Master of Arts, University of Akron, 2015, History

This paper discusses the importance of pamphleteers during the period of the Late Stuart Dynasty in England. While individual pamphleteers are rarely discussed in broad historical texts about the seventeenth century, their writing dramatically influenced the political policy of the Crown and of Parliament. The paper discusses three major topics in the history of pamphleteering during the late seventeenth century and through these topics the contributions of individuals are discussed. First, the pamphleteers and their political relation to Charles II's mistresses, especially the comparison between the English and Protestant mistress Nell Gwyn to the French and Catholic Louise de Kerouaille. Second, how pamphleteers such as Robert Ferguson and Samuel Johnson worked with printers like Richard Baldwin to help influence the objectives of the Glorious Revolution. Lastly, the paper concludes with the discussion of how women such as Aphra Behn and Jane Curtis entered into the position of pamphleteer. The paper spans the period of the English monarchy's restoration to the Glorious Revolution and advances the scholarship of historians of England, Europe, and Early Modern Print Culture.

Committee: Michael Graham (Advisor); Michael Levin (Committee Co-Chair) Subjects: European History; History

Master of Arts, Miami University, 2013, History

This thesis centers on the language of dress and the politics of display during the late Stuart dynasty (1660-88). In the late Stuart courts, fashion and material possessions became an extension of one's identity. As such, this study examines how elite Englishmen and women viewed themselves, and others, through their clothing on the eve of Britain's birth in response to critical moments of identity crisis during the Restoration period. Whitehall courtiers and London gentility utilized their physical appearance, specifically their clothing, accoutrements, and furnishings, to send messages in order to define themselves, particularly their "Englishness", in response to numerous unresolved issues of identity. Therefore, this thesis argues that the roots of English national character were evident in the courts of Charles II and James II as a portion of the English population bolstered together in defiance of the French culture that pervaded late seventeenth-century England.

Committee: Renée Baernstein PhD (Advisor); Andrew Cayton PhD (Committee Member); Katharine Gillespie PhD (Committee Member) Subjects: History

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Bowling Green State University, 2011, History

The defeat of the U.S. military garrison in the Philippine Islands at the hands of the Japanese in 1941-42 is one of the greatest military disasters in the nation's history, yet also one that has received comparatively little attention from scholars of the Second World War. This dissertation seeks to identify the factors responsible for the defeat. It argues that the loss of the Philippines is best understood not as a military failure, but rather as a failure of the interwar U.S. foreign policymaking process. This failure stemmed most directly from the emergence in the interwar United States of a climate of “disintegration” between key civilian and military leaders, leading to a fragmented and often incoherent foreign policy. This development resulted from the refusal of senior State Department officials to recognize the military as a legitimate participant in the foreign policymaking process, leading to the exclusion of the U.S. Army and Navy from this process for much of the 1920s and 1930s. Other factors also played contributing roles, among them a series of international political developments that substantially altered the strategic balance of power in the western Pacific, the emergence of a vigorous Filipino independence movement, and a failure on the part of U.S. war planners to clarify expectations regarding the fate of the Philippines in the event of war with Japan. This dissertation asserts that the story of the U.S. defeat can best be told by means of an interdisciplinary approach that draws heavily upon the work of Graham Allison, Morton Halperin, and other scholars in the field of bureaucratic politics. It also incorporates the concept of civil-military “disintegration” proposed by Barry R. Posen in his 1984 monograph The Sources of Military Doctrine.

Committee: Gary Hess PhD (Committee Chair); Douglas Forsyth PhD (Committee Member); Walter Grunden PhD (Committee Member); Marc Simon PhD (Other) Subjects:

Master of Music (MM), Bowling Green State University, 2007, Music History

The Coronation of Charles II and the Procession on the preceding day marked not only the return of the monarchy, but also the return of Great Britain's (and especially London's) musical institutions. Several sources for the Coronation and Procession exist that provide a partial record of the music used. This thesis brings together all of the sources, including manuscripts, diaries, official documents, and music manuals (in facsimile) in order to reconstruct the musical portions of the Coronation and Procession. Although at the present moment a complete reconstruction cannot be made, this study provides as clear a picture as possible, given the sources available. This study includes transcriptions of music that was certainly part of the Coronation and Procession, as well as transcriptions of music that may have been used, but was never included in any record.

Committee: Vincent Corrigan (Advisor) Subjects: History, European; Music