Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii, 2007. / Section 0085, Part 0332 288 pages; [Ph.D. dissertation]Publication Number : AAT3264861 Includes bibliographical references (leaves 272-288).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2010 Aug 15.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / This dissertation examines the economic, social and political life of La Plana, an area associated with an extensive irrigation system at the mouth of the Millars river in eastern Spain, in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries. This was part of a new kingdom established by the Christian monarchs of Aragon in the wake of their conquest and seizure of it from its previous Muslim rulers. Historians have debated to what extent this was a feudal society on the northern European model and how its legal framework shaped, and was shaped by, economic factors, particularly urban-based commerce. La Plana is a fruitful area for such study owing to the rich documentary record left by municipal councils of its main towns. This dissertation, therefore, is the product of a trawl of those documents searching for evidence of economic activity, class conflict, legal structure, friction between different political forces and civic life in provincial towns. I argue that the main town of La Plana, Castello, though owing fealty to an often distant king, was in no way a feudal entity. It saw itself as essentially autonomous and defended its traditional rights and privileges against other towns, nearby feudal lords, ecclesiastical establishments, the ravenous metropolis of Valencia city and the monarchy. Also, the bourgeois and mercantile character of the towns of the new kingdom and the great autonomy granted to them in their charters of foundation and the many privileges bestowed upon them by subsequent monarchs led them to become independent nodes of power and fostered the creation of a socio-economic class whose interests were inimical to those of the nobility and, in the end, to those of the monarchy itself. Castello was also the arena of struggles between rival social classes and economic interests within the town itself. I also look at efforts by the town authorities to regulate trade, maintain infrastructure, keep public order and promote public health. / 2031-01-01

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the complete writings of Ortega, bringing together the recurring themes in his works as they relate to politics and political theory, and describing them in systematic form.

This thesis looks at a European Union cultural initiative, the European Capital of Culture (ECC), and how the contest has become a way for the European Union (EU) to encourage a shared sense of European heritage among EU states while also leaving room for diversity within and across EU nations. It describes the ways in which the ECC delineates and constructs the acceptable boundaries of shared cultural expressions and cultural difference. The argument put forth here is that the EU’s focus on shared problems is becoming an important part of European identity, one that permits countries to maintain certain kinds of marketable difference, such as food or music, while also encouraging a common outlook on handling problems. I examine how heritage is being redefined in the European Capital of Culture contest. I analyze the ways in which the ECC contest strives for heritage that is less exclusive–although not completely inclusive–and how this heritage is defined more in terms of process than product. In aiming to create cross-EU bonds, the contest eliminates some boundaries while reifying others. Through the use of both document analysis and fieldwork, this thesis contributes to a better understanding of ways in which European identity is constructed through the contest, focusing specifically on how a discourse of shared problems has become a way for countries to live up to the EU motto “United in Diversity.”

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Tesis--Valladolid. / Bibliography: p. [17]-29.

Inaug.-Diss.--Bonn. / Added t.p., with thesis statement, inserted. Includes bibliographical references.

Universidad Complutense, Diss. 2003--Madrid, 2003. / Bibliografía: p. 406-412.

Inaug.-Diss.--Bonn. / Added t.p., with thesis statement, inserted. Includes bibliographical references.