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A neglected source of household air pollution
Dan Leven discusses purposely produced smoke (PPS) prevalence, reasons for use and safety perceptions.
Accessible sovereignty
Frank Mort discusses the testimony of soldiers and nurses from Australia, Canada and Britain to argue that wartime…
The Typewriter Century: A Cultural History of Writing Practices
Martyn Lyons discusses how the typewriter become a symbol of the transformation from manual to digital technology.
Divorce and legal separation in Australia
Marian Quartly discusses the practice of family history as a lens to examine broader issues of women’s history
The Peranakan Chinese of the Straits Settlements, 1890–1948
Bernard Keo discusses the development of Peranakan ideas of the nation from the late-nineteenth century to the immediate…
Creating God: The birth and growth of major religions
Robin Derricourt discusses the birth and growth of the major religions
Ancient Egypt and Early China State, Society, and Culture
Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE)…
Nazi plans for a new European order and European responses
Tim Kirk discusses the lost mentalities of Axis Europe and to show how they influenced strategies of collaboration,…
Colonization, Land Registries and the Torrens Act
Sung-eun Choi discusses the settler-colonial context of French Algeria and the Torrens Act and why the registration law…
Harnessing the Past for Present Purposes
Bri McKenzie describes some of the challenges that arise when teaching focused researchers aim both to highlight new…
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