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Russian in the 1740s
Publication Type:eBook
Abstract:During the 1740s, literate Russians mostly kept to traditional forms of written language. Although the linguistic reforms undertaken by Peter the Great earlier in the century affected printed secular texts and the imperial administration, these reforms...
Planting Parliaments in Eurasia, 1850–1950 : Concepts, Practices, and Mythologies
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Abstract:Parliaments are often seen as Western European and North American institutions and their establishment in other parts of the world as a derivative and mostly defective process. This book challenges such Eurocentric visions by retracing the evolution of...
Goodna Girls : A History of Children in a Queensland Mental Asylum
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Abstract:Goodna Girls tells the story of children incarcerated in Wolston Park Hospital, an adult psychiatric facility in Queensland, Australia. It contains the personal testimonies of women who relate—in their own no-holds-barred style and often with irreveren...
China's Architecture in a Globalizing World: Between Socialism and the Market
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Abstract:China is currently in the midst of an unprecedented building boom and, indeed, interest in Chinese contemporary architecture has been fuelled by this huge expansion. Through a cutting-edge theoretical discussion of Chinese architecture in relation to C...
American Economic Journal: Economic Policy.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):AEA Papers & Proceedings; May2022, Vol. 112, p709-720, 12p
Abstract:The article offers information that American Economic Journal: Economic Policy has published four issues in 2021. It mentions that journal publishes papers covering a range of topics, the common theme being the role of economic policy in economic outco...
American Economic Journal: Applied Economics.
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):AEA Papers & Proceedings; May2022, Vol. 112, p702-708, 7p
Abstract:The article discusses that American Economic Journal: Applied Economics publishes papers on a wide range of topics in applied economics, with a focus on empirical papers. It mentions that journal covers including development microeconomics, economic hi...
Cross-Latitude Behavioural Axis in an Adult Damselfly Calopteryx splendens (Harris, 1780).
Publication Type:Academic Journal
Source(s):Insects (2075-4450); Apr2022, Vol. 13 Issue 4, p342-342, 11p
Abstract:Copyright of Insects (2075-4450) is the property of MDPI and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email arti...
The Value of Hawaiʻi 3 : Hulihia, the Turning
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Abstract:“Hulihia” refers to massive upheavals that change the landscape, overturn the normal, reverse the flow, and sweep away the prevailing or assumed. We live in such days. Pandemics. Threats to ʻāina. Political dysfunction, cultural appropriation, and disr...
Translating Great Russian Literature : The Penguin Russian Classics
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Abstract:Launched in 1950, Penguin's Russian Classics quickly progressed to include translations of many great works of Russian literature and the series came to be regarded by readers, both academic and general, as the de facto provider of classic Russian lite...
Dharmalan Dana : An Australian Aboriginal Man's 73-year Search for the Story of His Aboriginal and Indian Ancestors
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Abstract:A Yorta Yorta man's 73-year search for the story of his Aboriginal and Indian ancestors including his Indian Grampa who, as a real mystery man, came to Yorta Yorta country in Australia, from Mauritius, in 1881 and went on to leave an incredible legacy ...