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 state and industrialization in Turkey since the nineteenth century by Şevket Pamuk

“…State directed industrialization in developing countries became a common strategy after World War II. The success of a small number of countries in East Asia added new dimensions to the debates on the role of states in taming domestic and international market forces. …”
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The multifaceted Montessori movement, and its pioneers by Christine Quarfood

“… On the eve of World War I, a new movement took shape, promoting the educational ideas of Ma­ria Montessori. …”
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Life saving science: English four-year olds’ understanding of injuries and the appropriate first aid treatment by Sue Dale Tunnicliffe

“…A class of 29 four-year-old children were shown 8 nine inch tall Teddy Bears, dressed as World War I pilots. Each Teddy Bear with a simulated injury was shown by the researcher to the child and asked, what could be done to help each injured Teddy. …”
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The Journey of Plastics: Historical Development, Environmental Challenges, and the Emergence of Bioplastics for Single-Use Products by Jade Stanley, David Culliton, Antonio-Jonay Jovani-Sancho, Adriana Cunha Neves

“…Its observations include the rise of mass plastic production during World War II and the post-war development, showcasing plastics’ economic and societal impact. …”
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»V imenu narodov Jugoslavije!« Procesi pred vojaškimi sodišči poleti 1945 by Mateja Čoh Kladnik

“…In the aftermath of the Second World War, in May 1945, the first court-martial proceedings started in Slovenia; the convicted were mostly civilians, with very few military personnel among them. …”
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Zwischen dem Plan und seiner Realisierung. Zu den Hodonymen in der Stadt Białystok im Zweiten Weltkrieg unter deutscher Besatzung by Andrzej S. Feret

“…Also in the cities of Poland, in the Second World War many streets and squares were renamed. The aim of this paper is to examine and describe the change of urban names in Białystok in the years 1939-1944, when Poland was under German occupation. …”
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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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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…The main conclusion of this study is that although Dutch society substantially transformed (economically, socially, politically and culturally) during the 19th and early 20th centuries until the Second World War, it was both the agricultural calendar and the Roman Catholic regulations that determined Dutch marriage seasonality.…”
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Shakespeare en prison : le cas d’Avignon by Florence March

“…By doing so, he re-engaged with the festival’s ethos, which promoted democratic theatre as a source of social cohesion in the aftermath of the Second World War. As in 1947, Shakespeare plays a major role in implementing the festival’s sociopolitical and artistic project with Le Pontet penitentiary. …”
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Experts on the defensive: The Tsiganologue versus Romani activism (1959-1973) by Begoña Barrera López

“… This article discusses the figure of the Tsiganalogue, the expert on the “Tsigane question,” in post-World War II France. Specifically, it analyses the role played by one of these experts in the police persecution of Roma ethnic activism during the 1960s and early 1970s. …”
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Questioning Multilateralism: Conceptual Re-Evaluation and the Decline in the Western Multilateral Order by Tamer Kaşıkçı

“…The Western multilateral order (WMO), which was established under the leadership of the US after the Second World War, and remained unrivaled with the collapse of the USSR, has recently entered a multidimensional crisis process. …”
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The ‘one bright light’ of Life in a Dark Cell: Reading and Writing in Victorian and Edwardian English Prisons by Alice Bonzom

“…Between the 1850s and the eve of the First World War, whether penal administrators favoured or hindered reading, prison libraries filled up and pens were put to paper. …”
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Lecture de Sébastien Farré, La Suisse et l’Espagne de Franco. De la guerre civile à la mort du dictateur (1936-1975) by Rose Duroux

“…The question of exile during the civil war and world war II is also tackled, as the important migratory movement in the sixties.…”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…The main conclusion of this study is that although Dutch society substantially transformed (economically, socially, politically and culturally) during the 19th and early 20th centuries until the Second World War, it was both the agricultural calendar and the Roman Catholic regulations that determined Dutch marriage seasonality. …”
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La formation des paysagistes au premier Congrès international des architectes de jardins (1937) by Luisa Limido, Chiara Santini

“…Following the economic, political and social crisis caused by the First World War, the crisis of 1929, and the rise of a new public demand for open spaces for leisure, sports, and recreational activities, garden architects were called on to address profound changes in the commissioning and in the typology, objectives, and scale of landscape projects. …”
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„Ven z pasivity!“ Český konzervativní velkostatek na začátku první světové války by Šárka Lellková

“… At the beginning of the First World War conflicts occurred inside the Party of Bohemian Conservative Great Landowners. …”
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What the Seasons Tell Us. The Monthly Movement of Marriages, Economic Modernization, and Secularization in the Netherlands, 1810-1940 by Theo Engelen

“…The main conclusion of this study is that although Dutch society substantially transformed (economically, socially, politically and culturally) during the 19th and early 20th centuries until the Second World War, it was both the agricultural calendar and the Roman Catholic regulations that determined Dutch marriage seasonality.…”
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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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Gastroenterology, notes on its beginnings in the Central Region of Cuba by Ignacio Morales Martínez, Nancy Andreu Gómez

“…Introduction: Gastroenterology was not officially considered an independent specialty until after World War II. The creation, in 1932, of the Gastroenterology and Proctology section of the American Medical Association laid the foundations in this direction. …”
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