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Vers une postmémoire de la traite et de l’esclavage ?
Carnets, 2017 This essay examines how the post-memory of the suffering caused by the slave trade is depicted in two novels, Beloved (Toni Morrison) and Humus (Fabienne Kanor).
Fabrice Schurmans
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Soft Power in Trade: Quantifying the Impact of Confucius Institutes on China's Exports
International Studies of Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper investigates the role of Confucius Institutes (CIs) as a form of China's cultural diplomacy and their impact on international trade, particularly exports. Using a gravity model, we analyze data from 1990 to 2019 across countries, finding that the presence of CIs significantly boosts China's exports.
Renjing Chen, Wei Jin, Tangrui Yang
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Annals of Human Genetics, 2002 In order to study the matrilineal genetic composition in Cabo Verde (Republic of Cape Verde), an archipelago that used to serve as a Portuguese entrepôt of the Atlantic slave trade, we have analysed a total of 292 mtDNAs sampled from the seven ...
António Brehm +4 more
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People and Nature, EarlyView.Abstract Protected areas represent complex social‐ecological systems that require governance and management approaches that valorise and enhance positive relationships between people and nature. This study analyses the alignment between social and ecological systems to detect the social‐ecological fit of projects focused on biodiversity conservation ...
Elena Andriollo +4 more
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Multiterminal High‐Voltage Direct Current Projects: A Comprehensive Assessment and Future Prospects
High Voltage, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Multiterminal high‐voltage direct current (MT‐HVDC) systems are an important part of modern power systems, addressing the need for bulk power delivery and efficient renewable energy integration. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of recent advances in MT‐HVDC technology, including launched projects and ongoing initiatives.
Mohammad Hossein Mousavi +3 more
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Studia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai. Philologia, 2020 This book tackles the New Silk Road from a number of different perspectives, historical, social, economic, and from the standpoint of geopolitics. The reader is given a background regarding the Old Silk Road – its human cost and the socio-economic ...
Șerban V.C. ENACHE
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Os conflitos do ilícito comércio e a Marinha brasileira [PDF]
Navigator, 2010 This article aims to discuss the conflicts of the illicit trade and the Brazilian Marine, between the years 1831 to 1850. The thrust of this plot is the approval of the law of 07 november 1831 and the unfolding of policy in relation to the slave trade ...
Gustavo Pinto de Sousa
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Trabajos y Comunicaciones, 2022 O artigo analisa quatro autobiografias que relatam as experiências de africanos nas redes do tráfico atlântico de escravos, entre fins do século XVIII e na primeira metade do século XIX.
Rafael Domingos Oliveira
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The Economic Consequences of the Atlantic Slave Trade, written by Barbara L. Solow
, 2017 This posthumous collection of essays deals with three arguments presented by the Trinidadian historian and prime minister, Eric Williams, in his classic work, Capitalism and Slavery, first published in 1944.
S. Engerman
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Religions, 2023 This article adds to existing discussions on slave religions by offering the analysis of four post-mortem testaments left behind by formerly enslaved African women in nineteenth-century Salvador da Bahia to elucidate the different roles that faith and ...
Asligul Berktay
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