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Haunting the Historiography of Slaves in South Asia from the nineteenth century to the present

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Using both English and Urdu‐language records, this article traces the career of a few African and Afro‐Asian women slaves in the household‐state of Awadh during the first half of the nineteenth century. Focusing on the same records, this article compares a master‐poet's recognition of the motherhood of the African and Afro‐Asian slaves to the ...
Indrani Chatterjee
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Educational Achievement of Second Generation Immigrants: An International Comparison [PDF]

This paper investigates the educational achievements of second generation immigrants in several OECD countries in a comparative perspective. We first show that the educational achievement (measured as test scores in PISA achievement tests) of children of
Christian Dustmann, Gianandrea Lanzara, Tommaso Frattini   +2 more
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Turkish as a foreign language learners’ use of vocabulary learning strategies

Dil ve Dilbilimi Çalışmaları Dergisi, 2020
Learning a foreign language includes learning vocabulary together with language rules and using language skills by means of them. Words are presented to learners through teachers and coursebooks in educational processes. Yet, it is not possible to teach all the words through lessons, so learners are expected to become independent vocabulary learners ...
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Kinstate intervention in ethnic conflicts : Albania and Turkey compared [PDF]

, 2008
Albania and Turkey did not act in overtly irredentist ways towards their ethnic brethren in neighboring states after the end of communism. Why, nonetheless, did Albania facilitate the increase of ethnic conflict in Kosovo and Macedonia, while Turkey did ...
Ambrosio T., Bianchini S., Biberaj E., Bunce V., Carment D., Chazan N., Corrin C., Dodd C., Fuller G., Ganguli R., Gowan P., Hamzaj B., Hedges C., Heraclides A., Horowitz D. L., Horowitz D. L., Jenne E., Judah T., Koinova M., Kola P., Kramer H., Linz J., Maria Koinova, Nachmani A., Offe K., Olson R., Perry D., Reuter J., Rotberg R., Saideman S., Stoyanov D., Sunar I., Thayer B., Uzgel I., Vickers M., Winrow G., Özcan G.   +36 more
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M. E. Grant Duff, Philosophic Liberalism and the Global Liberal Cause

History, EarlyView.
Abstract Historians disagree about how best to conceptualize nineteenth‐century British Liberalism in relation to its international contexts. This article argues that we can better understand the patterns involved by interrogating individuals who bridged the worlds of partisan politics and elaborated thought.
Alex Middleton
wiley   +1 more source

Valuing All Languages in Europe [PDF]

, 2007
The VALEUR project (2004-2007) took as its focus the 'additional' languages of Europe. These are defined as all languages in use in contexts where they are not 'national', 'official', or 'dominant' languages.
Broeder, Peter, European Centre for Modern Languages, Council of Europe (Graz, Austria), European Centre for Modern Languages, Council of Europe (Graz, Austria) (Funder), Latomaa, Sirkku, Martyniuk, Waldemar, McPake, Joanna, Mijares, Laura, Tinsley, Teresa   +7 more
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Churchill and Germany: A ‘Special’ Relationship

History, EarlyView.
Abstract No other country defined the trajectory of Churchill's political career more than Germany, a country of which he had little direct knowledge but which he either sought to emulate, accommodate or oppose throughout his time in politics. This article traces Churchill's relationship with Germany from his entry into politics at the beginning of the
T. G. Otte
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How speaker tongue and name source language affect the automatic recognition of spoken names [PDF]

, 2009
In this paper the automatic recognition of person names and geographical names uttered by native and non-native speakers is examined in an experimental set-up.
D'Hoore, Bart, Martens, Jean-Pierre, Réveil, Bert   +2 more
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THE ‘OTHERS’ OF TENT CITIES: Reconstruction of Social Order Through Emotions

International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, EarlyView.
Abstract Following the earthquakes in Türkiye on 6 February 2023, survivors continued their daily lives in tent cities, which emerged as a new heterotopic space where the boundaries between public and private spheres became intertwined. The transition from one's own ‘castle’ to a communal living space filled with uncertainties has heightened the ...
Handan Akyigit, Sinem Yildirimalp, Hatice Turut, Fatma Zehra Tocoglu, Buşra Yigit   +4 more
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Market orientation and national homicide rates

Criminology, EarlyView.
Abstract We studied the influence of market orientation on national homicide rates. Multiple theoretical traditions equate the development and dominance of markets with higher crime rates. Some traditional sociological theoretical claims, however, suggest market expansion should reduce violence.
William Alex Pridemore, Meghan L. Rogers
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