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For Safety and For Liberty, The Devan Family of Gettysburg
, 2016 This article explores Gettysburg’s 19th century black history through the exciting experiences of the Devan family. Originally from Frederick County, Maryland, they came to Gettysburg as free people of color.
Dalton, Andrew I
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Epileptic drop attacks: More than just atonic seizures
Epilepsia Open, EarlyView.Abstract “Drop attacks” are not officially defined by the International League Against Epilepsy. Seizures are characterized by a sudden loss of control over the trunk and posture, leading to falls and injuries, and resolving within a few seconds. Accurately diagnosing the type of seizure is usually difficult due to limitations in clinical documentation
Tomonori Ono +3 more
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how Afro‐Brazilian communities in Pernambuco respond to state‐led industrial development through culturally rooted practices of resistance and repair. Drawing on archival and ethnographic research in the coastal municipalities of Cabo de Santo Agostinho and Ipojuca, this study traces the effects of Brazil's large‐scale ...
Shelly Annette Biesel
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Globalization, Convergence and History [PDF]
There were three epochs of growth experience after the mid 19th century for what is now called the OECD 'club'; the late 19th century, the middle years between 1914 and 1950, and the late 20th century.
Jeffrey G. Williamson
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NOHL, DURKHEIM, AND MEAD: THREE DIFFERENT TYPES OF "HISTORY OF EDUCATION” [PDF]
, 2018 : Historiography of education is not only a question of construction but also of selection. In 19th century "history of education” was typically a genre of "great educators”, mostly male and only marginally female. This construct is influential up to now,
Oelkers, Jürgen
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Feminist Anthropology, EarlyView.Abstract This article explores how queerness and religion intersect in a unique enactment of Bathukamma, a flower festival honoring the female divine in Hyderabad, the capital of the South Indian state of Telangana. Drawing on theories of figuration, I analyze how local queer organizations celebrate the festival in a way that engages two distinctive ...
Stefan Binder
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Studia theodisca, 2011 This article focuses on rhetorical handbooks written in Germany during the 19th century. It traces back the tradition of rhetorical handbooks, which started in ancient Greece and developed into a branch of literature in Europe, where it is attested in ...
Fee-Alexandra Haase
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Book: On the History of Lunacy: The 19th Century and After
BMJ, 1999 Edward H Hare Gabbay, pp 176 ISBN 0953269906 Rating: ![Graphic][1] ![Graphic][2] ![Graphic][3] History, to quote Voltaire, is a trick the living play on the dead. All too often the trick involves myths about the past being used to buttress current theories or practices.
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The educational effects of 19th century disentailment of catholic church land in Colombia. [PDF]
The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of land concentration prompted by the distribution of disentailed Church land during the second half of the 19th century on the accumulation of human capital, in early 20th century Colombia1.
Antonella Fazio Vargas +1 more
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