The McKinleys of Punch: Politics and the Press in Melbourne, 1870s to 1920s
This article re‐examines the Melbourne Punch (1855–1925; known simply as Punch from 1900) as a political weapon in the cut‐and‐thrust of Victorian, local, and national politics, in the hands of its longest‐serving, but least‐known proprietor, Alexander McKinley (1848–1927).
Richard Scully
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Chasing Fish: 130 Years of Innovation, Displacement and Depletion in Scottish Fisheries
ABSTRACT Rebuilding the depleted fisheries of the 21st century requires an understanding of past drivers of their decline. Despite Scotland's central role in the commercial exploitation of North Sea fisheries for over a century, associations between technological innovations, regulatory introductions and fishery landings have not previously been ...
Zoe F. J. Heard +2 more
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Alliance Politics in the 21st Century Great Power Competition: A Power‐Balancing Coalition Framework
ABSTRACT US‐China competition in the Indo‐Pacific is setting the stage for a new tale of alliance politics. To contain Beijingʼs expanding power and influence in the Indo‐Pacific, Washington is currently leading several coalitions, namely the US‐Japan Alliance, Quad, Squad, and AUKUS; To counter US balancing efforts, Beijing is now strengthening its ...
Brian C. H. Fong
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EPIDEMIJE TOKOM PRVOG SVETSKOG RATA U RURALNIM OBLASTIMA UŽIČKOG I VALJEVSKOG OKRUGA: PRILOG KVANTIFIKACIJI RATNIH ŽRTAVA [PDF]
In the years that preceded the World War I, the inhabitants of the rural areas of the west of Serbia, in Valjevo and Užice regions, died of natural causes, because of various accidents and wide range of non-epidemic diseases, but mostly of the ...
Vladimir Krivošejev
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Refugees and Emigrants in Europe: Retrospective View of the Problem (1914 – 2015)
The proposed article summarizes the vision of the problem of displaced persons and refugees on the European continent in last century. Their appearance was caused by military conflicts of different origins: from two world wars to a series of local armed ...
Liubov Zhvanko
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All That Was Lost. German Life in Kafka’s Prague Before World War I, During the War, and At Its End
In this paper I want to trace briefly how Franz Kafka reacted to some salient cultural features of his time. I will select segments of his writings which I believe reflect his view, or even his characterization of the three main historical periods he ...
Anthony Northey
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‘Constitutional Alienation’ and the Unionist Party during the Ulster Crisis, 1911–1914
Abstract This article argues for the importance of the Unionists’ constitutional philosophy in the party's opposition to the third Irish Home Rule Bill. In the aftermath of the 1911 Parliament Act, which removed the house of lords’ veto, Unionists underwent ‘constitutional alienation’.
Ben Sayle
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Colombia's Neutrality during 1914-1918: An Overlooked Dimension of World War I
Las naciones latinoamericanas fueron actores secundarios en el horrible conflicto de 1914-1918, conocido primero como "la Gran Guerra" y luego, como la Primera Guerra Mundial.
Jane M. Rausch
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Achieving conservation through cattle ranching: The case of the Brazilian Pantanal
Cattle ranching in the Pantanal should be part of the conservation agenda and we show the pathways to it. Abstract Cattle ranching in the ~140,000 km2 Brazilian Pantanal is considered one of the most important cases of sustainable use of natural resources in the global south. The region has had a successful history of balancing environmental protection
Rafael Morais Chiaravalloti +6 more
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