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National identity after conquest

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Conquering powers routinely adopt state‐directed nationalization projects that seek to make the boundaries of the nation coterminous with the (newly expanded) boundaries of the state. To this end, they implement policies that elevate the economic status of individuals who embrace the occupier's national identity and discriminate against those ...
Christopher Carter, Daniel W. Gingerich
wiley   +1 more source

The Memory of Battle Surrounds You Once Again: Iowa Grand Army of the Republic Reunions and the Formation of a Pro-Union Nationalism, 1886-1949

open access: yes, 2015
Following the bloody years of the Civil War, veteran organizations became a breeding ground for nationalism making and memory shaping. Historians, like Caroline Janney and David Blight, have debated what these memories meant for northern veterans.
Bautz, Peter
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Garden restoration in Russia: St Petersburg Summer Garden as a case study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Since the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945) Russia has developed a very strong scientific school of restoration and reconstruction of historic gardens. This paper discusses the main concept and principles of this garden restoration school, called the St ...
Ignatieva, Maria
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Networks of coercion: Military ties and civilian leadership challenges in China

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Civilian‐led coups are one of the most common routes to losing power in autocracies. How do authoritarian leaders secure themselves from civilian leadership challenges? We argue that autocrats differentiate civilian rivals in part by their social ties to the military.
Tyler Jost, Daniel Mattingly
wiley   +1 more source

Великая Отечественная война и Чернобыль как сюжеты белорусской литературы: парадоксы сопричастности [PDF]

open access: yes
In this article the author examines the relationship of two major topics of national Belarusian literature: the Great Patriotic War and Chernobyl disaster. The article also provides the conclusion about the typological similarity data of the phenomena in
Афанасьев, И.Н.
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“Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 (Book Review)” by Brock Millman [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Review of Polarity, Patriotism, and Dissent in Great War Canada, 1914-1919 by Brock ...
Cook, Tim
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Decentralized propaganda in the era of digital media: The massive presence of the Chinese state on Douyin

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The rise of social media in the digital era poses unprecedented challenges to authoritarian regimes that aim to influence public attitudes and behaviors. To address these challenges, we argue that authoritarian regimes have adopted a decentralized approach to produce and disseminate propaganda on social media.
Yingdan Lu   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Environmental Theology of Aimee Semple McPherson (Chapter 4 of Blood Cries Out : Pentecostals, Ecology, and the Groans of Creation)

open access: yes, 2014
Excerpt: My initial investigation into Aimee Semple McPherson—founder of The International Church of the Foursquare Gospel—and ecology was bleak: every word search returned a spiritual metaphor. “Garbage” came back as “garbage can of Satan,” “pollution”
Bouma-Prediger, Steven, Swoboda, A.J.
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Carving Out an Identity: The Monument aux Morts in Republican Strasbourg [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
War memorials serve as powerful sites of memory, symbols around which collective identity isdeveloped. Strasbourg’s monument aux morts is no exception, yet in content it is unique amongFrench monuments to the First World War.
Richter, Andrew
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