Self-Made Man : My year disguised as a man / by 309344 Vincent, Norah

Self-made man : one womans journey into manhood and back again / by 309344 Vincent, Norah

Appropriating Identity: William Hogarth, Thomas Gainsborough, and Britain’s Myth of the Self-Made Man by Jayme Yahr

“…Britain’s self-made man was defined by taste, money, influence, and most importantly, middle-class rank in the early decades of the Industrial Revolution. …”
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Da villain a self-made man L’evoluzione della figura del criminale nei gialli svedesi by Catia De Marco

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From boys to men in Edward Bulwer-Lytton's Pelham and Horatio Alger's "Struggling Upward": the dandy and the self-made man coming of age by Marta Miquel Baldellou

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It's in his kiss / by Shalvis, Jill, author

“…Boatbuilder and investment genius Sam Brody is a self-made man who knows how dangerous it can be to mix business and pleasure. …”

La imagen en El Perú Ilustrado (Lima, 1887-1892) by Isabelle Tauzin Castellanos

“…Afterwards the analysis focuses on the portraits of celebrities which give special importance to the model of the “self made man” . From north to south Peru is represented as a world on the way to modernity. …”
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aesthetic sensation of George Santayana The problematic by Ibrahim Al-Hussein

“…In the past, there was a tendency to limit the cognitive sphere of beauty to certain physiological senses and to exclude other senses; however, Santayana  did not confine the aesthetic functions to the five senses and the three powers of the soul, but made man with all his powers and organs in general.  …”
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“First I was an explorer; then I was an artist.” Robert J. Flaherty som fotograf by Roswitha Skare

“…In discussions about the early years of Flaherty’s career there has been much emphasis on Flaherty as a man with little formal education, a self- made man and an explorer. Flaherty’s statement “First I was an explorer; then I was an artist” is quoted over and over again. …”
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aesthetic sensation of George Santayana The problematic by إبراهيم الحسين

“…In the past, there was a tendency to limit the cognitive sphere of beauty to certain physiological senses and to exclude other senses; however, Santayana  did not confine the aesthetic functions to the five senses and the three powers of the soul, but made man with all his powers and organs in general.  …”
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Contextualizing twentieth century business life histories: The cases of Papastratos and Katsambas by Maria Christina Chatziioannou

“…They shed light in their lives, their sacrifices and labour. The term “self-made man” was used in the first decades of the 19th century American politics, while defending and praising manufacturers who deserved the nation’s honours and favours because they had acquired wealth by hard-working devotion to business. …”
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E. A. Martel, The Traveller Who Almost Become an Academian by Pierre-Olaf Schut

“…Showing the anonymous member of the Club Alpin Français rising up to being candidate at the Academy of sciences, this biography illustrates the path of a self-made man right up to the highest spheres of science. …”
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Perception sectorielle face À la nécessité d’une vision globale et partagée de l’estuaire de la Seine by Jean-Claude Dauvin

“…However, according to, their sensitivities, scientists, administrators or policy makers consider various limits of this interface constituted of diversified natural heritage environments but strongly made man modified. The degradation of the Seine estuary began in the middle of 19th with the decreasing of the water quality, the contamination of the ecosystem and the reduction of the intertidal surfaces by the silting of industrial and harbour surfaces. …”
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The Right to Self-Determination in Islam and Current International law by Manuchehr Tavassoli Naini, Farnaz Shirani

“…Article 56 of the constitution of Islamic republic of Iran in this respect provides that: “Absolute sovereignty over the world and man belongs to God, and it is He Who has made man master of his own social destiny. No one can deprive man of this divine right, nor subordinate it to the vested interests of a particular individual or group. …”
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Människans flykt från naturen i C. S. Sherringtons Man on his nature by Torbjörn Gustafsson Chorell

“…I argue that the all-present urge-to-live, that strives to keep all living organisms as integrative wholes, was the principle that made man’s escape possible in the first place. Through man’s distancing from the pre-historical state of nature, man has distinguished himself from the rest of nature. …”
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Preface: "On Revenge" by Anna Maria Jones

“…Yet, I would suggest that the relationship between Mannion's persona as socially-productive, disciplined, and efficient self-made man and his role as a stealthily, indefatigably vengeful plotter is much more synergistic than antagonistic. …”
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Garden Egg (Solanum aethiopicum) as a Mystical plant in Akabo, South Eastern Nigeria: Health and Economic Implications by E. Opara, G. A. Udourioh

“…As recorded in the holy books, God made man and woman and told them to eat vegetables to keep their bodies and spirits healthy and together. …”
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Amerykański nacjonalizm by Krzysztof Kasiński

“…Coined by Michael Parenti, this term encompasses both democratic ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and vision of a self-made man, who is the organizer of American statehood. …”
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Functional assessment of surgically managed ankle fractures by K K Kiran Kumar, C Lalithmohan, K Sai Pradeep, P Chandrashekhar

“…Background: Civilization has made man more prone to injuries. Ankle fractures are one of the most common injuries treated by orthopedic surgeons. …”
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The Brontës and masculinity by Nyborg, E

“…I track the Brontës' various engagements with and revisions of Byronic and Carlylean forms of masculinity, as well as the rise and fall of the silver fork dandy and the emergence of both the Victorian self-made man and the new professional.</p> <p>This study considers how the Brontës' representations of gender formation were affected by different modes of familial literary production and collaboration. …”