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Latvian Music History in the Context of 20th-century Modernism and Postmodernism. Some Specific Issues of Local Historiography

Muzikološki Zbornik, 2018
Do the terms “modernism” and “postmodernism” objectively characterize the trends in the music history of the 20th century or are they merely theoretical abstractions?
Jānis Kudiņš
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Notas para la historia financiera y empresarial de Andalucía: Recursos y Problemas para un Censo Fiscal de Las Sociedades Andaluzas a principios del siglo XX. [PDF]

The systematic study of the statistics concerning the Corporations Profit Tax from the first decades of the 20th century allows the analysis of complex questions about Andalusian and Spanish business history in the critical stage of the emergence of the ...
Gregorio Núñez, Luís González Ruiz
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The Swedish drug problem: Conceptual understanding and problem handling, 1839–2011

Nordic Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 2014
AIM - To analyse the Swedish drug question by examining dominant concepts used to portray the problem in the years 1839-2011. Theoretically, we understand these concepts as ideological tools that shape the political initiatives and administrative efforts
Edman Johan, Olsson Börje
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Traces of 'Woke' in 20th-Century U.S. History

On Education. Journal for Research and Debate, 2023
In recent years, attacks on wokeness have undermined the scope and methods of history education in U.S. American schools and colleges. Current critiques by conservatives that wokeness curtails American freedom ignores the significance of wokeness in the struggle for Black freedom.
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“Tabula Rasa” planning: creative destruction and building a new urban identity in Tehran [PDF]

, 2017
The concept of Tabula Rasa, as a desire for sweeping renewal and creating a potential site for the construction of utopian dreams, is presupposition of Modern Architecture.
Mehan, Asma
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Phrenology and the Rwandan Genocide

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Belgian colonizers used phrenology to create an irreducible division between the two major groups living for centuries in Rwanda-Urundi. This formed the basis for the implementation of systematic efforts to subdue the large Hutu population.
Charles André
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Ukraine at the beginning of 20th century in the eyes of K. Paustovsky [PDF]

, 2018
The beginning of 20th century was a very complicated period in the history of the Ukrainian territories. Konstantin Paustovsky spent his youth in the southern part of the Russian Empire and could observe all the historical processes happening to his ...
Bortnowski, Antoni
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Biodiesel: History of an innovation to keep the world moving

Substantia, 2019
The history of biodiesel dates back to mid-19th century when transesterification of vegetable oils was discovered. It took another half century for the world to realize its potential as fuel.
Narayanaganesh Balasubramanian, Katherine F Steward   +1 more
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A scientist’s walk through Hanoi Old Quarter Houses [PDF]

Hanoi – the capital city of Vietnam and the land of thousand years of civilization – invokes among both locals and tourists the image of the ‘Sword Lake’ with its ancient ‘Turtle Tower’ and the charming Old Quarter with its preserved old houses lying ...
Quynh, Bui Dieu
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Twentieth Century Historical Methods in Sri Lanka and S.G. Perera’s

História da Historiografia
Twentieth-century pre-independence Sri Lanka saw the emergence of a new generation of historians that embraced “modern” approaches to writing history.
Josie Portz
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