Oriental drama has influenced twentieth century western drama in many ways. I have chosen to look at four ways that prove valuable in appreciating plays and productions of four western playwrights. Yeats's oriental ...

This thesis is concerned with the "Pattimura" Revolt which broke out at the end of the British Interregnum, in 1818, when the Moluccas were handed back to the Dutch. The dissatisfaction that led to the revolt was in part ...

This thesis investigates the growth and development of the Society of Friends (Quakers) in New Zealand, from 1840-1920. It is concerned with looking at the way a small handful of individuals in 1840 grew into a fully fledged ...

During World War I, New Zealand Methodism entered a crisis caused by two sets of problems, both of which reflected the numerical stagnation of the Church in the early twentieth century and the difficulty of communicating ...

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This thesis is an investigation of the extent and importance of China's dependence upon imported silver in the years leading up to the fall of the Ming dynasty in 1644. The commercial expansion and fiscal reforms of the ...

The loyalist political majority in New Caledonia is a group which has been largely neglected by academics and the media. Collectively, this majority has been attributed the status of a distinct community under the title ...

This thesis examines the contribution of Alfred and Sidney Luttrell to architecture in Tasmania and New Zealand. From 1886 Alfred, in partnership with Sidney after 1897, designed buildings for a wide variety of clients ...

In the thesis I attempt to analyse the present conflict surrounding the organisation and cost of the shipping link between New Zealand and its major markets, particularly the United Kingdom, Europe and North America. Liner ...

Francis William Petre is a major New Zealand architect whose work has never before been subject to a detailed study. For this reason a large part of this thesis has been devoted to the provision of an accurate account of ...