COUNTERFACTUALS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Zenonas Norkus

“…The conviction of some historians that the counterfactuals are essentially forbidden in the scientific historiography is critised on the ground that counterfactuals are implied by the causal statements and statements of the relative causal importance. …”
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Towards a political economy of technical systems: The case of Google by Bernhard Rieder

“…Drawing on the study of Large Technical Systems (LTS), on the work of historian Bertrand Gille, and on the economics of General Purpose Technologies (GPTs), it outlines a way to study the “tech” in “big tech” more attentively, looking for compatibilities, synergies, and dependencies between the technologies created and deployed by these companies. …”
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THE PAST OF A MUSIC SCHOOL IN ORADEA – (EMŐDI JÁNOS: “EGY NAGYVÁRADI ZENEISKOLA MÚLTJA”. VARADINUM SCRIPT, NAGYVÁRAD, 2015) by Attila FODOR

“…The last volume of local historian János Emődi brings a significant contribution to the literature of Oradea’s musical past by gathering and in-terpreting several documents regarding the foundation and functioning of the Szalay-Fischer music school, considered one of the most prominent institutions in the early development of the city’s musical life. …”
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Los mapas de la Nueva Geografía de Colombia de Francisco Javier Vergara y Velasco (1901-1902) by David Alejandro Ramírez Palacios

“…The works of the Colombian geographer, cartographer and historian Francisco Javier Vergara y Velasco (1860-1914) —and his cartographic works in particular—, is beginning to be known and valued by Colombian and international historiography. …”
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Il tracollo culturale dell'Ellenismo: una lezione per il presente e un'allerta per il futuro della scienza by Redazione MediaGEO

“… In this interview with Archeomatica, Lucio Russo, a physicist, mathematician, and historian of science, delves into a critical turning point in human history: the abrupt collapse of Hellenistic scientific knowledge following the tumultuous Roman conquest of the Mediterranean in the 2nd century BCE. …”
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COUNTERFACTUALS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Zenonas Norkus

“…The conviction of some historians that the counterfactuals are essentially forbidden in the scientific historiography is critised on the ground that counterfactuals are implied by the causal statements and statements of the relative causal importance. …”
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La injuria en imágenes: el vilipendiado honor de los hombres públicos chilenos en la prensa satírica (1860-1900) by Tomás Cornejo Cancino

“…This essay analyzes two increasing moments of insulting attacks made through cartoons: the first, in 1868, against politician, writer and historian Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna; the second, in the 1880-1890s, watching the effects of Juan Rafael Allende’s satirical periodicals against the whole elite. …”
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Être une historienne engagée aujourd’hui by Mathilde Larrère, Jean-Charles Buttier

“…It is through the constant link between her knowledge of the past and her involvement in the present, her thoughts and her actions, her political choices and her professional practice, that she can consider herself as a polically engaged historian.…”
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Leer para escribir la historia natural americana : los jesuitas Clavijero, Molina y Velasco by Kenya Bello

“…However, it is important to consider that the historian has also been, for several centuries, a reader. …”
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Ligger Skærsilden på vejen fra byen til Himlen? by Ole Bay

“…The article presents the work of the French historian Jacques Le Goff centred on his 1981 study on the birth of the Purgatory. …”
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THE PAST OF A MUSIC SCHOOL IN ORADEA – (EMŐDI JÁNOS: “EGY NAGYVÁRADI ZENEISKOLA MÚLTJA”. VARADINUM SCRIPT, NAGYVÁRAD, 2015) by Attila FODOR

“…The last volume of local historian János Emődi brings a significant contribution to the literature of Oradea’s musical past by gathering and in-terpreting several documents regarding the foundation and functioning of the Szalay-Fischer music school, considered one of the most prominent institutions in the early development of the city’s musical life. …”
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The City as a Cultural and Historical Phenomen in the Works of O. Spengler and N. Antsiferov by Lidia Ivanovna Shishkina

“…In particular, it explores the concept of the German philosopher Oswald Spengler, who in his book «The Decline of Europe», formulated the theory of local cultures, he laid the foundations for a new understanding of the city as a socio-cultural organism, introduced the concept of «the soul of culture», «soul of the city», reflected in innovation research of the Russian historian and ethnographer N. P. Antsiferov.…”
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COUNTERFACTUALS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Zenonas Norkus

“…The conviction of some historians that the counterfactuals are essentially forbidden in the scientific historiography is critised on the ground that counterfactuals are implied by the causal statements and statements of the relative causal importance. …”
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Il tracollo culturale dell'Ellenismo: una lezione per il presente e un'allerta per il futuro della scienza by Redazione MediaGEO

“… In this interview with Archeomatica, Lucio Russo, a physicist, mathematician, and historian of science, delves into a critical turning point in human history: the abrupt collapse of Hellenistic scientific knowledge following the tumultuous Roman conquest of the Mediterranean in the 2nd century BCE. …”
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Василий Татищев, “искусной архитект” Фридриха Барбароссы и кто-то третий by Михаил Бойцов

“…Despite the wide popularity of this Tatishchev's argument among today's historians of architecture, it has never become the subject of a special study. …”
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Les enfermements d’un vagabond criminel. Vacher, tueur de bergers by Marc Renneville

“…In conclusion, we will point out the difficulty of accessing the subjectivity of our objects of study because this approach implies, for the historian, a return to oneself and a deconstruction of transmitted memories.…”
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DID BOYS REALLY TELL JOKES IN ANCIENT PHAESTUS? by Anna J. Strataridaki

“…<p>In a preserved fragment, the historian Sosicrates records a custom which was practiced among the ancient Phaestians in Crete: the boys were trained to tell witty jests from early childhood. …”
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Le goût de l´Espagne. Opinión y “cosas” de una España imaginada desde y con Bartolomé Bennassar by Fernando Bouza

“…A cultural history approach to late French historian Bartolomé Bennassar´s work is launched analyzing some titles in which he highlighted art and artists as a way to combine serial history with case studies. …”
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COUNTERFACTUALS IN HISTORIOGRAPHY by Vardenis Pavardenis

“…The conviction of some historians that the counterfactuals are essentially forbidden in the scientific historiography is critised on the ground that counterfactuals are implied by the causal statements and statements of the relative causal importance. …”
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Michael Moore, an American Populist? by Mikkel Jensen

“…Extending in particular from historian Thomas Frank’s argument in People without Power that populism can usefully be understood as a particular American tradition of leftism, the article traces how three of Moore’s films—Roger & Me (1989), Sicko (2007), and Capitalism: A Love Story (2009)—articulate political concerns that overlap with the political beliefs of American populism. …”
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