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Title:Forget me not : alba amicorum and visual communication of friendship, belonging and emotional communities, 1763–1830s Author(s):LINDGREN, William
Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:Few materials have preserved so much of the visualisation and friendship-practice of the cult of friendship as the album amicorum (friendship album). The albums earned their name from their role in the practice of friendship, ...
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Title:William Temple’s political and economic thought : a restoration view of consequences of human nature, 1660–1699 Author(s):HAAVISTO, Juha OskariDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis focuses on the political and economic thought the seventeenth century diplomat and author William Temple (1628–1699). His works have previously been analysed mainly from the point of view of literary studies, ...
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Title:The shadow line : railway and society in colonial East Africa, c. 1890–1914 Author(s):ASELMEYER, NormanDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:The era of ‘imperial globalization’ at the turn of the twentieth century was also the age of colonial railways. The global network of railway lines has never expanded faster than in the decades before and after 1900. ...
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Title:Women and politics in the Romanian Legionary Movement Author(s):AXINIA, Anca DianaDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis examines women’s participation in the Legionary Movement or Iron Guard, a far-right, anti-Semitic movement active in interwar Romania. Over four chapters, I analyze how the participation of women changed over ...
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Title:'The Storms of 1848' : the global revolutions in Spain Author(s):GARCÍA DE PASO, Ignacio 
Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis explores the effect of the 1848 revolutionary cycle in Spain and its imperial space, focusing on its global connections and on the intersections between revolution, counterrevolution, and empire building. In ...
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Title:A divided common good : rhetoric and debates about wealth and status within the Dutch polycentric state, 1763-1790 Author(s):SCHUTTE, GertjanDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis investigates Dutch debates on wealth and status in the Dutch polycentric state in the period between 1763 and 1790. This study aims to show the dynamics and characteristics of contemporary visions of wealth, ...
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Title:Europeans making sense of the Levant : French and British merchants in Aleppo in the late eighteenth century (ca. 1770-1805) Author(s):SCHULER, HenningDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:How did the French and British in Aleppo, in the European society of Aleppo, but also with travellers and the local population, make sense of the Levant and its inhabitants at the end of the Eighteenth Century? I want to ...
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Title:Europeanisation à la carte : negotiating Spanish accession to the European community, 1979-1985 Author(s):ALORDA CARRERAS, MartaDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This thesis investigates the negotiations over Spanish accession to the European Community, which ran from 1979 to 1985. It focuses on the economic dimension of membership negotiations and explores three economic sectors ...
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Title:The changes undermining the functioning of a constitutional democracy Author(s):FLECK, Zoltán; KOVÁCS, Ágnes; KÖRTVÉLYESI, Zsolt; MÉSZÁROS, Gábor ; POLYÁK, GáborDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MTA Law Working Papers; 2022/09Abstract:This paper reviews the changes that relate to institutions that play a central role in maintaining a functioning democracy. The chapters document how these institutions and areas where, one by one, transformed to undermine ...
; POLYÁK, GáborDate:2022Type:Working PaperSeries/Number:MTA Law Working Papers; 2022/09Abstract:This paper reviews the changes that relate to institutions that play a central role in maintaining a functioning democracy. The chapters document how these institutions and areas where, one by one, transformed to undermine ...
Title:West side stories : the Greek Gastarbeiter’s migration to the Federal Republic of Germany and their return to the homeland (1960-1989) Author(s):ADAMOPOULOU, Maria Date:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:This doctoral thesis is a social history of the Greek migrant workers in West Germany, with an emphasis on the role of the sending country in all the stages of their migration journey. It examines the different ways the ...
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