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Obligation, Exemption and Remission: The Multi‐Layered Functioning of the Poll Tax (Cizye) in Ottoman Governance during the Long Eighteenth Century

History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the poll tax (Ottoman Turkish cizye; Arabic jizya) levied on non‐Muslim subjects of the Ottoman Empire, not as a fixed, one‐dimensional tax item within the Ottoman fiscal system but as a multi‐layered administrative instrument organized around obligation, exemption and remission.
ÖZLEM BAŞARIR
wiley   +1 more source

Comparative study of bioclimatic conditions in southwestern Greenland between the late 18th century and the present. [PDF]

Int J Biometeorol
Araźny A, Chmist K, Przybylak R, Wyszyński P, Singh G.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Factors That Affect the Mechanical Strength of Archaeological Wood-A Case Study of 18th-Century Wooden Water Pipes from Bóżnicza Street in Poznań, Poland. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2021
Broda M, Popescu CM, Timpu DI, Rowiński D, Roszyk E.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Imagination Will Not Be Automized: On AI Image Generators and Epistemic Oppression

Constellations, EarlyView.
Sarah Abel
wiley   +1 more source

Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain

History, EarlyView.
Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
wiley   +1 more source

Cortical Bone Loss in Barcelona Across Time (1st Century CE-18th Century CE) and Its Potential Relationship With Linear Enamel Hypoplasia. [PDF]

Am J Biol Anthropol
Cevallos A, Tarragó A, Rissech C.
europepmc   +1 more source

Architectural Glazed Tiles Used in Ancient Chinese Screen Walls (15th-18th Century AD): Ceramic Technology, Decay Process and Conservation. [PDF]

Materials (Basel), 2021
Shen J, Li L, Wang JP, Li X, Zhang D, Ji J, Luan JY.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Philosophical Anthropology, Radical Subjectivity, and Aesthetic Education: The Psychology of the Drives in Marcuse, Freud, and Schiller

Constellations, EarlyView.
Scott M. Peyton
wiley   +1 more source

THE VIOLENCE OF FULL COST RECOVERY: Financing Water Infrastructure, and the History and Future of Perpetual Crisis in Mombasa

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Foregrounding the role of finance, this article examines the historical production and future trajectory of the urban water crisis in Mombasa. Drawing on archival research and contemporary fieldwork, it traces how principles of full cost recovery—institutionalized during the colonial period and later reworked through postcolonial ...
Joe Williams
wiley   +1 more source

A potion for prolonged life? Germes' recipe, a secret handwritten note from an 18th-century Swedish physician. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Schultz F, Niedenthal T, Nicolai-Lorenz I, Baez K, Iker T, Garbe LA.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source