The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the occurrence of Scandinavia in the then daily English newspaper Yorkshire Herald during the First World War. The dissertation looks into what the Yorkshire Herald wrote about Scandinavia in the parts of the newspaper where the newspaper´s own opinion was given. This approach is connected to the theoretical idea that the British local and regional press was politically free during the war period. The dissertation also looks into the number of news telegrams etcetera that concerned Scandinavia during the period. The result shows that Scandinavia, both as a whole as well as the three individual countries, was mentioned about 700 times, split over about 600 telegrams and articles, during the examined period stretching from the first of August 1914 to the eleventh of November 1918. Material that gives the newspaper´s opinion regarding issues concerning Scandinavia can be found six times during the period. Of these articles two have a slight aggressive tone, while the character of the remaining four is more neutral, even friendly and sympathetic.

Texte remanié de: PhD--University of Sheffield, GB, 1999. / Bibliogr. p. 138-145.

Intro. includes bibliographical references. / Reprint of the Heidelberg ed. of 1902. Pages [1]-75 issued originally as thesis, Heidelberg, 1902.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Dept. of Sociology, December 2003. / Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the Internet.

The stable isotopes of oxygen and hydrogen have been employed worldwide as natural hydrological tracers, and most successfully in areas where extremes of climatic seasonality or relief exist. This project aims to assess the viability of the stable isotope technique for studies in the U.K. Systematic sampling was undertaken over two years in the Malham (Carboniferous limestone) and Lambourn (Chalk) areas. The monthly isotopic input signal in precipitation was found to be clearly definable, but less strongly seasonal than found elsewhere. Larger isotopic variations were revealed in weekly and within-storm samples. Snowmelt appeared to provide the most reliable 'spike' for tracing purposes. An attempt to relate weekly precipitation δ¹⁸0 values to air mass characteristics was encouraging for further investigations. Variations of isotope signal with altitude were erratic and not in accordance with normally accepted relationships. Isotopic variations in groundwaters of both areas, and in surface waters of the Lambourn area, rarely exceeded measurement error, and were close to mean annual values in precipitation. This indicated complete mixing of the input waters over one year or more. The isotopic range in precipitation was reduced by ~60% in surface waters of the Malham area. Early mixing and storage of water in the soil and/or upper karstic zone were indicated by comparison of the isotope data with conventional hydrological measurements at resurgences, and supported by strong signal attenuation measured in soil moisture. At certain sites, isotopic evidence revealed a persistence of winter recharge into summer baseflow. A smooth and strongly seasonal isotope signal, discovered in the waters of Malham Tarn, was attributed to evaporation processes and suggests important practical uses. It is concluded that the general application of the stable isotope technique may be more restricted in the U.K. than elsewhere, but that its provision of a new dimension to conventional data should contribute significantly in the future to selected hydrological studies.

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Intro. includes bibliographical references. / Reprint of the Heidelberg ed. of 1902. Pages [1]-75 issued originally as thesis, Heidelberg, 1902.

This thesis explores the gendered exercise of discretion at the various stages of the judicial process in the quarter session and assize courts of Yorkshire between 1735 and 1775. It examines the predicament of both sexes in relational terms at each stage of the judicial process. Part one involves an examination of judicial processes from pre-trial to sentencing, while part two focuses on how those processes operated with respect to the selected offences of homicide, non-fatal violence, theft and riot. This thesis augments knowledge in the historical argument regarding gender and crime for the period between those examined by Garthine Walker and Deirdre Palk and extends the coverage provided by Peter King. It is argued that contrasting experiences of the judicial process during the seventeenth century and those of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries are largely due to an increase in the number of statutory offences created between 1680 and 1820 under the ‘Bloody Code’, combined with the effects of the Transportation Act, 1718, which made transportation to America for seven years or more (rather than branding) the statutory punishment for those who successfully pleaded benefit of clergy and a range of common law felonies between 1718 and 1775. Inconsistencies identified by Palk, in the exercise of gendered discretion in the decision-making process, were also evident in the court records for Yorkshire during the eighteenth century. A recurring theme of this thesis is of greater leniency extended to women under threat of a capital sentence, alongside the more severe punishment of women when that threat was removed. The core argument of this thesis also relates to the core arguments of Lucia Zedner and Carolyn Conely for the Victorian period, when they too observed the gendered nature of judicial responses to crime.

yes / Este documento de investigación del ICPS es un reporte final de un proceso de cuatro años, en el que se realizaron visitas de intercambio entre oficiales de policía de dos distintos pero problemáticos contextos urbanos, así como una reflexión académica sobre lo que nos enseñó acerca de la construcción de seguridad en tales contextos. Esperamos estimular una mayor discusión en el campo académico y en el diseño de políticas para sobrepasar los obstáculos a la construcción de seguridad en nuestras ciudades en formas que contribuyan al bienestar, la paz y la justicia social. Nuestro trabajo en el Centro Internacional de Estudios en Participación de la Universidad de Bradford se concentra especialmente en el estudio de cómo mejores condiciones de seguridad pueden promover y permitirle a la comunidad tener un rol completo en la vida pública. Creemos que la seguridad debe estar en el centro de los estudios de paz con sólidas dimensiones teóricas y prácticas. Este no es un concepto que deba ser dejado a los pensadores conservadores cuya principal preocupación son el orden y la estabilidad. La seguridad crea ambientes que posibilitan cambios sociales positivos y progreso humano.

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