Quand le mieux est l’ennemi du bien : David Ross Brower, la militance environnementaliste et la prospérité matérielle by Jean-Daniel Collomb

“…This article addresses the vulnerability of American environmentalist discourse during the post-World War II boom: while the growing success of the environmental movement in the United States can largely be attributed to an unprecedentedly large distribution of material wealth after 1945, many environmentalists had warned Americans against the negative effects of economic growth and mass consumption. …”
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Une amnistie sans pardon : Ezra Pound en France. Premiers passages et passeurs by Jean Christophe Contini

“…Often associated with Céline because of his anti-Semitism and his conduct during World War II, Ezra Pound (1885-1972) and his Cantos were discovered in France thanks to the extensive translations carried out by Denis Roche and the publication of a double issue of Cahier de l’Herne edited by Dominique de Roux and Michel Beaujour, who also invited the “Great Pan” to Paris in 1965 on the occasion of his 80th anniversary, more than forty years after his last visit to this city.However, one often overlooks the fact that this French reception (rendered problematic by a French, rather than American, history of nationalism, fascism and anti-Semitism) began with translations and comments made as early as the mid-1950s by several French poets and writers: Alain Bosquet, Michel Mohrt, Michel Butor and René Laubiès, who first translated and published a selection of Pound’s Cantos and poems in 1958.…”
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Restructuring the Economic Policy Framework in Brazil: Genuine or Gattopardo change? by Rui Lyrio Modenesi, André de Melo Modenesi, Norberto Montani Martins, Patrick Fontaine

“…We analyzed Brazil’s development since World War II and especially Presidents Lula and Rousseff’s economic policy by integrating historical and political economy approaches using the concept of “development convention”. …”
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Fatigue failure of welded connections at orthotropic bridges by Z.H. Qian, D. Abruzzese

“…Orthotropic decks were applied to the long span bridges after World War II due to several advantages, such as light weight, high strength, few deck joints, durability, rapid construction, life-cycle economy. …”
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Innenentwicklung in ländlichen Räumen zwischen Planungsideal und Akteurinteressen: Der Einfluss von sozialen Aspekten by Jennifer Gerend, Marina Beck

“…The results of a survey were assigned to four spatially coded settlement types: historic town centres, post-World-War II settlement types, settlements from the 1980s and 1990s, and new developments after 2000. …”
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The Pyramid and the Mosaic. Otto Neurath’s encyclopedism as a critical model by Andrea Alberto Dutto

“…In the field of architecture, a similar encyclopedic endeavor was undertaken in Italy by Mario Ridolfi who, together with other leading exponents of architectural culture, conceived the Manuale dell’Architetto at the end of World War II. This construction handbook provided  support to engineers  during the intense period of post-war reconstruction. …”
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The WHO’s 75th anniversary: WHO at a pivotal moment in history by Lawrence O Gostin, Roojin Habibi, Benjamin Mason Meier, Helen Clark, K Srinath Reddy, Jemilah Mahmood, Danwood Mzikenge Chirwa, Björn Kümmel, Winnie Mpanju-Shumbusho, Attiya Waris, Miriam K Were

“…Establishing health governance under the United Nations (UN), WHO was seen as the preeminent leader in public health, promoting a healthier world following the destruction of World War II and ensuring global solidarity to prevent disease and promote health. …”
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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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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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Peníze, nebo prestiž? Soudní spor o autorství Vančurových Obrazů z dějin národa českého by Bohumil Jiroušek

“…Vančura was executed during World War II but his collaborators became important representatives of the official Marxist-Leninist historiography after 1948. …”
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Gréckokatolícki mučeníci z obdobia neslobody 1939–1989 by Peter Borza

“…Among the presented figures are the bearers of the title Righteous Among the Nations, award-winning in Israel for unconditional aid to Jews during World War II, as they were risking the loss of his life and lives of family members for saving the racially and religiously persecuted. …”
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The Contract for the Construction of Ocean Liners MS “Piłsudski” and MS “Batory” of 29 November 1933 by Jarosław Drozd

“…After the outbreak of World War II, they were requisitioned by the British. …”
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Reappraisal and neotypification of Phyllachora feijoae by L.C. Costa, D.M. Macedo, R.W. Barreto

“…The type specimen was most probably deposited in the Botanisches Garten und Museum Berlin-Dahlem (B) and lost or destroyed during World War II, and could not be located. The recent recollection of abundant material of this fungus in the vicinity of Pelotas (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil) allowed its re-examination and neotypification. …”
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Kościół na drodze ku „Nostra Aetate”.Zarys relacji chrześcijańsko-żydowskich w XX w. przed II wojną światową by Andrzej Tulej

“…The Church's statements intensified when, at the turn of the 1920s and 1930s, the National Socialist Party grew stronger, taking over power in Germany in 1933, leading to the tragedy of World War II and the drama of the Holocaust (Heb. Shoah). …”
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Distance without Remoteness: The Objectivist Poetics of Nonmimetic Pain by Xavier Kalck

“…This article then proposes to compare three excerpts––all written after 1945––from the work of three US poets (George Oppen, Charles Reznikoff and Louis Zukofsky) which all deal with the experience and trauma of World War II. In doing so, this article will show how all three attempted to produce accounts of, or to reflect upon, what had taken place in a way that would not allow for any forms of aestheticization and that would show extreme caution when engaging with readers’ sensitivities. …”
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An Investigation on the Link between International Labor Migration and Undocumented Employment: Evidence from Turkish Cinema by Hasan Yüksel

“…The reason is that Germany desired to meet its employment needs so as to develop in an industrial way following World War II, which was a real catastrophe for Germans. …”
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“The Workshop for the Nation’s Soul” vs. “A Rabbi Factory”—Contrasting the Lithuanian Yeshiva with the Rabbinical Seminary by Asaf Yedidya

“…The Lithuanian rabbis held to the supremacy of the Lithuanian Yeshiva model. However, until World War II, they saw the Orthodox rabbinical seminary as an institute suitable to its time and place—Germany, most of whose Jews were liberal—and did not consider it able to produce a Torah scholar worthy of his name. …”
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The life and activity of Vaclovas Biržiška in 1940 - 1945 by Silvija Stakulienė

“…The plan and teaching program were prepared, but World War II interrupted all his projects. After the Germans occupied Lithuania, V. …”
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Feminism and the Cold War in the U.S. Occupation of Japan, 1945 – 1952 by Mire Koikari

“…On August 15, 1945, World War II came to an end with Japan's unconditional surrender. …”
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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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