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Antipode, EarlyView.Abstract Indigenous Peoples are gaining renewed attention within both policy and academia, as examples of “resilience” and of non‐humanist, non‐modern ways of relating to nature, which might, it is hoped, provide tools to withstand the socio‐ecological crises associated with “the Anthropocene”.
Penelope Anthias, Kiran Asher
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Noctua, 2015 The first case of comprehensive Jesuit philosophical textbook, the Cursus Conimbricensis stands as a hallmark of the Jesuit way of teaching philosophy during the second half of the Sixteenth century.
Mário S. de Carvalho
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The History of the Jesuit Post in Opava in Cieszyn Silesia in the Years 1625–1773
Wrocławski Przegląd Teologiczny, 2020 Until the dissolution in 1773, the Jesuits in Silesia were involved in the intense re-Catholicised activity. Their institutions had the rank of colleagues, residences and missions.
Zdzislaw Lec
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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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Archaeometry, EarlyView.ABSTRACT With this contribution, an attempt is being made to chart the timeline of the invention of the European hard‐paste porcelain based on historical documents. They were evaluated to trace the development lines from Tschirnhaus's early experiments with burning mirrors and lenses in the 1680s to finding ‘wax porcelain’ around 1694 to the ...
Robert B. Heimann
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The Development of Museology in 1930s China: Western Influences and Early Reflections
Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article explores the emergence of museology in China during the 1930s, tracing its development through the establishment of the Museums Association of China and the analysis of early publications. It examines the influence of Western concepts on Chinese museum theory and practice, particularly regarding exhibition techniques.
Daphné Sterk
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From the Global to the Local: Staffing the Jesuit Colegios in Puebla (Nueva España)
Anos 90, 2023 The Society of Jesus was an international Catholic order involved in educational and missionary activities around the globe. What was the origin of the men who joined the Society of Jesus?
Robert Jackson
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Shades of empire: Evidence from Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian partitions in the Baltics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract In this study, we explore the long‐run effects of Swedish and Polish–Lithuanian imperial legacies in the Baltic region. Using a robust regression discontinuity design, we identify persistent differences in socio‐economic development across the South Livonia–Courland and the South Livonia–Lettgallia borders that emerged as a result of the ...
Theocharis N. Grigoriadis, Alise Vitola
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Bibliothecae.it, 2023 This essay traces back the genesis, the bibliographic stratification and the history of the Library of Liceo Classico and Musicale «F. Petrarca», in Arezzo, starting from the constitution of its original core, attributable to the Library of the Jesuit ...
Maria Chiara Milighetti
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Income taxes and redistribution in the early twentieth century
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper examines the distributive effects of personal income taxation in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States during the first half of the twentieth century. We estimate the evolution of marginal and average effective tax rates across the income distribution and calculate the corresponding indices of progressivity and ...
Sara Torregrosa‐Hetland, Oriol Sabaté
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