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Policing the Recession: Unemployment, Social Protest and Law-and-Order in Republican Barcelona, 1930-1936
(Queen Mary University of London, 1995)
What follows is a social and cultural study of the Barcelona proletariat during
the Spanish Second Republic (193 1-1936). Unlike many historical and organisational
studies of working class groups and labour organisations, ...
HEALTH AND ILLNESS EXPERIENCES OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN WOMEN AND MEN: A STUDY IN EAST LONDON.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1999)
This thesis explores how gender can affect experiences of health and illness, with the
understanding that gender is constructed differently across the life course, and is
mediated by 'race' and class relations in Britain. ...
THE BRITISH WEST INDIAN PRESS IN THE AGE OF ABOLITION
(Queen Mary University of London, 1993-12)
This thesis studies the West Indian press from three perspectives. The fIrst examines
newspapers as economic entities, and involves an analysis of capital, equipment,
patterns of ownership, and workforce. This section ...
The characterisation and analysis of in-situ and blasted block-size distributions and the blastability of rock masses.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1997)
In this thesis, previous research on discontinuity geometry, in-situ block size
distribution (IBSD), blasted block size distribution (BBSD), and blastability of rock
mass is discussed. The IBSD with special reference to ...
Configurations of imperialism and their displacements in the novels of Joseph Conrad.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1998)
This thesis examines certain configurations of imperialism
and their displacements in the novels of Joseph Conrad
beginning from the premise that imperialism is rationalised
through a dualistic model of self/"other" and ...
Algebraic Methods for Finite Linear Cellular Automata
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996)
Cellular automata are a simple class of extended dynamical systems which have
been much studied in recent years. Linear cellular automata are the class of cellular
automata most amenable to algebraic analytic treatments, ...
WOLFSKINS AND TOGAS: LESBIAN AND GAY HISTORICAL FICTIONS, 1870 TO THE PRESENT
(Queen Mary University of London, 1995)
This thesis examines the role of historical reference in the representation of homosexuality
in British literature since the late nineteenth century. The texts it examines are both literal
fictions - novels, short stories ...
Inland Container Transportation System Planning with Reference to Korean Ports
(Queen Mary University of London, 1999)
This study attempts to develop realistic and relevant investment planning models for
inland container transportation systems. An inland container transport system model
has been constructed consisting of three sub-models: ...
Patent ownership in Malaysia - a comparative legal analysis of the Patents Act 1983.
(Queen Mary University of London, 1996)
Prior to 1986, Malaysia had a system whereby patents issued in the United Kingdom could
be registered in Malaysia. On registration, the patent owner would have privileges and
rights as those conferred by the issue of the ...
'Ceux de Guise': The Guise Family and their Affinity in Normandy, 1550-1600
(Queen Mary University of London, 1993)
Despite their importance in. France and Europe in the sixteenth century, the Guise have received
little archival study from historians this century. This thesis overturns the myths that have
surrounded the family as a ...