Rise of the south: How Arab‐led maritime trade transformed China, 671–1371 CE
Asia‐Pacific Economic History Review, Volume 65, Issue 1, Page 3-38, March 2025.Abstract China's center of socioeconomic activities was in the North prior to the Tang dynasty but is in the South today. We demonstrate that Arab and Persian Muslim traders triggered that transition when they came to China in the late seventh century, by lifting maritime trade along the South Coast and re‐creating the South.
Zhiwu Chen, Zhan Lin, Kaixiang Peng
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Beautifully dangerous or dangerously beautiful: perceptions of southern African pythons (Python natalensis) in southern African rural and urban areas. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol EthnomedKyle KJ, Downs CT.
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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad
Asia‐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
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Strategic litigation as a challenge for deliberative democracy
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Strategic litigation is a growing public concern, but remains understudied in democratic theory. In strategic litigation, collectives go to court with a political agenda that goes beyond their specific case. How should we assess the legitimacy of strategic litigation? Building on Lafont's model of deliberative democracy and Klein's distinction
Svenja Ahlhaus
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Appalachia - Bridging the Opioid Epidemic Amid the Fentanyl Crisis. [PDF]
Linacre QAnn Fecci T.
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Perspectives of elders and their adult children of Black and minority ethnic heritage on end-of-life conversations: A meta-ethnography. [PDF]
Palliat Med, 2020 De Souza J +3 more
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An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly +3 more
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Camel milk is a neglected source of brucellosis among rural Arab communities. [PDF]
Nat CommunHolloway P +13 more
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