The Safavid society’s approach to sexuality and gender has made it a reference for the “pre-modern” discourse, in which manifest—in contemporary terminology—queerness fluidity. While is important not romanticize image of Orient as queer heaven, possible consider society an site inquiry that offers valuable insights on pre-colonial sexuality. A less discussed topic literature gendered sexual sla...

While U.S. slave institutions formally guaranteed slaveowner property, the threat of fugitive slaves constrained economic development in the slave sector. We present new evidence on the economics of the slave South, focusing on the enforcement of slave property rights. We collect data on the characteristics of, and money rewards offered to slave catchers for, individual runaway slaves from 20,0...

Leviticus 25:39–46 describes a two-tier model of slavery that distinguishes Israelites from foreign slaves. It requires be indentured only temporarily while foreigners can enslaved as chattel (permanent property). This resembles the distinction between White slaves and Black in American colonies. However, biblical influence on these early modern practices has been obscured by rarity citations L...

It is hypothesized that labor availability and related low levels of demand for women in agricultural work explain the high incidence of nuclear family formation in some Caribbean slave societies, as well as occasional high birth rates. Three paired comparisons, reflecting differing levels of labor supply, are examine: The Leewards and the Bahamas; Martinique and Barbados; and Cuba and Jamaica....

151 " The best protection against wild over-diagnosis is to ignore DSM-5. It is not official. It is not well done. It is not safe. Don't buy it. Don't use it. Don't teach it ". 1 These are the words of Allen Frances, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry at Duke University, who was chairperson of the taskforce that developed DSM-IV. A scathing indictment of the diagnostic system adopted years ago by...

The administration of the Roman customs and tax system had undergone considerable change under reign Marcus Aurelius. name career Caius Antonius Rufus survived in Pannonia, a certainly active participant this transformation, who directed custom collection territory publicum portorium Illyrici, when modification took place. However, details event, which can be documented with specific names offi...

The Brazilian economy was, until the end of 19th Century, based on slave labour. However, in this first quarter 21st problem persists. These situations tend to be mistaken with “simple” violations labour laws. This work aims establish Occupational Health and Safety parameters, focusing energy needs, distinguish between breach legislation modern rural slavery Century Brazil. In response challeng...

J A? IAI(’A, the largest of the British West Indian islands, was originally inhahitated by primitive Amerindians know’n as Arawaks, who dwindled to insignificatit numbers during the one hutidred and sixty-one years of Spanish rule which follow-ed the discovery of the Island in 1494. During the 17th atid 18th centuries, the British and Spanish planters, w-ho had originally settled Jamaica, impor...

ADNAN SALEEM: Implementation and Performance Analysis of Wishbone Shared Bus for Single Master-Multiple Slaves TAMPERE UNVIERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY Master of Science Thesis, 55 pages Month and year of completion: April 2015 Master’s Degree in Information Technology Major: Digital and Computer Electronics Examiner(s): Prof. Timo D. Hämäläinen, Erno Salminen

Contact languages are born out of the non-trivial interaction of two (or more) parent languages. Nowadays, the enhanced possibility of mobility and communication allows for a strong mixing of languages and cultures, thus raising the issue of whether there are any pure languages or cultures that are unaffected by contact with others. As with bacteria or viruses in biological evolution, the evolu...