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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"E11 America (General)"”.
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The quest for identity of African American women from 1939 to 2000 in postmodern American Drama
… conducted to explore the oppression of African American women as well as to determine how their identity was in a struggle to gain in a selection of Postmodern American plays. Sharing the experiences of African American women and their black community of that time, represented as a journey …
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The incoherent neighbour: George C. Marshall and US strategy in the Western Hemisphere, 1947-1948
… containment into the specific context of Latin America. Marshall did not introduce a Cold War framework to the Western Hemisphere however; rather he identified the Western Hemisphere as a particular theatre for an asymmetric response in the psychological struggle with the Soviet Union. Marshall …
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The Congo Reform Association and the beginning of Transnational Humanitarianism, 1904-1913
The British and American Congo Reform Associations were part of a transnational humanitarian movement that sought to end King Leopold II’s hold on the Congo Free State. This thesis is a history of that activism and its subsequent impact on British and American foreign policy towards the Congo …
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Exporting radicalism within the empire: Scots Presbyterian political values in Scotland and British North America, c.1815-c.1850
… reform movements in Scotland and British North America in the first half of the nineteenth century by examining the relationship between ecclesiology and political action. It considers the ways in which Presbyterian political theory and the memory of the seventeenth-century Covenanting movement …
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The Role of the Circuit Courts in the Development of Federal Justice and the Shaping of United States Law in the Early Republic: Supreme Court Justices Washington, Livingston, Story, and Thompson on Circuit and on the Court
… issues facing the Union. The thesis examines the generality of the circuit work of each justice but pays particular attention to the different ways in which each contributed to the shaping of United States law. Understanding the importance of the role of the circuit courts leads to a more informed …
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George F. Kennan’s strategy of Containment: an assessment of Kennan’s coherence and consistency
This thesis examines George F. Kennan’s coherence and consistency when he formulated the strategy of containment. Kennan’s work went through different stages which depended on the political context it was set in as circumstances evolved and the position he held. The aim is not to criticise Kennan …
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The US-Israeli partnership & America’s search for strategy in the Middle East, 1945-1974
Contrary to popular academic assumption, the story of US Middle East strategy may be summarized by two key characteristics: reaction and incoherence. These descriptors are especially true of Washington’s strategic partnership with Tel Aviv – an arrangement that emerged relatively late in the …
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British Imperialism, Liverpool, and the American Revolution, 1763-1783
… knowledge of British imperialism during the American Revolutionary era (1763-1783).Part One analyses the ‘gentlemanly capitalist’ paradigm of P.J. Cain and A.G. Hopkins. In brief, this theory argues that the landed elite and financial-commercial services, concentrated upon the City of London, …
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Diplomacy and US-Muslim world relations: the possibility of the post-secular and interfaith dialogue
… 11, 2001, a calculated image problem related to America’s defence strategy in the Near East and its foreign policy of exceptionalism culminated in its unfavourable perception in the Muslim world. To counter this setback, leading think-tanks recommended that US public diplomacy must lead the way …
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Wǝ́xa Sxwuqwálustn: Pulling Together Identity, Community, and Cohesion in the Cowlitz Indian Tribe
In the last 30 years many changes have taken place within the Cowlitz Indian Tribe. These changes involve the tribe’s sovereignty and have greatly impacted the emic identity of the tribe. Previous identity research with the Cowlitz predates these changes and no longer accurately describe the …