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The effects of 'antiestablishment' BBC comedy on politicians, the public and broadcasting values c.1939-1973
(2011)
There are three parts to this thesis, which explores how politicians, the public and broadcasters were affected by ‘antiestablishment’ BBC comedy between 1939 and 1973. ‘The Establishment’ is understood not just as the ...
Shell-shock in First World War Britain: an intellectual and medical history, c.1860-c.1920
(2006)
Historians have identified shell-shock, a contemporary umbrella term for the range
of nervous and mental afflictions suffered by soldiers in the First World War, as a
key episode in the transition to modern psychological ...
Mediations of the Bible in Late Medieval England.
(2007)
Direct access to the Bible was the exception rather than the rule in medieval Europe.
Limitations imposed by cost, sacrality and degrees of literacy determined people's
ability to own or consult the Bible. The multitude ...
Explaining Changes in Political Party Fortunes in Greater London 1918-1931
(2005)
This thesis is a case study of the party politics of Greater London 1918-193 1.
First, and to place its conclusions in context, the thesis properly defines the area of
Greater London with which it deals. The region, ...
Furniture-making in London c. 1700-1870: craft, design, business and labour.
(1982)
This thesis is a study of furniture-making in London in the
years between about 1700 and 1870. The aims of the thesis are outlined
in the introduction, which also explains why the years 1700-1870 were
chosen. The special ...
The Joint Intelligence Committee and the German Question, 1947-61
(2009)
This thesis analyses the contribution that the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIQ
made to British policy concerning Germany (both West and East) during the early Cold
War. The question of control over war-ravaged, but ...
The English Catholic issue, 1640-1662: factionalism, perceptions and exploitation
(2010)
This thesis explores the responses of different groups within the English Catholic
community to the civil war, interregnum and restoration, with close attention to Catholic
political theory. The English Catholic community ...
Marriage and mobility 1754-1810 : an examination of the Anglican marriage registers of selected Shropshire parishes
(1980)
Little is known in detail of the chronology, magnitude and pattern
of migration prior to 1800. This thesis examines Anglican Marriage
Registers and the insight they can provide into past patterns of mobility
in a county ...
Union Jacks and Red Stars on Them : UK Intelligence, the Soviet Nuclear Threat and British Nuclear Weapons Policy, 1945-1970.
(2008)
This thesis is a study of the British intelligence assessments produced by the UK's Joint
Intelligence Committee regarding the Soviet Union's nuclear capabilities and intentions.
It examines the origins of such intelligence, ...
The Great Dread: Influenza in the United Kingdom in Peace and War, 1889-1919
(2011)
Both the 1918-19 ‘Spanish’ influenza pandemic and the 1889-93 ‘Russian’ influenza
pandemic resulted in widespread morbidity and the deaths of hundreds of
thousands of Britons. Yet although the mortality from the pandemics ...