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archives@tulane.edu / 1 / Jordan Mintz

No / Joseph Lainé contribua de façon remarquable à la chute du Premier Empire – et à deux reprises. Premièrement, il dénonça la politique guerrière de Napoléon et prôna la paix immédiate comme député au Corps législatif en décembre 1813. Deuxièmement, ayant en conséquence encouru la fureur de l’empereur et revenu à sa Gironde natale, il collabora activement à la Déclaration de Bordeaux en faveur des Bourbons en mars 1814. Il faut constater, cependant, que l’action de Lainé en 1814 n’eut pas l’importance de premier plan que celle du comte Lynch et des Chevaliers de la Foi ; sa contribution vint après, avec l’organisation de la nouvelle administration royaliste dans la ville et dans le département. Ce que je soulignerai ici, par contre, c’est l’opposition très significative et bien courageuse de Lainé à Napoléon au sein du Corps législatif l’année précédente, qui marqua une étape majeure dans l’écroulement du régime impérial.

Thesis (Doctorwürde)--Universität Freiburg i.B., 1907. / Cover title. Includes bibliographical references.

This thesis is a study of the novelists of the Peninsular and Waterloo campaigns (veterans and non-veterans), the novelists of the naval war, and the novelists of the home front in the Napoleonic Wars.

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The thesis establishes the main economic and structural changes in the food industries between the wars and assesses the part played by convenience foods in that process. It first reviews and presents data from the Census of Production 1907-1948, to show growth rates and the main structural changes. These include an increase in concentration, the emergence of new trades based on product and process innovations, tbe creation of brands and the entry of multinationals into UK food markets. Associated changes in food consumption and food distribution are also reviewed. The body of the thesis examines the impact of convenience foods on the food industry. An account of 'convenience' and a taxonomy of convenience foods is presented (which is critical of the AFS view) based on Census of Production data. It is shown that convenience foods expanded their share of food industry output and had many of the characteristics of the 'new industries' which were an important feature of British industrial development in the period. The central issue, which occupies the remainder of the thesis, is how these foods were produced and marketed and the forms of competitive behaviour which explain the penetration of the new foods through markets. A model of competition developed by M. E. Porter is used as a framework for the exploration of these questions. He adopts the analytical concepts of new entrants, substitutes, the power of suppliers and buyers and competitive rivalry between incumbent firms in markets. These concepts are examined and illustrated with empirical data drawn from company archives relating to the marketing operations of firms such as Kellogg's, Rowntree's and Horlick's. A detailed account of high speed canning illustrates the economic development of the industry over two decades. The thesis concludes that convenience foods had a significant impact on the food manufacturing industries between the ware.

The objective of this thesis is to test and analyze the proposition of whether and to what extent natural resource interests have been fundamental in either causing, fueling or prolonging civil wars in Africa. The study focuses on examples from the Liberian (1989-96 and 1999-2003) and Sierra Leonean civil (1991-2002) to better understand the workings of armed rebellion and the role of natural resources. These two conflict situations were chosen because of their international/transnational contexts and because of the large number of actors involved in either their management or resolution- (UN, ECOWAS, NGOs, and other International Non-Governmental Organizations). More importantly both nations are resource rich. This study examines closely the relationship between the management of natural resources (with focus on lootable natural resources) and armed conflicts and makes policy recommendations aimed at reducing the risk of resource-related violent conflicts.