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Politics Through T-Shirts: A History of Protest, a Study of Digital Public History Methodologies and Open-Source Curating
(University of Waterloo, 2021-02-26)The T-shirt, as it exists in the twenty-first century, is a staple in every wardrobe across the United States. Since it’s rise to popularity in the 1950s, it has been used a symbol of rebellion and dissent of the youth. ... -
Practical Inclusion: Representing French-Canadians in the Army during the Second World War
(University of Waterloo, 2024-01-26)This dissertation offers a thorough re-examination of the process and reasons for why French-Canadian representation in the Canadian Army increased during the Second World War. It argues that the army’s leadership endeavoured ... -
Pragmatism and Cooperation: Canadian-American Defence Activities in the Arctic, 1945-1951
(University of Waterloo, 2009-09-02)During the early Cold War, as the Soviet menace placed Canada in between two hostile superpowers, the Canadian government decided to take steps to ensure that its sovereignty and national interests were not threatened by ... -
The Problem of History in the Age of Abundance
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, 2016-12-11)Our collective cultural heritage faces a serious problem: In the digital age, we can document and "remember" more than ever before. But the scale of historical material is so huge that it will decisively change how scholars ... -
Prohibition, the Great War and Political Advocacy: The Wartime Campaign for Prohibition
(University of Waterloo, 2011-01-18)Once a fundamental aspect of American life, by 1920 the 18th Amendment to the constitution prohibited consumption of alcoholic beverages. Prohibition challenged traditional dogmas and called into question what constituted ... -
Public Health and Sanitation in Colonial Lahore, 1849-1910
(University of Waterloo, 2018-08-30)The British annexation of the Punjab in 1849 had important consequences for the city of Lahore. Indeed, the British occupation prompted Lahore’s transformation into a “modern” colonial city. New designs for urbanization, ... -
Public Servants or Professional Alienists?: Medical Superintendents and the Early Professionalization of Asylum Management and Insanity Treatment in Upper Canada, 1840-1865
(University of Waterloo, 2011-08-30)In nineteenth-century Upper Canada (Ontario), professional work was a primary means by which men could improve their social status and class position. As increasing numbers of men sought entry into these learned occupations, ... -
The Puzzle of the Morrissette-Arcand Clan: A History Of Metis Historic and Intergenerational Trauma
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-20)This thesis explores how members of the Morrissette-Arcand clan, a Metis road allowance family from Saskatchewan, endured intergenerational trauma since being displaced from Red River in the 1870s. It frames Metis history ... -
The Queer Eternal September: LGBTQ Identity on the Early Internet and Web
(University of Waterloo, 2020-09-21)This dissertation examines the expression of queer identity and community on the early internet and web, and suggests a methodology for working with archived internet and web sources when exploring the history of marginalized ... -
Quiet In The Rear: The Wehrmacht and the Weltanschauungskrieg in the Occupation of the Soviet Union
(University of Waterloo, 2018-04-26)Historians widely acknowledge that the Second World War witnessed a substantial degree of ideology in the conflict itself. This paper will establish the degree to which the ideology of National Socialism shaped the Wehrmacht’s ... -
The Red Road to Victory: Soviet Combat Training 1917-1945
(University of Waterloo, 2023-01-20)This thesis provides a comprehensive account of early Soviet combat training and its associated attitudes from 1917 to 1945. From its inception in 1918 and throughout the evolution of Soviet military doctrine and practice, ... -
The Redevelopment of Canada and Japan’s Economic Relationship, 1945-1951: Canadian Perspectives
(University of Waterloo, 2010-05-20)Between 1921 to 1941, Canada and Japan were close trading partners. The end of World War II provided the two countries with the opportunity to resume their former economic relationship. However, Japan was a defeated ... -
A Region at Odds: Abortion Politics in the Maritime Provinces, 1969-1988
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-01)The inaccessibility of abortion services in the Maritime Provinces remains a constant topic in the media, and yet little research has been conducted to explain the barriers to the procedure in the region. Despite many ... -
Replacing Sound Assumptions: Rediscovered Narratives of Post War Northern British Columbia
(University of Waterloo, 2017-10-23)Through a close analysis of a regional public radio archive, this dissertation reveals how residents of northern British Columbia defined their identities, expressed discontent, and revealed their aspirations and expectations ... -
Roman Catholic Women Religious and Organizational Reform in English Canada: The Ursuline and Holy Names Sisters in the Diocese of London, Ontario, 1950-1970
(University of Waterloo, 2007-05-16)Adding to a growing body of research on women and religion in English Canada, this historical study offers a glimpse inside convent culture in 1950s and ’60s Ontario, an area seldom studied by Canadian historians. The ... -
A Russian Way of War? Westernization of Russian Military Thought, 1757-1800
(University of Waterloo, 2009-04-30)The present study constitutes one of the first attempts to establish the extent to which Russian military thought became westernized by the end of the eighteenth century. The task is an important one in light of Soviet and ... -
Searching For Answers: A Study of the Socio-Economic Issues Affecting African American Youth in the 1980s and 1990s
(University of Waterloo, 2013-04-30)The central goal of this thesis is to explore several popular "talking points" that were believed to relate to high crime rates amongst African American male youth. I argue that in many instances, issues relating to ... -
A Show of One's Own: The History of Television and the Single Girl in America from 1960
(University of Waterloo, 2015-10-19)This thesis analyzes the image of the single girl in American history from 1960. The changes made to her lifestyle through technology, politics, education and the workforce are discussed, as is the impact made by the ... -
Sir John Eldon Gorst and British Social Policy 1875-1914
(University of Waterloo, 2016-09-15)The period of Liberal rule in Britain between 1906 and 1914 is justly remembered for its social reforms. The "New Liberalism" of these years produced the social legislation which constituted the nucleus of what is now the ... -
Sovereignty Sensitivity and Diaspora Discontent: Domestic Influences on Canadian Foreign Policy Decision Making in the Kosovo War
(University of Waterloo, 2021-01-22)In 1999, Canada participated in NATO’s Operation Allied Force, a 78-day bombing campaign against Yugoslavia meant to end the ethnic cleansing of Kosovar Albanians. Officially, Canada’s interests in developing its foreign ...