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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

Elogio y desfama de la mujer en “lindos romances”: lectura y representación del amor cortés como ejercicio en la templanza

open access: yesE-Spania
Moral virtues such as temperance are often approached from a disciplinary point of view, forming part of a perspective of suppression of emotions. This article explores the relationship between temperance and the virtue of eutrapelia, through the playful
Gijs Versteegen
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Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

Boston University Wind Ensemble, April 19, 2011 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
This is the concert program of the Boston University Wind Ensemble performance on Tuesday, April 19, 2011 at 8:00 p.m., at the Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts.
School of Music, Boston University
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The political consequences of Africa's mobile revolution

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract What are the political consequences of rising domestic connectivity? I study this question in Sub‐Saharan Africa, asking how mobile technology shapes public opinion in geographically isolated communities. For remote rural populations, mobile devices increase contact with physically distant social networks, through regular phone calls with ...
Alex Yeandle
wiley   +1 more source

Critical analysis of the philosophical conception of verification of being/the self in Heidegger's “Being and Time” against dao/the other in Laozi's Daodejing. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
That dao and being are correct as written about by Laozi and Heidegger respectively is exposed through eight ...
Green, Lucian
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