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VPRS 9286 Contracts and Specifications for Construction of Town Hall
<br/>These documents set out the terms and conditions of the contracts for the building of town halls in 1850 and 1867. The first was signed by the builder Charles Frederick Hunt amongst others. The second was signed by the builder, James Lawrence,
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Why do African migrants with a tertiary education do menial jobs in Cape Town? [PDF]
, 2008 Includes bibliographical references ( leaves 86-91).This research considers the reasons for the position of African migrants with a tertiary education in menial jobs in Cape Town. Until recently, mainstream migration literature on South Africa has tended
Bamanayi, Mbikayi Alexis
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Barbara's Daughters: Women's Boxing and Social Memory in Britain
History, EarlyView.Abstract A pioneer of post‐war boxing, Barbara Buttrick fought in fairgrounds and on music‐hall stages in Britain and France before making a career in the United States during the 1950s. She fought against practical obstacles, prejudice and discrimination to become the Women's World Flyweight and Bantamweight Champion in 1957. This article examines her
Matthew Taylor
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Field experiment evidence of substantive, attributional, and behavioral persuasion by members of Congress in online town halls. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2015 Minozzi W +3 more
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History, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines an overlooked attempt to colonize the island of Trinidad during the English Revolution of the 1640s. This project was engineered by a consortium of radical puritans, seeking to create a protected enclave in the New World for separatists, anabaptists and other sectaries.
DAVID R. COMO
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La beneficencia en Lleida durante el trienio liberal
Estudios de Historia de España, 2016 The War of the Independence generated misery and ruin, increasing the material poverty and the decrease of the buying power of the population. Fruit of this negative economic context the town halls only could destine a tenth part of his budget to the ...
Antoni Sánchez Carcelén
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History, EarlyView.Abstract The First World War brought with it many new opportunities for women, amongst them the chance to play football. The game became popular and an important way of raising funds for charity. However, when the war ended, there was a push to return to the pre‐war social order, which ended many of the activities women had enjoyed for the duration of ...
FIONA SKILLEN
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Own-made in the (post-)new South Africa : a study of theatre originating from selected townships in the vicinity of Cape Town [PDF]
, 2010 Includes bibliographical references (p. 194-205).This thesis sets out to develop a framework for the analysis and description of theatre practices evident in selected Cape Town townships during the past six years.
Morris, Gay
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THE URBANOLOGISTS COME TO TOWN: Professional Life and Work in the Urban Solutions Industry
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract This article charts the upsurge of an eclectic global community of professionals new to the field of urban policy and governance, animated by playful and celebratory attitudes towards cities and urbanization: the urbanologists. It contributes to debates in critical urban theory and critical ethnographies of technology to problematize ...
Rachel Bok
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International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.Abstract Asset managers, private equity firms and other institutional investors have assumed an increasingly important role in the ownership and management of housing and infrastructure since the Global Financial Crisis. This article analyses how social housing in London is being transformed into a financial asset through an analysis of ‘income strip ...
Aretousa Bloom, Joe Penny
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