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James Lyman Merrick's Aborted “Mission to the Mohammedans of Persia”

open access: yesThe Muslim World, EarlyView.
Abstract James Lyman Merrick (1803‐1866) served as a missionary of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in Persia between 1835 and 1845. He was America's first missionary to the Muslim world. Based on his field research on the Persians’ religious beliefs, he correctly predicted that the conversion of Persia's Muslims into ...
Hooman Estelami
wiley   +1 more source

COVID-19 Compulsory Vaccination: Legal and Bioethical Controversies. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Med (Lausanne), 2022
Gibelli F   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

\u3cem\u3eBaptiste v. de Volunbrun 5 H. & J. 86 (Md 1820)\u3c/em\u3e: the Events Surrounding an Early Nineteenth-Century Freedom Petition Before the Maryland Court of Appeals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
BAPTISTE V. DE VOLUNBRUN 5 H. & J. 86 (Md. 1820): In Jean Baptiste’s 1820 freedom petition we have not only a slavery case typical of the region and period, but also a compelling and informative narrative from the beginning of the end of North America’s ...
Ellerbe, Kurt
core   +1 more source

Bad Practices: Unintended Consequences of Practice‐Based Theories of Reference

open access: yesAnalytic Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Practice theories are a genus of causal theories of reference. They claim that the semantic referent of an utterance of a name is determined by features of a practice of using that name to speaker‐refer to, or coordinate actions around, a certain object.
Hugo Heagren
wiley   +1 more source

6. Nationalism Develops in the United States, 1789-1871

open access: yes, 1958
Nationalism as a political creed found roots also in the Western Hemisphere. The United States took a large step toward greater national unity in 1789 when George Washington became the first American President (1789-1797) under the new federal ...
Bloom, Robert L.   +6 more
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Rhetorical Democracy: An Examination of the Presidential Inaugural Addresses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Despite the fact that there is nothing in the Constitution requiring it, nor prescribed by any other federal law, the President\u27s delivery of an inaugural address has become a de facto requirement of the official Presidential inauguration.
Pagliarini, Thomas
core   +1 more source

La filosofía política de Pedro de Ribadeneyra y su influencia jurídica en la historia de España

open access: yesBajo Palabra, 2016
Desde el análisis de las condiciones socio-económicas y políticas de finales del siglo XVI, el artículo expone el pensamiento político de Pedro de Ribadeneyra y lo proyecta sobre el tratamiento constitucional que, desde 1812 hasta 1978, ha tenido la ...
M.A. López Muñoz
doaj  

La «Orgánica» de las Cortes 1810-1813 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
This work intends to bring forward some answers to questions regarding the main aspects of the organization and activities of the «Parliament of Cádiz», the earliest expression of Spanish Liberalism. Particularly we will refer to the operating rules, and
Diego García, Emilio de
core   +1 more source

The National Transformation of the Historical Memory of Minor Jewish Holidays During the Period of Hibbat Zion

open access: yesStudies in Ethnicity and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT From its very inception, the Jewish National Movement Hibbat Zion turned to the collective past to advance its goals in the present. One of their activities was to reinterpret Jewish holidays and festivals, especially those that did not take a central place in the Jewish calendar.
Asaf Yedidya
wiley   +1 more source

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