief as a source of income assistance for unemployed operatives during the Lancashire cotton famine. My comparison of weekly data on the number of relief recipients in 23 distressed poor law unions with estimates of weekly cotton consumption for the period November 1861 to December 1862 suggests that the average length of time between becoming unemployed and receiving poor relief was less than 2 months. This result is shown to be consistent with available evidence on working class saving. Given the meager amount of informal assistance available to them, …
The Influence Of London On Labor Markets In Southern England, 1830-1914, George R. Boyer
The Influence Of London On Labor Markets In Southern England, 1830-1914, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] Historians have long acknowledged that London, because of its enormous size and rapidly growing demand for labor, acted as a powerful magnet for migrants from throughout southern England. However, while there is a large literature documenting the flow of migrants to London, there have been surprisingly few attempts to determine the consequences of this migration for southern labor markets. This article attempts to redress the imbalance in the literature by examining the influence of London on agricultural labor markets during the nineteenth century. In particular, the article examines the effect of distance from London on wage rates in southern …
Migration And Labour Market Integration In Late Nineteenth-Century England And Wales, George R. Boyer
Migration And Labour Market Integration In Late Nineteenth-Century England And Wales, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
[Excerpt] There is a long and well established tradition of studies analysing the pattern and causes of internal migration and assessing the degree of labour market integration in late nineteenth-century Britain. Some studies document the flows of migrants from one area to another and describe migrant characteristics and the directions of the predominant streams of migration. Others analyse the determinants of gross or net migration flows at the region or county level. The questions implicit in these studies are: How mobile was the labour force? What were the major factors which determined individual decisions to migrate? How are these factors …
Smyrna's Ashes: Humanitarianism, Genocide And The Birth Of The Middle East, Michelle Tusan
Smyrna's Ashes: Humanitarianism, Genocide And The Birth Of The Middle East, Michelle Tusan
History Faculty Research
Today the West tends to understand the Middle East primarily in terms of geopolitics: Islam, oil, and nuclear weapons. But in the nineteenth century it was imagined differently. The interplay of geography and politics found definition in a broader set of concerns that understood the region in terms of the moral, humanitarian, and religious commitments of the British empire. Smyrna’s Ashes reevaluates how this story of the “Eastern Question” shaped the cultural politics of geography, war, and genocide in the mapping of a larger Middle East after World War I.
What Did Unions Do In Nineteenth-Century Britain?, George R. Boyer
What Did Unions Do In Nineteenth-Century Britain?, George R. Boyer
George R. Boyer
The article examines the development of the insurance function of trade unions. It analyzes how such policies worked, and why union benefit packages differed across occupations. It also addresses the impact of insurance policies on union organization. Insurance benefits increased the ability of unions to attract and retain members. They did not, however, significantly increase the power of union leaders relative to employers or union rank and file.
On The Back Of The Army: A Comparative Study Of Romanization In Britain And Egypt, Renee Wiseman
On The Back Of The Army: A Comparative Study Of Romanization In Britain And Egypt, Renee Wiseman
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Romanization is the process of understanding how Rome culturally expanded beyond military actions. This study seeks to compare how Romanization proceeded in the provinces of Britain and Egypt.
Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo
Review Of Three Victories And A Defeat: The Rise And Fall Of The First British Empire, 1714-1783, Michael F. Russo
Faculty Publications
No abstract provided.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Clark M. Eichelberger, December 31, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Clark M. Eichelberger, December 31, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Clark M. Eichelberger, dated December 31, 1941. Within, Wilson responds to Eichelberger's request for suggestions on the committee to Defend America.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To The Editor Of The Waterbury American, October 30, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To The Editor Of The Waterbury American, October 30, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to the Editor of the Waterbury American, dated October 30, 1941. Within, Wilson condemns isolationist thought and argues for the continued need to support Britain in the war.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Editor Of The New York Times, October 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Editor Of The New York Times, October 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to the Editor of the New York Times, dated October 14, 1941. Within, Wilson discusses the dangers of isolationism and neutrality laws.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Franklin D. Roosevelt, July 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington Wilson addressed to Franklin D. Roosevelt, dated July 11, 1941. Within, Wilson praises Roosevelt's recent deployment of American forces to Iceland.
Letter From Amos R. E. Pinchot To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, June 18, 1941, Amos R. E. Pinchot
Letter From Amos R. E. Pinchot To Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, June 18, 1941, Amos R. E. Pinchot
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed letter from Amos R. E. Pinchot addressed to Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated June 18, 1941. Within, Pinchot responds sharply to Wilson's prior letter and its accusations of treason on the part of the America First Committee.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Amos R. E. Pinchot, June 16, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Amos R. E. Pinchot, June 16, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Amos R.E. Pinchot, dated June 16, 1941. Within, Wilson expresses his distaste for Pinchot's recent work with the America First Committee.
Rights Of Labor: It Is Allowed None Under A Nazi Form Of Government, June 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Rights Of Labor: It Is Allowed None Under A Nazi Form Of Government, June 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter to the editor of the Hartford Courant entitled, "Rights of Labor: It is Allowed None Under a Nazi Form of Government", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated June 14, 1941. Within, Wilson writes to argue against the isolationist propaganda of the "America First Committee".
"America First" Vs. America, June 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
"America First" Vs. America, June 14, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter to the editor of the Hartford Times entitled, "America First vs. America", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated June 14, 1941. Within, Wilson writes on the undermining work of the America First Committee.
Service To Hitler: Opposition To National Aims Viewed In That Light, May 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Service To Hitler: Opposition To National Aims Viewed In That Light, May 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed reprint copy of a New York Times article entitled, "Service to Hiter: Opposition to National Aims Viewed in That Light", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated May 11, 1941. Within, Wilson argues that American isolationism is inadvertently supporting Hitler and Germany.
"Government Is Sound", May 2, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
"Government Is Sound", May 2, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter to the editor of the New York Herald-Tribune later published as "Government Is Sound", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson and dated May 2, 1941. Within, Wilson writes on the need for sound leadership to protect America.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Amos R. E. Pinchot, April 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To Amos R. E. Pinchot, April 11, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Amos R. E. Pinchot, dated April 11, 1941. Within, Wilson writes of his displeasure upon seeing Pinchot's membership in the America First Committee.
Memorandum In Rebuttal Of Further Isolationism, March 17, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Memorandum In Rebuttal Of Further Isolationism, March 17, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a memorandum entitled, "Memorandum in Rebuttal of Further Isolationism", by Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson, dated March 17, 1941. Within, Wilson argues that further isolationist propaganda, in light of the passage of the Lend-Lease act, amounts to treason.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To John A. Danaher, January 27, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To John A. Danaher, January 27, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson addressed to Senator John A. Danaher, dated January 27, 1941. Within, Wilson urges Danaher to pass the President's latest bill without delay.
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To The Editor Of The New York Herald Tribune, January 9, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
Letter From Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson To The Editor Of The New York Herald Tribune, January 9, 1941, Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson
World War II Era Documents, 1939-1945
A typed copy of a letter from Francis Mairs Huntington-Wilson to the editor of the New York Herald-Tribune, dated January 9, 1941. Within, Wilson argues that America and Britain must pool their military resources to win the war.