Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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"Éden Fluminense:" from a reforestation area on the Tijuca massif to a Europeanized public space in Rio de Janeiro in the latter half of the nineteenth century. [PDF]
Hist Cienc Saude ManguinhosSales GPDS, Brito MR, Guedes-Bruni RR.
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Archiving the History of Environmentalism: Insights from Academia and Practice
History, EarlyView.Abstract This Forum considers the current state of archiving for the environmental movement at local, national and international levels. It responds to a gap that researchers of environmentalism have long been aware of, but one that is poorly understood from the perspective of records management and collections development practice.
Henry Irving +7 more
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"The soul that goes to the doctors does not live:" disease and illness among nineteenth-century Russian peasants. [PDF]
Hist Cienc Saude ManguinhosGolovashina O, Lyamin SK.
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The Momentum of ‘Developed’: Bodies of Water, Aging Bodies and Malta's Interventions at the UN
History, EarlyView.Abstract Histories of major powers continue to shape how many scholars conceptualize internationalism. By focusing on Malta's interventions at the UN challenges, this article challenges such narrative. In particular, it examines Arvid Pardo's 1967 petition that the seabed be reconceived and protected as the ‘common heritage of mankind’ and Vincent ...
Brianne Wesolowski
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Professors of racial medicine: imperialism and race in nineteenth-century United States medical schools. [PDF]
Med HistWilloughby CDE.
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BEHIND THE FACES OF AESTHETICIZED URBANISM IN TUNXI, CHINA
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Urban policy in China has become increasingly predicated on securing an approved aesthetic that reflects ideological campaigns and political programmes. In highlighting the role of the aesthetic in Chinese urbanism, this article argues that the party‐state draws on an aesthetic palette that places the contemporary urban landscape in a ...
Yanpeng Jiang, Paul Waley, Asa Roast
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The influence of miasmatic theory on the construction of the Hospital Geral de Santo António in Porto in the nineteenth century. [PDF]
Hist Cienc Saude ManguinhosPalma M.
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
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Nineteenth-century land use shapes the current occurrence of some plant species, but weakly affects the richness and total composition of Central European grasslands. [PDF]
Landsc EcolMidolo G +8 more
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