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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"History from Below"”.
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Central West New South Wales 1891-1893 'A Regional History from Below'
… as one of the most momentous in Australian history. There are many studies which focus on the period, thematically or as broad historical narratives of the Australian colonies. There are none that explore how the events and themes were manifested in rural NSW, nor are there any analyses …
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Central West New South Wales 1891-1893 'A Regional History from Below'
… as one of the most momentous in Australian history. There are many studies which focus on the period, thematically or as broad historical narratives of the Australian colonies. There are none that explore how the events and themes were manifested in rural NSW, nor are there any analyses …
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The National Catholic Federation of Students : a study of political ideas and activities within a Christian student movement, 1960-1987
… NCFS' political ideas and activities from 1960 to 1987. The underlying supposition of this thesis is that church history ought to be an integral part of the discipline of history, and that there is a need to write church history from "below" from the perspectives of the "people's …
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The Experience of Soldiering: Civil-Military Relations and Popular Protest in England, 1790-1805.
… has been constructed at a considerable remove from the culture and lives of common people. Adopting a ‘history from below’ approach, it will re-evaluate the popular experience of mass arming, by focusing upon two relatively neglected branches of the armed forces, the army and militia. Three …
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Výchova k manželství a rodičovství v období normalizace v Československu (1970-1989)
… will be on the dailiness and the so-called 'history from below', since until now the scholars have mainly focused on expert and political discourse, i.e. 'history from above'. The key questions of the thesis will address how this education, i.e. in particular political and media discourse, …
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The active chorus : the mass strike of 1917 in eastern Australia
… the biggest class conflict in Australian history. For over two months up to 100,000 workers confronted an enraged and belligerent combination of conservative state and federal governments, employers, the establishment press and a middle class which was organised against them on an …
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A principled engagement?: non-collaboration and the Teachers' League of South Africa in the Western Cape, 1990-2003
… the emergence and changing dynamics of the TLSA from the early decades of the twentieth century, as it developed and grew in the Western Cape, a region that was its nerve centre and where it was most active. There is a focus on the endeavours of the League to adapt and grow during the political …
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Education and Multi-cultural cohesion in Belize, 1931 - 1981
… of increased tensions between church and state, from the twin catalysts for social change of the 1931 hurricane and economic depression until independence in 1981. This conflict has revealed a contradictory web of power structures and their influence, through the medium of schools, on …
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Radical Politics and Popular Science in Britain, 1811–43: Richard Carlile and Infidel Materialism
… working-class supporters could ‘meet’ in print from across the country to discuss openly their disdain for ‘kingcraft’ and ‘priestcraft’. This serialised correspondence was marked by rapid political and philosophical advancement across the 1820s, as Carlile and many of his supporters moved from …
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Rural women as the invisible victims of militarised political violence: the case of Shurugwi district, Zimbabwe, 2000-2008
… causes, memorialisation and impact has been far from conclusive. As a derivative of this huge question that forms an important component of the framing for this dissertation, and to�visibilise� the subaltern, so to say, and to visualise �history from below�, I ask how the women of Shurugwi …
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The development of community orchestras in the Waikato
… music in the Waikato has a long and rich history, although to date there has been little exploration of this. Indeed, research about musical growth and development in New Zealand is sparse and fragmented in terms of both time and geography. By focusing on a particular region that has yet …
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Children's Convalescent Home, 1845-1970
From the middle of the nineteenth century a new type of health care institution, the children's convalescent home, began to provide care to sick children. Institutional convalescence quickly became an established part of medical orthodoxy, particularly for urban working-class children. Convalescent …
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Remembering Omagh : aesthetics, ethics and ownership in the performance of memory in post-conflict Northern Ireland
… site of the single worst terrorist attack in the history of the Troubles - and my hometown. Centred on an investigation around memorialisation and the individual experience, the central thrust of my enquiry in writing and practice surrounds the ways in which memory functions as a mechanism to …
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Exploring anti-fascism in Britain through autobiography from 1930 to 1936.
… achieved by focusing on the retelling of stories from ordinary people who lived during this time. During the inter-war years, the anti-fascist movement achieved its peak in 1930-1936, therefore this thesis is limited to those years. In 1936 the Battle of Cable Street contributed to a decline in …