‘Books written by the so-called colonials or half-bloods’: Italian publishers’ reception of novels by the Windrush writers in the 1950s and 1960s
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DOI: 10.1017/mit.2018.30
Abstract: This article contributes to the expanding body of scholarship investigating the problematic correlations between racism, the legacy of colonialism, and configurations of national and cultural identity in post-war Italy. It does so through a yet… read more here.
Keywords: del; writers 1950s; 1950s 1960s; della ... See more keywords
To protect white men: job reservation in elevators in South Africa in the 1950s and 1960s
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DOI: 10.1080/03071022.2020.1812304
Abstract: ABSTRACT ‘Job reservation’ bolstered apartheid state power in South Africa through affirming the status and class position of whites. Under Section 77 of the 1956 Industrial Conciliation Act, an industrial tribunal could be set up… read more here.
Keywords: south africa; 1950s 1960s; job reservation; white men ... See more keywords
The famished soul: resonance and relevance of the Irish famine to Irish men’s accounts of hunger following immigration to England during the 1950s and 1960s
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DOI: 10.1080/09670882.2019.1600645
Abstract: ABSTRACT This paper uses a hermeneutically informed analysis to reveal how Irish men’s accounts of acute hunger on arrival in England during the 1950s and 1960s resonate with archival oral accounts of the Great Hunger… read more here.
Keywords: irish men; 1950s 1960s; hunger; men accounts ... See more keywords
The Role of Libraries in Shaping the Humanities: Australia in the 1950s and 1960s
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DOI: 10.1086/710280
Abstract: Libraries have long been crucial institutions for the humanities. However, rarely have humanities scholars reflected on how central libraries have historically been to their research and scholarship. As digitization of library and archival materials accelerate,… read more here.
Keywords: research; 1950s 1960s; role libraries; australia 1950s ... See more keywords
“The Duty of Their Elders” – Doctors, Coaches, and the Framing of Youth Football’s Health Risks, 1950s–1960s
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DOI: 10.1093/jhmas/jry042
Abstract: ABSTRACT:After World War II, organized tackle football programs for boys younger than high school age grew enormously in popularity in the United States, prompting concerns from pediatricians and educators about the sport’s physical and emotional… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; football; 1950s 1960s; youth football ... See more keywords
All the world's a stage: How Irish immigrants negotiated life in England in the 1950s/1960s using Goffman's theory of impression management
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DOI: 10.1177/0791603520939806
Abstract: This paper uses oral history to consider the relative merits of symbolic interactionism in revealing new insights regarding the Irish immigration experience in England during the 1950s and 1960s. Using a variety of rubrics attributed… read more here.
Keywords: 1960s using; 1950s 1960s; irish immigrants; england 1950s ... See more keywords