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Le 1er juillet 1890, la Grande-Bretagne et l’Allemagne impériale signent le traité d’Heligoland-Zanzibar. Cet accord anglo-allemand cède la souveraineté britannique d’Heligoland, petite île de la mer du Nord, à l'Allemagne contre le contrôle de colonies en Afrique, à savoir l’îl…

Although lexical priming is claimed to provide a way 'forward' for textual critical discourse analysis (CDA) to update its paradigm (Hoey, 2004), not many priming CDA studies have yet been undertaken. Recent CDA research has just begun to appreciate the phenomenon but failed to …

This thesis analyses the connection between political affiliation, regional identities and coverage of the Boer War in British newspapers. The notion that a 'jingoist' popular culture made dissent impossible is challenged with research from publications associated with the Liber…

From the moment the first reports of violence arrived in London, the Indian Rebellion of 1857 has been used as a backdrop on which politicians, religious leaders, philosophers, rebels, and historians have projected their own views on issues ranging from imperial administration t…