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Strangers on the ladder of the party‐state: Women in teaching in Nationalist Taiwan, 1940s–1980s

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract As the ruling party of a party‐state in China and Taiwan, the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang/Guomindang) built a close relationship with the teaching profession. Many teachers joined the party and there was a well‐trodden pathway from teaching into local representative politics and civil service.
Joseph Lawson
wiley   +1 more source

Tel Shiqmona during the Iron Age: A first glimpse into an ancient Mediterranean purple dye 'factory'. [PDF]

PLoS One
Shalvi G, Sukenik N, Waiman-Barak P, Dunseth ZC, Bar S, Pinsky S, Iluz D, Amar Z, Gilboa A.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Gendered processes of recruitment to elite higher educational institutions in mid‐twentieth century Britain

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article uses rare and detailed data on matriculants to the University of Oxford during the middle decades of the twentieth century as a prism through which to consider gendered processes of recruitment to elite institutions. The article makes four key claims. First, the broader shifts in middle‐class women's labour market participation in
Eve Worth, Naomi Muggleton, Aaron Reeves
wiley   +1 more source

Scandalisation, gender and space in ancient Rome: The case of Cicero and Clodia

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article analyses the public attack on Clodia Metelli, a Roman aristocratic woman, by the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero in a trial in 56 BCE. Drawing on modern scandal theory, this article analyses how Cicero uses scandal dynamics to turn Clodia, the witness in the case, into the culprit.
Muriel Moser
wiley   +1 more source

The mind & muscles: Introducing a validated EEG/EMG protocol for recording cognitive-muscular interactions in experimental archaeology. [PDF]

PLoS One
Eteson B, Affinito S, Karakostis FA.
europepmc   +1 more source

The agency of a marmalade machine: Gender, class and mechanical gadgets in the British Kitchen, c.1870–1938

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
wiley   +1 more source

Earliest evidence of rice cultivation in Remote Oceania: Ritual use by the first islanders in the Marianas 3500 years ago. [PDF]

Sci Adv
Carson MT, Wang W, Huan X, Dong S, Hung HC, Deng Z.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Archaeology and traversing America's pre-Columbian fault line. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Thomas DH.
europepmc   +1 more source

Ancient genomes reveal the genetic structure and population interaction in the Central Plains of China during the Eastern Zhou Period. [PDF]

Front Microbiol
Wu X, Liu P, Yan F, Jin R, Zhong C, Wang L, Chen K, Yang F, Nie L, Liang J, Zhou Y, Ding B.   +11 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Starch-rich plant foods 780,000 y ago: Evidence from Acheulian percussive stone tools. [PDF]

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
Ahituv H, Henry AG, Melamed Y, Goren-Inbar N, Bakels C, Shumilovskikh L, Cabanes D, Stone JR, Rowe WF, Alperson-Afil N.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source