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La Colección Franco: proyecto de un educador, compra del Estado y herramienta de museo

open access: yesHart, 2019
Thanks to Constancio Franco’s (1842–1917) initiative, the largest portrait collection painted in Colombia during the 19th century was produced in the late 1870s.
Santiago Robledo Páez
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Stevenson at Vulcano in the late 19th century

open access: yesProceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, 2018
This project seeks to recover and record the archaeological evidence associated with the extraction of sulfur (and perhaps other minerals as well) by James Stevenson, a Glasgow industrialist, from the volcanic island of Vulcano, Aeolian Islands, Italy, in the second half of the 19th century.
Effie Photos-Jones   +2 more
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Bairoch revisited. Tariff structure and growth in the late 19th century [PDF]

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This paper revisits Bairoch’s hypothesis that tariffs were positively associated with growth in the late 19th century, as confirmed recently by a new generation of quantitative studies (see O`Rourke (2000), Jacks (2006) and Clements-Williamson (2002 ...
Antonio Tena Junguito
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“The Cloud of Unseeing”: Myths Transformed and Pseudo-scientific Interpretations of the Book of Genesis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
This paper, delivered at the Tolkien Seminar (Kalamazoo, MI) on May 9, 2018, traces the potential influence of popular late 19th-century Biblical commentaries on the Book of Genesis on Tolkien\u27s post Lord Of the Rings cosmologies, in particular the ...
Larsen, Kristine
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Globalization, Convergence and History [PDF]

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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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Transnational Dialogues in the Images of A Ilustração, 1884-1892

open access: yesRIHA Journal, 2015
A Ilustração, directed by the Portuguese Mariano Pina (1860-1899) and published between May 1884 and January 1892, was a Luso-Brazilian illustrated magazine that for most of its existence was edited and printed in Paris before being sent to its main ...
Valle, Arthur
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Pedagogical Training of Archivists in Pre-Revolutionary Russia: Institutions and Methods

open access: yesВестник Кемеровского государственного университета. Серия: гуманитарные и общественные науки
This multidimensional analysis traces the history of archival education system in the Russian Empire from the late 18th century to 1917 as an integral socio-cultural phenomenon. The period consisted of three main stages: 1) archival education turned from
Ponasenko Artem
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A Hobbling Marriage: On the Relationship Between the Collections and the Societal Mission of the Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm

open access: yesCurrent Swedish Archaeology, 2009
In the late 19th century, the new Museum of National Antiquities in Stockholm was a cutting-edge institution for the presentation of ideas of a universal human development from primitive to modern —ideas that were at the heart of the European colonial ...
Mikael Jakobsson, Anna Källén
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Congressional Careers: Service Tenure and Patterns of Member Service, 1789-2015 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
[Excerpt] This report presents data on Member tenure and a historical analysis of tenure trends. During the 19th century, the average service of Representatives and Senators remained roughly constant, with little or no change over time; the average years
Glassman, Matthew E, Wilhelm, Amber Hope
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Europe's ecological backbone: recognising the true value of our mountains [PDF]

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Europe's mountain areas have social, economic and environmental capital of significance for the entire continent. This importance has been recognised since the late 19th century through national legislation; since the 1970s through regional structures ...
Hazeu, G.W.   +2 more
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