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The late quaternary vegetational history of Holderness, Yorkshire (1975)
Thesis
Beckett, S. C. (1975). The late quaternary vegetational history of Holderness, Yorkshire. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213691

This study was undertaken to reconstruct the regional vegetational history of Holderness, in south-east Yorkshire. It is an area with great potential for palaeo-ecological investigations and yet it has been largely ignored during the great increase o... Read More about The late quaternary vegetational history of Holderness, Yorkshire.

Conodonts, correlation and stratigraphy of the Plymouth limestones (1975)
Thesis
Orchard, M. J. (1975). Conodonts, correlation and stratigraphy of the Plymouth limestones. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4222750

This work embraces the study of the conodonts and the environments of the Plymouth Limestones (Devonian, South Devon). Widespread sampling of calcareous strata in the Plymouth area has produced conodonts indicative of high Emsian to mid-Famennian... Read More about Conodonts, correlation and stratigraphy of the Plymouth limestones.

The formation of a colonial society : Belize, from conquest to Crown Colony (1975)
Thesis
Bolland, O. N. (1975). The formation of a colonial society : Belize, from conquest to Crown Colony. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4214643

The purpose of the thesis is to examine the socioeconomic development of the British Settlement at Belize in its formative period from the seventeenth century to the establishment of Crown Colony rule in 1871. The connections between the political ec... Read More about The formation of a colonial society : Belize, from conquest to Crown Colony.

The influence of documentary methods upon BBC television drama, with particular emphasis upon the years 1946-1962 (1975)
Thesis
King, C. F. (1975). The influence of documentary methods upon BBC television drama, with particular emphasis upon the years 1946-1962. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213945

[From the Preface]: This thesis is an investigation into the influence of documentary methods, both their principles and their practice upon BBC Television Drama between the years 1946-1962 with particular reference to the Dramatised-Documentary and... Read More about The influence of documentary methods upon BBC television drama, with particular emphasis upon the years 1946-1962.

The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673 (1974)
Thesis
Turnbull, A. (1974). The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4212464

The intention of this thesis is to provide a study of the administrative developments in the navy from the Restoration to the resignation of the Duke of York as Lord High Admiral in 1673. The administration is examined closely and this reveals the we... Read More about The administration of the Royal Navy from 1660 to 1673.

The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands (1974)
Thesis
Pedley, M. (1974). The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213835

The Maltese Islands are situated at the south-western end of the Malta-Ragusa Rise, an area characterised by high gravity anomaly values and a ridge-like bathymetrical profile. The Islands lie 50-80km. south of Sicily and 282km. away from the north A... Read More about The oligo-miocene sediments of the Maltese Islands.

The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England (1974)
Thesis
Hepple, J. R. (1974). The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218082

The argument, a discussion of the influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England, is presented in what might be termed a 'legal' framework. Firstly the initial proposition is put forward, that the landowners exe... Read More about The influence of landowners' attitudes on railway alignment in nineteenth century England.

The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century (1974)
Thesis
Spenceley, G. F. R. (1974). The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218297

This thesis attempts to give substance to research in an oft-neglected area of Britain's economy by studying, in depth, one of the numerous rural industries which existed in England as it passed through its industrial revolution, and beyond. The pict... Read More about The English pillow lace industry : a study of rural industry in competition during the nineteenth century.

Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900 (1973)
Thesis
Roberts, A. E. (1973). Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220402

This thesis is concerned with the artificial feeding of very young children during the second half of the nineteenth century, and its implications for infant health and survival. The decline of breastfeeding which occurred in England between the year... Read More about Feeding and mortality in the early months of life : changes in medical opinion and popular feeding practice, 1850-1900.

The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland (1973)
Thesis
Williams, D. P. (1973). The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213737

The New Red Sandstone Elgin Basin occupied the approximate position of the present day Moray Firth. The basin was dominantly continental in character although periodic marine incursions occurred from the main Norwegian Basin to the east. To the so... Read More about The sedimentology and petrology of the new red sandstone of the Elgin Basin, North East Scotland.

Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851 (1973)
Thesis
Tansey, P. A. (1973). Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220394

Studies of residential patterns have tended to concentrate on cities in modern societies at a similar stage of advanced industrial development. Those studies which have been carried out in less advanced societies, however, suggest that the forces beh... Read More about Residential patterns in the nineteenth century city : Kingston upon Hull, 1851.

Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900 (1972)
Thesis
Fisher, J. R. (1972). Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4213711

The work of historians over the past decade has done much to clarify the nature of the impact of cheap imports on British agriculture in the late nineteenth century. A feature of such work has been the emphasis placed on the positive adaptation of ag... Read More about Public opinion and agriculture 1875-1900.

Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850. (1972)
Thesis
Martin, D. E. 1. (1972). Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850. (Thesis). University of Hull. Retrieved from https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215913

The principal aim of this thesis is to examine the ideas that were held on the subject of landed property in England between approximately 1790 and 1850. In the opening chapters the debate about landed property in the 1790s is considered. Under the... Read More about Economic and social attitudes to landed property in England 1790-1850..