Search for dissertations about: "british colonial"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 swedish dissertations containing the words british colonial.
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1. The exchange of cotton : Ugandan peasants, colonial market regulations and the organisation of international cotton trade, 1904-1918
Abstract : Between 1904 and 1918, the British colonial administration in Uganda regulated the cotton industry in order to maintain and improve the quality of the exported cotton. The main topics of the dissertation are: Why were these regulations enacted and who initiated them? The dissertation analyses the impact of the organisation of the international cotton trade on the buying practices in the local Uganda cotton market. READ MORE
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2. Rule by Association : Japan in the Global Trans-Imperial Culture, 1868-1912
Abstract : Criticizing one-empire approaches, calls to apply much-needed transnational perspectives and methodologies to colonial history have recently emerged. This groundbreaking scholarship has already revealed that the competition between different European empires after 1850 has typically been overemphasized; in fact, a transnational perspective reveals extensive cooperation between the “great powers” of the age, along with myriad examples of exchanges and transfers of colonial knowledge. READ MORE
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3. Unfree to Develop : A Comparative Study of Kuria and Ukerewe Under Colonial Rule, Tanzania 1850-1961
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4. Travelling objects : modernity and materiality in British Colonial travel literature about Africa
Abstract : This study examines the functions of objects in a selection of British colonial travel accounts about Africa. The works discussed were published between 1863 and 1908 and include travelogues by John Hanning Speke, Verney Lovett Cameron, Henry Morton Stanley, Mary Henrietta Kingsley, Ewart Scott Grogan, Mary Hall and Constance Larymore. READ MORE
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5. Gender and Citizenship : Hausa Women´s Political Identity from the Caliphate to the Protectorate
Abstract : Tidigare forskare har hävdat att det brittiska herraväldet i Nigeria inte påverkade människorna på landsbygden i någon större utsträckning. Men Hauwa Mahdi hävdar i sin avhandling att kolonialmakten hade ett mycket stort inflytande – inte minst på relationerna mellan könen. READ MORE