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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"The United Provinces"”.
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The Shi'a Muslims of the United Provinces of India, c 1890-1940
… religious, social and political change among the Shia Muslims of the United Provinces of colonial India, c. 1890-1940. Focusing especially, upon the towns of Lucknow and Amroha but discussing the region as a whole, it traces the formation of a community identity among Shia Muslims, and …
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The differentiation of non-louse-borne fevers of the typhus group occurring in the United Provinces, India
This thesis is that the non- epidemic cases of typhus fever which occur sporadically in the Unite:]. 'rovinces, India, do not constitute a single disease entity. In a series of twenty cases analysed six can be classified in the scrub typhus-tsutsugamushi disease group. Four of these were cases of …
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The origins of the peasant agitation in Oudh : the awakening of the peasants?
This thesis is an examination of the origins of peasant discontent and agitation in Oudh between 1917-22. The nature of the peasant cultivator situation under British rule, and the unofficial but pervasive system of exactions, both perennial and incidental, by the landlord are detailed. The origins …
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'The grave and solemn Earl' : a political study of John Kennedy, sixth Earl of Cassillis during the Covenanting movement, 1637-1651
The Scottish Covenanting Movement can be viewed as a reaction to the absentee monarchy of Charles I and his liturgical innovations designed to bring Scotland into religious uniformity with England. The Covenanters asserted their right to uphold Presbyterian church governance and rebelled against …
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Dutch women in New Netherland and New York in the seventeenth century
The European settlers who emigrated to America in the seventeenth century were decidedly patriarchal. Nevertheless, significant cultural differences in expressions of patriarchy among them existed. Specifically, the Dutch of New Netherland defined the gendered roles of women differently than did …
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Muslim women in colonial North India circa 1920-1947 : politics, law and community identity
This dissertation explores the relationship between gender and Muslim community identity in late colonial India. It pursues two broad themes. The first of these is the way in which gender issues were used symbolically by Muslim religious and political leaders to give substance to a community …
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The office of stadhouder and the preservation of unity in the Dutch Republic, 1559 - 1672
The Seven Provinces of the United Netherlands, also known as the Dutch Republic, was a compound state in which sovereignty was shared between towns, provinces, and the States General. The Union of Utrecht of 1579 was one of the Republic’s principal founding documents, yet paradoxically grounded the …