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Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract In mid‐eighteenth‐century Europe, anonymous authors produced parodic satires masquerading as earnest exemplars of the chronicle form. Couched in an antiquated, quasi‐biblical register, these mock chronicles drew flimsily fictional portraits of modern life.
Zachary Garber
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THE SIGNIFICANCE AND TRANSCRIPTION OF BEATRICE POTTER’S MANUSCRIPT OF “THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH ECONOMICS”, PART I [PDF]
This report introduces the transcription of manuscript of Beatrice Potter : The History of English Economics and the significance of it in English Economic thought. She researched the history of classical political economy in England from 18th century to
Satoh, Kimitoshi, 佐藤, 公俊
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Humanimals: A Socio‐Ecological Reading of the Marseille Plague of 1720
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract The aim of this article is to return to a small number of historically significant first‐person testimonies of the Marseille epidemic of 1720 in order to analyse in detail their construction and depiction of human exceptionality as a form of life in a time of plague.
David McCallam
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‘I See Her Instrument Is Open’: (Dis)playing the Musical Body in the Work of Jane Austen
Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.Abstract This article contextualizes Jane Austen's depictions of musicians and instruments within contemporary philosophical perceptions of music as a means of ‘unvirtuous’ corporeal stimulation in order to examine Austen's attitude towards female sexuality.
Maggie Stanton
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Do Animal Rights Undermine Human Rights?
Global Policy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The proposal to grant rights to non‐human animals has raised the question of whether such a step undermines human rights. A first approach claims that animal rights strengthen the protection of human interests since they shift the focus to safeguarding the most vulnerable living beings.
Sergio Dellavalle
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An Immersive Virtual Sailing on the 18th-Century Ship Le Boullongne
PRESENCE: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 2015 Jean-Baptiste Barreau +5 more
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Accounting Perspectives, Volume 24, Issue 1, Page 21-46, March 2025.ABSTRACT Accountants should engage more with natural and cultural capital accounting to make tools more accessible and to ensure critical information is provided to decision‐makers. While ecological economists have continued to innovate and design tools, corporate‐level accounting has seemingly lagged behind.
S. Leanne Keddie +2 more
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American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract Recent public health events have brought to the forefront the challenges of incorporating collective action behaviors and information seeking and processing behaviors to motivate personal protections to an environmental risk. The economic and social costs of large‐scale spread of disease when there is no cure for the disease, only preventative
Adelyn Flowers +2 more
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American 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
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Food Globalization in the Early Modern Period: Isotopic Evidence of Maize Introduction and Dietary Diversification on Gran Canaria, Canary Islands, Spain (16th-18th CE). [PDF]
Am J Biol AnthropolSantana J +10 more
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