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Was Hannah Twynnoy Killed by a Tiger in England in 1703? A Historical Sociological Approach
Sociology Lens, Volume 37, Issue 3, Page 480-496, September 2024.Abstract This paper approaches globalization through the lens of folk lore, myth, and John Law's hopeful monsters, focusing on Hannah Twynnoy, a woman allegedly killed by a tiger in Malmesbury (England) in 1703. Hannah's death was taken up three hundred years later as a metaphor for globalization when local factory jobs were relocated to a ‘tiger ...
Matthew David
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Gender &History, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 519-543, July 2024.Abstract This article explores the social and gender history of ‘tropical whites’ – all‐white men's suits worn with pith helmets in tropical societies colonised by European powers – between c.1900 and 1939. Focusing on two northern Australian ports with multiple connections to Asia, the article shows that tropical whites helped to sustain inequities of
Melissa Bellanta, Lorinda Cramer
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Skin Colour and Priesthood. Debating Bodily Differences in Early Modern Catholicism*
Journal of Religious History, Volume 48, Issue 2, Page 135-152, June 2024.Can people of different skin colours become Catholic priests? What may seem self‐evident from today's perspective, Catholic theologians and canon lawyers controversially debated in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. While most authors agreed that colour per se was not a problematic factor, an increasing number argued that non‐white ...
Brendan Röder
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Social organizations and political institutions: why China and Europe diverged
Economica, Volume 91, Issue 362, Page 347-382, April 2024.Abstract This paper discusses the historical and social origins of the bifurcation in the political institutions of China and Western Europe. An important factor, recognized in the literature, is that China centralized state institutions very early on, while Europe remained politically fragmented for much longer.
Joel Mokyr, Guido Tabellini
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The Modern Law Review, Volume 87, Issue 1, Page 24-51, January 2024.The law of treason has been criticised for being based on ‘outdated’ statutes which are inflexible and unsuitable for modern needs. However, a historical examination of the evolution of treason in Britain and its empire suggests that the law was often adaptable.
Michael Lobban
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Photoanthropocene: The decentered lens of colonial photography
Curator: The Museum Journal, Volume 67, Issue 1, Page 101-117, January 2024.Abstract Photography—what Barthes called “the living image of a dead thing”—is often overlooked in discussions of cultural heritage decolonization. This paper focuses on a historical photograph attributed to the Hong Kong commercial photographer Lai Fong 黎芳, also known as Afong, that documents the aftermath of the Tianjin massacre of 1870.
Emma Reisz
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Labour market and technological development in Central Asia [PDF]
, 2020 This paper discusses the current situation in labour markets of economies of Central Asia and considers the options available for labour market policies to support technological development.
Mogilevskii, Roman
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International Journal of Systematic Theology, Volume 26, Issue 1, Page 70-90, January 2024.Abstract This article draws on the distinction between instrumentalism and realism in the philosophy of science to consider the merits of two possible approaches to the doctrine of the Trinity. One considers this doctrine to be an intellectual construct, which coordinates multiple insights about the nature and action of God; the other considers it to ...
Alister E. McGrath
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Asia Minor. An International Journal of Archaeology in Turkey
, 2021 «Asia Minor» è una nuova rivista internazionale sull’archeologia della Turchia. La rivista si propone come spazio di discussione sulle molte archeologie che indagano le sfaccettate culture dell’Anatolia antica ed accoglie contributi sulle culture pre ...
Marco Galli
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Magistrates, Managerialism and Marginalisation: Neoliberalism and Access to Justice in East Kent [PDF]
, 2016 This thesis examines access to justice in summary criminal proceedings by considering the ability of defendants to play an active and effective role in the proceedings.
Welsh, Lucy Charlotte
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