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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 3, Page 900-921, August 2026.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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The new poor law and the health of the population of England and Wales
The Economic History Review, Volume 79, Issue 2, Page 717-756, May 2026.Abstract We estimate the impact of reductions in poor law expenditure on rural life expectancy and mortality rates in England and Wales following the 1834 Poor Law Amendment Act. Given the scale of cuts imposed, our estimates imply 8–10 per cent increases in mortality at ages 1–4 years and 2–4 per cent falls in rural expectation of life at birth.
David Green +3 more
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Disintegration, Salvation, and/or Madness in Dostoevsky
International Journal of Applied Psychoanalytic Studies, Volume 23, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Psychological fragmentation and derangement suffuse Dostoevsky's fiction. This paper argues that the madness of Dostoevsky characters derives from intense wounds to the self: humiliating lacerations that impel fugue and disintegration. Such vulnerable, frangible characters seek to escape and deny themselves to avoid being seen for who they are.
Jerry Piven
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Bulletin du Centre de Recherche du Château de VersaillesThe aim of this research is to analyze the ways in which the accounts by Russian travellers who visited Versailles between 1813 and 1862 contributed to their compatriots being able to discover the historical, artistic and landscape heritage of the famous
Ekaterina Bulgakova
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State of the Field: The History of Masculinities
History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 5-29, January 2026.Abstract This State of the Field article discusses how, when and why the history of masculinities has emerged since the 1980s, and why it continues to be an important research field today. The article begins with the field's multiple origin stories and then discusses its expansion in chronology, geography and theme, as well as newer directions for ...
ERICA L. FRASER
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"Hispania, la leyenda": The Myth of Viriatus’ Struggle Transfigured for Television
Communication & Society (Formerly Comunicación y Sociedad), 2013 “Hispania, la leyenda” is the first Spanish attempt to represent on screen the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula and the resistance led by Viriatus.
Elena Cueto-Asín, David R. George Jr,
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Stavropol Kalmyks in the Swedish Campaign and on Russia’s Western Borders, 1790–1792
Oriental StudiesIntroduction. In 1790–1792, Stavropol Kalmyk Host participated in the Russo-Swedish War and patrolled the Belarusian border. The reasons behind the long deployment remain somewhat debatable. Materials and methods.
Ramil N. Rakhimov
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Honour and humiliation: Emotional economies of war and defeat
Nations and Nationalism, Volume 31, Issue 4, Page 809-820, October 2025.Abstract The article looks at nationalism, war and defeat from a history of emotions perspective. It frames nationalism as a political programme and mindset that enlists emotions of belonging and solidarity, but also fear, anger, hatred and contempt.
Ute Frevert
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Race in the Metabolic Rift: The Metaphor and Materiality of Whiteness
Antipode, Volume 57, Issue 5, Page 1846-1871, September 2025.Abstract If metabolic rifts are ruptures, chasms, or divisions, what happens inside them? Shifting attention from multi‐scalar socio‐ecological and corporeal metabolisms towards the internal dynamics of rupture, this paper returns to the origins of metabolic thought to see what happens at the bottom of these clefts within nature.
Archie Davies
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Napoleonic Neglect: The Case for Excavating French Theatre of the First Empire
, 2014 The team all gave papers at a curated panel of the International Federation for theatre research world congress which was held at Warwick, July 2014. Professor Jan Clarke chaired the session which was entitled: Napoleonic Neglect: The Case for Excavating
Katherine Astbury
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