Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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Reshaping the Terms of Debate: An Examination of the Historiography of the Reagan Era

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Millar, Isaac Jordan, Thesis advisor (ths): Palmer, Bryan D., Thesis advisor (ths): Durand, Caroline, Degree committee member (dgc): Dunaway, Finis, Degree committee member (dgc): Sheinin, David M.K, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The Reagan era instigated a fundamentally conservative shift in the political, economic and discursive climate of America. As Ronald Reagan is a highly divisive symbolic figure in American politics, much of the historiography of his presidency has been characterized by polarized interpretations. Over the past decade there has been a noticeable shift towards more favourable and triumphal… more
Full Text: RESHAPING THE TERMS OF DEBATE: AN EXAMINATION OF THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF THE REAGAN ERA A thesis submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Science …

Alone in Power: The Presidency and Decision-Making of President Richard M. Nixon

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Neale, Ashley Lorraine, Thesis advisor (ths): Sheinin, David M.K., Degree committee member (dgc): Stapleton, Tim, Degree committee member (dgc): Wright, Robert, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>The thesis uses three case studies of President Nixon's foreign policy in South-east Asia to analyze presidential domestic-making. The theoretical concept of personality politics is used to analyze the Nixon administration and foreign policy. Nixon's secretive nature combined with his mistrust of the press and bureaucracy to create an office structure that restricted the… more
Full Text: Alone in Power: The Presidency and Decision-Making of President Richard M. Nixon A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Trent …

The Elite Canadian Print Media Construction of the Cuban Revolution, 1956-1962

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Year: 2015, 2015
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Name(s): Creator (cre): Rowley, Andrew Jameson, Thesis advisor (ths): Wright, Robert A., Degree committee member (dgc): Sheinin, David, Degree committee member (dgc): Struthers, James, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
Abstract: <p>This study examines the elite national print media reaction to, and coverage of, the Cuban Revolution, between 1956 and 1962. It finds that media, equally alienated by both Fidel Castro and the United States, progressively pursued an independent narrative predicated on an homage to Cuban sovereignty. Specifically, media uniformly adopted veteran New York Times' reporter Herbert L.… more
Full Text: ! ! ! ! ! ! ! THE ELITE CANADIAN PRINT MEDIA CONSTRUCTION OF THE CUBAN REVOLUTION, 1956-1962 ! ! ! ! ! ! A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts in the Faculty of …