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The Depositional Record, EarlyView.. The Bebedero tectonic depression in San Luis province, Argentina, is a closed drainage basin that has formed as a result of block‐faulting and rifting processes. The Bebedero lake exhibits notable similarities to the endorheic watersheds of the western United States, particularly those of Death Valley, the Saline Valley and, to a lesser extent, the ...
Eimi Ailen Font +2 more
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The long-lived effects of historic climate on the wealth of nations [PDF]
We investigate the long-run consequences of historic, climatic temperatures (1730-2000) for the modern cross-country income distribution. Using a newly constructed dataset of climatic temperatures stretching over three centuries (18th, 19th, and 20th ...
Bluedorn, John C. +2 more
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Debt sustainability in historical perspective: The role of fiscal repression [PDF]
This article examines the debt history of two contenders for European hegemony: 16th-century Spain and 18th-century Britain. We analyze their fiscal behavior using measures of overborrowing and fiscal policy functions. Our results suggest that stringency
Joachim Voth, Mauricio Drelichman
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, 2014 In this issue of Newport History, the focus is on several aspects of 18th-century Newport culture. Dr. Marian Mathison Desrosiers utilizes the record books of a wealthy merchant to explore aspects of daily life and consumerism in pre-Revolutionary ...
Yarnall, James L
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The Gathering of Many Teachings. Religious Backgrounds of Adult Education in Romania (16th -18th centuries) [PDF]
, 2018 Although the history of the 16th -18th centuries fails to offer comprehensive information about the contemporary interest in adult education, there is evidence of initiatives to provide adult instruction, undifferentiated, yet concurrent with the ...
Samoilă, Magda-Elena
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Aurélia Michel, Un monde en nègre et blanc. Enquête historique sur l’ordre racial
Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos, 2021 Mildred Lesmes-Guerrero
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Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета, 2014 The paper addresses an important stage in the history of the English dramatic art. In this work the domestic tragedy by George Lillo is considered as a new type of social play of the 18th century. All aspects of analyzing the artistic originality and the
M. S. Gallyamova
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Protecting threatened species and music traditions
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.Musical instruments are indispensable to music traditions worldwide and often made from natural materials derived from species that are increasingly endangered. International trade threatens the survival of some of these species, as addressed by their inclusion in the UN Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ...
Silke Lichtenberg +15 more
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Glassford & Henderson: Curating 18th Century History from Store Ledgers [PDF]
, 2017 AMH 4110 – Colonial American History Class Project. Partnership with History Revealed, Inc. John Glassford & Alexander Henderson – proprietors of store in 1750s and 1760s in Colchester, Virginia.https://stars.library.ucf.edu/curatingacrosscurriculum ...
Beiler, Rosalind J.
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The Inquisition Palace staircase in Birgu by Carapecchia (18th century): architecture and construction under the Order of St. John of Jerusalem [PDF]
, 2022 Carapecchia’s 18th-century project for the grand staircase of the Inquisitor’s palace in Birgu belongs to a long construction tradition based on the use of carved stone. During the Order of St.
Burgassi, Valentina
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