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Faith, gender and financial investment: Providence and Presbyterianism in Scotland and abroad

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Mid‐nineteenth century fictional representations of misdirected investment by widows and clergy position them as ignorant in financial matters and hence pitiable. While scholars have recognised female agency in nineteenth century commerce, insufficient attention has been paid to religious belief in financial decision‐making.
Jennifer Jones, Susan Poole
wiley   +1 more source

How did Japan catch‐up with the West? Some implications of recent revisions to Japan's historical growth record

open access: yesAsia‐Pacific Economic History Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Revised GDP data suggest that Japan was more than one‐third richer in 1874 than suggested by Maddison, and that Meiji period growth built on earlier development. Despite trend GDP per capita growth during the Tokugawa Shogunate, the catching‐up process only started after 1890 with respect to Britain, and after World War I with respect to the ...
Stephen Broadberry   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Legal protections for <i>in vitro</i> embryos in Paraguay and comparative contexts. [PDF]

open access: yesFront Reprod Health
Lezcano EG   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Liberalism as a Way of Political Life: The Case of George Brandis

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
The lawyer, politician, and diplomat George Brandis was the leading intellectual representative of moderate or “small‐l” liberalism in the contemporary Liberal Party. He criticised John Howard for an ad hoc balancing of liberalism and conservatism. Brandis believed the Liberal Party necessarily included conservatives, but to him their role was to be a ...
Geoffrey Robinson
wiley   +1 more source

Lady Anne Kerr: From the Rise of International Conference Interpreting to the Whitlam Dismissal

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Before Anne Robson (née Taggart) became the second Lady Kerr upon marrying governor‐general John Kerr in 1975, she had an international career of some 30 years working as a French to English interpreter and consultant at over 30 national and international conferences and became the first Australian elected to the International Association of Conference
Alexis Bergantz
wiley   +1 more source

Ritual Slaughter and Supranational Jurisprudence: A European Perspective. [PDF]

open access: yesAnimals (Basel)
Dimuccio MM   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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