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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"historical interpretation"”.
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A Semiotic Phenomenology of the Boxers' Movements: A Contribution to A Hermeneutics of Historical Interpretation
… a set of unexplored materials and a new way of interpretation, i.e., an intersubjective-synchronic analysis of Chinese nationalism in late nineteenth-century China.
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Chester Holcombe: The Christian Gentleman in Victorian America.
… The difficulty in applying this concept to historical interpretation is that the connection between the flow of history and the influence of private human motivations can be easily reduced to simplistic stimulus-response reactions.
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The Search for a Buried Nation: Prehistoric Archaeology in Central Europe, 1750--1945
… The nationalist connotations attached to historical interpretation first emerged in the early twentieth century. After the Second World War, archaeology slowly recovered as a respectable science. It has once again become a multifaceted practice that offers hobbyists and professionals a set …
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An historical comparison between the Southern secession movement of 1860 and the Soviet secession movements of today
This thesis uses an historical interpretation of the Southern secession movement of 1860 in order to formulate a secession theory consisting of three separate elements: 1) the growth of political faction; 2) a characteristic of the factional clash which renders the resulting crisis particularly …
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A framework for probate research.
… museums with relevant information to improve historical interpretation.
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How America Remembers: Analysis of the Academic Interpretation and Public Memory of the Battle of Tippecanoe
… This thesis is an examination of the academic interpretation and public memory of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Until the cultural history movement by scholars in the mid-twentieth century, historical interpretation and public memory mirrored one another in the remembrance of the battle. As …
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Conflict of norms in European Union law and the legal reasoning of the European Court of Justice
… the opposition between conserving and innovative interpretation; conflicts of human rights norms, looking in particular at the idea of a hierarchy of rights and of specificationism in the articulation of rights; and conflicts of competence norms. It concludes that the scope exists for a fuller …
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Making Private Parts Public: American Nudism and the Politics of Nakedness, 1929-1963
… the body normally hidden from public view and historical interpretation. This dissertation contributes to historical studies of sexuality that have documented the emergence of a more open sexual culture in the United States by analyzing previously unrecognized cultural developments and …
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American archaeology and the conceptualization of preservation : Edgar Lee Hewett and the crafting of the 1906 Antiquities Act
… of America's prehistoric period ignited an historical consciousness of North America's great "civilizations" of the past, establishing a continuity between pre-Columbian settlements and the present American nation. The continuity was largely materially based, as the monumental architecture …
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The growth of Cape Town commerce and the role of John Fairbairn's Advertiser, 1835-1859
… however, acknowledges the importance of class in historical interpretation. The commercial bourgeoisie (defined as wholesale merchants, wholesalers-retailers and financiers) thus assumes a central place in discussion here. Yet, inextricably bound up with the history of commerce during the period …
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The impact of ecological thought on architectural theory.
… level of concern about the environment. Through historical interpretation, the study identifies some of the core themes of ecological thought and looks at their relationship to the design of the built environment. It traces the recurring themes of naturalism, vitalism and materialism, which are …
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Luke and the marginalized : an African feminist's perspective on three Lukan parables (Luke 10: 25-37; 15: 8-10 ; 18: 1-8)
… The argument is that biblical scholarship and interpretation was based on Western patriarchal androcentric and sexist approach which considered maleness as normative human behaviour. The feminist approach to the parabolic interpretation is introduced as a contrast to the normative male …
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Promise and Freedom, Flesh and Slavery: Paul's Hermeneutical Key in Galatians 4:21-5:1 in Light of the Themes and the Structure of Galatians
… attempt to overturn centuries of theological and historical interpretation. Against other interpretations, I argue that Paul’s untraditional uniting of Hagar, Sinai, and the present Jerusalem together was accomplished through the interpretive key provided in 4:23: the one who comes from a slave …
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Rethinking the Role of the Landscape in Historic Interpretation: A Constructivist Design Approach to Interpreting Slavery in Appalachian Virginia
… can play a more active, meaningful role in historical site interpretation for the public. It asserts that the landscape can serve not merely as a passive backdrop or stage set for interpretation but as an active tool for communicating important understandings about history. To accomplish …
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Owning Home: African-American Agriculture In Lower Richland County, South Carolina, 1868-1890
… been largely lost in the haze that surrounds historical memory of Reconstruction and its immediate aftermath. From their farming practices and land-use policies to their heavy involvement in the Colored Farmers' Alliance, these rural inhabitants actively sought the creation of a rich community …
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The Santo Sepulcro in Torres del Río (Navarra): Historiography, National Identity and a Reconsideration of “Mozárabic” and “Mudéjar” Architecture
… is to contextualize the Santo Sepulcro historically and art historically in a way that makes sense of some of its most salient features. The first chapter discusses the state of the problem and proposed avenues for the research presented in the remaining chapters. The second chapter …
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Literary Historicism: Conquest and Revolution in the Works of Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012) and Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980)
… doctoral thesis analyses the depiction of the historical topics of Conquest and Revolution across the literary writings of Alejo Carpentier (1904-1980) and Carlos Fuentes (1928-2012). These historical tropes constitute core topics of reflection throughout their literary and critical works, …
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Religion, politics and Symbolic Performance: An Analysis Of The Work Of Archbishop Desmond Tutu From July 1989 To February 1990
… of the ruling class. Within this attitude, historical interpretation and symbolic direction are controlled and focused through a "comedic master". Tutu fulfills this role by being the central ''performer" that articulates the South African oppositional struggle through the world media …
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Crisis, Challenge, and Consolidation: A Study of the Anglican Church in a Rural Welsh Parish 1700-1900
… ‘Here local studies are of the greatest value. Historical interpretation is simply the presentation of generalizations which are provisionally acceptable. With the advance of knowledge those generalizations nearly always need to be qualified’. It is my purpose to embark on a local study, i.e. a …
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