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Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores the marmalade machine, a mechanical device designed to slice orange peel. These niche objects were manufactured between roughly 1870 and 1938 in Britain. As a so‐called ‘labour‐saving’ gadget, the marmalade machine sliced orange peel quickly and effectively, removing the tedious process of slicing orange peel by hand ...
Katie Carpenter
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Mujeres y química II. Siglos XVIII y XIX
Educación Química, 2018 Women and Chemistry. Part II. Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries This is the second part of a set of papers devoted to the participation of women in chemistry. The first part was written as the Editorial of the January-2013 issue of this Journal.
Adela Muñoz Páez, Andoni Garritz
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Notes from underground: Lisbon after the earthquake [PDF]
, 2008 The Lisbon earthquake of 1 November 1755 occupies a canonical place in eighteenth-century studies, yet surprisingly little attention has been paid to what the rebuilding of the city meant, both culturally and materially.
Hamblyn, Richard
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks
Gender &History, EarlyView.Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
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“The Darts to Wound With Endless Love!” on Hannah Cowley’s Response to Frances Burney’s Evelina
Studia Anglica Posnaniensia, 2019 The paper traces the intertextual echoes of Frances Burney’s debut novel, Evelina, in The Belle’s Stratagem, a play by Burney’s contemporary Hannah Cowley. The latter was certainly an avid admirer of Burney.
Paluchowska-Messing Anna
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Protestantism in Russia During the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries: Introductory Remarks
Вивліоѳика, 2017 В предисловии к номеру приведен обзор истории лютеран и рецепции протестантских учений в России.
Ingrid Schierle
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Introduction : Latour and eighteenth-century literary studies [PDF]
, 2016 Bruno Latour’s formulation of modernity as a particular intertwining of persons and things has shaped recent efforts to rethink the legacy of the Enlightenment.
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Gender &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores baby farming in the western regions of late imperial Russia, framing it as a childcare practice of the lower‐classes – a form of crèche for working mothers. The article delves into the public discourse surrounding baby farming among the educated strata and contrasts it with how this practice was viewed by the lower ...
Ekaterina Oleshkevich
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Ireland's influence on eighteenth century English literature [PDF]
, 1911 Thesis (M.A.)--Boston ...
Byrne, Helen Lane
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