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, 2017 This two-volume reference provides university and high school students—and the general public—with a wealth of information on one of the most important empires the world has ever known. Arranged in topical sections, this two-volume encyclopedia will help students and general readers alike delve into the fascinating story of an empire that ...
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Pseudonyms, Propaganda, and Prints: The Life and Political Caricatures of William Dent, 1782–931
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract ‘Dent was probably an amateur and nothing is known of his life’, state Bryant and Heneage. Despite contributing to caricature's ‘golden age’, William Dent remains overlooked compared to contemporaries like James Gillray. Dent's extensive portfolio (1782–93) and rumoured role as a Pittite propagandist have not secured his place in the canon of ...
Callum D. Smith
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Remembering Mehmet Genç (1934–2021), economic historian of the Ottoman Empire [PDF]
, 2021 Şevket Pamuk
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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Гуманитарные и юридические исследованияIntroduction. The issue of agricultural development in the Ottoman Empire has not been widely reflected in domestic and partly in foreign historiography.
E. R. Khalimbekova
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Victorian Literature and Culture, 2023 In the nineteenth century, Britain had intense political, economic, and cultural relations with the Ottoman Empire: they were political allies during the Crimean War; for several decades, British creditors ran the Ottoman economy via Ottoman Public Debt Administration; many Ottoman cultural institutions, such as the Imperial Museum, were modeled after ...
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Colonial wars and trade restrictions: Fighting for exclusive trading rights
Canadian Journal of Economics/Revue canadienne d'économique, EarlyView.Abstract This paper develops a model of colonial wars and trade restrictions, in which two metropolises compete for control over a colony's trade policy. In equilibrium, the metropolis that gains control can improve its terms of trade by restricting its rival's access to colonial trade.
Ivan G. Lopez Cruz, Gustavo Torrens
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The Kosovo Vilayet in the geostrategic plans of the Ottoman Empire and the Eastern Question [PDF]
Historijski poglediDuring the 19th century, particularly in its second half, significant changes occurred in international relations and the territorial organization of Europe and the world.
Sait Š. Šabotić
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The Empire is dead, long live the Empire! Long-run persistence of trust and corruption in the bureaucracy [PDF]
, 2011 Do empires affect attitudes towards the state long after their demise? We hypothesize that the Habsburg Empire with its localized and well-respected administration increased citizens’ trust in local public services.
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