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German Colonial Expansion into China in the Late 19th Century

open access: yesHistoria provinciae: журнал региональной истории
The article examines the policy pursued by Germany in the East Asian region in the late 19th century aimed at acquiring an ice-free port in China for further economic expansion in the region.
Aleksandr S. Tikhonov
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Fotograficzna dokumentacja teatru w Polsce

open access: yesPamiętnik Teatralny, 1960
This article is concerned with the history of photographic documentation in Polish theater, with a particular focus on the 19th and early 20th centuries.
Jerzy Got
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Demographic, Residential, and Socioeconomic Effects on the Distribution of 19th Century White Body Mass Index Values [PDF]

open access: yes
Little research exists on the body mass index values of 19th century Americans of European descent. Using a new BMI data set and robust statistics, between 1860 and 1880, BMIs decreased across the distribution; however, after 1880, BMIs in the highest ...
Scott A. Carson
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Truth of the Trains [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
This article discusses the orphan trains movement of the late 19th century and also discusses whether or not a more personal or objective approach to studying history is more ...
Miles, Kate
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The Insistence of Blackness and the Persistence of Antiblackness in Ireland

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper positions Ireland as a critical site for examining the insistence of blackness and an antiblackness created and sustained through Irish ethnonationalist imaginaries and exclusionary processes. Drawing on connected sociologies and Irish Black Studies, this enquiry argues that antiblackness in Ireland operates as a generational force,
Philomena Mullen
wiley   +1 more source

Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Session: VI-B: Organizations and Identity. Presenter: Dr. Anna Raskin, Montgomery County Community College - "Teachers and Their Work in the Voluntary Associations of the Eastern Siberian Cities in the Late 19th Century"
Raskin, Anna
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A solar cycle lost in 1793--1800: Early sunspot observations resolve the old mystery [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Because of the lack of reliable sunspot observation, the quality of sunspot number series is poor in the late 18th century, leading to the abnormally long solar cycle (1784--1799) before the Dalton minimum. Using the newly recovered solar drawings by the
Charbonneau   +12 more
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Genre Painting and Portraiture: On the Boundary Between Genres [PDF]

open access: yesХудожественная культура
The article highlights a trend in Russian and Western painting concerning the boundaries between genre and portraiture. In the article the author refers to such pieces of art as a mixed ‘everyday genre with portraiture’, though some other definitions are
Samokhin Aleksandr
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"Globalization and Inequality Past and Present" [PDF]

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The late 19th and the late 20th century shared more than simply globalization and convergence. Globalization also seems to have had the same impact on income distribution: in the late 19th century, inequality rose in rich countries and fell in poor ...
Jeffrey G. Williamson
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