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Hajj and the chaos of the Great War: Pilgrims of the Dutch East Indies in World War I (1914-1918)

open access: yesWawasan, 2020
The outbreak of World War 1 in 1914 had a major effect on global interactions during the early 20th century. Travel from one country to another to conduct trade, study, research, and religious pilgrimages become disrupted.
Frial Ramadhan Supratman
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Prvi svetski rat i promene evropske kulinarske kulture [PDF]

open access: yesТокови историје, 2018
The text discusses the transformation of the European culinary culture, initiated by the food policy of countries involved in the First World War.
Tadeuš Čekalski
doaj   +1 more source

The Impact of Vertical Fiscal Imbalance on Gambling Policies in New South Wales, Australia: The Rise of the Poker Machine

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study traces how gambling in Australia changed from a simple form of leisure, enjoyed by all social classes in colonial times, to a billion‐dollar industry driven by political and economic imperatives. Using a case study, it links vertical fiscal imbalance (VFI), caused by changes to the state‐federal taxation structure, to the ...
Barbara Kinder, Michael B. Charles
wiley   +1 more source

Shell-shock in First World War Britain: an intellectual and medical history, c.1860-c.1920 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
PhDHistorians have identified shell-shock, a contemporary umbrella term for the range of nervous and mental afflictions suffered by soldiers in the First World War, as a key episode in the transition to modern psychological approaches to mental ...
Loughran, Tracey Louise
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Balance of Power or Principle of Nationality? The Evolution of French Plans towards East-Central Europe during the War

open access: yesActa Historica Universitatis Klaipedensis, 2015
In August 1914, France had already defined a pattern of war aims which would be shaped and amended during the next four years. Regarding East-Central Europe, two approaches present themselves to the French policy-makers: the classic system of alliances ...
Isabelle Davion
doaj   +1 more source

Lectotypifications and taxonomic changes in the holoparasitic Orobanchaceae

open access: yesNordic Journal of Botany, Volume 2026, Issue 8, August 2026.
Based on further extensive studies of specimens in various herbaria, lectotypes are designated for many taxa of holoparasitic Orobanchaceae. In particular, 47 names in the genera Boschniakia (incl. Xylanche), Cistanche, Orobanche, Phelipanche and Phelypaea are lectotypified.
Holger Uhlich   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

THE WORLD WAR I (1914 – 1918)

open access: yesIustinianus Primus Law Review, 2016
The system of Balance of powers during the XIX century left behind numerous unresolved issues which were increasing their intensity for decades under the influence of the changes caused by the imperialism. Therefore, it is indisputable that the struggle
Ivanka Vasilevska
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Unveiling the Global Linnean Shortfall in Leptophlebiidae (Ephemeroptera, Insecta): Historical Trends and Conservation Implications

open access: yesAquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, Volume 36, Issue 6, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Understanding how many species exist on Earth is a fundamental yet challenging question in biology, with significant implications for biodiversity conservation. The Linnean shortfall, or the gap in taxonomic knowledge, remains a major obstacle, particularly in highly diverse groups like insects. This study focuses on the family Leptophlebiidae
Myllena Lima   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

A ‘Wholly Unjustifiable Treatment of British Subject’? The Detention of W. T. Goode in the Baltic, 1919

open access: yesHistory, Volume 111, Issue 396, Page 386-403, June 2026.
Abstract In the summer of 1919, W. T. Goode, the Manchester Guardian’s special correspondent in Russia and the Baltic, was arrested in the Estonian capital Tallinn and briefly detained aboard a British warship. Goode's detention caused a furore, leading to accusations of kidnap, heated commentary in the press and questions in parliament.
Colin Storer
wiley   +1 more source

Bruno Taut and the First World War [PDF]

open access: yesAthens Journal of History, 2015
It is commonly held that the experience of the First World War altered the course of avant-garde art and architecture in the Weimar period. Yet there were different experiences of the war; and the avant-garde was not a monolithic group either before 1914
Deborah Ascher Barnstone
doaj   +1 more source

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