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More than ‘just a bump in the road?’: a source analysis of the effects of the Muldergate scandal on South Africa’s international image in the 1970s and 1980s.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This dissertation investigates how the Muldergate scandal affected South Africa’s international
image. In his book Selling Apartheid, Ron Nixon claimed that the Muldergate scandal had a
negligible effect, stating that ...
Reproductive rights and wrongs: abortion as a crime in nineteenth-century England
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This thesis explores the practice of abortion in nineteenth-century England, and
specifically focuses on how abortion’s illegality impacted its application and those
who sought this medical procedure. This thesis ...
Bound to the Book: the role of religion in the Barbary slave trade
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This research essay concerns the Barbary slave trade of the Sixteenth to
mid-Nineteenth century and examines to what extent religion governed its operation.
This research shall be conducted by analysing the various primary ...
Welcomed with open arms? The experience of refugees who emigrated from Nazi Europe to New Zealand in the years 1935-1945
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
If one considers the event of recent years, as in Syria or with the Rohingya peoples, the world is struggling to deal with refugee crises. In this age of uncertainty, perhaps looking at the examples of our ancestors may ...
When fiction gets real: representations of American cultural issues during the Vietnam era
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This dissertation investigates the underlying issues in American culture at the time of the Vietnam War, through the study of three cultural texts. Historically, scholarship on the Vietnam War tends to focus on the issue ...
A picture and a hundred thousand words: the Vietnam War’s influence on the rise of long-form journalism
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
Journalists played an important role in the Vietnam War through their critique and analysis of how the war progressed. Their writing in newspapers and magazines influenced public and government opinion about the war. ...
Mobilization through faith: the religious reaction to the First World War in the United Kingdom through the national and local press.
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This thesis examines the reactions to the First World War by the churches of the United
Kingdom through the use of published newspapers. In the past there has been a lack of focus
on the role religion played throughout ...
The Canterbury Female Refuge: a case study 1865 - 1916
(University of Canterbury, 2017)
This dissertation examines the Canterbury Female Refuge from its founding in 1865 through until
1916. New Zealand welfare historians have looked at this period of Charitable Aid based relief in
some detail, along with ...











