Writing Scottish Parliamentary History, c.1500–1707

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Introduction In his 1971 Journal of Asian Studies article, "Serfdom and Mobility: An Examination of the Institution of 'Human Lease' in Traditional Tibetan Society," Melvyn Goldstein proclaims, "Tibet was characterized by a form of institutionalized inequality that can be called pervasive serfdom," and thereby launched his narrative of serfdom. In this chapter I will deconstruct Goldstein's nar...

Scottish Society of the History of Medicine

57. S.S.R., R 38. 9.10.1860. 58. Singapore Free Press, 24.1.1861. Microfilm. National Library, Singapore. 59. S.S.R., X 21. 23.1.1861. 60. Singapore Free Press, 28.2.1861. Microfilm. National Library, Singapore. 61. S.S.R., X 21. 2.2.1861. 62. S.S.R., W 38. 23.5.1861. 63. S.S.R., W 39. 15.7.1861. 64. S.S.R., W 41. 15.1.1862. 65. S.S.R., W 42. 15.4.1862. 66. S.S.R., W 42. 30.4.1862. 67. S.S.R., ...

Scottish Society of the History of Medicine

dated 1638. While it bears a resemblance to the 'true' Hippocrates busts the chin seems very prominent and Richter mentions that this portrait is probably an 'invented one made up in the mind of the sculptor'. The reason for the portrayal of the prognathic chin remains an enigma. The third is a photograph of a lithograph (Figure 13) which appeared in 1825 ;25 this seems to resemble both the rin...

Writing History in the Anthropocene

At an international scientific meeting held in 2000, the NobelPrize-winning atmospheric chemist Paul Crutzen became increasingly frustrated by the repeated use of the term “Holocene” to describe the earth’s most recent geological epoch. “After the term Holocene was mentioned yet again,” one observer recounts, Crutzen became “visibly agitated” and then “interrupted” the session. “‘Stop using the...

A HISTORY of the SCOTTISH PEOPLE THE SCOTTISH EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM 1840