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European Identity and the Euro in Kosovo

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How can nationalist leaders stand for political independence and monetary sovereignty while embracing the use of a supra‐national currency? At first sight, unilateral euroisation—the de facto adoption of the euro instead of a national currency—seems inconsistent with the goals of nationalism and independence.
Nicola Nones
wiley   +1 more source

Svátek práce v Protektorátu Čechy a Morava / Labour day in the Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia [PDF]

open access: yesHistorie - Otázky - Problémy, 2016
This study deals with celebrations of Labour Day in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Despite the fact that public celebrations of 1 May were forbidden in the Protectorate, it remained a public holiday and attracted a significant media coverage.
Pavel Horák
doaj  

Theory of high-T_c superconductivity based on the fermion-condensation quantum phase transition

open access: yes, 2001
A theory of high temperature superconductivity based on the combination of the fermion-condensation quantum phase transition and the conventional theory of superconductivity is presented.
A. B. Migdal   +20 more
core   +1 more source

Dread in the Homeland: Symbolic Politics and Ethnonationalist Struggles for Self‐Determination in Nigeria

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The revival of Biafran separatism in contemporary Nigeria is often explained with three leading theoretical frameworks: relative deprivation, political economy and state repression. Whereas relative deprivation and political economy perspectives posit that the resurgent separatism derives from the perception and empirical reality of ...
Promise Frank Ejiofor
wiley   +1 more source

Breweries in the Bohemian Lands under the German Occupation: Institutional and Proprietary Change

open access: yesKvasný průmysl, 2016
The study deals with the brewing industry in the Bohemian Lands within the specific period of Nazi occupation. In the middle of interest there are the control mechanisms and subjection of the Protectorate brewing industry to the occupational needs.
Barbora Štolleová
doaj   +1 more source

Style or accent?: Gendered perceptions of English among young Bahrainis

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract Although both are recognized as different speech types, an accent is generally understood as unintentional, whereas style is performative. This study argues that with increasing rates of contact in globalization between people, resources, and cultures, ‘accent’ can be reconceptualized as closely intersected with ‘style’ in Expanding Circle ...
Wafa Al‐Alawi
wiley   +1 more source

MOROCCO FROM EUROPEAN GREEDINESS TO DOUBLE PROTECTORATE [PDF]

open access: yesZiglôbitha
:  Because of their strategic location and substantial natural resources, North African countries faced imperial rivalry from European countries, particularly France, Britain, and Spain, in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Abdelhamid Djenid & Mohamed TELIBI
doaj   +1 more source

Nigerian English: History, functions and features

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labour mobility and diaspora: An overview of Solomon Islands’ historical regulatory experience, 1850s-2013 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
With less than 4,500 of its population of around 600,000 living overseas in 2013, the Solomon Islands ranks 138th in the world for diaspora formation.
Bedford, Richard   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Living standards and forced labour: A comparative study of colonial Africa, 1918–74

open access: yesThe Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 4, Page 1039-1067, November 2025.
Abstract Despite significant advances in the quantitative study of African history, the Portuguese colonial empire remains an underexplored topic. This paper provides the first quantitative assessment of worker living standards in Angola and Mozambique, contextualized within a broader comparison of colonial African empires.
Leo Dolan
wiley   +1 more source

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