Browsing Masters Theses by Author "Vance, Michael E. (Michael Easton), 1959-"

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Artisans, plebeians, and radical reform in the British Isles, New South Wales, and Upper Canada, 1790-1838

Stephen, Mark Douglas (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1999)

The principle aim of this of thesis is to examine connections between popular radical movements in the British Isles, and in New South Wales and in Upper Canada, between the 1790s and 1830s. This period, the first decade ...
Beyond domesticity : the use and value of women's leisure time in Halifax, 1880-1930

Brock, Laura Helen (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 1998)

The principle aim of this research is to examine how women in Halifax, between 1880 and 1930, used their leisure time and how this time was valued. This period marked an increase in industrial capitalism and saw an ever ...
From swords to ploughshares : the context for Highland soldier settlement in Nova Scotia, 1710-1775

Smith, Donald Brian (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2003)

This dissertation examines the circumstances whereby Scottish Highland soldiers became settlers in Nova Scotia prior to the American Revolution. It details the process, commencing in the late seventeenth century, of the ...
The Irish experience in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saint John, New Brunswick, and St. John's, Newfoundland : a comparative analysis

Lahey, Doyle (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2010)

Many historians of the Irish experience in Canada have argued that the Irish migrants in British North America originated primarily from Ulster, settled overwhelmingly in rural regions where they became pioneering farmers, ...
Representing the Confederation Bridge

Sewell, Raymond Gilbert (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2014)

On May 31st 1997, the Confederation Bridge opened. Much like an aqueduct, it allowed for the flow of people and goods on an unprecedented scale to Prince Edward Island. The “Bridge”, built and operated as a Public-Private ...
The occupational changes of Chinese immigrants in Canada with specific reference to Halifax, Nova Scotia 1885-1923

Cui, Xiang (Halifax, N.S. : Saint Mary's University, 2003)

This thesis examines the changing occupational patterns of Chinese immigrants in Canada from 1858 to 1923. The thesis, which is based primarily on a review of the existing historiography of Chinese immigration and Chinese ...

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