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With One\u27s Own Arms: Condottieri, Machiavelli, and the Rise of the Florentine Militia

, 2014
This paper examines the use of mercenary warfare on the Italian peninsula during the late 15th and early 16th centuries. It later focuses on the unique political and economic environment in Florence that led to Niccolo Machiavelli orchestrating the ...
Boncardo, Michael N.
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The Old Regime (of Mutualisation) and the Revolution (of Big Data)

The British Journal of Sociology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In his classic work L'ancien régime et la révolution, Alexis de Tocqueville proposes a reinterpretation of the French Revolution: behind the spectacular ruptures associated with the event, profound continuities are at play. Beyond the specific case of the French Revolution, Tocqueville calls for vigilance in mobilizing the notion of revolution
Pierre Francois
wiley   +1 more source

Why "should we"? A well-grounded argument for refugee acceptance and integration [PDF]

, 2018
L'attuale e inedito arrivo nell'UE di migranti e richiedenti asilo in fuga da paesi devastati dalla guerra ha creato un intenso dibattito sull'obbligo e l'opportunità di accettarli e integrarli nelle nostre società.
Zanazzi, Silvia
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Europe: So Many Languages, So Many Cultures [PDF]

, 2011
The number of different languages in Europe by far exceeds the number of countries. All European countries have national languages, and in nearly all of them there are minority languages as well, whereas all major languages have dialects.
Steinhauer, H. (Hein)
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The Protestant Menace: Catholic Missionary Anti‐Protestantism during and after the First World War (1918–1922)*

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
Sante Lesti
wiley   +1 more source

Looking at Us Through Their Eyes. The Analytical Process from Ethnographic Perspectives1

Journal of Analytical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article looks at the analytical situation through the Others’ eyes—through examples from contemporary ethnographies of foreign cultures. It discusses the following issues: a) The analogy between the ontological worlds of the dead, ghosts, animals and dreams in “primitive populations” and the analytical psychological descriptions of the ...
Stefano Carta
wiley   +1 more source

Ottoman stock returns during the Turco-Italian and Balkan Wars of 1910-1914

, 2017
In this paper, we use new historical data on the most popular stocks traded at the Istanbul bourse between 1910 and 1914, to examine the effect of wars on stock market prices.
Hanedar, Avni Önder, Hanedar, Elmas Yaldız   +1 more
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Why HR Has Failed to Address Healthcare's Workforce Crisis: The Need for a Systems Partner Role

Human Resource Management Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Attempts to remedy sustained workforce challenges facing healthcare organizations globally have been largely ineffective, despite increased political attention. In this paper we draw on contextually based human resource theory to explain why these challenges remain intractable.
Aoife M. McDermott, Graeme Currie, Hector P. Rodriguez   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Some remarks on the “border period” of Florentine diplomacy in the Italian Wars and its significant episode: the mission of Niccolo Machiavelli to Caterina Sforza (July 1499)

Studia Humanitatis
The research examines the diplomacy of Florence in the initial stage of the Italian Wars of 1494-1559. The author substantiates the concept of analysing the events of 1498-1499 in Florentine diplomacy as a certain “border period”, when the Tuscan ...
Pavlov Kirill Vladimirovich
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Mussolini\u27s Gladius: The Double-Edged Sword of Antiquity in Fascist Italy

, 2016
Mussolini and the Fascist Party used a plethora of propaganda techniques in order to suggest the renewal of the old Roman Empire with the rise of the Italian Fascist Party. Through the use of ideology, race issues, religion, educational control, posters,
Schrader, Kyle W.
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