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Showing 1 to 20 of 22 for “"British Occupation"”.
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Empire by Law: Ottoman Sovereignty and the British Occupation of Egypt, 1882-1923
… nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The British occupation of Egypt (1882-1914) was a novel experiment in quasi-colonial administration, where legal justifications for the occupation demanded the retention of Ottoman institutions and shaped administrative practices. My research examines …
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“Living Under Different Skies”: Misrepresenting Egyptian Education during the British Occupation in the North American Press
During the British occupation from 1882 to 1922, Egypt saw the rise of colonial educational reforms, American missionary projects, and foreign-subsidized schools. Consequently, newspapers in North America reported extensively on these colonial educational excursions. In the view of correspondents, …
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The British Occupation of Southern New York during the American Revolution and the Failure to Restore Civilian Government
… Congress declared independence from the British. Within months of this declaration, southern New York was occupied by British troops, and remained under British control for the duration of the Revolutionary War. The area was under martial law for the duration. Britain's loss of the …
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Occupation and resistance in southern Iraq: a study of Great Britain’s civil administration in the Middle Euphrates and the Great Rebellion, 1917-1920
… of this thesis is the complex history of the British occupation of the Middle Euphrates region of Iraq near the conclusion of the First World War and in its aftermath, which culminated in a massive rebellion in the summer of 1920. On the eve of WWI, Great Britain was faced with a combination …
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The history of the cape Supreme Court and its role in the development of judicial precedent for the period 1827-1910
… Cape were already being altered during the First British Occupation which lasted from September 1795 to February 1803.
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The admission of slaves and 'prize slaves' into the Cape Colony, 1797-1818
… Compagnie's (VOC) capitulation to the British in 1795. This demand forced the first British occupation government to forgo their anti-slave trade principles and accede to a limited importation of slaves into the colony.
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The Oriental Orthodox Communion in Modern Egypt: The Armenian, Coptic, Ethiopian, and Syriac Orthodox Churches, 1805 CE- Present
… the examination, to the challenges presented by British occupation and the emergence of the nation-state, the Oriental churches and their ecclesial communion played pivotal roles shaping the political narratives of Egypt. This study underscores the Oriental churches’ part in contributing to …
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The origins and growth of freemasonry in South Africa, 1772-1876
… its decline and resurgence during the Dutch, British and Batavian occupations and the beginnings of English Freemasonry under the final British occupation. From then it sets out the expansion and changes in organisation brought about by several masonic personalities, many of whom were leading …
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Cyprus in the British Empire’s Time and Space: Documents, Objects, and Colonial Practices of Knowledge Production
… the ways in which Cyprus is inscribed within the British Empire’s time and space by focusing on documents and objects composed and collected in the first thirty years of the British occupation. In so doing, it investigates practices of knowledge production in and for Cyprus — such as writing, …
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The Political Entanglements of Recognition: Aboriginal Title, Crown Sovereignty, and Indigenous Self Determination
… Indigenous peoples were self-governing prior to British occupation, however, there has yet to be a comprehensive and adequate articulation of the ongoing sovereignty of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Indigenous Nations across Turtle Island have questioned to what degree Canada "owns" their lands, …
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U.S. Post- conflict integration policy of militias in Iraq
… East. The first case study is the United States occupation of Iraq from 2003 to 2007. The second case study is the British occupation of Palestine from 1920 to 1948. The thesis will conclude with an analysis of similarities between each case, potential policy prescription for the U.S., avenues …
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Lord Cromer as Orientalist and social engineering in Egypt, 1882-1907
… mind' is a contributing factor to the extended British Occupation: Britain needs to stay until it is reformed. Cromer writes about the need to reform the ’native mind' in accordance with the British-European 'type'. The 'native mind' has to be 'developed', 'trained' and 'civilized', and the …
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Egypt for Which Egyptians? Copts and the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1882-1919
… sentiments in the fighting against the British occupation of Egypt. Various movement leaders attempted to incorporate Egypt's religious minorities in their struggle, yet they were mostly unsuccessful.For centuries, Coptic Christians have formed an integral part of Egyptian life; however, …
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Britain and Menorca in the eighteenth century
Menorca was a British possession for more than seventy years between 1708 and 1802. This thesis traces British influence upon, and involvement with Menorca from the seventeenth century until Spain recovered the island in 1802. Eighteenth-century Menorcan history has been tackled specifically by …
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Winning the peace: the British in occupied Germany, 1945-1948.
… renewal and personal reconciliation in the British Zone of occupied Germany in the first three years after the end of the Second World War. The selected individuals all possessed power, authority and influence, at different levels of the hierarchy, and collectively represent the view of the …
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Victorian Egyptology and the Making of a Colonial Field Science, 1850-1906
… to the periods before and after the 1882 British Occupation of Egypt. The first part, “long-distance archaeology,” explores a set of routine practices in mid-Victorian Egyptology, whereby scholars based in London relied on informants to communicate archaeological knowledge from abroad …
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REVOLUTIONARY NEW HAMPSHIRE AND THE LOYALIST EXPERIENCE: "SURELY WE HAVE DESERVED A BETTER FATE"
… New Hampshire had one of the strongest, pro-British governing elites of the colonies. After 1775 however, the Loyalist faction in the state was one of the weakest and least effective. This dissertation seeks to examine the uniqueness of this experience by studying the general situation, the …
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"A disciple has crossed over by water": an analysis of Lawrence Durrell's Alexandria quartet in its Egyptian historical and intellectual contexts
… modern times, with particular reference to the British occupation of Egypt 1882 - 1956. The chapter then examines the tetralogy’s treatment of British Imperial selfhood and the Egyptian “Other”. Chapter Four examines the Alexandria Quartet, in particular Mountolive, in parallel to the history of …
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Britain's exploitation of Occupied Germany for scientific and technical intelligence on the Soviet Union
… of its war-related industries gave British Intelligence penetrable targets in the Soviet Zone and gave great numbers of Germans sought-after information on the USSR itself. The ease of recruiting age nts in East Germany and the flight (including enticed defections) of refugees from …
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Sudanese literature in English translation: an analytical study of the translation with a historical introduction to the literature
… of its major practitioners. A principal preoccupation of the study, however, is to point out the various challenges this literature, its universality and appeal notwithstanding, poses to translators. The close and intimate connection between its bold and vibrant colloquial expressions and …
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