The Ottoman Economy (1870-1913): Preliminary Second-Generation Estimates by Mehmet Bulut, Bora Altay

“…The method and findings of this study make contributions to the recent discussions on the economic performance of the Ottoman Empire, particularly for the period preceding the First World War. This study also suggests new research areas to further improve future studies on GDP and per capita GDP levels of the Ottoman Empire.…”
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Nazi policy towards the Lithuanian lndustry and its results by Justinas Braslauskas

“…This policy was part of their plan to annex Lithuania after the end of World War II. Besides, a bigger part of the Jewish population had already been exterminated, among them many outstanding specialists in this branch of the industry. …”
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Genesis of a Poetics of Silence by Enora Lessinger

“…In order to achieve this goal, this paper studies one of Ishiguro’s first published short stories, “A Strange and Sometimes Sadness” (1981), in which a first-person narrator evokes memories of her time in Nagasaki during World War II. The narrator progressively turns out to be an unreliable one, due to the unspeakability of her traumatic experience. …”
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Powrót do ruin. O atrakcyjności niemieckiego powojnia by Jakub Gortat

“…One of the most important dates in Germany’s postwar history was May 6, 1955, when the Federal Republic joined the North Atlantic Alliance, an event which perfectly reflected the dynamics of geopolitical changes that had taken place in the ten years since the end of World War II. The article focuses on the depictions of the German civilian population in selected motion pictures which, at least in theory, do not hold ordinary Germans responsible for war crimes. …”
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L’antiquaire Georges Joseph Demotte, le Louvre et les musées américains. S’approprier le discours sur le patrimoine médiéval de la France au sortir de la Première Guerre mondiale... by Christine Vivet-Peclet

“…The activity of the antiquarian Georges-Joseph Demotte (1877–1923) during the periods before and after the First World War was one of the crucial moments in his career. …”
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Skinner Sweet, American Vampire by James J. Donahue

“…In the subsequent storylines, Skinner Sweet finds himself at various iconic moments of American cultural history: Hollywood in the 1920s, Las Vegas in the 1930s, and the Second World War. By placing Skinner in these moments, Snyder and Albuquerque select a specific timeline by which to chart America’s development.…”
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Toward a Methodology of Spatial Neighborhood Evaluation to Uncover the “Invisible Spaces” in Neighborhoods Built Through State Initiatives Between 1945 and 1980 by Hadas Shadar, Dalit Shach-Pinsly

“…This article examines the ideological and spatial characteristics of neighborhoods built through the initiative of various states, particularly in Europe, in the post-World War II years, from 1945 to 1980. We argue that despite these neighborhoods being older and subject to economic, professional, and ideological criticism, they feature beneficial physical spaces that came to light, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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La presse italienne, le pouvoir politique et l’autorité judiciaire durant le fascisme by Yannick Beaulieu

“…The role of the Italian press has been a crucial political issue from the end of the First World War onwards. Italian newspapers responded to, and in some cases created, all the political struggles which divided society in the immediate aftermath of the war, in part resulting in the rise of power of the fascists. …”
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A bolu : constructions patrimoniales en Sardaigne by Ignazio Macchiarella

“…As elsewhere, the oral musical tradition in Sardinia went through a period of relative crisis after the Second World War, with the spread of new media. The 1980s saw a general reversal of this trend, following a rediscovery of the area in terms of its identity. …”
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Seasonality of livebirths and climatic factors in Italian regions (1863-1933) by Gabriele Ruiu, Marco Breschi

“…To achieve this end, we empirically investigate the role of temperature as well as that of marriage seasonality in Italian regions for the period stretching from the Italian unification to the eve of World War II. We find that extreme temperatures (both cold and hot) negatively affect the number of births. …”
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MILITARY AND POLITICAL TOURISM ATTRACTIONS IN THE CITY OF GDAŃSK by Paul PANTEA, Geraldine ŞOTAN-PETYKE, Daria-Maria CRIŞAN, Jan A. WENDT

“…The study is focusing on the following attractions: the Museum of the Second World War, Westerplatte and the European Solidarity Centre, as well as analysing the tourist flow.…”
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Methodology for identifying the socio-economic genome on the commodity market for sugar production by D. Yu. Zhmurko

“…A cyclical drift in world sugar production is revealed: after the end of World War II it shifted from the usual 9.49 years for the XIX century – the middle of the XX century to the current value of 7.12 years.…”
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The Reflection of the Removal of the Enver Pasha’s Remains from Tajikistan to Turkey in the Turkish Press by Fahri TÜRK

“…In the aftermath of the First World War Enver Pasha went to Turkestan, where he died in a battleground against Russian forces on August 4rd 1922. …”
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Llthuanian book publishing in Riga, 1904-1914 by Violeta Černiauskaitė

“… Early in the 20th century, Riga had one of the largest Lithuanian colonies. Before World War I, there lived about 50 thousand Lithuanians. …”
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Seasonality of livebirths and climatic factors in Italian regions (1863-1933) by Gabriele Ruiu, Marco Breschi

“…To achieve this end, we empirically investigate the role of temperature as well as that of marriage seasonality in Italian regions for the period stretching from the Italian unification to the eve of World War II. We find that extreme temperatures (both cold and hot) negatively affect the number of births. …”
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Ewolucja tureckiej polityki bezpieczeństwa by Magdalena Kumelska-Koniecko

“…After an initial period when Turkey pursued a policy of neutrality in international relations, there was a strategic turn toward the West after World War II. The last three decades have been a period of restoring relations with countries in the region and building a new security strategy based on the doctrine of deterrence and advanced defense, and, since the civil war in Syria, assertive military activism. …”
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Animal Health Management up against the Corsican Mountains: Meeting the Health and Territorial Challenges of the Free-Range Pig Farming Sector by Marie Gisclard, Bastien Trabucco, François Charrier

“…After recalling the close link between the socio-economic transformations that took place in the Corsican mountains after the Second World War and current pastoral livestock farming practices, it shows that the failure of two public health management policies is linked to the disconnect between the issues at stake in public policy on the one hand and in pastoral livestock farming on the other. …”
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WOMEN OF UKRAINIAN ANTI-NAZI UNDERGROUND REFLECTED IN HISTORICAL ANTROPOLOGY by M. A. Slobodyanyuk, T. O. Radkevich

“…The purpose of this paper is to study the behaviour of women in extreme conditions, to establish various social roles of women, ways of their adaptation to extreme conditions on the example of Ukrainian anti-Nazi underground during Second World War. Theoretical basis. The authors derive from the fact that historical anhropology is a leading and promising area of historical research. …”
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Trends in Mortality from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in Alberta: Back to the Future? by Tee L Guidotti

“…The sustained rise in mortality in older age groups after the Second World War is presumably related to smoking habits. …”
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The shadow side of occupational therapy: Necropower, state racism and colonialism by Pier-Luc Turcotte, Dave Holmes

“…To prevent the recurrence of these injustices, history must be unveiled and occupational therapists urged to come to terms with their own involvement and responsibility.Objective and Method Utilising Achille Mbembe’s concept of necropolitics, this academic essay blends select historical and philosophical perspectives to explore occupational therapy’s concealed role in manifestations of institutionalised violence.Results By examining its roles in World War II and France’s colonisation of Algeria, we make visible the development of occupational therapy’s distinct ‘shadow side’. …”
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