In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in International History

President of the committee:

• Mr Filipe Calvao, Associate Professor

Members of the committee:

• Mr Gopalan Balachandran, Professor, Thesis Director
• Mr Filipe Calvao, Associate Professor, Internal Reader
• Mr William N. Goetzmann, Edwin J. Beinecke Professor, Yale School of Management, Yale University, USA