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What England Is and What It Claims to Be: Orwell on National Identity

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This article suggests that George Orwell's body of work offers a rather unique and insightful two‐part conception of national identity in the context of England, made up of a moral inheritance—the values of liberty, fairness and decency—and a lived sensibility—the fluid, experiential quality of collective life expressed in shared customs ...
Sam Taylor Hill
wiley   +1 more source

False kings and imagined protestants: why schismogenesis does not explain variation in inequality among Indigenous societies of the Pacific Coast Faux rois et protestants imaginaires: pourquoi la schismogenèse n'explique pas les variations des inégalités parmi les sociétés autochtones de la côte pacifique nord‐américaine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Indigenous societies along the temperate Pacific coast of North America embody diverse cultural institutions. This variation is conventionally classified into two distinct cultural areas: the Northwest Coast (NWC) and California (CAL). Discussion of the environmental, material, social, and ideological variation in these societies has a long and ...
Eric Alden Smith, Brian F. Codding
wiley   +1 more source

Soil contamination assessment of a 19th-century abandoned Sb-Au mine in northern Portugal. [PDF]

Environ Geochem Health
Resta G, Santos P, Monteiro M, Melo R, Carvalho M, Carvalho A, Lima A, Font E, Ribeiro JA, Azenha M, Adatte T, Flores D.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Rylands v Fletcher Redux: Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell

The Modern Law Review, EarlyView.
The decision of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in Rubis Bahamas Ltd v Russell is the most significant development in the law of Rylands v Fletcher for decades. Rejecting the view that the rule is merely a sub‐species of private nuisance, the Committee reconstructed it as an independent rule of strict liability governing harm caused by ...
Marco Cappelletti
wiley   +1 more source

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

From environmental burden to resource potential: environmental impact evaluation and Critical Raw Materials recovery from abandoned gold mining waste in the Western Alps (NW Italy). [PDF]

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int
Zaniboni L, Cavallo A, De Luca DA, Lasagna M, Padoan E, Martin M, Dino GA.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

GOVERNING THE CLOUD: Infrastructural Statecraft and the Political Ecology of Digital Expansion in Oregon

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Oregon's wave of data center and semiconductor projects shows how cloud capitalism reorganizes resource systems and territorial governance. Examining Amazon, Google, and Intel, the article traces how fiscal incentives, utility programs, and land‐use instruments are recalibrated to secure hyperscale loads.
Justin Kollar
wiley   +1 more source

Underground allies: Mycorrhizal flexibility facilitates orchid occurrence in post-mining landscapes. [PDF]

Plant Biol (Stuttg)
Ashokan A, Sciaudone E, Battaglini A, Cortis P, Cafasso D, Cozzolino S.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

MIRACLE URBANIZATION: Spatial Production and Political Legitimation in the Sochi 2014 and Beijing 2022 Olympics

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract From desert ski resorts to subtropical Winter Games, there is a global proliferation of ‘mission‐impossible’ mega‐projects. The prevailing frameworks of city branding and urban entrepreneurism fail to explain the political logics behind these seemingly irrational projects.
Yiqiu Liu, Sven Daniel Wolfe
wiley   +1 more source

A comprehensive review of radon concentrations and annual effective dose amongst workers in copper mines. [PDF]

Radiat Prot Dosimetry
Sikapizye E, Hayumbu P, Mumba N, Jacobs PJ, Pérez IA, García MÁ, Rathebe PC.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source