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Showing 1 to 20 of 234 for “"Interwar"”.
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Bolshevizing Britain in the Interwar Imagination
Bolshevizing Britain in the Interwar Imagination interprets the emergence of anti-Bolshevik popular fiction (also known as Red fiction) in Britain as manifesting a range of responses to the perceived "lessons" of the Great War. It argues that these responses foreground two opposing interpretations …
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Modern(izing) Burial in Interwar American Literature
… aims to study literary representations of interwar American deathways as reflections of modernity. The study of burial in United States history tends to focus on mid- to late-nineteenth century movements that distance the dead from the living. This dissertation argues that these practices …
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Women’s organisations and feminism in interwar Scotland
… the theory that feminism was diminished in the interwar years following the partial enfranchisement of women in 1918. It highlights that a diverse range of women’s organisations were thriving in interwar Scotland. This includes the outwardly feminist Glasgow Society for Equal Citizenship (GSEC) …
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Passé recomposé: Neoclassical Sonata Form in Interwar France
… offers a theory of neoclassical sonata form in interwar France. My theory is based on analysis of fifteen representative sonata-form chamber movements written during the 1920s and 30s by Ravel, Stravinsky, Poulenc, Milhaud, Honegger, Tailleferre, Auric, Durey, and Ibert. My method, largely …
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Conspiracies and Secret Societies in Interwar French Literature
… the avant-garde and the ideological novel in the interwar years. The invocation of these groups provided a charged metaphor for defining literary techniques and concerns of audience, genre, and language; and their representation helped shape the form and practice of interwar literature. I show, …
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Dartington Hall and social reform in interwar Britain
… trajectory of other such enterprises begun in interwar Britain, making it a bellwether of changes in reformist thinking across the century.
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Changes in British Commercial Policy in the Interwar Period
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Disciplining the future. Eugenics and modernization in interwar Romania
… species found many adepts in Romania during the interwar period. They brought to life their various interpretations of eugenics in many embodiments, from programs for physical education and better nutrition, to movements to segregate and even eliminate Jews and other ""dysgenic"" populations, …
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The Interwar Suburbs of North West London: Planning for regeneration
… inner cities. For the past thirty years, the interwar suburbs of North West London have seen a changing population, rising levels of deprivation and a deteriorating built environment. Exploring these changes and the role of local centres as foci for regeneration and revitalisation, twelve …
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Market, Medicine, and Empire: Hoshi Pharmaceuticals in the Interwar Years
… close study of Hoshi Pharmaceuticals during the interwar years. As one of the leading drug companies in East Asia at the time, Hoshi embodied Japan's imperial aspirations, rapid industrial development, and burgeoning consumer culture. The company attempted to control every part of its supply and …
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Turkish-Italian Economic Relations in the Interwar Period (1919-1939)
… Italian economic presence in Turkey in the interwar period, from the beginning of the Turkish Independence War in Anatolia in 1919 to the beginning of the Second World War in 1939. Exploring the relations from three main angles, namely, Italian concession hunting efforts in Turkey, the …
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Mass media and public understandings of nature in interwar Britain
This dissertation explores British non-fiction films and radio broadcasts about the natural world from the 1920s to the 1930s. During the years between the First and Second World Wars, natural history films and radio programmes flooded into Britain’s cinemas and its airwaves, at a moment when the …
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Neither Then nor Now: Queer Temporalities & Interwar Portraits of Expatriate Sapphists
… Neither Then nor Now: Queer Temporalities & Interwar Portraits of Expatriate Sapphists, considers the subjective power of portraiture and rethinks its (auto)biographical nature, examining the temporally unique function and repercussions of American expatriate Sapphist portraiture as a site …
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British Army Music in the Interwar Years: Culture, Performance, and Influence
… aims to identify how British army bands in the interwar years were a primary stakeholder in the music industry and to explore their role in projecting soft power for the British military. There were approximately 7,000 full-time bandsmen serving in the British army, which was about a third of …
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Towards a Politics of the Sacred: Georges Bataille in Interwar France
While most commentators have dismissed Bataille's political commitments, this work has attempted to demonstrate the sincerity (while also emphasizing the impracticality) of Bataille's political agenda. It is the contention of this work that Bataille's politics appear incomprehensible or …
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Rhinoceros, or Young Intellectuals and the Radical Right in Interwar Romania
… of a generation of young intellectuals in interwar Romania. Using the cases of famous figures such as Mircea Eliade and Emil Cioran, as well as of lesser-known individuals such as Mihail Polihroniade, this work tells the story of one generation’s journey from the avant-garde of European …
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City Full of Dreams: Colonial Spaces and Modernity in Interwar Paris
… Paris with France’s colonial empire in the interwar period. I argue that the colonies were a significant part of modern life in Paris, with efforts made to promote the use of colonial materials and motifs and regular attention to the colonies shown by the popular and architectural press. I …
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The political life of a chair: the Chaise Sandows in interwar France
… Political Life of a Chair: The Chaise Sandows in Interwar France” investigates the history of a chair made of steel and rubber to reveal a nuanced relationship between the steel industry and the decorative arts in interwar France. The Chaise Sandows, designed in 1929 by the French decorator René …
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'When women look their worst':Women and sports participation in interwar Scotland
… 1920 and 1937. Many argue that during the interwar years there was a general distortion of the traditional boundaries between ‘public’ and ‘private’ areas of life for women. However, it has also been acknowledged that notions of gender differences persisted in this period. This study …
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