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HUMBOLDT IN VENEZUELA AND CUBA: THE ‘SECOND SLAVERY’

open access: yesGerman Life and Letters, Volume 74, Issue 3, Page 311-325, July 2021., 2021
ABSTRACT The reception of Humboldt's work now spans more than 200 years. It began with the publication of the texts that form his Opus Americanum (1808–31). Among these works, it was in the Political Essay on Cuba, where a chapter was devoted to the demography of the slave trade from Africa to Cuba, that became a cornerstone of the global historical ...
Michael Zeuske
wiley   +1 more source

Public participation, indigenous peoples’ land rights and major infrastructure projects in the Amazon: The case for a human rights assessment framework

open access: yesReview of European, Comparative &International Environmental Law, Volume 30, Issue 2, Page 184-196, July 2021., 2021
Abstract The recognition of land title and demarcation of indigenous peoples’ ancestral lands and the guarantee of the rights of consultation and free, prior and informed consent in the context of large infrastructure projects represent some of the major challenges for indigenous peoples and communities in the Amazon States.
Ricardo Pereira
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The Death Penalty and Historical Change in Spain

open access: yesJournal of Historical Sociology, Volume 34, Issue 2, Page 305-322, June 2021., 2021
Abstract This article studies the long duration of the death penalty in Spain until its abolition in the Constitution of 1978. After analysing the plurality of theoretical approaches and possibilities offered by archival sources and specialised historiography (particularly those produced by specialists in the history of law and social history), I ...
Pedro Oliver Olmo
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‘Civilizing’ Smallholders Through Oil Palm: The Politics of Subsumption Across Southern Mexico's Commodity Frontiers

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While most frontier studies associate commodity expansions with dispossession, I argue that such expansions can also function as ‘civilizational’ projects aimed at overcoming traditional farming and creating new rural subjects better suited to the needs of capitalist development. Using a Gramscian approach to study subsumption, I analyse three
Antonio Castellanos‐Navarrete
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating predatory arthropods for the biological control of the invasive Thrips parvispinus (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) in greenhouse sweet pepper

open access: yesPest Management Science, Volume 82, Issue 9, Page 8448-8458, September 2026.
This study shows that Orius laevigatus, alone or with other predators, consistently achieved the highest suppression of Thrips parvispinus and improved plant productivity. Franklinothrips vespiformis coexisted with O. laevigatus, suggesting compatibility, while Amblyseius swirskii declined, indicating incompatibility. Individually, F. vespiformis and A.
Estefanía Rodríguez   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Women, Crime, and Law in Latin America's Nineteenth Century

open access: yesHistory Compass, Volume 24, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines the literature on women as perpetrators of crime in 19th‐century Latin America, a topic largely overlooked in historical scholarship. While most studies focus on women as victims of domestic or sexual violence, this work explores women as perpetrators of crime, specifically reproductive crimes (abortion and infanticide ...
Reuben Zahler
wiley   +1 more source

Ministries That We Want: Legislative Behavior and Signaling of Portfolio Salience

open access: yesLegislative Studies Quarterly, Volume 51, Issue 2, May 2026.
ABSTRACT Measuring the value of cabinet portfolios is a fundamental task in the study of coalition politics. Yet existing measures are often static, have limited coverage, or assume that all parties value portfolios equally. In this paper, we introduce a new approach that overcomes these problems.
Fernando Meireles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Effectiveness of territorial protection categories in conserving an endemic island bird during population fluctuation

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
Static boundaries of protected areas failed to capture the Canary Islands stonechat's shifting distribution patterns. Abstract Protected areas represent cornerstones of biodiversity conservation on oceanic islands, yet their effectiveness for endemic species remains poorly evaluated. We assessed how various territorial protection categories conserve an
Luis M. Carrascal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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