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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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Quelques défenseurs des droits de l’Homme face à la cause arménienne (fin xixe - début xxe siècles)

open access: yesÉtudes Arméniennes Contemporaines, 2013
This article relates the commitment and actions of prominent French figures of the League for Human Rights – most of whom had been previously involved in the defence of Captain Dreyfus – in favour of Ottoman Armenians, from the late 19th century to the ...
Emmanuel Naquet
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Historical birth records from 1896 to 1944 from the Basel maternity hospital, Switzerland, reveal significant obstetric selection pressures

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality have declined dramatically during the last century. Historical data are therefore important sources to study the evolutionary selection pressures related to childbirth and how they have fluctuated over time.
Mirella Woodert   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anatomy and variation in the paraphyletic Mosasaurus lemonnieri assemblage from the Craie phosphatée de ciply, Belgium

open access: yesThe Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Nineteenth century excavations of the Ciply‐Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation in Hainaut, Belgium, yielded over 50 partial mosasaur skeletons, the majority of which were referred to the species Mosasaurus lemonnieri Dollo, 1889. In the years since, this taxon has experienced a complicated taxonomic history, and its exceptional hypodigm has ...
Henry S. Sharpe   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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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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Sport, Agency and Pigeon Snaring in the Ancient Tongan Chiefdom

open access: yesArchaeology in Oceania, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Pigeon snaring was an élite sport in the traditional Tongan chiefdom, undertaken on purpose‐built mounds known as sia heu lupe. LiDAR imagery combined with field survey and mound documentation on the island of Tongatapu has identified a comprehensive corpus of these sites.
David V. Burley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Getting (un)wasted: How planning failures generate consumer waste across resources: Time, money, goods, and energy

open access: yesConsumer Psychology Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Past research suggests that people exhibit robust waste aversion. However, many consumers routinely feel that they waste not only goods but also time, money, energy, and emotion and would be hard‐pressed to imagine their lives otherwise. Why does consumer waste persist? In this paper, we first propose a definition for consumer waste.
Marissa A. Sharif, Cait Lamberton
wiley   +1 more source

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