A study of the life and public career of Frederick Howard, fifth Earl of Carlisle, 1748-1825 by Duncan, A, Andrew I. M. Duncan

“…Such a condition, especially in an aristocratic context, has received little attention from historians, preoccupied with the growth or collapse of party. …”

The British Conservative Party and the state, 1929-1940 by Prescott, WJ

“…Despite this, how the governing Conservatives viewed the state remains neglected. Historians of 1930s Tory domestic policy have variously argued it was too interventionist, not interventionist enough, or quite reasonable. …”

Their allotted place: social conditions, survival strategies and comparative respectability among naval wives in mid-nineteenth century Portsea island by Holihead, M

“…Surviving records of this allotment system - known to, but little explored by historians - are used here to reconstruct a previously neglected naval community. …”

The piety and charity of London’s female elite, c. 1580-1630 by Tsakiropoulou, I

“…To what extent can elite women’s piety and charity reveal their religious identity, among an elite characterised as 'puritan' by contemporaries and historians? How did women practise piety and charity in a worldly City, and did they share a civic ethos?…”

Consensus in conflict - the making of a common intellectual culture in Germany, c. 1920-1950 by Unger, S

“…It follows discussions of widespread catchwords, such as ‘masses’ and ‘elites’, ‘progress’ and ‘decline’, ‘<em>Sachlichkeit</em>’ and ‘Romanticism’ in order to identify common patterns of thought, which united a wide range of both supporters and opponents of the Nazi movement. While historians have traditionally described the 1920s and early 1930s as a period ridden by political clashes, my work thus reveals a hidden intellectual convergence underlying Germany’s open and violent conflicts. …”

'Unregarded age': texts and contexts for elderly characters in English renaissance drama, c.1480-1625 by Sheldon, DSK

“…Its secondary aim is to suggest the value, for social historians of old age in early modern England, of play-texts as social evidence.…”

The agrarian foundations of early twentieth-century Japanese anarchism: Ishikawa Sanshirō’s revolutionary practices of everyday life, 1903-1945 by Willems, N

“…Thus, this work puts forward a more nuanced understanding of the movement of popular agrarianism that marked the interwar period, often pigeon-holed by historians as an adjunct of radical nationalism. I also probe the ecological critique embedded in Ishikawa's vision of the man-nature interaction, which remained vital over the decades and has direct relevance to presentday concerns.…”

Musical warriors: British military music and musicians during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars by O'Keeffe, EW

“…<p>Military music was pervasive in Britain and Ireland during the French Wars but has received limited attention from historians. This thesis interprets martial music-making as a core military activity and an integral part of wider musical culture. …”

Late Holocene environmental change and the anthropization of the highlands of Santo Antão Island, Cabo Verde by Castilla-Beltrána, A, de Nascimento, L, Fernández-Palacios, J, Fonville, T, Whittaker, RJ, Edwards, E, Noguéa, S

“…Cabo Verde was the first tropical archipelago colonized by Europeans. Historians have suggested that the first colonizers initiated archipelago-wide ecosystem degradation, loss of vegetation cover, and erosion. …”

The celebrity gossip column and newspaper journalism in Britain, 1918-1939 by Newman, S, Sarah Newman

“…Through a comparative study of six newspapers including the Daily Express, Daily Mail and News of the World, I analyse the changing representation of the celebrity subject, and, originally, the shifting character and persona of the gossip columnist. Whereas some historians have analysed the content of newspapers without considering the questions of the newspaper’s production, I analyse newspaper employment records, gossip columnists’ memoirs and their unpublished letters and diaries to define the specific economic, social and cultural circumstances which, I argue, influenced their public portrayal. …”

The poetry of Anton Schnack by Waller, C

“…</p> <p>The thesis begins with a general introduction to Schnack’s life and work and makes specific reference to his contemporary and current standing among literary historians and critics. Chapter Two focuses on the three volumes of Expressionist verse and documents the cultural circles which he frequented in Munich and the numerous Expressionist magazines and periodicals to which he contributed. …”

Law, government and authority in mid-Tudor England 1540-1570 by McComish, J

“…Second, despite their frequent interaction with the legal system, ordinary people perhaps knew less about the technical law than some historians have suggested. Third, even if technical legal knowledge was not widespread among the population, the complicated map of overlapping jurisdictions and rival legal institutions meant that ordinary people nonetheless cultivated a detailed mental map of their legal world. …”

Mythology as history by Rossington, M, Rossington, Michael

“…The theological defence of the Mosaic account of the origins of the world by orthodox Christians set against the sympathy towards pagan culture expressed by secular historians and antiquarians of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-centuries forms a recurrent theme in the background to Shelley's interest in myth.…”

Monetary policy, 1833-9 : with special reference to the Anglo-American crisis of 1837 by Ledward, WP

“…These led to frequent changes of direction which did much to diminish the Bank's reputation among contemporaries and historians.</p> <p>The conclusion is broadly favourable to the Bank of England, or at least that part of it led by Horsley Palmer which was responsible for the evolution of 1830's policy. …”

Waists, health and history: obesity in nineteenth century Britain by Campbell, S

“…To date anthropometric historians have mainly utilised institutional sources providing height and occasionally weight data for a sample of the working class who experienced deprivation. …”

Associative political culture in the Holy Roman Empire: the Upper Rhine, c. 1350-1500 by Hardy, D

“…<p>Historians have long struggled to conceptualise the Holy Roman Empire in the later middle ages. …”

Agricultural development in Mid Saxon England by McKerracher, M

“…<p>Over the past decade, historians and archaeologists have become increasingly aware that the Mid Saxon period in England (7th-9th centuries AD) witnessed a transformation in agricultural practices. …”

Preface: Angus Hawkins and the Victorians by Middleton, A

“…<br> In producing this short study, Angus was targeting an audience beyond the modern British historians towards whom his previous scholarship had mainly been addressed. …”

Developing powers: modernization, economic development, and governance in Cold War Afghanistan by Nunan, T, Timothy Nunan

“…<p>In the last decade, scholars have recognized economic development and modernization as crucial themes in the history of the twentieth century and the ‘global Cold War.’ Yet while historians have written lucid histories of the role of the social sciences in American foreign policy in the Third World, far less is known on the Soviet Union’s ideological and material support during the same period for countries like Egypt, India, Ethiopia, Angola, or – most prominently – Afghanistan.…”

The beginnings of disease control in London : the work of the medical officers in three parishes, 1856-1900 by Wilkinson, A

“…The problems of health and disease in nineteenth century England have attracted some attention from historians in recent years, although little attention has so far been paid to the local difficulties of public health improvement. …”