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THE MAIN ISSUES OF AIR DEFENCE BETWEEN THE TWO WORLD WARS [PDF]
, 2011 The authors present the main issues of air defence between the two World Wars. They give a general overview of air components of the Italian – Abyssinian, the Japanese – Chinese and the Spanish civil war as well.
Berkovics, Gábor, Krajnc, Zoltán
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Macau as Method: Recombinant Urbanism in Post‐Socialist China
Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In ‘Asia as Method’, Chen Kuan‐Hsing argues for the value of an indigenous inter‐Asian approach to analysing the effects of European imperialism on the countries and citizens of Asia. This article mobilises both Chen's inter‐Asian referencing strategy and the city‐state of Macau to explore Macau's role in China's engagements with global ...
Tim Simpson
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The amazing synchronicity of the Global Development (the 1300s-1450s). An institutional approach to the globalization of the late Middle Ages [PDF]
, 2010 In a new approach to a long-ranging debate on the causes of the Late Medieval Debasement, we offer an institutional case-study of Russia and the Levant.
Badalian, Lucy, Krivorotov, Victor
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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The hillfort of Castrejón de Capote is one of the best investigated settlements of Late Iron Age southwest Iberia. Located in the territory that the classical sources attributed to the Celtici, it was occupied between the early 4th and the 1st centuries bce.
Beatrijs de Groot +2 more
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For Heart, Patriotism, and National Dignity : The Italian Language Press in New York City and Constructions of Africa, Race, and Civilization [PDF]
, 2011 For Heart, Patriotism, and National Dignity : The Italian Language Press in New York City and Constructions of Africa, Race, and Civilization examines how mainstream and radical newspapers employed Africa as a trope for savage behavior by analyzing ...
Vellon, Peter G.
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A Farewell to Arms… Manufacturing: Learning From a Landmine Producer Who Became a Deminer
Business Ethics, the Environment &Responsibility, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Certain industries—labeled “dirty,” “sinful,” “stigmatized,” or “controversial”—are under public scrutiny because of the ethical, social, and environmental concerns that they raise. Previous research has typically focused on the industry or organizational level of analysis, examining how companies in controversial industries can enhance their ...
Marco Guerci, Luca Carollo
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Bioethics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Classical bioethics examines moral issues in terrestrial medicine and the life sciences. According to Konrad Szocik, space bioethics merely relocates those questions to harsher environments. We argue that this view is incomplete: space bioethics is a genuinely original domain.
Maurizio Balistreri
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Despite Being Spanish by Birth: Cesare Borgia of France and Duke of the Romagna
ReligionsThis article attempts to underline the wider context of Cesare Borgia’s imprese; the product of Alexander VI’s dynastic designs, which went hand in hand with the aspirations of the Renaissance popes to incorporate those territories which belonged to them.
Jordan Sant
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Is there an Equity Premium Puzzle in Italy? A Look at Asset Returns, Consumption and Financial Structure Data over the Last Century [PDF]
This paper reconstructs the series of the real returns on Italian equities, bank and PO deposits and long-term government bonds from 1860 to today. In the long-run the return on shares was much higher than that on government securities and also that on ...
Fabio Panetta, Roberto Violi
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