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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 102 avhandlingar innehållade ordet colonialism.
11. A Black Utopia? Social Stratification in Nineteenth-Century Colonial Sierra Leone
Sammanfattning : In the present dissertation, social stratification in colonial Sierra Leone is discussed, with the aim of providing novel evidence on the association between ideals, institutions and inequality. The case study of Sierra Leone is valuable for it allows to examine social stratification in an alleged egalitarian context. LÄS MER
12. Les sacres : en socio-kulturell analys av tio versioner av ett Våroffer
Sammanfattning : The purpose of the dissertation is to bring to light and focus upon, through a number of disparate investigations, the socio-cultural ideology and practices expressed in some of the dance events which constitute an echo of the cry implied by the most canonized ballet of the 1900s, Le Sacre du Printemps choreographed in 1913 by Vaslav Nijinsky. The study commences with a discussion, which aims to define key concepts such as "reconstruction" and "original". LÄS MER
13. State Capacity and Development in Francophone West Africa
Sammanfattning : This thesis proposes a unique quantitative investigation of the long-term development of modern states in Sub-Saharan Africa. This is done by measuring and analysing the dynamic history of tax revenue, as a key measure of the capacity of the state, and development in four countries in francophone West Africa – Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger and Senegal – over the long 20th century. LÄS MER
14. Kalaureia 1894 : A Cultural History of the First Swedish Excavation in Greece
Sammanfattning : The excavation of the Sanctuary of Poseidon at Kalaureia in 1894 marks the beginning of Swedish archaeological fieldwork in Greece. During a couple of hot summer months, two philologists from Uppsala University, Sam Wide (1861-1918) and Lennart Kjellberg (1857-1936), worked in the sanctuary together with the architect Sven Kristenson (1858-1937), the Greek foreman Pankalos and around twenty local workmen. LÄS MER
15. Anglo-French Relations and the Acadians in Canada's Maritime Literature: Issues of Othering and Transculturation
Sammanfattning : Ph.D. dissertation at the University of Gothenburg, 2008 Title: Anglo-French Relations and the Acadians in Canada s Maritime Literature: Issues of Othering and Transculturation. LÄS MER