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George Washington's Development as an Espionage Chief [PDF]
, 1993 The American Revolution was a war of movement over great distances. Timely intelligence regarding the strength and location of the enemy was vital to the commanders on both sides.
Ritchey, David (David Benjamin
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Folklore Studies, Fieldwork and the Making of a Domestic Anthropology in Fin‐de‐Siècle Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract This article follows the ‘communities of knowledge‐making’ that formed around folklore collection at the end of the nineteenth century. Often regarded as eccentric or marginal figures in the history of human science, these collectors in fact engaged in lively and sophisticated discussions about the methodologies needed to study the mental ...
HARRY PARKER
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A Patriot\u27s History of the United States: from Columbus\u27s Great Discovery to the War on Terror
, 2007 For the past three decades, many history professors have allowed their biases to distort the way America’s past is taught. These intellectuals have searched for instances of racism, sexism, and bigotry in our history while downplaying the greatness of ...
Allen, Mike, Schweikart, Larry
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract In this article I dissect the spatial strategies through which the Spanish attempted to orchestrate both racial difference and similarity in the African colonies of Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea during the first half of the twentieth century.
Pol Fité Matamoros
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War, Fear, and Bread in Tampa, 1917-1918
In early Febrnary 1917, two months before the U.S. entered World War I, local authorities in Tampa, Florida, required German aliens over age thirteen to register with the federal government.
Huse, Andy
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WASTELAND ACTIVISM: Political Weeds and Ecological Imaginaries in Montreal
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in Montreal, this article examines the ways in which urban dwellers and activists engage with the living materialities of wastelands to illuminate evolving ecological imaginaries and their political potentials.
Daniela Giudici
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British Patriots and Spies in Italy (1914-1915): Fighting the Enemy of the Neutral Frontline
, 2015 [EN] The study of economic warfare is a key aspect to understand how the Great War affected states at large not only in their political and social configurations, but also in their peoples’ emotions and hopes for the future.
García Sanz, Carolina
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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Medical libraries and their complicated past: an exploration of the historical connections between medical collections and racial science. [PDF]
J Med Libr Assoc, 2023 Pun R, Green PR, Davis N.
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Patriots Your Country Needs You!
The bald eagle clutching an olive branch and arrows became a symbol of the United States when it was adopted as the great seal at the Constitutional Convention.
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