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Showing 1 to 15 of 15 for “"Crimean war"”.
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Representations of War and Conflict in the Painting of Gustave Doré
… using the working title Representations of War and Conflict in the Painting of Gustave Doré, proposes to explore one of Gustave Doré’s little-known, but extensive oeuvres in painting. That is, the artist’s representation of conflict through the modes of history painting and allegory. With an …
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Hospital medicine in Richmond, Virginia during the Civil War: a study of Hospital No. 21, Howard's Grove and Winder hospitals
… wounded which occurred at the onset of the Civil War. While their surgeons benefited from the knowledge gained during the Crimean War regarding the cleanliness of military hospitals, the isolation of infection, and the use of the new general anesthetics, no facilities for their use existed in …
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Army officers, historians and journalists : the emergence, expansion and diversification of British military history, 1854-1914
At the outbreak of the Crimean War in 1854, Britain had only one military academy which taught Military History, the subject was overlooked at universities, few historians wrote on the topic and the government had not yet sanctioned the writing of official history. Yet, by the outbreak of the First …
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The military career of General Sir Henry Brackenbury 1856-1904
… of the British Army during this period, from the Crimean War to the South African War. His career encompassed an era of reform that saw the army move away from the military system of the Napoleonic Wars and the gradual establishment of the system with which the British Army would take the field in …
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Contempt, sympathy and romance': lowland perceptions of the Highlands and the clearances during the famine years, 1845-1855
This thesis examines Lowland public opinion towards the Highlanders in mid-nineteenth century Scotland. It explores attitudes present in the contemporary newspaper press, and shows that public opinion was divided by three basic perceptions: 'contempt', 'sympathy' and 'romance'. An analysis of the …
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Women as voluntary and professional military nurses in Great Britain, 1854-1914
After the Crimean War, civilian initiatives were largely responsible for introducing female nurses into military hospitals to supplement and supervise male orderlies. The early difficulties of the new nursing service were similar to those experienced by middle and upper-class women reformers of …
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Revolutionary Nationalism, Imperialism and Anti-Slavery in the Trans-National Irish-American Press, 1840-1865
… Irish-American press in the antebellum and Civil War era, the role of Irish-American newspaper editors in fostering Irish-American political identity, and Irish-American reporting on European imperialism and revolutionary nationalism. This thesis focuses on Irish-American editors, who aimed to …
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The theatrical strategies of James Robinson Planché
… Turks both during the Greek Revolution and the Crimean War. American slavery, the Railway Bubble of the 1840s, and the revolutions of 1848 are typical of other major concerns upon which the plays commented. Beyond politics, current events (including scientific and technological advances, trends …
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The Development of Modern Propaganda in Britain, 1854-1902
… much due to the impact of the First World War. However, it is the premise of this thesis that while the First World War was a propagandistic watershed, the sixty years preceding it were of equal importance in terms of the formation of modern propaganda in Britain. The aim of this thesis …
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Palmerston and the politics of foreign policy, 1846-1855
… which was faced with the problem of managing the Crimean War. It is clear, however, that personal and party political relationships are incomplete means by which to explain Palmerston's career and elucidate the general theme of the politics of foreign policy. Palmerston's political strength rested …
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Sickness and Service: The British Army and the First World War
… y the British Army during the First World War. A review of the literature has confirmed that this issue offers considerable scope for further exploration by historians, and is an issue that continues to remain in the shadow of the wounded.The focus within past research has been so …
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The gallant six hundred: performing the Light Brigade into a heroic icon
History is not so much what actually happened as how we have received and disseminated what happened. This reception and dissemination take place through a variety of media, many of which are not the purview of the traditional historian. It is in the trifles of daily life that we find the patterns …
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Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology, and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945
Abstract Wartime Huts: The Development, Typology and Identification of Temporary Military Buildings in Britain 1914-1945 By, Karey L. Draper Faculty of Architecture University of Cambridge The use of temporary, prefabricated buildings in Britain during the twentieth century arose from wartime need …