Alien nation

‘The Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation’ cannot easily be explained in the terms of modern states. Deriving its authority from ancient history, it still upheld the aspiration t...

Chinese spirit-basket divination, which dates to the fifth century, would have been lost to the world had it not been reincarnated as Indonesian jailangkung. The term is the homoph...

R. Abraham Isaac Kook (1865–1935) was Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi of Palestine before the creation of the state of the Israel and an immensely influential figure in religious Zionism. Th...

The free jazz revolution that began in the mid-1950s represented an artistic and sociopolitical response to the economic, racial, and musical climate of jazz and the nation. In par...

The contribution to the overall tonal component of the noise from the vibration of the grid section of an open grid bridge deck due to excitation by the interaction with the vehicl...

Marcus Aurelius (b. 121 ce) was heir to the throne for twenty-three years, beginning in 138 ce, and then Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 180. He was a philosopher as well...

As gatekeepers, journalists have the power to select the sources that get a voice in crisis coverage. The aim of this study is to find out how journalists select sources during a c...

Abstract Spatial structure reflects physical urban agglomerations development and may have economic, societal, and environmental spillover effects. As China pays more atten...