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Showing 1 to 20 of 3407 for “"Colonial"”.
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Colonial architecture as heritage: German colonial architecture in post-colonial Windhoek
… destruction of a substantial number of German colonial buildings in the capital city, prompted speculation as to why these buildings are inadequately protected as heritage – and whether they are, in fact, considered to be heritage. The study explores the issues pertaining to the presence of …
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Colonial Colleges
M.A.
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Cultural production and identity in colonial and post-colonial Madras, India
… by a trans-historical comparison between two colonial and contemporary buildings in Madras, South India. The Post and Telegraph Office, 1875-84 (Architect: Robert Chisholm) and the Law Court, 1889-92 (Architect: Henry Irwin) represent the two trends within 'Indo-Saracenic' architecture. The …
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Perfil do leitor colonial
… of tendencies and characteristics of reading in colonial Brazil, emphasizing the interest provoked by works of prose and poetry in reading habits, constituted an imperative study in the area of Letters, with a view to preserving the national memory under the angle of literary culture. In an …
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From Chaos to Order: Balancing Cross-Cultural Communication in the Pre-Colonial and Colonial Southeast
… culturally distinct groups who inhabited the pre-colonial and colonial Southeast approached cross-cultural communication. The extensive and violent entradas led by Spaniards into the Southeastern interior in the 1500s represent a watershed moment in North American history that deeply impacted the …
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Views from the Other Side: Colonial Culture and Anti-Colonial Sentiment in Germany Around 1800
… is more at stake than the fantasies of German colonial rule that Zantop called our attention to a decade ago. My dissertation targets precisely the equivocal nature of the German colonial imagination around 1800 and suggests a different reading strategy.</p> <p>Postcolonial scholarship has …
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The constitution of the colonial labor subject: Labor law in colonial India, 1881 to 1936
The Colonial project in India, which was based on the appropriation of an economic surplus, was given legitimacy with a discourse that spoke of the social, moral, and political redemption of the 'natives'. This discourse was grounded in an Orientalism--i.e., the Oriental as the subject and object …
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The Vassall-Craigie-Longfellow House of 1759: From Colonial America to the Colonial Revival and Beyond
… Major John Vassall, the grand house exemplified Colonial English tastes and was at the center of a cycle of Colonial Royalist mansions. After the American Revolution, however, the house quickly became a symbol of American patriotism. Occupants ranging from General George Washington and Henry …
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Narrativa Moçambicana Pós-Colonial: Constantes & Singularidades
Tato diplomová práce analyzuje rysy moderní mosambické výpravné prózy (přesně řečeno románu). S ohledem na to, že mosambická literatura je rozvíjející se postkoloniální literatura, zaměřuje se diplomová práce na otázku, jak literatura obecně přispívá k procesu upevnění národní a kulturní identity …
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The Biology of a Colonial Hydroid
… A simple coelenterate, the brackish-water colonial hydroid Cordylophora lacustris, was selected for the present work, and was domesticated so that it could be grown and manipulated under controlled laboratory conditions. Methods have been developed permitting exponential increase in …
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17th Century Colonial Witchcraft: Before Salem
<p>Within this thesis, I examine several historians who discussed the social, historical and political, and religious contexts of witchcraft accusations in 17th Century colonies, particularly in New England. Additionally, I take as my case study an examination of the Elizabeth Garlick case in 1657. …
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De(s)colonial assemblages • life drives
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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Political theologies in late colonial Buganda
… an intellectual history of political debate in colonial Buganda. It is a history of how competing actors engaged differently in polemical space informed by conflicting histories, varying religious allegiances and dissimilar texts. Methodologically, biography is used to explore three …
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Fur, fangs and feathers: colonial and counter-colonial portrayals of American Indians in young adult fantasy literature
Although there have been many postcolonial studies of the portrayals of Native American characters in children’s and young adult literature, the majority of these have focused on historical novels, rather than analysing fantasy literature. Additionally, I have found no direct comparisons between …
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Colonial and post-colonial discourse in the novels of Yom Sang-sop, Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie
This dissertation examines colonial and post-colonial discourse in the works of Yom Sang-sop of Korea, of Chinua Achebe of Nigeria and of Salman Rushdie of Indian subcontinent. Since much of the critical attention on colonial discourse has been focused on western narratives, this study aims to shed …
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Colonial and Post-colonial Rangeland Enclosures amid Climate Uncertainty: The Case of Maasai Pastoralists of Kajiado County, Kenya
… of Maasai pastoralists by the British colonial authority. The ongoing enclosure of common resources by both state and private capital for economic gain has left the herder community exposed to the adverse effects of climate change. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the adaptive …
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Context and design in the colonial district of Quito = Contexto y diseño en el area colonial de Quito
Songs Everything passes yet all remains but we only pass by, pass by leaving paths, paths over the sea. I never sought glory, nor to leave my song in the memory of men; I love subtle worlds, weightless and graceful like bubbles of soap. Wanderer, your footprints are the only path; wanderer, there …
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