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Historia - moralidad - progreso: apuntes sobre la actualidad filosófica de la Ilustración escocesa [PDF]

open access: yes, 2003
In this paper, the author offers an interpretation of the present day philosophical significance of the Scottish Enlightenment. After a broad review of the main characteristics of that movement and of the thought of major Scottish figures of the 18th ...
Rosales Rodríguez, Amán
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The performance of growing degree day models to predict spring phenology of herbaceous species depends on the species' temporal niche

open access: yesFunctional Ecology, EarlyView.
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog. Abstract The concept of growing degree days (GDDs) is commonly used to predict phenological events in plants, assuming that plants develop proportionally to the accumulated temperature. Two species‐specific parameters, TBase and t0 (minimum temperature above which and start date
Robert Rauschkolb   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Serbian Autobiographical Studies \u2013 A Survey [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A survey of Serbian autobiographical ...
Fin, Monica
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Linguistic Evidence Suggests that Xiōng‐nú and Huns Spoke the Same Paleo‐Siberian Language

open access: yesTransactions of the Philological Society, EarlyView.
Abstract The Xiōng‐nú were a tribal confederation who dominated Inner Asia from the third century BC to the second century AD. Xiōng‐nú descendants later constituted the ethnic core of the European Huns. It has been argued that the Xiōng‐nú spoke an Iranian, Turkic, Mongolic or Yeniseian language, but the linguistic affiliation of the Xiōng‐nú and the ...
Svenja Bonmann, Simon Fries
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction To German Studies: The Romantics Then And Now (GMST 20) Syllabus [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
This course serves as an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of German Studies. German culture has played a seminal role in the history and culture of modern Europe, influencing and shaping the European spirit in all manner of ways.
Meirosu, Madalina
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‘Work locally but think globally’: The Alliance Against Women's Oppression and transnational multiracial grassroots activism in the 1980s

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines the transnational history of the Alliance Against Women's Oppression (AAWO), a multiracial and Marxist US women's organisation founded in California in 1979. By focusing on the political connection between the AAWO, the so‐called ‘Third World’ and other international organisations such as the Women International ...
Bruno Walter Renato Toscano
wiley   +1 more source

A.-R.-J. Turgot and the Construction of an Economic Agent called Entrepreneur [PDF]

open access: yes
The entrepreneurial function as just one factor of production is actually being the point of a depth discussion in entrepreneurship research. It could be the cause of some confusion which impeders theoretical developments and it also makes difficult the ...
José M. Menudo, José Mª O’kean
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

open access: yesGender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source

The Modern Urbanization in Romania Between the 18th Century and the Post-Socialist Period

open access: yesStudia Universitatis Babeş-Bolyai: Geographia
The Modern Urbanization in Romania between the 18th Century and the Post-Socialist Period. The history of modern urbanization in Romania has always been dominated by a strong “pro-urban sentiment”, where towns and cities were considered centers of ...
Nóra Csilla VERESS
doaj   +1 more source

European Economies in the First Epoch of Imperialism and Mercantilism. 1415-1846. [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The costs and benefits of European Imperialism from the conquest of Ceuta, 1415, to the Treaty of Lusaka, 1974.Twelfth International Economic History Congress. Madrid, 1998.Patrick K.
Butel, Paul   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

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