To browse Academia. This thesis is dedicated to the late Professor Colin Platt , and those who go on being inspired by him and take heart from his encouragement. Without Colin Platt, this thesis would never have begun. Without the support of those in the present it would not have been completed. Thanks are due to my supervisor Professor Andrew Thompson for his thoroughness and insightful comments that have sharpened and focussed this work.
They are largely an unsung body of people but vital to researchers. Finally, I have taken advantage of the good nature of my husband, Graham, for proof reading numerous drafts and for accompanying me on our research visits to Corsica, although exploring Ajaccio whilst I spent hours in the archives was no great hardship. Journal of Maharishi Vedic Research Institute, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Sui passi della grande mietitrice.
Evoluzione economica e sociale nel corso dell'Otto e Novecento, a cura di G. Pelizzari, Quingentole MN , Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, Log in with Facebook Log in with Google.
Remember me on this computer. Enter the email address you signed up with and we'll email you a reset link. Need an account? Click here to sign up. From battleground to playground : the British in Corsica from the mid-nineteenth century to the eve of the Second World War Elizabeth Raikes. This thesis is available for Library use on the understanding that it is copyright material and that no quotation from the thesis may be published without proper acknowledgement. I certify that all material in this thesis which is not my own work has been identified and that no material has previously been submitted and approved for the award of a degree by this or any other University.
Signature: ………………………………………………………….. In the changes that occurred in the island from to , the British played a marked role. The British came to the island as conquerors, sojourners, traveller-discoverers and permanent settlers, communities more usually associated with the formal or informal empire. This study investigates the nature, form and impact of these groups considering their motivation for going to Corsica, how far they were able to maintain and express a British national identity, their interaction with other communities, and their impact on the development of tourism, trade, industry and commerce.
