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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
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- 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: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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Title:The long 1968 in Hungary and Romania Author(s):MATUS, Adrian-GeorgeDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:The sixties witnessed many youth unrests across the globe. Compared to previous decades, a distinctive decisional category emerged: youth. They gained a central role by defining themselves in opposition to other generations ...
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Title:La fabrique de la Syrie et du Liban : cartes, savoirs géographiques et production du territoire en contexte impérial (1860-1933) Author(s):LE DOUARIN, LouisDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:Cette recherche a pour objet la production et la circulation des savoirs cartographiques et géographiques sur la Syrie et le Liban ainsi que le rôle de ces savoirs sur la production de ces territoires. Elle propose une ...
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Title:Guardians of the empire : the trajectories of power of political aristocrats and mid-nineteenth-century state-building projects Author(s):DE ATHOUGUIA FILIPE, SaraDate:2022Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2022
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of History and CivilizationAbstract:The trajectories of power of political aristocrats demonstrate how their constitutive values were defined in relation to the empire, placing the guiding principle of ‘imperial unity’ as the utmost priority in the conduct ...
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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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