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Peers, equals, and jurors: New data and methods on legal equality in Leveller thought
Abstract We consider the Levellers' conception of equality relative to their contemporaries during the Civil War(s) period. We compile a corpus of hundreds of seventeenth−century pamphlets and combine this with novel word embedding techniques trained on millions of Early Modern English documents to make statements about word “meanings.” We focus on ...
Melissa Schwartzberg, Arthur Spirling
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The Literary Significance of Herman Melville’s \u3cem\u3eBenito Cereno\u3c/em\u3e: An Analytical Reflection on \u3cem\u3eBenito Cereno\u3c/em\u3e as a Fictional Narrative [PDF]
In Herman Melville’s Benito Cereno (1855), Captain Amasa Delano discovers a distressed slave ship in need of aid, only to later find out that his perception of the dire situation was completely incorrect.
Kaiser, Dani
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This essay examines the role of sound in accounts of Methodism in England during the era of the French Revolution. Drawing on religious writings and political tracts, it explores how the conflict between loyalism and radicalism in the 1790s shaped perceptions of the sonic aspects of Methodist piety among both supporters and opponents of the movement ...
Peter Denney
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ABSTRACT Freshwater inland wetland systems around the world have been significantly affected by human activities, particularly disturbances (excavation) as well as drying (drought) and wetting (flooding) scenarios. These impacts often result in lowered water table levels, which can have severe environmental impacts, particularly if acid sulfate soils ...
R. W. Fitzpatrick +2 more
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\u3cem\u3eThe Generals: The Canadian Army’s Senior Commanders in the Second World War\u3c/em\u3e by J.L. Granatstein [Review] [PDF]
Review of J.L. Granatstein, The Generals: The Canadian Army\u27s Senior Commanders in the Second World War.
Drolet, Gil
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Ethnocracy and Post-Ethnocracy in Fiji
Fiji’s history is interspersed with ethnic conflict, military coups, new constitutions and democratic elections. Ethnic tensions started to increase in the 1960s and reached its peak with violent indigenous Fijian ethnic assertion in the form of military
Sanjay Ramesh
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Mort pour la France: conflict and commemoration in France after the First World War [PDF]
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Edwards, Peter
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Lending to the borrower from hell: Debt and default in the age of Philip II, 1556-1598 [PDF]
What sustained borrowing without third-party enforcement, in the early days of sovereign lending? Philip II of Spain accumulated towering debts while stopping all payments to his lenders four times.
Joachim Voth, Mauricio Drelichman
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What Did You Do in the War? [PDF]
A young Army lawyer has to stop an officer from executing protesting soldiers. Articles, stories, and other compositions in this archive were written by participants in the Mighty Pen Project. The program, developed by author David L.
Krumbein, Charles
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