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\u27Whatsoever a Man Soweth:\u27 Sex Education about Venereal Disease, Racial Health, and Social Hygiene during the First World War [PDF]
, 2018 In 1917, the British War Office released a film directed by Joseph Best titled Whatsoever a Man Soweth. The 38-minute silent film used intertitles to convey dialogue, and the film’s narrative, which focuses on three Canadian soldiers on leave in London ...
Brenyo, Brent
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Tracing holotype trajectories: Mapping the movement of the most valuable herbarium specimens
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Global efforts to protect biodiversity depend on fair access to key plant specimens. This study examines the distribution of 119,361 holotypes—unique herbarium specimens used to formally describe new plant species. By linking collection and storage data, we found that holotypes are increasingly held closer to their places of origin, particularly in ...
Dominik Tomaszewski +2 more
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SAGE Open, 2013 In the last decade, historians studying Britain’s relations with the self-governing settlement empire (the dominions) have emphasized the role of shared culture and dense networks in shaping what Bridge and Fedorowich have called the “British world ...
Andrew Dilley
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Postmodern Fiction and the Break-Up of Britain [PDF]
, 2010 This is a monograph analysing the symbolic role played by contemporary fiction in the break-up of political and cultural consensus in British public life. This study explores how British identity has been explored and renegotiated by contemporary writers.
Dix, Hywel
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Mass digitisation of natural science collections and archives has increasingly become a priority for scientific heritage institutions. Here, we explore the potential of mass digitisation to improve our understanding of the nature and history of scientific collaboration. Focusing on mycologist Greta B.
Christopher Kreuzer +2 more
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A Small Part of Which Empire?: Swaziland’s Combatants in the First World War, 1914- 1918
Vestiges: Traces of Record, 2017 Based on archival material, this study explores the participation of Swaziland’s combatants in the First World War between 1914 and 1918. At the outbreak of the war it was imperative that Swaziland, as part of the British Empire, supports the British War
Estella Musiiwa
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Beyond the Pale: Whiteness, Masculinity and Empire in the British Union of Fascists, 1932–1940 [PDF]
, 2018 Liam J. Liburd
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Modulation of North Atlantic atmospheric rivers by the Gulf Stream
Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, EarlyView.Gulf Stream ocean variability plays a key role in modulating atmospheric river (AR) activity over the North Atlantic during winter and spring at monthly time‐scales. Increased ocean heat transport and mesoscale activity in the Gulf Stream are linked to northward shifts in ARs, while stronger surface heat fluxes drive ARs southward.
Ferran Lopez‐Marti +3 more
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David French, Army, Empire, and Cold War. The British Army and Military Policy, 1945–1971, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2012, X, 335 S., £ 67.00 [ISBN 978-0-19-954823-1] [PDF]
, 2015 Christian Th. Müller
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