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XIII.—Report upon the Tunicata dredged during the Cruises of H.M.SS. “Porcupine” and “Lightning,” in the Summers of 1868, 1869, and 1870. [PDF]
W. A. Herdman
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Public libraries and political participation, 1870-1940 [PDF]
The public library movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries fostered a rapid increase in the number and quality of public libraries in cities and towns across the United States.
Kevane, Michael J, Sundstrom, William A.
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ABSTRACT This article explores baby farming in the western regions of late imperial Russia, framing it as a childcare practice of the lower‐classes – a form of crèche for working mothers. The article delves into the public discourse surrounding baby farming among the educated strata and contrasts it with how this practice was viewed by the lower ...
Ekaterina Oleshkevich
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The Gender of Fossil Fuels: Oil and Domestic Perils in Mandate Palestine
ABSTRACT This article explores the gender dynamics behind the rise of kerosene – an oil derivative – as the main domestic fuel in Mandate Palestine. It argues that these dynamics were constitutive in determining who began to use oil, where and for what purposes, in turn demonstrating that women in Palestine were the promoters and targets of a campaign ...
Shira Pinhas
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Histoire des Rapports de l'Eglise et de l'Etat en France de 1789 a 1870
Charles L. Wells, A. Debidour
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Intra‐Imperial Aspects of Britain'S Defence Question, 1870–1900 [PDF]
Paul Knaplund
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Victorian Women and the Gendering of Mountaineering in the Alps
ABSTRACT This article explores the gendered segregation of Victorian mountaineering, highlighting how societal norms sought to confine women to passive roles within the alpine landscape. As Elizabeth Le Blond declared, ‘there is no manlier sport in the world than mountaineering’, encapsulating the pervasive attitudes of the era.
William Bainbridge
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ABSTRACT This article analyses the only Jewish girls’ school in nineteenth‐century Sweden, Sophiaskolan, and the discussions about girls’ education and Bildung that emerged within the community – including regarding Judaism's ‘Oriental heritage’. The community meetings were a male sphere in which men discussed women's role within Jewish tradition. This
Jens Carlesson Magalhães
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