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Fitch-McCullough, Robin James. "Imperial Influence On The Postcolonial Indian Army, 1945-1973." ScholarWorks @ UVM, 2017. https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/graddis/763.
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The British Indian Army, formed from the old presidency armies of the East India Company in 1895, was one of the pillars upon which Britain’s world empire rested. While much has been written on the colonial and global campaigns fought by the Indian Army as a tool of imperial power, comparatively little has been written about the transition of the army from British to Indian control after the end of the Second World War. While independence meant the transition of the force from imperial rule to that of civilian oversight by India’s new national leadership, the Dominion of India inherited thousands of former colonial soldiers, including two generations of British and Indian officers indoctrinated in military and cultural practices developed in the United Kingdom, in colonial India and across the British Empire.
The goal of this paper is to examine the legacy of the British Empire on the narrative, ethos, culture, tactics and strategies employed by the Indian Army after 1945, when the army began to transition from British to Indian rule, up to 1973 when the government of India reinstituted the imperial rank of Field Marshal. While other former imperial officers would continue to serve in the army up to the end of the 20th century, the first thirty years after independence were a formative period in the history of the Indian Army, that saw it fight four major wars and see the final departure of white British officers from its ranks. While it became during this time a truly national army, the years after independence were one in which its legacy as an arm of imperial power was debated, and eventually transformed into a key component of military identity in the post-colonial era.
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Ooh, Che Chang. "Wartime currency stabilisation in China 1937-1941 : economic expediency and political reality." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.312487.
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Kwok, David. "Underworld justice in Imperial China and its continuing influence in Hong Kong." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:ea37d049-21b2-4a3d-895f-4311d0c1d89a.
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This thesis explores the imagery of underworld justice, and its associated beliefs and practices, as they developed throughout Chinese imperial history. Certain elements of the Chinese imperial legal system, including judges and trials, and laws and codes, were borrowed by the Daoists and applied to their construct of the afterlife. Underworld justice beliefs and practices flourished throughout China's imperial past, and are still influential to some devotees in today's Hong Kong. Among the various questions that are explored, this thesis examines the place of underworld justice in the legal consciousness, or everyday law, of the devotees in contemporary Hong Kong. There are two dimensions to this thesis: historical and empirical. In the historical part, I trace the development of underworld justice beliefs and practices in imperial China. I analyse some of the characteristics and rituals of underworld justice, and relate them to the imperial laws and procedures upon which they were modelled. Such tracing allows us to discern the considerable overlap between the imperial legal system and underworld justice beliefs and practices. In the empirical part, I present data gathered at mainly three City God temples in Hong Kong. Such data involve conversations with Daoist and Buddhist priests, temple keepers and devotees. The data gathered not only shed light on the general state of City God veneration in contemporary Hong Kong, but also the influence of underworld justice on the devotees' understanding of law. The data reveal that the studied devotees regard underworld justice, which administers the law of karma, as superior to the state legal system. Hence, underworld justice is not considered as an informal dispute resolution process alternative to that of the state, but as a mechanism that can intervene in court cases, due to its being more authoritative.
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Metze, Stefanie. "An imperial enlightenment? : notions of India and the literati of Edinburgh, 1723-1791." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2011. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=179528.
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This dissertation highlights the influence of the extension of Empire in India on Enlightenment in Scotland. It argues, consistently, that an ever increasing contact with the Eastern parts of Empire over the eighteenth century created productive tensions between the personal, material and intellectual worlds of the Edinburgh literati. Scottish thinkers stood in close contact to one another and congregated in the Select Society and the Poker Club. Beyond the domestic boundaries, they had practical and personal interests in contemporary events in the East Indies. All had relatives or acquaintances in India and were all correspondents of Sir John Macpherson, Governor-General of India (1785-6). The dissertation shows that a revision of civic humanism on the one hand and scientific Whiggism on the other, found their main dilemma in “luxury” and “despotism” respectively. Both of these concepts were intrinsically connected with the perception of India at the beginning of the eighteenth century. One of the outcomes of the literati’s personal and intellectual engagement with India was the different solutions for the regulation of Empire. Ferguson, following the tradition of civic humanism, argued for the importance of civic virtue in order to maintain Empire. His thoughts stood in stark contrast to Smith, Hume and particularly Robertson. Vigour, instead of civic virtue, needed to be developed and strengthened. No monolithic canon of how Empire could be sustained was developed by these men, but all were involved in squaring the circle of improvement through Empire. The constant interplay between domestic, cosmopolitan and imperial spheres suggests that Enlightenment had an imperial nature, which is highlighted in relation to the literati’s particular investigation of “luxury” and “despotism” and their positive perception of Nabobs. Moreover, the dissertation emphasises that Edinburgh associations can not only be viewed as pillars of Enlightenment in Scotland, but also as networks and the gateways to Empire from at least the 1760s. The evidence assembled suggests that men like Ferguson and Robertson were active players in a world which was intellectually and practically shaped by Empire.
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Sagramoso, Domitilla. "Russia's geopolitical orientation towards the former Soviet states : was Russia able to discard its imperial legacy?" Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2000. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1348746/.
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This thesis analyses Russia's military, economic and diplomatic policies towards the newly independent states, particularly towards the members of the CIS, during Boris Yeltsin's first term as President of an independent Russia (December 1991 to July 1996). The objective is to determine whether after the collapse of the Soviet Union the new Russian state tried to restore a sphere of influence or informal empire over the former Soviet republics - as the French did in sub-Saharan Africa after decolonisation - or whether instead Russia's policies reflected a genuine desire to establish normal state-to-state relations with the new states. Chapter one analyses the underlying principles of Russia's foreign policy towards the former Soviet states and examines the debate on Russian foreign policy priorities which took place during the first years of Russia's independence. This section also overviews Russia's policies towards the Russian minorities that inhabit the Baltic states, in order to determine whether Russia attempted to use this diplomatic tool to further its own interests in the area. Chapter two analyses the peculiar structure of the Commonwealth of Independent States and the extent to which Russia used this political framework to achieve hegemony over the former Soviet republics. Chapter three looks at Russia's participation in the wars in Transdniestria, Abkhazia, Nagorno-Karabagh, and Tajikistan, and Chapter four analyses Russia's energy trade with Ukraine, Belarus, and the Caspian states. The thesis reaches the conclusion that during 1992- mid 1996 Russia's policies only partially reflected an attempt to reassert the country's influence over the republics of the former Soviet Union and create an informal empire in the post-Soviet space. Russia's behaviour was particularly assertive in the military field as well as in its attempts to build a Russian dominated CIS military infrastructure. However, Russia's policies were less aggressive in the economic sphere, except probably as far as energy policy is concerned, and regarding the fate of Russians living beyond the new borders. More often than not, though, Russia's policies followed an ambivalent and incoherent pattern, a result of the weak and fragmented character of the Russian state.
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Kennedy, Gregory C. "Imperial crossroad, the influence of the Far East on Anglo-American relations, 1933-1939." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape17/PQDD_0010/NQ29054.pdf.
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Slovak, Nicole Marie. "Examining imperial influence on Peru's central coast : isotopic and cultural analyses of Middle Horizon burials at Ancón /." May be available electronically:, 2007. http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTU1MTUmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=12498.
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Klein, Konstantin Matthias. "Building the city of God : imperial patronage and local influence in Jerusalem from Throdosius I to Justinian (379-565 AD)." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2016. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d7c9c052-9975-4cd6-939f-af3028894751.
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This thesis offers a fresh study of the sources on the history of the city of Jerusalem in the period between the reigns of the Roman emperors Theodosius the Great and Justinian I. In the Holy Land, this period roughly coincides with the arrival of St Jerome in 385 and the completion of Jerusalem's last major church building before the Persian and Muslim conquests, the Nea church, dedicated in 543. One of the main aims of this thesis is to investigate the role of imperial patronage in the city and contrast it with the growing influence of local actors, i.e. bishops, monks, and rich pilgrims who settled there. My reading of the sources makes clear that Jerusalem and the imperial court were more closely connected than previously assumed. This manifested itself not only in imperial building projects, but also in the exchange of theological concepts and ideas. One of my key findings about this traffic is that the cult of saints was introduced to Jerusalem from Constantinople, while, in contrast, the veneration of the Virgin Mary originated in the holy city and reached the capital from there. The thesis offers a new interpretation of patriarchal politics in the times of the Christological controversies following the Council of Chalcedon (451) and of the political self-perception of Jerusalem from the beginning of the sixth century onwards, when the city with its loca sancta entered into a new form of relationship with the emperor Justinian, who bestowed his favour on Jerusalem in the form of imperial donations in return for the support of his ecclesiastical policies by the clergy and monks of Jerusalem.
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Koot, Christian J. "In pursuit of profit persistent Dutch influence on the inter-imperial trade of New York and the English Leeward Islands, 1621--1689 /." Access to citation, abstract and download form provided by ProQuest Information and Learning Company; downloadable PDF file 1642Mb, 478 p, 2005. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3181854.
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Main, Robert W. "Mob Politics: The Political Influence of the Circus Factions in the Eastern Empire from the Reign of Leo I to Heraclius (457-641)." Thèse, Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/26165.
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This paper seeks to continue the research started by scholars such as W. Liebeschuetz and P. Bell in order to challenge the traditional argument put forth by Al. Cameron, namely that the circus factions did not have a political role in society. The objective of this study is to examine the political importance of the circus factions from the reign of Anastasius (491-518) to Heraclius (610-641). Furthermore, it explores the political motivations behind the factions’ violent behaviour, the evidence for their involvement in the military, and their role in accession ceremonies. The methodology includes establishing a typology for sixth century riots, an examination of the hippodrome and its role as a medium between people and emperor, tracing the shift in the focus of imperial ideology, and a re-evaluation of the primary sources, with a focus on the literary and epigraphic evidence, to determine if there was a political aspect to the factions. The study concludes that Cameron did undervalue the factions’ political importance and outlines the conditions that were influential in their rise in importance.
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Kinnett, Forest Randolph. ""Now His Time Really Seems to Have Come": Ideas about Mahler's Music in Late Imperial and First Republic Vienna." Thesis, connect to online resource, 2009. http://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12141.
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Clark, Robert H. Jr. "Towards an imperial architecture." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1987. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23986.
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Chomiak, Amanda, and University of Lethbridge Faculty of Arts and Science. "Eastern religious influences in the imperial Roman Army." Thesis, Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Department of History, 2008, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10133/773.
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Religion was an important, and unifying element of the imperial Roman army.
The imperial cult created and maintained a bond among the troops. Studying the specific
cults of Mithra, Jupiter Dolichenus and Sol Invictus is also valuable, as they reflect
Romanization, illustrate cult movement in the empire and represent military religious
practices. Despite contemporary concerns there was also a Christian and Jewish presence
within the imperial army. The imperial army permitted all cults, as long as Rome's state
cults were respected.
Imperial influence, especially by the Severan Dynasty, may explain the
introduction of many eastern cults. An increased number of provincial recruits over the
first three centuries CE, and a heightened transfer of troops to the eastern frontiers, may
also explain the escalated worship of non-Roman, eastern cults during the imperial
period. Modern scholarship on such issues is emphasized in this study, as it guides the
interpretation of primary evidence.v, 164 leaves ; 29 cm.
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Hochard, Pierre-Olivier. "La croisée des Empires : Monnaie et formes de pouvoir en Lydie aux époques hellénistique et impériale : (336 avant J.C. - 268 de notre ère)." Thesis, Tours, 2015. http://www.theses.fr/2015TOUR2007.
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L’étude de la Lydie antique s’est traditionnellement concentrée sur deux points : les recherches sur les origines de la monnaie et la période lydo-perse d’une part, et la cité de Sardes d’autre part. Cette recherche propose d’étudier cette région à partir d’un corpus numismatique, afin d’établir l’histoire de la Lydie à travers les différentes expériences impériales des époques hellénistique et romaine. Avec la conquête d’Alexandre le Grand et l’installation de l’ordre séleucide, la Lydie entre pleinement dans le monde grec. Avec l’extension de la puissance pergaménienne, et donc la rivalité croissante entre les Attalides et les Séleucides, les cités lydiennes se trouvent au coeur des grands enjeux internationaux de la période. Malgré l’installation romaine à la fin du IIe siècle avant J.-C., la Lydie reste troublée par les tensions de la basse époque hellénistique. L’étude de la période impériale ouvre d’autres perspectives : questionner la rupture traditionnelle entre période hellénistique et romaine, appréhender les conséquences la réforme monétaire d’Auguste, étudier les relations entre hellénisme et romanité et apporter un éclairage nouveau sur la « crise » du IIIe siècle. Cette étude propose d’inscrire la Lydie dans un temps long permettant de questionner les modalités de son intégration aux espaces impériaux qui la dominent et d’interroger les processus d’hellénisation et de romanisation d’une région orientale au passé prestigieuxThe study of antique Lydia has traditionally been focused on two lines: research on the origin of the money and the Lydo-Persian period on the one hand, and the city of Sardis on the other hand. The aim of this research is to study the history of this region from a collection of numismatic sources, to establish the story of Lydia through the different imperial experience of the Hellenistic and Imperial areas. With Alexander’s conquest and the installation of the Seleucid’s organisation, Lydia completely joined the Greek world. With the extension of Pergamon’s power, and the rising rivalry between the Attalids and the Seleucids, Lydian cities found themselves at the heart of the time period’s major international issues. Despite the Roman settlement in Asia Minor at the end of the second century B.C., Lydia experienced tensions from lower Hellenistic period on. The study of the imperial period opens up other perspectives: disregarding the traditional separation between the Hellenistic and the Roman periods, grasping the consequences of Augustus’s monetary reform, reviewing the links between Hellenism and Romanity, and providing a new light upon the “crisis” of the Third century. This study would fit Lydia into a long time period, questioning its integration into imperial spaces which prevail over, and questioning the process of Hellenisation and Romanisation of a region which has a glorious past
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Abu-Mounes, Rana. "European imperial influences, economic rivalries, and religious tension and the 1860 CE riot in Damascus." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2016. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=229442.
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On 9 July 1860 CE, an outbreak of violence occurred in Damascus that focused the attention of the whole world on that city. Damascus, the multi-religious and multi-ethnic city, witnessed unprecedented bloody riots between its locals. A crowd which consisted of Druzes, Bedouins, the lower class people of the city, and Kurdish auxiliaries attacked Bab Tuma, the inner-city Christian quarter in Damascus. In the course of a few days, thousands of Christians were killed. That riot was a big shock to the Ottoman authority, the foreign powers, and the Damascene society. Each of these groups tried to look for answers to discover what had happened, why it had happened, who had done it and how things had led up to that bloody ending. It is perhaps easy to explain the 1860 riot of Damascus as religious fanaticism since the aggressors were Muslims and the victims Christians. However, a critical study of how the rioters proceeded and of the selective nature of the choice of victims warrants a critical reconsideration of the underlying factors. This research applies the textual analysis methodology to critically re-examine the events of 1860, and follows the inquiry of the anthropology of collective violence. This study deconstructs the multiple layers of this particular conflict that had a radical impact on the multi-ethnic and multi-religious society of Damascus. It provides a step-by-step presentation and reproduction of the facts to assess the true role of all the players and shapers of events. It gives much attention to the role of both Ottoman and local authorities in Damascus throughout the development of the riot. It critically examines the internal and external politico-socio-economic factors involved. This research argues that economic interests rather than religious fanaticism were the main causes for the riot of 1860. Furthermore, it argues that the riot was not a sudden eruption but rather a planned and organised affair.
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Kokkini, Fotini. "La représentation de la vie quotidienne sur les mosaïques grecques de l'époque impériale." Thesis, Paris 10, 2012. http://www.theses.fr/2012PA100047/document.
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La présente étude vise à rassembler et étudier les représentations de la vie quotidienne sur les mosaïques grecques de l’époque impériale. Les scènes qui intéressent sont les images qui présentent des activités humaines, les travaux agricoles, la pêche et la chasse, les spectacles, les rites religieux, les portraits des personnages historiques, des objets, les scènes de la vie quotidienne des autres peuples, des Pygmées et des scènes nilotiques. Les scènes proviennent du territoire de la Grèce moderne qui pendant l’époque impériale était divisé en plusieurs provinces de l’Empire. Les bornes chronologiques s’étendent du 1er s. ap. J-C. jusqu’à la fin du 3e s. – début du 4e s. ap. J.-C. L’étude est divisée en trois parties. La première partie est consacrée à l’iconographie. Les 130 scènes sont classées par sujet et puis interprétées. Ensuite on analyse leur rapport à la réalité, les raisons d’être choisies. En plus on cherche les modèles iconographiques de l’art grec classique et romain et les influences exercées par les autres régions. Dans la deuxième partie on examine la place des scènes dans l’espace, le contexte architectural des scènes, le rapport entre les scènes et les bâtiments, l’association des sujets différents sur un même pavement. L’objet de la troisième partie est l’image de la société comme elle est présentée par les scènes de la vie quotidienne. Ainsi, on étudie la répartition chronologique et géographique des scènes et ce que montrent les préférences régionales pour la société et l’économie de chaque ville. Enfin, on examine le statut social des commanditaires, leur rôle au choix des sujets et les messages qu’ils veulent donner par ceux-ciThe present study intends to collect and examine the representations of everyday life on the Greek mosaics of the imperial period. Thus, it focuses on scenes of human activities, rural labors, hunting, fishing, spectacles, religious rites, the portraits of historical personalities, objects of the everyday life of Pygmies and landscapes of the Nile. The scenes originate from modern Greece which during the imperial times was divided in six provinces. The chronological limits are set from the 1st c. A.D. and the end of the 3rd – beginnings of the 4th c. A.D. The study is comprised of tree parts. The first part is dedicated to the iconography. The 130 scenes are classified according to their subject and are interpreted and analyzed in accordance with their relation to reality, their position on the pavement and in the building, their function and the reasons for being chosen. Additionally, their Greek and Roman iconographical models as well as the regional influences are identified. The second part examines the architectural context of the scenes, the relation between the scenes and the buildings and the association of different subjects on the same pavement. The third part focuses on how the society’s image is represented in everyday life scenes. So we examine the chronological and geographical distribution of the scenes and what the regional preferences reveal for the society and the economy of every town. Finally, we study the social status of the patrons, their role in choosing the subjects and the messages implied by these images and their accompanying inscriptions
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Pierre, Mikaël. "La « France de l’hémisphère sud » : transférer un modèle viti-vinicole européen en Australie au XIXe siècle." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2020. http://www.theses.fr/2020BOR30007.
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Le développement de la viticulture en Australie au XIXe siècle découlait du transfert de modèles européens pour diffuser la production et la consommation de vin dans les sociétés coloniales. Parmi ces modèles, la France se révéla progressivement comme un choix à part, du fait de la réputation de ses vins et de l’influence de ses pratiques culturelles dans le monde britannique. Cette thèse cherche à analyser les transferts de cépages, compétences, technologies et experts de différentes régions françaises vers les colonies australiennes de Nouvelle-Galles du Sud, Victoria et Australie-Méridionale. Ces trois colonies regroupaient alors les principales régions viticoles des antipodes et les traces les plus évidentes d’une présence française. Cette circulation de savoir reposait essentiellement sur les initiatives de colons britanniques aisés dont le but était de développer économiquement et culturellement les colonies. Ce processus illustre l’importance des phénomènes interculturels et transnationaux qui participèrent au façonnement d’une industrie vinicole mondiale au XIXe siècle. Il permet également de révéler la manière dont l’Australie s’appropria ces transferts viti-vinicoles français pour les adapter à son environnement naturel, économique, politique et socio-culturel. Cette thèse, située à l’intersection de l’histoire du vin et de l’histoire transnationale, tente d’apporter une nouvelle perspective sur les effets de la première mondialisation qui facilita la circulation de connaissances, technologies et modèles de production de l’Europe vers les Nouveaux Mondes. Il s’agit de souligner l’importance des échanges interpersonnels et interinstitutionnels à travers les frontières impériales et nationales pour développer agriculture, commerce et savoir scientifique. Ce sujet se propose aussi de questionner la réflexivité des transferts franco-australiens à la façon d’une histoire croisée. C’est dans ce but que ce projet de recherche a été réalisé en France et en Australie, dans une perspective transnationale de croisement des regards entre les mondes francophone et anglophoneThe development of viticulture in Australia in the nineteenth century mostly drew on European models to spread both wine production and consumption in the colonial societies during the nineteenth century. Among these models, France gradually appeared as a specific choice due to the reputation of its wines and its cultural practices in the British world. This thesis intends to analyse the transfers of skills, technologies, vine grapes and experts from various French regions to the Australian colonies of New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. These three colonies collectively represented the most productive wine district during the nineteenth century and the most evident marks of a French influence. This circulation of knowledge mostly relied on wealthy British colonists’ initiatives in order to develop economically and culturally the colonies. This thesis presents new evidence of the importance of the cross-cultural and transnational aspects which shaped the world wine industry in the nineteenth century. It also shows how Australia instigated these transfers of French practices and ideas and reshaped them to fit its natural, economic, political and socio-cultural environment. Overall, this thesis, situated at the intersection of wine history and transnational history, gives a new insight on the effects of the first wave of globalization which facilitated the circulation of knowledge, technologies and production models from Europe to the New World. It highlights the importance of interpersonal and interinstitutional exchanges occurring across national boundaries in the development of agricultural production, commodity trade and scientific knowledge. It also questions Franco-Australian transfers as a reflexivity process peculiar to histoire croisée. As such, this research project has been conducted both in Australia and in France as a transnational investigation mixing perspectives from the English-speaking world and the French-speaking world
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Wall, William Kevin. "Recalling Cahokia: Indigenous influences on English commercial expansion and imperial ascendancy in proprietary South Carolina, 1663-1721." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/298767.
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This dissertation explores the nature of Indigenous influences on trade and diplomacy in proprietary South Carolina. While I was initially interested in the ways in which Indigenous slavery enriched proprietary Carolina and capitalized its commercial and imperial expansion, I was not willing to begin my investigation in AD 1670 because principle agents of this economic activity were members of Native societies, which had only a few generations prior to the establishment of Charles Town had lived under the hegemony of Mississippian mound centers and participated in Mississippian systems of governance, diplomacy, and exchange. As a result, this dissertation contextualizes Charles Town's commercial and diplomatic interactions with Native southeastern peoples from various Indigenous perspectives. Part One considers the long tradition of North American mound construction, emphasizing the Mississippian period, final epoch of moundbuilding, because Mississippian peoples encountered European explorers throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries and interacted with Euro-American settler populations until the 1730s. Part Two attempts to demonstrate cultural, social and political continuity between Last Mississippian societies and historic southeastern tribal confederacies by critically considering the nature of Indigenous sociopolitical reorganization during the protohistoric period, embracing tribal traditions that openly celebrate connections to moundbuilding societies, and identifying Mississippian survivals in the sociopolitical institutions of Native southeastern peoples. Part Three demonstrates the utility of such broad methodological approaches, using Native history and culture as backdrops for examining, re-reading, and explicating the events of cross-cultural interaction during Carolina's proprietary period. By creating and nurturing a market for indigenous slaves, Charles Town merchants were able to profoundly affect the social, economic, and political reorganization of indigenous peoples throughout the region; however, the institutional parameters and practical logistics of southeastern cross-cultural interaction remained distinctly Indigenous in character. I argue that Charles Town's Indian slave economy was subsidized by Indigenous institutions, which, although modified from their Pre-Columbian character, retained numerous Mississippian qualities. By incorporating English traders and commodities into preexisting commercial and diplomatic networks, Native peoples subsidized Carolina's commercial expansion and imperial ascendancy both directly and indirectly, catapulting South Carolina into positions of economic and diplomatic prominence, in ways which have not been completely explored.
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Vettor, Letizia. "Imperii pretium : cultural development and conceptual transformations in the myth of Eteokles and Polyneices from Aeschylus to Alfieri." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/12013.
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This thesis contextualises and explores the reconceptualization of the myth of Eteokles and Polyneices in Greek, Latin and Italian tragedy, the literary genre that more than any other offers the opportunity to trace its progressive transformation across a series of relatively continuous and consistent phases. Within these limits, this study represents the first comprehensive, systematic and detailed comparative analysis of the cultural development of this myth, charting the shaping of its key themes: war and rivalry, autochthony and patriotism, the connection between incest, parricide and fratricide, the effects of predestination/family curse, the clash between private and public interests, and the legitimate limits of power. By means of a close examination of the thesis' main corpus (constituted by Aeschylus' Seven against Thebes, Sophocles' Antigone, Oedipus Tyrannos and Oedipus at Colonus, Euripides' Phoenician Women, Seneca's Oedipus and Phoenissae, Dolce's Giocasta and Alfieri's Polinice) this dissertation demonstrates that the brothers are not merely two stereotypical types whose characterisation as mortal enemies remains static and unvaried. Although their rivalry never stops, the meaning, dynamic and purpose of their struggle are progressively but profoundly transformed throughout the centuries. In particular, I argue that the martial component that initially defined this myth, admittedly important throughout its legacy, is variously adapted to accommodate either a warning against the horrors of violence and subjugation, a cautionary appeal against overly aggressive foreign policy, a denunciation of the unbearable price of civil strife, or an aspiration to pacifism. In parallel, I analyse how the reflection on power and power struggle becomes increasingly predominant, eventually displacing the war theme as the main focus of this myth with a warning against the dangers of tyranny.
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Perrin, Alix. "L'injonction en droit public français." Paris 2, 2007. http://www.theses.fr/2007PA020046.
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L’injonction est un acte juridique spécifique. C’est un ordre. Toutefois, ce n’est pas le commandement qui permet de singulariser l’injonction. Sa spécificité résulte de la finalité qu’elle poursuit. L’injonction est un acte correctif qui vise à corriger un acte ou un comportement de manière à rétablir la légalité. A ce titre, elle se distingue de la sanction et de la réparation. L’injonction vise la concrétisation du droit. Cette finalité lui assigne un caractère objectif et accessoire : l’injonction s’adosse à une norme juridique dont elle cherche à assurer l’exécution et plus largement l’effectivité. Ces caractères font du pouvoir d’injonction un attribut du pouvoir exécutif comme du juge. D’une part, l’injonction est la manifestation de leur imperium. L’histoire de cette notion, héritée du droit romain, montre que l’imperium appartient tant au pouvoir exécutif qu’au juge et qu’il comporte le pouvoir d’enjoindre. D’autre part, le principe de séparation des pouvoirs et le principe de séparation des autorités administrative et judiciaire, hérités de la révolution, ne font pas obstacle à l’attribution d’un pouvoir d’injonction au juge administratif. L’injonction relève tant de l’office de l’administrateur que de celui du juge. Elle peut donc être soit un acte administratif lorsqu’elle émane d’une autorité administrative soit un acte juridictionnel lorsqu’elle est prononcée par le juge. Toutefois, les conséquences de l’attribution d’un pouvoir d’injonction se manifestent davantage dans le contentieux administratif que dans la procédure administrative non contentieuse. La reconnaissance par la loi du 8 février 1995 du pouvoir d’injonction du juge administratif entraîne un accroissement de la fonction juridictionnelle. Cependant, le pouvoir d’injonction du juge administratif ne remet pas en cause les caractéristiques du contentieux administratif : il en pallie les insuffisances sans mettre à mal les éléments qui participent à l’identité du droit administratif.
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Coker, Adam Nathaniel. "French influences in Russia, 1780s to 1820s : the origins of permanent cultural transfer." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10871/19108.
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This dissertation defines aspects of Russian culture which bear the marks of French influence and explores the historical origins of that influence. While it is generally acknowledged that Russia’s culture has been influenced by France, no systematic history of the origins of this influence has been written. Previous research has dealt only superficially with the topic, focusing almost exclusively on the Francophile preferences of society’s elite. The present study examines Russian society more broadly and explores those elements of French cultural influence still relevant today through an historical analysis of the Russian language. French loanwords found in dictionaries from the time of Peter the Great to the present are analyzed chronologically and topically, yielding the conclusion that the most significant period of long-lasting French influence was the turn of the nineteenth century and was primarily cultural in nature—including the areas of fashion, cuisine, the arts, interior design and etiquette—but was also in areas related to technology and official administration. Following this lexical analysis, other primary sources—archival documents, military memoirs, and periodical publications from the resultant period—are searched for influences in these areas, especially during the period’s two major Franco-Russian events: the wave of immigration to Russia following the French Revolution and Russia’s war with Napoleon. The former facilitated deep cultural enrichment as native Frenchmen and French women, engaged in various occupations, acted as cultural mentors to the Russian nobility. The latter facilitated broad cultural immersion as tens of thousands of Russian troops—noble and common alike—marched into France and experienced French culture firsthand. This dissertation concludes that both of these explosive events, though by no means the beginning of French influence, were unique in the depth and permanence of their mark upon Russia’s culture.
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Santos, Maira Simões Claudino dos. "Macaenses em transito : o imperio em fragmentos (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Lisboa, Macau)." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/279141.
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Orientador: Omar Ribeiro ThomazDissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciencias Humanas
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Resumo: Tendo como ponto de partida um trabalho de natureza etnográfica realizado na Casa de Macau em São Paulo, procuramos recuperar aqui a experiência de macaenses que abandonaram esta cidade na China e imigraram para São Paulo entre 1953 e 1977. A partir de narrativas sobre sua história individual e sobre as particularidades de Macau, e dialogando com relatos de macaenses no Rio de Janeiro, Lisboa e Macau, e com parte da historiografia contemporânea sobre Macau, pretendemos discutir de um lado as dinâmicas idenditárias deste grupo tendo a diáspora como referência, e de outro a forma como um pequeno grupo reage a mudanças tão profundas do seu entorno reinventando continuamente um universo de tradições. Na relação direta com os macaenses em entrevistas, conversas e registro de histórias de vida, pretendeu-se perceber histórias pouco conhecidas de Macau: aquelas que dizem respeito à saída sucessiva de grupos e famílias de macaenses em função das crises que marcaram o enclave desde meados do século XIX
Abstract: Considering the ethnographical work conducted in the Casa de Macau in São Paulo, we shall retrace here the experience of these people that abandoned their city in China and immigrate to São Paulo between 1953 and 1977. We intend to discuss both the identity dynamics of this group, with the diaspora as reference, and how this group reacts to the changes around them and continually reinvent a universe of traditions. In order to do that our research considered the narratives of their individual story (Macanese in São Paulo)and some reports of Macanese from Rio de Janeiro, Lisboa and Macao, Macao¿s singularities itself, and the contemporary historiography on it. From direct contact with interviews, talks and reports of life stories, we wanted to understand some unknown stories of Macao: those that concern to the successive movements of families leaving it due to the crises that has marked that enclave since the middle of the XIX century
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Merckel, Cécile. "Seneca theologus : la religion d'un philosophe romain." Phd thesis, Université de Strasbourg, 2012. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00796579.
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Cette étude des différents aspects de la théologie et de la religion de Sénèque, basée sur l'ensemble du corpus sénéquien, offre une perspective sur l'évolution et l'adaptation de la doctrine stoïcienne en contexte romain. Elle considère le phénomène religieux à la fois du point de vue de la religion civile du citoyen et de la piété intérieure de la personne. La diversité d'une œuvre mi-philosophique mi-poétique impose un point de vue plus synchronique que diachronique (même si l'évolution de la pensée de l'auteur est prise en compte), qui privilégie l'exégèse en fonction des genres littéraires et de leurs codes. La 1ère partie analyse les dominantes de la conscience religieuse romaine (l'opposition religio/superstitio), éclairées par l'héritage critique. La 2ème partie démontre que Sénèque cherche toujours à trouver une valeur aux discours de la religion traditionnelle et des poètes sur le dieu. Sa situation de philosophe homme d'état le contraint à faire des concessions, notamment au sujet du culte impérial. La 3ème partie fait un bilan doctrinal sur le monisme stoïcien et sur son appropriation par Sénèque, qui laisse la place à une vraie émotion religieuse à l'égard du deus rationnel. La hiérophanie progressive de la divinité par le progressant en sagesse implique un glissement de la physique vers l'éthique. La 4ème partie s'attache à la question de la recherche d'un langage adéquat pour définir la divinité. La 5ème partie traite du rapport de l'individu à la divinité. L'homme, héroïque dans son dépassement de la contingence, se hisse par un exercice de la pensée au rang du deus, jusqu'à leur communion dans la sagesse pure, notamment grâce à la prière philosophique.
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Triana, Cáceres Camilo Andrés. "Santander: su importancia en la transición educativa del Imperio español a la República de Colombia, y su influencia en la formación de una ideaologíae instituciones liberales." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/667517.
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El presente es un estudio analítico de las políticas y acciones implementadas por Francisco de Paula Santander y sus más inmediatos colaboradores en el campo de la educación. Para comprender mejor el alcance de los hechos realizados por el prócer, se parte del estudio de la educación en la Colonia, la reglamentación aparecida en la Real Audiencia hacia 1550, y se va en la historia hasta 1840.A través de una bibliografía que se puede llamar clásica, y otra un poco más contemporánea se examinan los resultados de las políticas implementadas por Santander durante el período de transición que abarcó el paso de la Colonia a la República en Colombia.El present és un estudi analític de les polítiques i accions implementades per Francisco de Paula Santander i els seus més immediats col·laboradors en el camp de l'educació. Per comprendre millor l'abast dels fets realitzats pel pròcer, es parteix de l'estudi de l'educació en la Colònia, la reglamentació apareguda a la Reial Audiència cap a 1550, i es va en la història fins 1840.A través d'una bibliografia que es pot trucar clàssica, i una altra una mica més contemporània s'examinen els resultats de les polítiques implementades per Santander durant el període de transició que va abastar el pas de la Colònia a la República a Colòmbia.
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Regan, Patrick Michael Humanities & Social Sciences Australian Defence Force Academy UNSW. "Neglected Australians : prisoners of war from the Western Front, 1916-1918." Awarded by:University of New South Wales - Australian Defence Force Academy. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2005. http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/38686.
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About 3850 men of the First Australian Imperial Force were captured on the Western Front in France and Belgium between April 1916 and November 1918. They were mentioned only briefly in the volumes of the Official Histories, and have been overlooked in many subsequent works on Australia and the First World War. Material in the Australian War Memorial has been used to address aspects of the experiences of these neglected men, in particular the Statements that some of them completed after their release This thesis will investigate how their experiences ran counter to the narratives of CEW Bean and others, and seeks to give them their place in Australia???s Twentieth Century experience of war.
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"From imperial soldier to communist general: The early career of Zhu De and his influence on the formation of the Chinese Red Army." THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, 2009. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3349571.
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Carbone, Lucia Francesca. "‘Romanizing’ Asia: the impact of Roman imperium on the administrative and monetary systems of the Provincia Asia (133 BC – AD 96)." Thesis, 2016. https://doi.org/10.7916/D8222TP0.
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The impact of Roman power on the pre-existing administrative and economic systems of the conquered provinces has been a significant issue of scholarly debate for decades. In the last two decades attention has shifted from the idea of Romanization as a top-down phenomenon to a much more articulated process, in which the element of cultural interaction between the conquering power and the conquered populations was central and led to the creation of locally hybrid cultural forms.
This dissertation analyzes the ways in which local cultures and identities interacted with Roman ones in the years between Attalus III’s testament and the end of the Flavian age. I chose to focus my research on these centuries as they include four key moments for the Provincia Asia: 1) the moment of its institution in 129/6 BC with the related issues due to Aristonicus’ rebellion and the necessity of establishing effective provincial administrative and economic structures; 2) the years between the Mithridatic wars and Caesar, when the province spiraled into debt and the Asian monetary system had to adapt to the extra taxation requested by Sulla and then to the change in the role of the societates publicanorum, who were deprived of the farming of the decuma by Caesar; 3) the years of the Civil War between Antony and Octavian and its aftermath, which gave increasing importance to the conventus and to the introduction of Roman currency into the province, both in the circulating monetary pool and as an account unit; 4) the post-Augustan age, which saw an increasing standardization in the ‘local’ monetary systems of the province, with respect to both silver and bronze coinage, and the final ‘victory’ of the conventus over the pre-existing administrative structures, as shown by the fact that even municipal taxation and local cults were by then organized according to the conventus system.
The model of ‘middle-ground imperialism’ is useful for understanding the process of progressive standardization of Asian administrative structures and monetary system, not as a top-down process but rather as a bilateral interaction between Roman and local cultures, as I have shown in the case of the progressive standardization of Asian provincial administrative structures (Chapters 1 and 2) and monetary systems (Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6).
According to this research the transformative age for the Romanization of the Provincia Asia was not the Augustan Age, but the Second Triumviral Age.
The main heuristic tools for drafting the picture of the administrative and economic life of Provincia Asia are a database of Asian civic issues (both silver and bronze) between 133 BC and AD 96 that I have constructed out of the data in BMC, SNG Copenhagen and SNG Deutschlands – van Aulock (for pre-Antonian issues) and in RPC I-II (from Mark Antony up to the Flavians), and three epigraphic databases that include the epigraphic attestations of denarii, assaria and drachmae in the province of Asia between the 2nd century BC and the 2nd century AD, for a total of 372 inscriptions. All these databases are included here as Appendices (I – X).