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Georgian Britishness: How "Britishness" was Defined During the Reigns of the First Three Hanoverian Kings (1714-1820)
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-27)This thesis explores the development of “Britishness” or a British identity during the “long” eighteenth century in Great Britain during the reigns of the first three Hanoverian kings, also known as the “Georgian Kings”, ... -
Governing the “Government Party”: Liberal Party of Canada Leadership Conventions of 1948, 1958 and 1968
(University of Waterloo, 2012-08-30)During the twentieth century, as Canadian voters began to associate the brand of their major political parties with the characteristics of their leaders, the Liberal Party of Canada’s leadership races evolved into events ... -
Grappling on the Grain Belt: Wrestling in Manitoba to 1931
(University of Waterloo, 2012-01-10)Abstract “Grappling on the Grain Belt: Wrestling in Manitoba to 1931,” explores the history of wrestling in the geographic region now demarcated as Manitoba, from the pre-Confederation period to the Great Depression, with ... -
Graveyard of Republics: An Analysis of Torture in Counterinsurgency
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)Counterinsurgency relies on the dual instruments of propaganda and coercion. If well balanced, these instruments may convince the civilian populace that the rebels cannot win; furthermore, the agenda of counterinsurgents ... -
The great WARC adventure: Using SIPS, AIPS, and DIPS to document SLAPPs
(Society for Digital Humanities, 2016-03)This paper outlines the circumstances surrounding a libel case that was filed against academic librarian Dale Askey by publisher Herbert Richardson and his company Edwin Mellen Press, the resulting online debate, protest, ... -
If All Else Fails ... Survival: Protect and Survive and the End of the World in Thatcherite Britain
(University of Waterloo, 2020-08-10)If All Else Fails… Survival, is a thorough examination of the creation of Britain’s 1980s nuclear civil defence program, Protect and Survive. The programme’s role as a significant political and cultural influence in Britain ... -
Illusionary Order: Online Databases, Optical Character Recognition, and Canadian History, 1997–2010
(University of Toronto Press, 2013-12)It all seems so orderly and comprehensive. Instead of firing up the microfilm reader to navigate the Globe and Mail or the Toronto Star, one needs only to log into online newspaper databases. A keyword search, for a ... -
In Protection of No Woman: Consent, Illegitimacy, and Gender-Based Violence in Early Modern Somerset, 1600-1699
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-29)Over the course of the seventeenth century, 1298 women came before the Quarter Sessions to secure financial resources for the upkeep of their unborn children. These interactions with the legal system highlight the ways in ... -
In the Shadows of the Sea: the Destruction and Recovery of Zeeland, the Netherlands, 1940-1948
(University of Waterloo, 2014-09-02)This study explores the wartime experiences of the rural Dutch province of Zeeland from the German invasion in May 1940 to 1948 by a close reading of Dutch newspapers as well as Dutch government and Allied sources. It seeks ... -
Indictments, Dismissals, and Obstruction – Republika Srpska: 1992 - 2011
(University of Waterloo, 2022-01-10)This work details the transformation of the Republika Srpska from its foundation in 1992 to the election of Milorad Dodik as the entity's president in 2011. It covers the bloody birth of the RS and the role of its founders ... -
The Indigenous Ainu of Japan and the "Northern Territories" Dispute
(University of Waterloo, 2007-04-19)This thesis re-examines the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the so-called “Northern Territories” issue, through a reinterpretation of the role of the indigenous Ainu of Japan. An exploration of Ainu history ... -
Industrial Waste Management and Urban Environments in Medieval England, 1300 - 1600
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-20)This paper demonstrates how key industries impacted urban environments in late medieval England from 1300-1600CE through an examination of city laws, ordinances, and rulings. It focuses on the municipalities of Bristol, ... -
Intelligentia Spiritualis: Platonism, the Latin Polemical Tradition, and the Renaissance Approach to the Prophetic Sense of History
(University of Waterloo, 2022-07-25)This study sheds light on key figures and trends in the medieval Latin West that influenced the intellectual lives of the humanist theologians Marsilio Ficino (1433–99) and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola (1463–94), specifically ... -
Introduction to the Bash Command Line
(The Editorial Board of the Programming Historian, 2014-09-20)This lesson uses a Unix shell, which is a command-line interpreter that provides a user interface for the Unix operating system and for Unix-like systems. This lesson will cover a small number of basic commands. By the end ... -
Italiani Brava Gente? The Italian occupation of southeastern France in the Second World War, 1940-1943
(University of Waterloo, 2011-09-29)Many academic works have focused on the German occupation of France in the Second World War, both from the perspective of the occupiers and the occupied. Only a few monographs however had dealt so far with the Italian ... -
Jane Fonda's Antiwar Activism and The Myth of Hanoi Jane
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-31)This thesis examines Jane Fonda’s antiwar activism during the Vietnam War, focusing on the period from late 1969 through 1973. Her early activism was characterized by frequent protests against the war, speeches at antiwar ... -
John F. Kennedy & the Ascendancy of U.S. Counterinsurgency Doctrine
(University of Waterloo, 2018-10-01)The formation of a coherent counterinsurgency policy in the United States is often attributed to the administration of President John F. Kennedy. Indeed, through his own personal fascination and promotion of the subject, ... -
Le passage du Canada français à la Francophonie mondiale : mutations nationales, démocratisation et altruisme au mouvement Richelieu, 1944 – 1995
(University of Waterloo, 2013-08-30)This thesis argues that French Canada did not simply fragment into regional and provincial identities during the 1960s and 1970s, but was also kept afloat by the simultaneous emergence of a francophone supranational ... -
"The Least Possible Fuss and Publicity": The Politics of Immigration in Postwar Canada, 1945-1963.
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-31)This thesis examines immigration policy in postwar Canada. Its focus is on the changes to immigration policy implemented between 1945 and 1963 by the governments of Mackenzie King, Louis St. Laurent, and John Diefenbaker, ... -
Letters from the Boiler House: Conflict and Communication in a Second World War Canadian Internment Camp
(University of Waterloo, 2023-10-30)In March of 1941, two members of the Veterans Guard of Canada were court martialled for conduct “to the prejudice of good order and Military Discipline.” Their crime: passing letters, “illicit correspondence,” between a ...