BRICS COOPERATION AS A NEW FORMAT OF THE INTEGRATION PROCESS by A. N. Vergun

“…The author notes that cooperation of BRICS is a new format for the integration of the leaders of the emerging countries, analyzes the political and economic cooperation of these countries within the group, as well as with the rest of the world and the specific nature of relations between BRICS in different periods of modern history. The author also calls attention to the response of the Western countries to the creation of this integration group. …”
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Inter-American Memories: Frances Toor, Alma Reed and the Mexican Cultural Renaissance by Michael K. Schuessler

“…Alma Reed’s romantic involvement with Felipe Carrillo Puerto and her later activities as a promoter of artist José Clemente Orozco and scholar of pre-Hispanic Mexico are explored within the political backdrop of this foundational moment of Mexico’s modern history. As for Frances Toor, she founded and edited the groundbreaking bilingual magazine Mexican Folkways, which explored and celebrated the artistic traditions of the country’s myriad indigenous groups and, due to its bilingual nature, also served as a vehicle to spread knowledge about Mexico and its rich cultural heritage in the United States and beyond.…”
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Effective Population Size of Korean Populations by Leeyoung Park

“…Age-dependent current and recent effective population sizes represent the modern history of Korean populations, including the effects of World War II, the Korean War, and urbanization. …”
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Does Colonialism Explain Everything in North Africa? What Historians Can Bring to the Table by Isabelle Grangaud, M’hamed Oualdi

“…The second section examines the new vistas of research opened through serious consideration of the legacy and persistent effects of early modern history in North Africa. It explores these new perspectives in terms of time and space and interpretations of North African primary sources.…”
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Tout est-il colonial dans le Maghreb ? Ce que les travaux des historiens modernistes peuvent apporter by Isabelle Grangaud, M’hamed Oualdi

“…The second section examines the new vistas of research opened through serious consideration of the legacy and persistent effects of early modern history in North Africa. It explores these new perspectives in terms of time and space and our interpretations of North African primary sources.…”
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Le Discours historique de l’estat du royaume de Borno, genèse et construction d’une histoire du Borno par un captif de Tripoli au XVIIe siècle by Rémi Dewière

“…The most interesting part of his work remains the way how the « French surgeon » collected his sources : their census is the occasion to propose their first classification, and a first overview of the contribution of the Discours historique de l’estat du royaume de Borno for the modern history of Borno sultanate.…”
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SİYASAL-SOSYAL GÖRÜŞLERİ VE DİNİ YÖNÜYLE AFGANİ1 (Son Bir Umut: İslam Birliği) by Muammer Esen

“…As a religious scholar, al-Afghani, who is the most prominent Pan-Islamist figure of the modern history of Islam with a robust anti-imperialistic stance, has been a subject of controversy in terms of his life, personality, nationality and school of thought to which he belonged. …”
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Omri van Israel: 'n Poging tot historiese rekonstruksie by J A Burger

“…The application of Biblical material about Omri and his house in modern history books is no exception: Information extracted from the Old Testament enjoys preferential status in spite of the fact that extra-Biblical information on Omri also exists, as seen in the Mesha inscription as well as in Assyrian inscriptions.  …”
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México ¿la dictadura perfecta? by Rocío  Ruiz Lagier

“…My interest is to show how this image of a peaceful and democratic country has been built, despite the fact that the country lived more than 70 years governed by the same party that controlled everything, and did so in the hands of one of the institutions that has played a relevant and permanent role in the modern history of country: the army. I think it is important to analyze it, not only as historical exercise, but as an analysis of the way thay in which mexican society relates to its past and thats impacts the current memory construction process.…”
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Tra ambizione e carriera. La professione di advocatus nello Stato della Chiesa tra XVI e XVIII secolo by Maria Macchi

“…Indeed a lot of men in Ancien Regime decided to invest time, studies and money in this profession with a very important objective: to be a member of “Avvocati Concistoriali” one of most representative professional group in Rome in modern history. It was not so easy to do it: candidates had to do a complex and long process to pass their admission exam and receive their formal clothes. …”
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Rethinking risk and disasters in mountain areas by Kenneth Hewitt, Manjari Mehta

“…Enforced displacement, and concentration of people in urban agglomerations, is a major part of the modern history of mountain lands that invites more careful exploration. …”
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Home and family as a mirror of the country past: review of the book by D. I. Petin «The History of the Omsk clan of Batyushkin» by A. V. Antoshin

“…In conclusion, the high significance of the analyzed monograph for understanding the Modern History of Russia is emphasized.…”
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Violence et conflits dans l’armée de la Monarchie Hispanique en Castille : quelques propositions de recherche et de méthodologie by Antonio Jiménez Estrella

“…Army and war are certainly the most important sources of violence of Early Modern History. In this period, there was a significant increase in the size of armies and a multiplication of conflicts between the great European states, with several effects on the civil population. …”
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Quelle place pour la Grande Guerre dans l’histoire contemporaine du Japon ? Quelques éléments de réflexion à partir d’un témoignage japonais by Frédéric Danesin

“…Though it is easy to notice how little attention is given to Japan’s role in this war, at least as little attention is granted to this war in Japanese modern history. Is it possible to write the history of Japan evading the years from 1905 to 1931? …”
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Repenser le risque et les catastrophes dans les régions de montagne by Kenneth Hewitt, Manjari Mehta

“…Enforced displacement, and concentration of, people in urban agglomerations, is a major part of the modern history of mountain lands that invites more careful exploration. …”
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Stanisław Bednarski SJ and prof. Stanisław Kot: pupil and master by Stanisław Cieślak SJ

“…Bednarski, enrolled at the Jagiellonian University, Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Humanities, with specialization in modern history, history of culture and history of art. …”
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Power, money and Russian distemper (about monograph of M. V. Khodyakov «Money of the Revolution and the Civil War: 1917–1920») by D. I. Petin

“…The paper analyzes monograph «The Money of the Revolution and the Civil War: 1917–1920», prepared by the head of the Department of Modern History of Russia at St. Petersburg State University, Doctor of History, Professor M. …”
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The impact of war on animal welfare: the Imperial Japanese Navy’s manipulation of pigeon behavior in WW II by Cheng Peng, Zi-qi Luo, Lin-hui Guo, Yi-fei Zhu

“…Abstract Throughout modern history, animals have played a significant role in human warfare. …”
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European Studies by V. O. Pechatnov, E. O. Obichkina

“…The work resulted in a number of monographs and textbooks on modern history and foreign policy of the studied countries and regions. …”
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THE CORE MYTH OF PSYCHOANALYSIS: ON THE CENTENARY OF FREUD’S “TOTEM AND TABOO” by R. F. Dodeltsev, V. I. Konnov

“…And then the article turns to attempts to apply the book’s ideas to the analysis of such events of modern history as the denazification of Germany and student uprising in the late 1960s following the works of the psychoanalyst M. …”
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