The aim of this thesis is to examine the concept of time in Dickens¡¦s novels including A Christmas Carol, Hard Times and A Tale of Two Cities with the newly discovered concepts of time in physics, geology and social economy. I intend to use them to build possible parallels, which will help to clarify the working of time and its influences imposed upon the characters in Dickens¡¦s novels. The thesis, in a sense, is an experiment of cross-boundary study and, through a close examination of the three books, tends to provide an alternative way to rethink the relationship between time, characters, the world and the author in Dickens¡¦s novels.

Melodram für Sprecher und Orgel. Text: Dietrich Mendt, Musik: Matthias Drude

The orthodox narrative of the First World War, which maintains that the conflict was futile, unnecessary and wasteful, continues to dominate historical representations of the war. Attempts by revisionist historians to dispute this interpretation have made little impact on Britain’s collective memory of the conflict. The Christmas truce has come to represent the frustration and anger that soldiers felt towards the meaningless war they had been trapped into fighting. However, the Christmas truce, which at the time it occurred was seen as an event of minimal importance, was not an act of defiance, but one which arose from the unprecedented conditions of static trench warfare and the adaptation of the soldiers to that environment. An examination of contemporaneous accounts of the truce demonstrates that it was viewed by the soldiers involved as merely a brief holiday, and that British army commanders generally ignored or tolerated the truce, eventually releasing orders preventing its continuation or reoccurrence but taking no steps to punish any of the men who took part in it. A review of the letters and diaries of truce participants sheds light on the event itself, while simultaneously challenging the orthodox narrative of the First World War.

[Truncated abstract] This research investigates social capital within the everyday space and actions of sociability on Christmas Island. The theory of social capital as proposed by Robert Putnam (1995) provides the framework for this investigation which was conducted in two phases. Quantitative and qualitative approaches and a mixed methods concurrent nested strategy were used in both phases of the investigation and the analyses. The analyses also incorporated multiple perspectives of both social capital and physical activity processes. In the first phase, I sought to: (a) uncover the determinants of social capital within the Christmas Island community; (b) develop a social capital typology; and (c) establish the relationship between the determinants of social capital and adults’ physical activity involvement. In all, 212 participants took part in the study . . . Overall, several factors affected women’s social capital and physical activity. These included: (a) women’s societal roles and positions; (b) household and cultural norms relating to gender-based time and space negotiations; (c) ideologies surrounding ethic of care; and (d) role commitment. These factors also influenced women’s recruitment into becoming active in their community. Network embeddedness and autonomy, assimilation and acculturation as well as language and knowledge competency further distinguished the community and physical activity status of European and Asian women. Analysis related to the two physical activity programmes in part 3 showed how various forms of latent social capital within the community can be synergized to produce physical activity benefits and empower inactive and minority-group women. Findings in this study also support trust as an important element in the establishment of relatedness in a physical activity setting.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Western Australia, 2007.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 1989. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 237-245).

Inaug.-Diss.--Leipzig. / "Erscheint zugleich als Heft 40 der ... 'Beiträge zur Kultur und Universalgeschichte.'" Vita. Bibliographical references included in "Anmerkungen" (p. [121]-130).

Thesis (D.W.S.)--Institute for Worship Studies, 2005. / Abstract and vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 185-193).

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There are not many festivals in the church calendar that attract such a significant number of liturgical occasions supported by words and music as Christmas and the New Year. In some areas of Poland, this period includes Advent which is an integral part of the religious focus of the celebration of the birth of Christ. Given that until now, there has been no monographic work dedicated to carols in Pomerania, against a backdrop of carol singing in the broader sense, it is the intention of the author to provide an insight from the perspective of an insider. On the basis of documentary evidence (manuscripts and printed matter), a carol genre spanning four centuries can be observed in Kashubia. The genre developed within the following three directions which frequently co-existed: - church works, historically the oldest, first mentioned in 1586, - folk music, first mentioned in 1843, - traditional, regional music from the 1930s onwards.