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Comércio Atlântico de escravos no litoral de Pernambuco entre 1831e 1855: traficantes, embarcações e portos de desembarque [PDF]
The 19th century, Pernambuco was the third largest slaves trade plaza in Brazil. Throughout this period, more than a million slaves landed in the province.
Manuel Silvestre da Silva Júnior
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Age of Big Data and Smart Cities: Privacy Trade-Off [PDF]
Data will soon become one of the most precious treasures we have ever had, 43 trillion gigabytes of data will be created by 2020 according to a study made by Mckinsey Global Institute, it is estimated that 2.3 trillion gigabytes of data is created each day and most companies in the US have 100.000 gigabytes of data stored.
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Routes of Atlantic Slave Voyages: Revised Framework and New Insights
This study explores data on the Atlantic slave trade through a revised framework, focusing not simply on voyages of individual slave ships but on aggregating them by route, linking an African region of departure with an American region of arrival.
Patrick Manning, Yu Liu
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In 2015, the Ark of Return monument, designed by Rodney Leon, was inaugurated in front of the UN headquarters in New York City. Almost 400 years earlier, the monument to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I de’ Medici, was erected in Livorno.
Brigitte Sölch
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Abstract World markets for quality differentiated agri‐food products are highly competitive, presenting significant challenges for firms aiming to compete effectively. Government agencies and business organizations often implement various export promotion policies to address these challenges.
Nicolás Depetris‐Chauvin+1 more
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Abstract This study explores the rent price ratio in agricultural land markets, crucial for evaluating market efficiency, policy needs, and farmer decision‐making. Traditionally, the analyses faced challenges due to the absence of concurrent sale and rent data for the same land, potentially leading to biased results.
Marius Michels+4 more
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Slavery and Kant’s Doctrine of Right
In the 1780s through the end of 1790s, Kant made various references to slavery (in its different forms) and the transatlantic slave trade in the context of his political philosophy or philosophy of right.
Huaping Lu-Adler
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The Role of Christianity and Islam in Slavery: A Wesleyan Interpretation
This paper is a detail of slave trade and how it impacted Africans and specifically how it became a source of inspiration for John Wesley the founder of Methodism in his mission endeavors.
Maiko, Saneta
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Price Transmission During Promotions: A Case Study of Spanish Milk Brands
ABSTRACT Price promotion is the marketing tool typically used by retail brands to boost sales and gain market share. In this paper, we intend to investigate the price transmission mechanism among competitive brands in Spain when price reductions that are associated with price promotions take place.
Yasmine Bedoui+2 more
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Reflects upon the commemoration of the Atlantic slave trade and American slavery. Author describes how the slave trade and slavery was recently "rediscovered", as a part of Dutch history, and he compares this to the attention to this history in other ...
Gert Oostindie
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