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Showing 1 to 20 of 82 for “"Napoleonic"”.
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Political Conspiracy in Napoleonic France
An in-depth analysis of primary source material indicates that the conspiracies hatched against Napoleon served as the impetus for his decision to change the government from the Consulate to the Empire. His ambitious personality drove him to achieve as much power and prestige for himself as …
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Revolution of Reforms: The Kingdom of Bavaria in the Napoleonic Era, 1799-1815
For many years, scholarship covering the Napoleonic satellite kingdoms has centered on the overriding presence of Napoleon Bonaparte without looking a great deal at the kingdoms that supported him. Since the recent publication of Stuart Woolf's Napoleon's Integration of Europe the focus of study on …
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International Capital Movements During the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial Revolution in Britain
… debate on the "Crowding-out" effect of the Napoleonic wars on the British economy calls forth more research on the issue of international capital movements of the time. Britain experienced a series of regime shifts, most importantly from a peace to a war (1793), from the gold standard to the …
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The Grass-Roots Challenges with Administration: Conscription Evasion, Contraband, and Resistance in Napoleonic Europe
… throughout Continental Europe. Several Napoleonic policies that led to the establishment of a modern centralized state were not positive in their effects on the local communities. Research widely categorizes resistance to the Napoleonic program as either militarily or economically based. …
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Consequential ground: Memorials of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars in Romantic culture 1793-1877
… we mark the bicentenary of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars what memorials of the wars have we inherited? And who bequeathed that inheritance to posterity? From the Victorian monuments that remain, it would seem that the heritage of war was coherently patriotic and evidence of a pro-war, …
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TECHNOLOGY AND EMPIRE: Comparing Dutch and British Maritime Technologies During the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815)
… and Dutch maritime technologies during the Napoleonic Era (1792–1815). The former was a Dutch 74-gun ship of the line and the latter a British East Indiaman. Their remains reveal pertinent information about the maritime technologies available to each European power. Industrial capacity and …
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The impact of the Napoleonic Wars on the development of the cotton industry in Lancashire : A study of the structure and behaviour of firms during the industrial revolution
This dissertation analyses the idea of 'Slower Growth' during British industrialisation, and its relevance for the leading sector of factory cotton production. The techniques used are specifically those of microeconomic theory, notably developing methods used in analysis of the firm. The intention …
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The Impact of the Russian Military System on Nineteenth Century Russian Expansionism in the Caucasus and Central Asia
… explores the Russian military system after the Napoleonic Wars, and the impact the military ideologies developed therein had on Russian expansionist efforts in two separate conflicts. The Russian conquests of the Caucasus and Central Asian regions are the expansionist efforts under focus, and …
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A discussion of the influence of antiquty in the art and architecture produced during the reign of emperor Napoleon 1st
… studies the impact of the Egyptian expedition on Napoleonic art and architecture but also as a mode of forming cultural memory for French society during and after Napoleon’s reign. The final chapter disseminates how antiquity was translated onto monuments, focussing specifically on the …
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"""Vive La Republique. Vive L'empereur."": Military Culture and Motivation in the Armies of Napoleon, 1803--1808"
… This dissertation proposes that over time, the Napoleonic regime did increasingly promote values such as honor, glory, and aggressive heterosexuality that were difficult to reconcile with the principles of the French Revolution. Napoleon also sought to restore traditional sources of military …
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British women’s travel writings in the era of the French Revolution
… the political culture in the Revolutionary and Napoleonic era. Part One will discuss those who tried hard to challenge or to correct traditionally-defined femininity and to prove themselves useful in their society. Many of them negotiated with and broadened the traditionally defined femininity …
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Patents, machine learning, and war: invention during the British Industrial Revolution
… involvement in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars harmful to industrialisation? Using a combination of machine learning techniques, econometric analysis, and new archival evidence, this thesis finds that: (1) the results of statistical analysis of historical patent data depends on …
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“We Have to Record the Downfall of Tyranny”: The London Times Perspective on Napoleon Bonaparte’s Invasion of Russia
… of how nations indirectly involved in the Napoleonic wars understood the conflict.</p>
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Dutch and British Colonial Policies in the East Indies (1795-1824)
… under against the backdrop of Europe engulfed in Napoleonic war, and the political mechinations and comprimises between British and Dutch crowns to contain French power. This study will re-examine the many exchanges in the East Indies between the two colonial powers, both from the perspective of …
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