Tag: History
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Review of Fighting Deindustrialisation: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982 by Andy Clark
Lauren Hood reviews Andy Clark’s Fighting Deindustrialisation: Scottish Women’s Factory Occupations, 1981-1982.
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Marxist Clerics? Subversive Clerics and their Repression in Argentina Junta (1976-1983)
Alexander Stroem considers the church’s complex role during Argentina’s dictatorship. Involving both collaboration and opposition, it simultaneously reflected significant human rights violations and the emergence of Liberation Theology.
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An Aroma of Othering: Racialised Olfactory Politics and the Conditioning of Senses
The very concept of olfactory politics is deeply contentious. Harry Fry charts the historiography of olfactory racism, advocating for a history of scent which foregrounds racial histories and the history of emotions.
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The Freedom of the North: The Rebirth of Nordism in Post-War Sweden
The idea of a pan-Scandinavian identity has existed from the medieval period to the modern day, but has never solidified under one institution. George Purdy explores the long history of Pan-Scandinavianism from Sweden and how it relates to mutual defense and security.
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A Machiavellian Law
The Ummayyad Caliphate successfully expanded into Spain, changing the culture of the peninsula. Emilio Luppino discusses how the interactions between Christian, Muslim, and Jewish cultures in Spain.
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Rethinking a Contested Analytical Lens: The Evolution of Gender in Imperial Historiography
Since the 1970s, gender has been perceived as a crucial analytical lens. Angelina Castrucci provides a history, and critique, of a fixed framework of gender.
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The Last Cavalier? The Complicated Legacy of George Armstrong Custer
Sam Mackenzie imagines George Armstrong Custer through his complex legacy of heroism, controversy, and his actions against Native Americans.
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The Venice Charter 1964: Its Place in Modern-Day Heritage Preservation
Emma Donaldson explores how the challenges of post-war Europe prompted the evolution of heritage preservation through the Venice Charter.
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