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DECOLONIZING THEORY AND CONCEPTS: PERSPECTIVES FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH

open access: yesHistory and Theory, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Until recently, most concepts and theories used in social sciences and the humanities were developed in the West. They were both provincial, as they were based on Western experience and designed to interpret these local experiences, and presumed universal. If they did not fit developments in the Global South, this was due not to the inadequacy
Margrit Pernau
wiley   +1 more source

Leviathans and Liberation: Did Whaling Contribute to the Decline of Slavery?

open access: yesInternational Social Science Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We test the hypothesis slavery started declining in the United States not due to fossil fuel‐driven industrialization but the exploitation of the bioenergy reserves of the world's largest animals. We predict the population in slavery in US states from 1790 to 1840 as a function of the recorded whaling harvest.
Topher L. McDougal   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Lost Large Mammals of Arabia

open access: yesJournal of Biogeography, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aim If successful, plans to restore the vegetation of the Arabian Peninsula (AP) as announced by the Middle East and Saudi Green Initiatives will see the greatest increase in vegetation cover since the beginning of the Holocene Humid Phase (HHP), roughly 9–10,000 years ago.
Christopher Clarke, Sultan M. Alsharif
wiley   +1 more source

Author Correction: A community of practice approach to the management of metal resources, metalworking and hoarding in Bronze Age societies. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Orfanou V   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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