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    The Happy Warrior: Winston Churchill and the Representation of War, 1895–1901 by Antoine Capet

    Published 2007-12-01
    “…The British Empire of course provided ample scope for military adventure, and once again young Churchill had all possible strings pulled for him in order to allow him to join the peace-keeping (in the sense of Pax Britannica) operations on the North-West frontier of India, in the Sudan (where he famously participated in the last cavalry charge in British history) and finally in South Africa, where his daring escape from his Boer prison in 1900 made him a world-wide celebrity. …”
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    Traces et sens de l'Histoire chez les voyageuses françaises et britanniques dans l'Italie préunitaire (1815-1861) by Nicolas Bourguinat

    Published 2012-06-01
    “…Historical Traces and Historical Perceptions in French and British Women’s Travel Writings on Preunified Italy (1814-1861).This article deals with women's travel writing about Italy in the first half of the nineteenth century (1814-1861), using an extensive definition of travel literature. …”
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    As viagens de Elizabeth II, visitas muito seletivas em um império em declínio by Claire Weishar, Marie-Françoise Fleury, Fulano de Thal

    Published 2024-02-01
    “…The article puts Elizabeth II's travels into perspective, in a world of declining British influence. The trend is clear: apart from trips to European countries (notably France and Germany), the most trips were made to countries where the Queen was sovereign until the end, notably Canada (22 trips) and Australia (15 trips) and the Caribbean and Pacific islands that remained under British sovereignty. …”
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    Faith, Politics and Eschatology in the Thought of Joseph Ratzinger by Tracey Rowland

    Published 2024-11-01
    “…Augustine and argues that while his position on the liberal tradition is in some ways ambivalent, he is closer to the British Tory tradition than to the British Whig Tradition.  …”
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    The Breaking of the Square: Late Victorian Representations of Anglo-Sudanese Warfare by Luisa Villa

    Published 2007-12-01
    “…Among the areas affected by the late nineteenth century “scramble for Africa”, the Sudan repeatedly drew the attention of the British public. Though mostly arid, inaccessible, and scarcely attractive from a purely economic point of view, it became a crucial concern for the British executive, as well as a focus of popular anxieties relating to British military prowess (or lack thereof). …”
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    De la mobilité des paysans tharu et de leurs chefs by Gisèle Krauskopff

    Published 2021-01-01
    “…In 1978, Sagant devoted a pioneering article to "the magnitude and historical depth of Nepali migrations" which highlights the oppression of the new Nepalese administration and the role that British colonization of India played in intensifying migrations in early 19th century. …”
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    From Bengal to Java: Raffles’ Landrente in Indonesian Agrarian System by Harto Juwono

    Published 2024-01-01
    “…Originating during the British ruled Java from 1811 to 1816, British Lieutenant Governor-General Thomas Stamford Raffles introduced the concept of landrente for a tax on land. …”
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