Historical Introduction

Compiled with an Introduction Part Ii. Perspectives from Historical Archaeology in Africa 2. Historical Archaeology in Sub-saharan Africa --a Review

This introduction chapter addresses historical trends in African diaspora archaeology over the past several decades, assesses ongoing debates in theories, research questions, and interpretative frameworks, and provides an overview of the selected readings included in this volume. [pp. 1-25] Part II. Perspectives from Historical Archaeology in Africa 2. Historical Archaeology in Sub-Saharan Afri...

Historical Note: Did double-entry bookkeeping contribute to economic development, specifically the introduction of capitalism?

The purpose of this note is to offer a broad historical setting in which to review Yamey’s criticisms of Sombart and other historians regarding the significance they attributed to the introduction of double-entry bookkeeping for economic development. In a series of articles Yamey (1947, 1949, 1959, and1964, for example) challenged their views of the importance of double-entry bookkeeping to eco...

Introduction: Civil War Termination in Historical and Theoretical Context

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF IN VITRO AR TA ASSAYS 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Historical Background of In Vitro Endocrine Disruptor Assays and Rationale for Their Development

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF IN VITRO AR TA ASSAYS 1.

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF IN VITRO ER BINDING ASSAYS 1.1 Introduction 1.1.1 Historical Background of In Vitro Endocrine Disruptor Assays and Rationale for Their Development

1.0 INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE FOR THE USE OF IN VITRO ER BINDING ASSAYS 1.

Historical review of interstitial prostate brachytherapy

In the recent years, interstitial brachytherapy implantation has become the treatment of choice for early stage prostate cancer patients. Treatment of prostate cancer with radiation is traced back to 1909. Originally this treatment modality was very crude and could not gain much popularity till 1982. Advancements in radioactive source designs, introduction of new low energy radioactive sources,...