‘The Dung-heap and the Flower’: Gissing’s Nether World by Nigel Messenger

“…Using the concept of ‘abjection’ as theorised by Julia Kristeva in Powers of Horror, the paper goes on to discuss some of the language, social settings and characters of The Nether World, and concludes by suggesting that Gissing’s novel anticipates some aspects of twentieth-century Modernism.…”
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Propagande catholique et littérature populaire : l’Église face aux défis de la question sociale (1876-1902) by Solange Hibbs

“…During the nineteenth century and the first decades of the twentieth century, the Spanish Catholic Church, encouraged by the Pope Leo xiii encyclicals and the six National Catholic Assemblies which took place from 1889 to 1903, sustained an offensive strategy of rechristianization of the civil society. …”
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Tales of Their Times by Rósa Þorsteinsdóttir

“…This is achieved by looking into the tales of a woman storyteller in the nineteenth century when organized collecting began in Iceland, and three storytellers‘ repertoires from the twentieth century, when fairytales still belonged to the living oral tradition were tape-recorded. …”
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Al-Jawâhîrî: between patronage and revolution by Sami Zubaida

“…The life span of the poet Muhammad Mahdi al-Jawâhirî coincided with the twentieth century, and mirrored the formative events of modern Iraqi state and society, especially in the first half of the century. …”
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Considerações sobre a Sudesul: formação e modernização territorial by Breno Viotto Pedrosa

“…Starting from the historical context of twentieth century first half, is elucidated central government aspires to develop and integrate the southwestern border of Brazil. …”
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Lumière sur Eugène Martial Simas, décorateur oublié de la Belle Époque by Constance Desanti

“…Attached to classical mythology and traditional craftsmanship, Eugène Martial cleared the way for the new generation of artists that propagated its gentle utopia of a new art, present everywhere and accessible to everyone, at the turn of the twentieth century.…”
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Du terrain au Tour du monde : la fabrique du lointain by Victoire Lallouette

“…It is amusing to observe that the misappropriation of images, which has become so obvious and omnipresent in our daily lives, has a long history; it may be found from early twentieth century when one takes a look at the publications of the French illustrated press recounting the narratives of an explorer of New Guinea. …”
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Les barrages qui cachent l’eau : l'oubli des vulnérabilités aux inondations lors de l’aménagement de la Dordogne (1917-1935) by Alexis Metzger, Jamie Linton

“…A series of large hydro-electrical dams was built on the Dordogne River over the course of the twentieth century. Given the historical prevalence of floods in the basin, it is striking to find virtually no mention of flood risk or vulnerability in the technical studies and documentation that preceded construction of dams between the two World Wars. …”
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Interioryzacja misterium paschalnego Chrystusa w celebracji Eucharystii by Stanisław T. Zarzycki

“…Because of the biblical and patristic-liturgical renewal and the re-emphasis on “mystery” in the twentieth century, the article introduces the concept of mystery in pagan cults and in the Church of the first centuries. …”
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Constantability of Catholic Church Teaching Religious Freedom by Michał Kmieć

“… The purpose of the article is to embed the twentieth-century teaching of the Church's Magisterium on the right to religious freedom in the Church's Tradition, showing clear evidence for the continuity of this teaching. …”
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Towards a Tektology of Tektology by Tompsett Fabian

“…This yields a contextualization of both Bogdanov and Neurath within the political environment that arose within Social Democracy in the first third of the twentieth century. This interpretation provides a basis for how tektological approaches can be implemented in the age of digitized information.…”
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Plasmodium chez les grands singes africains by Linda Duval

“…In the early twentieth century, only three species of Plasmodium, P. schwetzi, P. rodhaini and P. reichenowi were known and described in chimpanzees and gorillas in Africa. …”
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The Death of Jaromír Czernin 1908 by Michal Jirman

“… This article evaluates the death and funeral culture in the high aristocratic society of the Habsburg monarchy at the turn of the twentieth century, focusing on the illness and death of the mostly forgotten Count Jaromír Czernin (1818–1908). …”
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Rationalisme communicationnel et rationalisme critique : la place de la philosophie habermassienne dans la pensée éducative contemporaine by Alain Firode

“…Although it is rarely referred to in contemporary pedagogical literature, Karl Popper's "critical rationalism" is another attempt to restore meaning to rationalism and its values, beyond the criticism of Enlightenment universalism by twentieth-century authors. That is why the aim of this study is to confront, from the point of view of their pedagogical stakes, these two competing models of "rationalism". …”
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Los otros, sin patria: italianos en el litoral Caribe de Colombia a comienzos del siglo XX by Antonino Vidal Ortega, Giuseppe D’Amato Castillo

“…This article explores the migration processes experienced by the northern coast of Colombia in the Caribbean Sea, focusing specifically on the arrival of Italians in the early decades of the twentieth century. Through the notarial records preserved in the Archivo Histórico del Atlántico, we survey their spreading process across the region as well as their economic activities that would enable them to evolve from laborers and specialized technicians in expanding agricultural borders, to prominent entrepreneurs in the most dynamic ports in Colombian Caribbean, developing their business from domestic to international markets.…”
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The Current Restructuring of Cuba's Sugar Agroindustry by José Alvarez

“… After remaining a leading world sugar producer for most of the twentieth century, Cuba's sugar agroindustry is currently undergoing a radical transformation. …”
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Politiques de l’amour et du sexe dans la Chine de la « révolution sexuelle » by Jean-Baptiste Pettier

“…The article also suggests an historical perspective for the changes in the social monitoring of sexuality in China during the twentieth century. Far from being a “liberation” against the repression of sexuality by the state, the strong re-sexuation of the present Chinese social world is actually right in line with the liberal economic opening and the competition for individual success it create.…”
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Les emprises militaires dans l’urbanisme grenoblois du XXe siècle : des opportunités foncières au patrimoine paysager by Philippe Grandvoinnet

“…Starting out from this example at Grenoble, we will try to assess the impact of military installations of the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries on the town-planning of the twentieth century and will map this now recognised heritage in its urban context.…”
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The Deer Hunter : essai de topologie imaginaire américaine by Jacques Pothier

“…This essay centers on Michael Cimino’s film on the Vietnam War to explore how the mythology of space in the American imagination is revisited at the end of the twentieth century. In this film the dichotomies between civilization/the wilderness, male space / female territory, national vs. ethnic identities present in the American imagination from Cooper to the classic western through Washington Irving or Mark Twain, are thoroughly revisited through the tragic counterpointing of a Russian working-class community in a Pennsylvania small town and an Asian heart of darkness. …”
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