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Nation Building Through Translation: Kleist's “Earthquake” in Meiji Japan
Abstract In this essay, I consider Mori Ogai's translation of Heinrich von Kleist's “Das Erdbeben in Chili” as a contribution to the linguistic reform debates in Meiji Japan, which centered on the unification of the spoken and written language. I analyze the syntax of Ogai's translation and argue that his stylistic reduction of the original transforms ...
Jonas Teupert
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Kites and Wireless Telegraphy [PDF]
IN view of the current report in the daily Press that Mr. Marconi has succeeded in receiving at St. John's, Newfoundland, by means of a wire raised with a kite, signals sent from his station at Poldhu, Cornwall, it may be interesting to recall that kites were used here during the summer of 1899 in some similar experiments. In the “Report of S.
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Indigenous Mathematics I. Smoke Telegraphy [PDF]
This article is the first in an occasional series for the Australian Mathematical Society Gazette on diverse aspects and topics of Indigenous mathematical knowledge. This is an important, but neglected, part of the mathematical heritage of humankind, and as such is the concern of the mathematics community as a whole.
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LIII. The energy relations of certain detectors used in wireless telegraphy [PDF]
W.H. Eccles
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The Power of Ideational Reach: A New Approach to State Capacity
ABSTRACT State capacity is widely recognized as a prerequisite for the successful fostering of economic and political development and is considered key to understanding change and enduring differences in development across countries. Yet, despite its influence, there are several aspects of the exercise of state power that are still in need of ...
Anna Persson+2 more
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ABSTRACT EU Structural Funds have played a major part in the Northern Ireland peace process, with over £2.3 billion pounds being channelled through programmes such as the ERDF (European Regional Development Fund) and, from 1995, the successive ‘PEACE’ programmes (Special Support Programmes for Peace and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland).
Charlotte Barcat
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ABSTRACT The article argues that the European Central Bank's (ECB) regulatory stance toward cryptocurrencies was underpinned by efforts to preserve legitimacy and monetary sovereignty. Triangulating a content analysis on the ECB's policy statements on cryptocurrencies, examination of European macroeconomic data, and price dynamic analysis of Bitcoin ...
Anson Au
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Digest of United States Patents Relating to Radio Telegraphy and Telephony: Issued April 19, 1921-June 14, 1921 [PDF]
J.B. Brady
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