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Scholars are only beginning to investigate in detail the developments that took place in musical expressions of the Harlem Renaissance during the first two decades of the twentieth century. One neglected area is the intersection between art, popular, and folk styles that resulte…

The Coinage Bill of 1816 was a turning point in monetary history, establishing Britain on the gold standard and making provision for a major recoinage and exchange of silver. The intention in this thesis has been to examine why the reform happened when it did, what its legacy wa…

John Locke’s analysis of the person, developed across all of his major works and even through his notebooks, is as fascinating as it has been influential. I offer an interpretation of the Lockean person that is novel in the contemporary literature. One benefit of my interpretati…

René Descartes and John Locke were some of history’s most outstanding proponents of the idea that deontological concepts are appropriately applied to the domain of belief. Inasmuch as it is allowed that “ought” implies “can,” then, this suggests that both authors held that our b…