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Newfoundland railway and steamship system

open access: yes, 1923
Black and white. Dated September 1923. Relief shown by hachures and spot heights. Bar scale in miles. Shows rail and steamship lines. Includes ancillary map: Newfoundland map showing Newfoundland Government railway and steamship system.
Newfoundland Railway Company
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Riding Through Norms: Creating and Performing Athletic Femininity at American Ladies’ Equestrian Exhibitions, 1850–1890

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the nineteenth century, American agricultural fairs often featured ladies’ equestrian exhibitions. At these events, women constructed an athletic femininity based on skill and competitiveness that challenged traditional ideals of womanhood.
Gabrielle McCoy
wiley   +1 more source

Track stiffness considerations for high speed railway lines

open access: yes, 2009
     This book provides the latest scientific research regarding the importance of infrastructure charges in establishing competitive conditions in the railway market.
Burrow, Michael,   +3 more
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Masculinity, Prostitution, and the Imaginary Northwest in Chinese Travel Writings About Shanxi and Western Inner Mongolia, 1920–1949

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article considers travel writings by metropolitan men in Republican China about Shanxi and western Inner Mongolia as a case study to further explore the transformations and continuities of Chinese masculinities. Drawing upon a range of popular travel narratives, it shows that so‐called “Worn‐Out Shoes (poxie)” – women perceived as ...
Amanda Zhang
wiley   +1 more source

‘Mere Amateurs’? Elementary Teachers and the Making of Scientific Authority in the British Child Study Movement

open access: yesHistory, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers new perspectives on the relationship between elementary teaching, scientific expertise and the professionalization of the human sciences. Previous scholarship has demonstrated the ready existence of ‘amateur’ science societies in the nineteenth century where cross‐class exchanges were common.
Julia Gustavsson
wiley   +1 more source

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