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National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957 (2013)
Journal Article
Williamson, P. (2013). National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957. The English Historical Review, 128(531), 324-366. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/ces182

A terrible war had been followed by a harsh winter: trade was poor, money was scarce, and food, fuel and other essentials were in short supply. Extraordinary measures seemed necessary, so the king on the advice of his archbishop and chief minister su... Read More about National days of prayer: the churches, the state and public worship in Britain 1899-1957.

Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980 (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, J., & Gona, G. (2013). Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980. Comparative Studies in Society and History, 55(2), 448-473. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0010417513000091

The apparent mobilizing power of ethnic sentiment in recent African history has been the subject of vigorous debate. Studies that emphasize the centrality of colonialism and the instrumental use of ethnicity have been criticized by a scholarship argu... Read More about Tradition, tribe and state in Kenya: the Mijikenda Union, 1945-1980.

Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933. (2013)
Journal Article
Treglia, G. (2013). Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933. Journal of American Studies, 47(3), 777-800. https://doi.org/10.1017/s002187581200206x

From the 1880s until the early 1930s the US federal government adopted a formal policy of intolerance towards Native American cultures and religions, stemming primarily from the belief that traditional religio-cultural practices – especially dances –... Read More about Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933..

Popular senses of time and place in Tudor and Stuart England (2013)
Journal Article
Wood, A. (2013). Popular senses of time and place in Tudor and Stuart England. Insights (Durham), 6, Article 3

This paper presents some early findings of ongoing archival investigation into popular conceptions of time in Tudor and Stuart England. It begins with a critical survey of some of the ways in which historians have understood time. Such accounts have... Read More about Popular senses of time and place in Tudor and Stuart England.

Engendrer le tabou. L’interprétation du lévitique 15, 18-19 et 20-18 et de la menstruation sous l’ancien régime (2013)
Journal Article
McClive, C. (2013). Engendrer le tabou. L’interprétation du lévitique 15, 18-19 et 20-18 et de la menstruation sous l’ancien régime. Annales de démographie historique (En ligne), 125(1), 165-210. https://doi.org/10.3917/adh.125.0165

This article criticises the traditional representation of early modern elite male attitudes towards menstruation as misogynist, arguing that a fuller and more nuanced analysis of such attitudes is needed. It proposes that this can be reached through... Read More about Engendrer le tabou. L’interprétation du lévitique 15, 18-19 et 20-18 et de la menstruation sous l’ancien régime.

Is the Contingentist/Inevitabilist Debate a Matter of Degrees? (2013)
Journal Article
Martin, J. D. (2013). Is the Contingentist/Inevitabilist Debate a Matter of Degrees?. Philosophy of Science, 80(5), 919-930. https://doi.org/10.1086/674003

The contingentist/inevitabilist debate contests whether the results of successful science are contingent or inevitable. This article addresses lingering ambiguity in the way contingency is defined in this debate. I argue that contingency in science c... Read More about Is the Contingentist/Inevitabilist Debate a Matter of Degrees?.

Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya (2013)
Journal Article
Willis, J., & Gona, G. (2013). Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya. African Affairs, 112(446), 48-71. https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/ads064

Following the elections of 2007, there was a significant increase in public expressions of secessionist feeling on the Kenya coast. During 2010 and 2011, one manifestation of this was the emergence of the Mombasa Republic Council (MRC), which demands... Read More about Pwani C Kenya? Memory, documents and secessionist politics in coastal Kenya.