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‘The White Hordes From the West’: Race and Refuge in Australian Media Commentary About White Rhodesians During Zimbabwe's Decolonisation

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores Australian media commentary on white Rhodesians migrating to Australia, focusing on the period of Malcolm Fraser's prime ministership (1975–1983). The main argument is that the Australian media debates about whether to classify white Rhodesians as ‘migrants’ or ‘refugees’ were not merely semantic but reflected a deeper ...
George Bishi, Ana Stevenson
wiley   +1 more source

THE EASTERN SLAVIC CIVILIZATION AS AN OBJECT OF SOCIAL AND PHILOSOPHIC COGNITION: A HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ASPECT

open access: yes, 2017
В статье реконструирована и проанализирована историографическая база изучения восточнославянской цивилизации. Показано, что проблематика генезиса и устроения отечественной цивилизации была одним из основных вопросов русской социальной философии и ...
Романов, О. А., Romanov, O.
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What Was ‘Middle Australia’? Social Categorisation and Political Positioning in the Late‐20th Century

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT ‘Middle Australia’ became a ubiquitous term of social categorisation and political positioning during the latter decades of the 20th century. This article examines how this concept was variously used in the metropolitan print media in the guises of the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age of Melbourne, including in their reporting of federal and ...
Chris Beer
wiley   +1 more source

International Symposium "History of the Islamic Civilization in Eastern Africa"

open access: yes, 2013
3-6 septembre 2013. Zanzibar, Tanzania. OIC Research Centre for Islamic History, Art and Culture (IRCICA), and the National Records & Archives Authority of the Sultanate of Oman, are jointly organizing, in cooperation with Zanzibar University, the ...
Mehdi Sakatni
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
wiley   +1 more source

New Evidence for Early Silk in the Indus Civilization

open access: yes, 2008
Silk is an important economic fiber, and is generally considered to have been the exclusive cultural heritage of China. Silk weaving is evident from the Shang period, though the earliest evidence for silk textiles in ancient China dates to more than a ...
Richard H. Meadow   +2 more
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Adapting to Change: The Dynamic Crop Production Systems of Smallholder Farmers in the PNG Highlands

open access: yesAsia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder sweet potato farmers in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) face challenges as they navigate social, economic, demographic, and environmental change. While they routinely adapt to weather variability and shifting markets, population growth is placing additional strain on an already finely balanced farming system ...
Geoff Kuehne   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Timing the Sacred: A Multi‐Step Chronological Framework for the Llullaillaco Inca Burial

open access: yesArchaeometry, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Absolute radiocarbon dating offers high precision, but its application to historical contexts, such as the Inca civilization, requires a rigorous methodological approach. This research examines methods to enhance chronological accuracy through a case study of artifacts from the Llullaillaco Capacocha sacrifice.
Dominika Sieczkowska‐Jacyna   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

ESG Performance and Stock Market Outcomes: The Moderating Role of National Culture in a Global Setting

open access: yesBusiness Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between firms' environmental, social, and governance performance on stock market performance using a global unbalanced panel of 10,043 listed global firms from 2002 to 2024. Employing firm and year‐fixed effects with instrumental variable estimation, we find a robust positive association between ESG ...
Yongsheng Guo, Irsa Azam
wiley   +1 more source

The collapse of communism and global challenges [European civilization: 1648-1945]

open access: yes, 2011
Presents part of course, European Civilization, 1648-1945, when Professor John Merriman presents three important factors, resulted of The disintegration of the Soviet Union, ones are nationalism among Soviet satellite states, democratic opposition ...
Merriman, John
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