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Rousseau and Emile: Learning language and teaching language

open access: yesJournal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 925-938, December 2022., 2022
Abstract In Emile, Rousseau advances significant ideas about language, language learning and teaching: He posits a universal natural language that develops as the child matures; focuses on ‘private’ words invented by children, on the challenge facing children in their understanding of exceptions to general rules of the mother tongue and on recommended ...
Adam Weiler Gur Arye
wiley   +1 more source

The search for longitude: Preliminary insights from a 17th Century Dutch perspective [PDF]

open access: yesarXiv, 2015
In the 17th Century, the Dutch Republic played an important role in the scientific revolution. Much of the correspondence among contemporary scientists and their associates is now digitally available through the ePistolarium webtool, allowing current scientists and historians unfettered access to transcriptions of some 20,000 letters from the Dutch ...
arxiv  

Saved by their music. Gypsies in the 18th century Europe

open access: yesTheatrum Historiae, 2009
The paper dedicated to the situation of the so called Gypsy people in the 18th century Europe concentrates on the relations between Gypsy and non Gypsy communities by presenting various, but predominantly negative, approaches towards these people.
Anna G. Piotrowska
doaj  

Searching for Jewish Ancestors before They Had a Fixed Family Name—Three Case Studies from Bohemia, Southern Germany, and Prague

open access: yesGenealogy
Anyone who traces their Jewish ancestors back to the 18th century and even further back in history encounters the challenge of looking for ancestry without the clue that a fixed family name provides.
Thomas Fürth
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Sweet Femininities: Women and the Confectionery Trade in Eighteenth‐Century Barcelona

open access: yesGender &History, Volume 34, Issue 3, Page 574-589, October 2022., 2022
Abstract This article examines the intersections between sweetness, femininity and the confectionery trade in eighteenth‐century Barcelona, at a time of growing consumption of sugar and slavery. Drawing on a range of underexplored archival material, this study traces the stories of women of different social groups, namely, elite housewives, nuns and ...
Marta Manzanares Mileo
wiley   +1 more source

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