Harry Braverman on the working class and structural transformations of twentieth century society

Health and society in twentieth-century Britain

Well-chosen illustrations and excerpts from sources including Richard Lower, Thomas Willis, John Mayow, Giovanni Alfonso Borelli, Johannes Bernoulli, Hermann Boerhaave and Albrecht von Haller, aptly evidence the immediate impact of Stensen's theory and the variety of misinterpretations which beset it over the ensuing years. Kardel does not consider the possibility that Stensen may have contribu...

Muslim Intellectuals and the Perennial Philosophy in the Twentieth Century

This paper will examine how Muslim intellectuals, as a result of their attachment to the doctrine of Divine Unity (taw¤hīd), the Quran, Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad, and the doctrines and methods of Sufism, were largely responsible for the restating of the perennial philosophy in the West in the twentieth century. The article consists of four sections: an introduction to the term 'philosophia...

Population and society in twentieth-century Southeast Asia.

The historical demographic analysis in this article is a revision of a paper presented at the Conference of the Northwest Regional Consortium for Southeast Asian Studies in 1988 at the University of Oregon. The author takes the view that fertility has remained high in the Southeast Asian region due to the dynamics of colonialism and the reinforcement of traditional society. Industrialization,...

on translation of phatic communion and socio-cultural relationships between the characters of the novels

phatic communion is a cultural concept which differs across cultures. according to hofstede (2001), the u.s. tends to have individualistic culture; however, asian countries tend to have collectivistic cultures. these cultures view phatic communion differently. in individualistic cultures like u.s., phatic communion reflects speakers’ socio-cultural relationships in conversations. to see whether...

Field Experiments in Class Size from the Early Twentieth Century