Colonial and Postcolonial Logistics by Giulia Scotto

“…In particular, it focuses on Zambia (Northern Rhodesia at time of British domination), a landlocked country located in the centre of Southern Africa, whose historical evolution, since it was conquered at the beginning of the twentieth century, is deeply intertwined with the discovery, extraction and export of copper and with the import of fossil fuel. …”
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‘Groaning wicked like a maddening dog’: Bestiality, Modernity and Irishness in J. M. Synge’s The Playboy of the Western World by Hélène Lecossois

“…It argues that the animal-like behaviour that Synge’s play calls for may be considered as a form of resistance to a hegemonic and early twentieth century conception of modernity. Alongside the trained, performing, modern Irish body that emerged in the theatre of the early 1900s there survived vestiges of a radically different form of embodiment associated with, for example, rural performance traditions such as faction fighting or keening. …”
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Reframing the ‘South’: Divisions of the Globe and British Geographical Imaginations in the Victorian and Edwardian Era by Daniel Foliard

“…It took a paradigm shift in the early twentieth century and major political and scientific evolutions to witness the emergence of new categorizations. …”
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From Commons to Capital: The Creative Destruction of Coastal Real Estate, Environments, and Communities in the US South by Andrew W. Kahrl

“…But while histories of the Sunbelt recognize the role of vacation and leisure-based development in the region’s economic transformation in the second half of the twentieth century, the social and environmental effects of coastal development remain under-examined. …”
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The concept of behavior in psychology: a historical and socio-cultural analysis by Fernando Polanco

“…The concept of behavior is commonly used in our everyday speech. In the twentieth century, it became an important term because he began to take the place of the subject matter of the social sciences, particularly psychology. …”
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A Critical Analysis of Modern and Postmodern Philosophers at the End of History by Muhammad Asghari

“…The topic of Endism is one of many new issues that in the late twentieth century, especially with Fukuyama, has gained momentum in academic circles. …”
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Evolutionary View of Liver Pathology by Katalin Dezső, Sándor Paku, Mária‐Manuela Juhász, László Kóbori, Péter Nagy

“…ABSTRACT Evolutionary medicine emerged in the late twentieth century, integrating principles of natural selection and adaptation with the health sciences. …”
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La Société des Américanistes de Paris : une société savante au service de l’américanisme by Christine Laurière

“…As an international leader of French Americanism during the first half of the twentieth century, he boosted its Journal that was worldwide unequalled for several decades. …”
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Lithuanian Philosophy of Culture and the Concept of Integral Democracy by Laurynas Peluritis

“…The emergence of Lithuanian philosophy in the Lithuanian language, which dates back to the early twentieth century, coincided with the formation of the modern Lithuanian state (1918-1940). …”
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Theories of the End of the Novel by Barış Mete

“…It was the era of the most refined examples of the genre in English Literature. In the twentieth century, especially after the end of the Second World War, the novel became the subject of the discussions about a sense of an ending. …”
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Bordando con tinta negra: prensa y autoría femenina en la revista La Mujer Mexicana (1904-1908) by Ximena Yáñez  Chávez, Ana Laura Zavala  Díaz

“…We share with Beatriz Sarlo the idea that periodicals are a starting point to investigate the institutional and social transformations that affect literary discourse; therefore, we believe that the review of this magazine allows us to approach the notions of “female writer” and “female writing” that circulated against the tide of the dominant Mexican culture of the early twentieth century.…”
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The Firebombing of Tokyo: Views from the Ground by Cary Karacas, Bret Fisk

“…This special issue locates the firebombing of Tokyo and Japanese cities within the framework of the growing literature on the bombing of cities and civilians in twentieth century warfare. Bret Fisk and Cary Karacas introduce the issues and their important new website and teaching resource on the air raids: japanairraids.org.…”
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Rebellious Enthusiasm, Ambivalent Forms: On Freedom and Bondage in Tyehimba Jess’s Olio by Molly McCracken

“…At the same time, it explores how the collection’s three-dimensional forms materialize feelings of constraint to reveal the embeddedness of antiblackness in American popular culture, and the fragility of liberty into the twentieth century and beyond. While Olio reifies the tension between freedom and bondage in the post-bellum nation, this paper argues that Jess’s archival recuperation of elided historical figures and innovative configuration of sonnet form demonstrate an ethos of creativity, as it envisions alternative forms of community and autonomy through poetry and music.…”
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Excavating the Modern Self: Haggard’s Egyptological Romances by Nolwenn CORRIOU

“…The depiction of Egypt as an oneiric place located within the Victorian mind and as the origin of a layered modern identity suggests an ambivalent interpretation of Haggard’s imperialist stance at the turn of the twentieth century.…”
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« Le dernier procès allemand pour crimes de guerre » : L'ancien officier SS Julius Viel et le procès de Ravensburg d’avril 2001 comme événement médiatique by Vojtěch Kyncl

“…In the second half of the twentieth century, the media played an important role in covering the trials of Nazi criminals. …”
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Los pueblos originarios en el Bicentenario argentino (2010): ¿Hacia un reconocimiento nacional? by Natalia Molinaro

“…This situation changed in the last decade of the twentieth century: in negotiations with the state and private companies, visibility became a key and essential tool. …”
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From Eastern European Rooted Immigrant Circle to the Mainstream of American Culture an Alfred Kazin's Transition by Rafał Zygmunt

“…Tracing the process of immigrants' transition, it appears that in the twentieth century children of Eastern European, mainly Jewish immigrants were trying to get rid of the European past of their parents as quickly as possible in order to take the full advantage of American culture. …”
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Déols, places Carnot et La Fayette : mutation fonctionnelle d’un espace, entre cimetière paroissial et place, du Xe au XIXe siècle (Indre) by Gwenaël Roy, Françoise Yvernault

“…The comparison between the data with those acquired in the second half of the twentieth century refines the understanding of the evolution of the spatial organization of this central space of Déols between the 10th and 19th centuries.…”
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La contribution d’Antonio Buero Vallejo au théâtre de science-fiction espagnol by Miguel Carrera Garrido

“…Building on both types of work, this article wants to claim the contribution to the genre of one of the most important Spanish playwrights of the twentieth century: Antonio Buero Vallejo. Even if the affinity of part of his production with science fiction has already been underlined by certain critics, this connection remains to be studied in depth. …”
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Pensando en Iberia: los debates en torno a la unificación hispano-portuguesa en el exilio republicano en México by Jorge de Hoyos Puente

“…The Spanish Republican exile is probably one of the most complex in the twentieth century. Its size, variety and duration led to many identity-forming processes, political projects and theoretical debates. …”
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