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The Redevelopment of Canada and Japan’s Economic Relationship, 1945-1951: Canadian Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)Between 1921 to 1941, Canada and Japan were close trading partners. The end of World War II provided the two countries with the opportunity to resume their former economic relationship. However, Japan was a defeated ... -
A Region at Odds: Abortion Politics in the Maritime Provinces, 1969-1988
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)The inaccessibility of abortion services in the Maritime Provinces remains a constant topic in the media, and yet little research has been conducted to explain the barriers to the procedure in the region. Despite many ... -
Replacing Sound Assumptions: Rediscovered Narratives of Post War Northern British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Through a close analysis of a regional public radio archive, this dissertation reveals how residents of northern British Columbia defined their identities, expressed discontent, and revealed their aspirations and expectations ... -
Roman Catholic Women Religious and Organizational Reform in English Canada: The Ursuline and Holy Names Sisters in the Diocese of London, Ontario, 1950-1970
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-16)Adding to a growing body of research on women and religion in English Canada, this historical study offers a glimpse inside convent culture in 1950s and ’60s Ontario, an area seldom studied by Canadian historians. The ... -
A Russian Way of War? Westernization of Russian Military Thought, 1757-1800
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)The present study constitutes one of the first attempts to establish the extent to which Russian military thought became westernized by the end of the eighteenth century. The task is an important one in light of Soviet and ... -
Searching For Answers: A Study of the Socio-Economic Issues Affecting African American Youth in the 1980s and 1990s
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-30)The central goal of this thesis is to explore several popular "talking points" that were believed to relate to high crime rates amongst African American male youth. I argue that in many instances, issues relating to ... -
A Show of One's Own: The History of Television and the Single Girl in America from 1960
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-19)This thesis analyzes the image of the single girl in American history from 1960. The changes made to her lifestyle through technology, politics, education and the workforce are discussed, as is the impact made by the ... -
Sir John Eldon Gorst and British Social Policy 1875-1914
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)The period of Liberal rule in Britain between 1906 and 1914 is justly remembered for its social reforms. The "New Liberalism" of these years produced the social legislation which constituted the nucleus of what is now the ... -
Sovereignty Sensitivity and Diaspora Discontent: Domestic Influences on Canadian Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kosovo War
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)In 1999, Canada participated in NATO’s Operation Allied Force, a 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia meant to end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. Officially, Canada’s interests in developing its foreign ... -
Stalin’s Last Comrade: Hanna Wolf and the “Karl Marx” Party College in the German Democratic Republic
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-31)For over thirty years, the Parteihochschule Karl Marx (PHS) was under the direction of the fervent Hanna Wolf, who oversaw the training of East Germany’s Socialist Unity Party (SED) functionaries. First appointed as Director ... -
Stand Fast for Peace & Freedom: A Study of Foreign Policy of the British Labour Party in Opposition 1931 to 1940
(University of Waterloo, 2022-11-21)This thesis examines the evolution of foreign policy within the British Labour Party during its years in opposition from 1931 to 1940. It argues that Labour policy was locked in a bitter divide between idealist and pragmatic ... -
“Strictly Non-Committal”: Commonwealth Economic Cooperation and the Great Depression
(University of Waterloo, 2015-08-31)This thesis explores the effects of the Great Depression on the nascent British Commonwealth, with particular emphasis on whether economic crisis fostered cooperation or division among member states. In doing so, this ... -
Surmounting Trade Barriers: American Protectionism and the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)This thesis examines US protectionism in the 1980s from Canadian and American perspectives, and its role in Canada’s pursuit of the historic 1988 Canada-US Free Trade Agreement. It analyzes the perceived “threat” of ... -
“They Built a Kingdom”: Developing a Free Reformed Church Community in Southern Ontario, 1950-1976
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-29)This thesis investigates the establishment and development of a religious community of immigrants from the Netherlands to Canada, whose lives centered around a small denomination called the Free Reformed Churches of North ... -
Threads of Memory: A Culture of Commemoration in Kenya Colony, 1918-1930
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-05)The centenary of the First World War (2014-2018) proffered new interpretations of the conflict as a global war that stretched far beyond the Western Front. Historians of the Great War, however, have continued to characterize ... -
Three Minutes to Midnight: Civil Defense in the Late Cold War Period
(University of Waterloo, 2014-01-20)This thesis examines civil defense in the United States under the Nixon, Carter and Reagan administrations. Throughout the late Cold War period civil defense policy planners employed a philosophy of dual-use. The Defense ... -
Three Years and Two Continents Apart: A Comparative Study of the Great Sioux War and Anglo-Zulu War
(University of Waterloo, 2021-11-26)In 1876 and 1879, the American and British armies suffered extremely similar disasters at, respectively, the Battles of the Little Bighorn and Isandlwana. Though these two colonial reversals have often been compared to one ... -
To Heal the Nation: the Creation of President Ford's Clemency Program
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-03)The war in Vietnam divided America into two groups, those who supported the war and those who opposed. At wars end, the divisions did not disappear. Instead, the nation was split on the question of amnesty for draft and ... -
“To Tidy Minds it May Appear Illogical”: How the Commonwealth Evolved from an ‘Imperial Club’ to an International Organisation
(University of Waterloo, 2020-07-02)The history of the Commonwealth is vast and multifaceted. It touches on myriad fields, actors, and eras, and reaches from the local to the global. Amidst the Gordian knot of Commonwealth history this thesis is about ... -
The Transformation of a Medieval Sussex Vineyard into a Deer Park, a Case Study: The Arundel "Little Park" 1150-1400
(University of Waterloo, 2021-09-24)This thesis examines medieval deer parks in West Sussex from 1150-1400 with a thorough case study of Arundel’s “Little Park”. This paper sheds light on the common medieval English practice of imparking to understand its ...