Browsing Graduate Theses and Dissertations - History by Creator "Painter, David S"
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“An Odious Aristocracy:” Energy, Politics, and the Roots of Industrial Capitalism in Nineteenth Century Pennsylvania
(Georgetown University, 2019)This dissertation examines how the anthracite coal and petroleum industries in mid-nineteenth century Pennsylvania reshaped political, financial, social, and ecological relationships and established the norms and conditions ... -
Connecting Midstream: The Politics and Economics of Oil Transportation in the Middle East
(Georgetown University, 2013)This dissertation examines the political and economic significance of oil transportation in the Middle East. It argues that the June 1967 War and the closure of the Suez Canal from 1967 to 1975 transformed the patterns of ... -
An Era of Negotiations: SALT in the Nixon Administration, 1969-1972
(Georgetown University, 2017)The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) represented a decisive shift in the Cold War, replacing unbridled strategic competition with a process of superpower bargaining. Despite its importance, however, the Nixon ... -
Mandarins, Paladins, and Pahlavis: The International Energy System, the United States, and the Dual Integration of Oil in Iran, 1925-1964
(Georgetown University, 2018)This dissertation examines the integration of Iranian oil into a global oil system and the simultaneous use of oil revenues to fund internal economic development under the Pahlavi dynasty (1925-1979). It unites the local ... -
Oil and Revolution in Cuba: Development, Nationalism, and the U.S. Energy Empire, 1902-1961
(Georgetown University, 2017)Energy history is essential to understand modern Cuba and U.S.-Cuban relations. This dissertation demonstrates that Cuba's lack of hydrocarbon energy sources shaped the ambitions and limits of the Cuban nationalist project ... -
Public Diplomacy for the Nuclear Age: The United States, the United Kingdom, and the End of the Cold War
(Georgetown University, 2020)During the 1980s, public diplomacy campaigns on both sides of the Atlantic competed for moral, political, and scientific legitimacy in debates over arms control, the deployment of new missile systems, ballistic missile ...
