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Eighteenth Century Men's Civilian Waistcoats
A number of general studies of the history of eighteenth century men's clothing have been written by authors such as Zilla Halls, Avril Hart, and Norah Waugh. However, a cursory review of costume literature reveals a lack of academic study on specific men's garments and their history. This work …
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Relational Selves in Eighteenth-Century Literature
We imagine the eighteenth century to be the time when modern individuals constituted themselves against the forces of communal obligation, when marriage emerged as a union based on singular affection, and when heterosexuality cohered as an ideology. But Relational Selves in Eighteenth Century …
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English smuggling in the eighteenth century
… distribution networks in the second half of the eighteenth century, but this was accompanied by increasing levels of violence. Studying the confrontations between the smugglers and the preventive forces raises the question of how violent a society England was. The discussion is moved away from …
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Experiencing smallpox in eighteenth-century England
This thesis explores eighteenth-century smallpox to investigate the course, management and control of the disease by communities, families and individuals. It focusses first on the prevalence of smallpox in Oxfordshire demonstrating that smallpox mortality in the county reduced during the century …
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Bad Mothers in Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Focusing on texts written during the eighteenth century, and charting the connections between literary novels and contemporary discourse, this dissertation examines the role of the mother within this literature. I argue that contemporary fictional writers wrote important texts that reflect the …
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Christopher Dock: Eighteenth Century American Educator
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Daniel Carl Solander: Eighteenth Century Naturalist
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Anti-Catholicism in the Eighteenth Century Novel
… in England abounds for the eras surrounding the eighteenth century, but for the eighteenth century itself, it remains limited. Of the research that does examine this period, the majority concerning literature pinpoints satire, poetry, sermons, and treatises as the key literary products and/or …
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Confucians confront Catholicism in eighteenth-century Korea
… as a part of the universal natural order. Most eighteenth-century Koreans feared that if Catholicism continued to spread, men would turn their backs on their parents, their ancestors, their communities, their society, and their government to seek personal salvation.The Jesuit missionaries in …
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The new flute of the eighteenth century
… study will be limited to the first half of the eighteenth century. During that period the choice of solo instrument was often left to the discretion of the performer. Many composers marked their music flute or violin or oboe and wrote in such a manner that it could be played on either. The term …
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Eighteenth-Century French Oboes: A Comparative Study
… came into being in the middle of the seventeenth century in France, underwent a number of changes throughout the following century. French instruments were influenced both by local practices and by the introduction of influences from other parts of Europe. The background of the makers of these …
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Britain and Menorca in the eighteenth century
… involvement with Menorca from the seventeenth century until Spain recovered the island in 1802. Eighteenth-century Menorcan history has been tackled specifically by only two British historians, Ella Murdie (1931) and Desmond Gregory (1990), but neither has drawn upon primary source material …
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‘Edmund Burke: Religion and Eighteenth-Century Modernity’
… in the context of Enlightenment thought and eighteenth-century public life, I make a further contribution to the study of Burke’s literature by demonstrating how twentieth and twenty-first century theories of modernity can help to articulate Burke’s conception of religion. <br/>Studies that …
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Enlightened Agricultural Improvement in Eighteenth-Century Scotland
Eighteenth-century Scotland is marked by the impact of new ideas from the Scottish Enlightenment that influenced agricultural revolution. Practices that had been used for over hundreds of years with little change, went through a dramatic agricultural reimagining during this time period. Scottish …
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Non-Bank Finance in Eighteenth-Century England
At the start of the eighteenth century, there were virtually no banks outside London. By the end, there were almost 400. Much scholarship on eighteenth-century finance has focused on the new and striking, such as the rise of banks, and, in particular, public institutions, often referred to as the …
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Consuming Trade in Mid-Eighteenth Century Albany
An analysis of mid-eighteenth century trading centers reveals a distinct pattern different from that of earlier seventeenth century trading communities. Consumable items comprised the majority of internal and external commerce for many of these trading port cities. Albany, New York, a hinterland …
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Communities of Gossip in Late Eighteenth-Century Fiction
… are known for their chatter. Less recognized in eighteenth-century studies of gossip have been Eliza Haywood's <i>The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless</i> and Frances Burney's <i>Evelina</i>, despite the fact that each of these works provides rich material for such exploration. This thesis, …
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