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Spectacle and Spy Stories: The 1954 Royal Commission on Espionage
Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Menzies government's 1954 royal commission, established to investigate Soviet espionage in Australia, is well known as the backdrop to the Labor Party split. It saw opposition leader H.V. Evatt's demise and ushered in an almost 20‐year period of Liberal Party governance.
Ebony Nilsson
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Lessons from the Ottoman Harem (On Ethnicity, Religion and War) [PDF]
The Ottoman Empire had a profound impact in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa at the apogee of its power, covering the era between 1453 C. E. and 1699 C. E. In this paper, I exploit the empire’s unique culture and institutions to examine the roles
Iyigun, Murat
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The nation‐state, non‐Western empires, and the politics of cultural difference
American Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.Abstract While empires have been central to political theory, they almost always refer to Western forms of imperialism and colonialism to which non‐Western societies are subject. But precolonial empires have ruled much of the world for much of known history. Building on recent International Relations (IR) scholarship, this article reconstructs an ideal
Loubna El Amine
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Gaziantep Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 2016 In Turkish literature, it is recognised that popular novels written in the early Republican period had frequently criticized the old regime, Ottoman Empire, especially its negative aspects, in order to gain more legitimacy to the new regime. Looking into
Melih ERZEN
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Curator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the role of museums in the construction of national identity during the Early Republican Period in Turkey (1923–1950). Drawing on theoretical approaches that interpret museums as spaces in which collective memory and national identity are materially organized and publicly communicated, the study analyzes museums as key ...
Duygu Atalay Şimşek
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Golden weapons and golden fetters: From the gold standard to the new geopolitics
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores the historical relationship between monetary regimes, security concerns, and geopolitical tensions, particularly focusing on the role of gold. Throughout history, monetary systems have been deeply intertwined with international state systems and security provisions.
Harold James
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, 2014 This study analyses the reasons why the people of Bosnia rebelled against the centralization and reform policies of the Ottoman Empire during the period between 1826 and 1836, the ways in which the rebels legitimized their action and struggled to gain ...
Sel Turhan, Fatma
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Women in business: Gender and commercial space in nineteenth‐century Glasgow
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Focusing on women entrepreneurs in a large British city, we examine how women's commercially listed businesses populated that city. Using commercial property rental records, our study allows us to understand sectoral variation and the distribution of businesses across the city and to assess both the absolute and relative contribution of women ...
Graeme Acheson +2 more
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Ученые записки Казанского университета: Серия Гуманитарные науки, 2017 This paper is devoted to the discussions held by Russian researchers about the relations of the Crimean Khanate with the Ottoman Empire in the second half of the 16th century.
D.A. Mustafina, I.A. Mustakimov
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Cumhuriyet İlahiyat DergisiSome scholars like to believe that Ottoman Sunni orthodoxy drew its form by virtue of the Ottoman conquest of Syria and Egypt in 1516-1517.
Birol Gündoğdu
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