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Christian missions have been integral to the making of the modern world. Unsurprisingly, the rise of global history over the past two decades has been accompanied by a growing historiography of Christian missions. Yet several key milestones and dynamics in mission history remain insufficiently explored. The first aim of this article is to shed light on
Sante Lesti
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“A Whale of a Chance”: Thomas E. Dewey, the U.S. South, and the Election of 1948
ABSTRACT This article examines the Republican Party's campaign in the South in 1948. It argues that many national and state Republicans believed that there was a real opportunity for the party's presidential candidate, Thomas E. Dewey, to win Border South states.
Lewis Johnson
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PRO-AMERICANISM IN POLISH SECURITY POLICY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
The paper concerns pro-Americanism in Polish security policy in the first two decades of the 21st century. Such tendencies are noticeable in almost all countries of Central and Eastern Europe, but in Poland they are particularly pronounced, and take ...
Łukasz Jureńczyk
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La perspectiva continental: entre la unidad nacional y la unidad de América Latina
The article presents the development of an idea: American continental unity as an object of study in Latin American intellectual history of the twentieth century.
Alexander Betancourt Mendieta
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“American Islam”: The Politics of Religious Authenticity in Iran
ABSTRACT This article analyzes “American Islam” as a political category of religious authenticity in the Islamic Republic of Iran rather than as a fixed theological concept. Using a critical discourse‐analytic framework, it examines how Ayatollah Khomeini and Ayatollah Khamenei construct and operationalize the opposition between pure Muhammadan Islam ...
Fateh Saeidi
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This article highlights the institutional, professional and clinical dynamics surrounding the implementation, in the mid-1970s, of an American-style sex therapy in the capital of the canton of Vaud, in French-speaking Switzerland.
Cynthia Kraus +2 more
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ABSTRACT This article examines the use of promotional interviews (“promos”) in American professional wrestling of the 1980s. I argue that promos introduced a vocal modality into a form of sports entertainment that, as Roland Barthes ([1957] 1972) showed in Mythologies, had always been dominated by visual spectacle. I then undertake a focused linguistic
Jens Kjeldgaard‐Christiansen
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The Americanization of Nigerian English spelling and punctuation
Abstract Spelling is the most standardized level of language, and prescriptive spelling norms in former British colonies often advocate adherence to British spelling norms which differs from the local linguistic reality. Hence, recent research on the evolution of postcolonial Englishes and the Americanization of Englishes worldwide has questioned the ...
Temitayo Olatoye
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ABSTRACT Background Depression is common among older adults with cancer. The USA‐developed CARE (Cancer and Ageing: Reflection for Elders) psychotherapy intervention, specifically addresses the unique needs of older people (≥ 70 years) navigating the challenges of ageing, depression, and cancer.
Kirsty Galpin +10 more
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An Ontological Security Analysis of Americanism in Turkish Foreign Policy, 1945-1960
This article aims to draw attention to an aspect of Turkish foreign policy that has not been sufficiently theorized, especially within the framework of Ontological Security Theory. It attempts to show that one of the motives of Turkish foreign policy for
Emine Alp
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