<p>In Canada, as in the United States, cities seemed to many to be in complete disarray in the 1960s. Growing populations and the resultant increased demands for housing fed rapid suburban sprawl, creating a postwar burst of urban and suburban planning as consultants were hired in city after city to address the challenges of the postwar era. During this period expressway proposals sparked controversy in urban centres across the developed world, including every major city in Canada, namely Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Montréal and Halifax. Residents objected to postwar autocentric planning designed to encourage and promote the continued growth of city centres. Frustrated by unresponsive politicians and civic officials, citizen activists challenged authorities with an alternate vision for cities that prioritized the safeguarding of the urban environment through the preservation of communities, the prevention of environmental degradation, and the promotion of public transit. As opponents recognized the necessity of moving beyond grassroots activism to established legal and government channels to fight expressways, their protests were buoyed by the rapidly rising costs that plagued the schemes. By the latter half of the 1960s, many politicians and civil servants had joined the objectors. Growing concerns over the many costs of expressways -- financial, social, environmental, and eventually, political -- resulted in the defeat of numerous expressway networks, but most were qualified victories with mixed legacies.</p> <p>Expressway disputes were an instrumental part of a wider struggle to define urban modernity, a struggle that challenged the basis of politicians and civil servants power by questioning their legitimacy as elected leaders and uniquely qualified experts, respectively. The subsequent emergence of urban reform groups that sought to change the direction of city development by challenging the autocratic municipal bureaucracies was the direct legacy of expressway and other development battles. Despite this, autocentric planning continued and demands for greater citizen participation did not result in significant changes to the form and function of municipal governments.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

<p>This thesis uses newly available archival material from the Arehivio Storieo del Ministero degli Affari Esteri, especially Ciano's Gabinetto, the Foreign Ministry office under which Mussolini and Ciano successively centralized and tightened Fascist control of foreign policy, as well as the Serie Affari PolWei, copies of telegrams from embassies abroad plus the diplomatic traffic sent from the Gabinetto to various embassies. This research represents the most comprehensive archival study to date. It also adds a substantially new interpretive cast to the historical debate. It considers but rejects the writings of recent revisionist Italian historians, especially the late Renzo De Felice and several of his students. Their work inaccurately presents a picture of Italy balanced between England and Germany, hoping to play the role of the 'decisive weight' in European affairs.</p> <p>This study argues instead that Benito Mussolini was the primary animator of Italian foreign policy during the 1930s. He was a programmatic thinker, whose ultranationalist mentalite included contempt for democracies, Bolshevism in Western Europe, and for the international Masonic order. More seriously, he held profoundly racist, militarist and social Darwinist beliefs, and routinely acted on these impulses. This complex of irrational beliefs led Mussolini to align Italy with Germany to expand the Italian Empire in East and North Africa at the expense ofBritain and France.</p> <p>From June 1936 to early February 1939, Mussolini clearly tightened Italian ties with Germany. These links allowed the Duce to challenge the Western democracies on a broad number of issues. Although Mussolini hoped to achieve many concessions through a process of alternate intimidation and conciliation, he ultimately knew that he could realize his main territorial goals only through war with France and Britain. Only an alliance with Hitler's Germany offered Mussolini the chance to achieve his grandiose imperial plans, though at the profound risk ofdomination by Germany and military defeat against Britain.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

The Scandinavian invasion and settlement in England altered English history. However, while the basic political narrative is known from primary sources, the social and cultural history that evolved has not been fully examined. This is especially true in the areas of the Danelaw that the Scandinavian invaders settled where there is a paucity of primary sources for this period. The study was limited to the years 800 A.D. to 1000 A.D. or a shorter time span within that frame depending on the subject matter under examination. This thesis examined place-names and coins in East Anglia and Yorkshire to determine the Scandinavian influence on their development. By understanding the Scandinavian influence on place-names and coins, one may determine the settlement pattern that occurred in each area. It appears that the moderate Scandinavian influence on place-names as well as the deliberate assimilation of coinage to English standards indicates a small scale settlement that consisted primarily of higher ranking Danes. Yorkshire on the other hand demonstrates much stronger Scandinavian influence in place-name development as well as coinage thus indicating a larger settlement that consisted on lower ranking Danes. By determining settlement patterns, future research can focus on elucidating cultural changes that occurred subsequent to the initial settlement.

This thesis sets out to re-locate and redefine the historical arguments around the development of the Modern Movement in architecture. It investigates the development of architectural modernism in Central Europe from 1895-1939 in the towns and cities of the multinational Habsburg Empire, in a creative milieu in which opposition, contrast and difference were the norm. It argues that the evolution of the Modern Movement through the independent nations that arose from the Empire constituted an early and significant engagement with urbanisation, planning and architectural modernism that has been largely overlooked by western scholarship. By reviewing the extant literature in discussion with Central European authorities and by drawing upon a little known range of sources, this thesis brings into focus the role of key individuals such as Plečnik, Fabiani and Kotěra and it explores the significance of developments in town planning in places like Zagreb and Ljubljana. In restoring some of this missing detail and revisiting some of the key sites, the thesis reveals how Central European individuals made early and significant contributions to the development of architectural modernism and the Modern Movement that have hitherto received little critical acknowledgement. What this research reveals is how these figures developed what can be seen as local solutions, rooted in the context and culture of individual towns and cities and their unique histories. However more significantly, this thesis also demonstrates that these independent initiatives were formed with an understanding of - and in response to - wider national and international developments in the field of architectural modernism. In this connection, the thesis can be regarded as part of an emerging academic effort to redress the history of the Modern Movement and an attempt to set in motion a raft of suggestion for further research into this rich field of cultural endeavour.

The sixteenth and early-seventeenth centuries saw the development of a British identity that was contingent upon a shared dynasty through intermarriage and the composite monarchy of James VI and I, religious developments that led to both Scotland and England breaking with the Roman Catholic Church, and especially England’s overseas colonial empire. Using sources representative of the nascent print culture, the Calendar of State Papers, the Letters and Papers of Henry VIII, and Journals from the House of Commons, this project argues that contrary to prior historical analysis of Britain, empire, and English imperialism that British identity in the sixteenth century became a collaborative process which included both Scots and English. With this in mind, the project suggests that historians must incorporate Scottish angles to the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, and that future studies should include analysis of Scots in the early Atlantic and English imperial worlds.

This thesis focuses on Swedish soldiers and their crimes against God within the Swedish army. In the late seventeenth century, the Swedish army reformed. Earlier wars had proven the old military system of enrolment and jurisdiction ineffective, stressing the fact that new articles of war were needed. In the new statutory framework no less than the first 22 articles determine the conditions of religion and its practice, proclaiming apostasy and heresy as the worst crimes within the army. Nonetheless, research has shown an over-representation of soldiers, or former soldiers committing these types of crimes, addressing the origin of these crimes to the military profession and the military environment. However, the knowledge about this is limited, and how the military adjudication dealt with these matters is highly neglected. By using the theoretical concepts of place and space (in Swedish plats and rum) alongside a theoretical culture perspective, this study aims to examine the contents of military legislation and how the military adjudicated these crimes, and will show that crimes, such as making a deal with the Devil, was a part of the military culture.

Orientador: Ana Clara Bortoleto Nery / Banca: Maria Rita de Almeida Toledo / Banca: Rosa Fátima Souza / Resumo: Com o objetivo de compreender as formas pelas quais Saudade, do autor Thales Castanho de Andrade, se constitui como uma obra importante da literatura infantil brasileira, enquanto livro de leitura escolar utilizado nas escolas primárias, durante os anos de 1918 e 1932, apresento esta Dissertação de Mestrado. Para entender que fatores contribuíram para que Saudade se tornasse referência na literatura escolar, faço a análise da 2ª e da 17ª edições do livro, publicadas em 1920 e 1932, respectivamente. A análise terá como referencial teórico as idéias de Roger Chartier, numa abordagem identificada como "história cultural". Segundo Chartier (1991), esta abordagem está focada na compreensão, manipulação e estudo de textos, impressos de formas variadas, em seu contexto histórico e social. Saudade foi escrito num momento histórico que dá início a publicação de uma literatura escolar, da qual se origina a literatura infantil brasileira como gênero literário. Foi destinado à leitura escolar nas séries do curso primário das escolas brasileiras; adotado principalmente, nos estados de São Paulo, Paraná, Ceará e no Distrito Federal, segundo a Revista da Sociedade de Educação, de 1923. O livro foi escrito em um momento de grande efervescência nacional no campo econômico, cultural, político e educacional, e estava comprometido com o processo de ruralização. O autor de Saudade, piracicabano, foi escritor e educador, e manteve relações de amizade ou convívio pessoal com pessoas importantes para a educação no Brasil, dentre elas, Sampaio Dória, Sud Mennucci, Monteiro Lobato e Lourenço Filho. Neste trabalho, levou-se em conta a afirmação de Roger Chartier de que é preciso unir duas perspectivas: estudar o próprio texto e os impressos que lhe dão suporte. / Abstract: The aim of this research is to comphehend how Saudade, written by Thales Castanho de Andrade, constitutes an important book of the brazilian literary production made for children, once it was used as pedagogical reading in Elementary Schools during the period from 1918 to 1932. To enlighten what factors contributed to make Saudade so important as a reference in the pedagogical literature, I analysed the 2nd and 17th editions of the book, published en 1920 and 1932, respectively. The analyses will be held by Roger Chartier's ideas, approaching the "cultural history". According to Chartier (1991), this approachfocuses on the comprehension, manipulation and study of printed texts in several ways, and also on its historical and social contexts. Saudade was written in a historical epoch which makes na entry of the pedagogical publishing, from which originates the brazilian literary production made fr children as a literary order. The book was destinated to pedagogical reading on the brazilian Elementary Schols; being used, mainly, in the Estates of São Paulo, Paraná, ceará and in the Federal District, according to the Education Society Magazine, from 1923. The novel was produced in a time of great effervescence on the economy, culture, politics and education, and was linked to the process of ruralism. The author of Saudade, piracicabano, was writer and educator, keeping relations of frienship or docial companionship with important people for education in Brazil; among them, Sampaio Dória, Sud Mennucci, Monteiro Lobato and Lourenço Filho. In this research, I considered the words of Roger Chartier that say it is necessary to join two perspectives: studying the text itself and the other printed matters that support it. / Mestre

Esta dissertação é um estudo sobre as transformações pelas quais passou a Rua José Paulino, principal via comercial do bairro paulistano Bom Retiro, entre 1928 e 1980. Em 1928, tratava-se de uma via mista, ocupada simultaneamente por inúmeros usos, como moradia, comércio, serviços e pequenas indústrias que supriam as necessidades das várias comunidades imigrantes residentes no bairro. Em 1980, a José Paulino era uma via reconhecida nacionalmente por possuir um comércio de moda predominantemente feminino e a preços acessíveis, atraindo diversos compradores de outras regiões do Estado de São Paulo e do Brasil. O objetivo da pesquisa foi compreender como se deram as sucessivas mudanças nos usos da rua e quais são os rebatimentos dessas mudanças na materialidade da José Paulino durante o intervalo proposto para o seu estudo. A estruturação de uma nova atividade econômica no local implicou alterações materiais e estéticas, com demolições de imóveis antigos, construções de novos edifícios e a posterior ocupação de suas fachadas pela comunicação visual que os proprietários das confecções passaram a aplicar em seus imóveis. / This dissertation is a study on changes through which José Paulino Street, the main commercial street in the São Paulo neighborhood of Bom Retiro, occurred between 1928 and 1980. In 1928, this street was a mixed-use urban corridor, being simultaneously occupied by innumerable uses, such as housing, commerce, services and small industries that supplied the needs of the various immigrant communities residing in the neighborhood. In 1980, José Paulino was a nationally recognized street with a predominantly feminine and affordable fashion trade, attracting several buyers from other regions of the State of São Paulo and Brazil. The objective of this research was to understand how the successive changes in uses of this street occurred and what is the bending of these changes in the materiality of José Paulino during the time period proposed for his study. The shaping of a new economic activity in the area led to material and aesthetic changes, with demolitions of old buildings, constructions of new buildings and posterior occupation of its façades by visual communication that owners of the confections began to use in their properties.

This doctoral thesis deals with the transmission and reception of the works of Cyprian of Carthage in the early Middle Ages. The process of research combined the study of the manuscript transmission of Cyprian’s works with the study of texts that were (in an immediate way or not) influenced by these writings. The connections between the transmission of Cyprian’s writings and the publishing activities of various groups, from the Donatists in fourth-century North Africa to Carolingian priests, is a central part of the thesis. The appropriation of the Church Father by different groups, including Arian writers in the aftermath the Council of Aquileia, proves not only the sense of authority Cyprian’s works invoked but also the, often liberal, way in which ancient works were used or interpreted. In addition, Cyprian was the first Latin Church Father to connect the concept of the unity of the Church with the office of the bishop. He was therefore influential in medieval ecclesiological thought and in the shaping of episcopal identities throughout the early Middle Ages. The thesis examined how Cyprian’s works functioned as tools of legitimisation for the causes of ninth-century bishops, such as Hincmar of Reims; invocations of priestly and episcopal identity, which were often based on Cyprian’s contribution to Catholic theology, enabled influential bishops to affirm their place in a Christian society as major players in ecclesiastical and secular politics.

North American histories of homelessness have focused upon the specific image of the “tramp.” Exemplified by Charlie Chaplin, Jack London, and various other popular representations in a variety of media formats, the tramp, hobo or bindlestiff is a classic North American symbol. This “tramp” is often represented as a young, white, heteronormative man, and many histories of homelessness focus upon subjects like him. However, newly accessible police, charity and census materials suggest the early twentieth century homeless population in the Pacific Northwest was more racially and sexually diverse than previously thought. Using a Gramscian liberal order framework theory, I argue that the tramp became a North American liberal ideological icon in response to a growing tension between the needs of capital for a free moving body of labourers and the growing panoptic state. By breaking down the tramp mythos and offering a more accurate image of turn of the century homeless people, we can see the ways liberal ideology has been twisted to justify incarceration, harassment, and exclusion. / Graduate / 2019-08-24