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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"non-elites"”.
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Patronage, Corruption, and Political Culture in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1880--1916
… was both practical and symbolic, as non-elites actively disputed the legitimacy of the political system emphasizing its corruption through patronage and electoral manipulation. The extended perception of the corruption of the political system was to be one of the most important …
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Poems to Open Palms: Praise Performance and the State in the Sultanate of Oman
… such cyclicity as resulting from elite and non-elite mutuality. This praise poetry is rendered within two song and dance complexes: al-razḥa, a collective war dance with drumming and antiphonal choral singing, and al-‘āzī, a choral ode with a solo singer, tight poetic structure, and a chorus …
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Managing public perceptions : reading success in Agamemnon's diapeira
The success of Agamemnon’s test (diapeira) in Iliad 2 is still a matter of debate among Homeric scholars. This report not only argues that Agamemnon’s test was successful, but also will examine how skillfully Agamemnon manipulates his subordinates. Unlike his brash and shameless attempt to …
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Chivalric Culture and the Librairie du Louvre's Textual Community, 1368-1477
… of the king's relatives, other aristocrats, non-elites, and their book collections. It contends that this community utilized books to transmit chivalry and, by extension, knightly masculinity. This dissertation argues that, through the Librairie du Louvre's textual community, one can study …
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The British Army in Ireland 1961-1921 : a social and cultural history
… to obscure the role both of individuals and of non-elites. In so doing, it will restore the importance of 'fighting' and 'front-line' experience as a major determinant of the conflict and the period.
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Artisans and consumption in sixteenth-century Verona
… is particularly the case when it comes to the non elites in more provincial areas. This thesis, by contrast, uncovers information about the everyday lives of ordinary working people in the Renaissance, by drawing on a range of sources, from notarial, court and trade records, to guild and …
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Qiaoxiang and managing overseas Chinese affairs in contemporary North China: The case of Changyi county and its sojourners
… society is also multi-layered, divided between elites and non-elites. The stories and interactions between these two groups people also draw allows for a more detailed understanding of the differences in power among members of the Changyi local community. Furthermore, with the rise of China as …
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Nearer to the People: The Interaction Between Decentralisation and the Political Economy in Uganda
… of elite actors. Authors have engaged less with non-elite and rural perspectives: the viewpoints of those at the ‘grassroot’. This thesis analyses the drivers of district proliferation in Uganda, and includes the viewpoints of those at the grassroot in addition to urban elites. The research …
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Run for Health: Health(icization), Supplements, and Doping in Non-Elite Road Running
… is less common to view training or racing as a non-competitive health practice. However, the majority of non-elite runners who participate in races do so in order to reap benefits from the training process many undertake in preparation for a race. This dissertation is a study of non-elite or …
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Artisans, Vendors, and Practitioners from the Eastern Mediterranean in Early Modern Italy
… and popularised Islamicate objects amongst local non-elite consumers. As makers, suppliers, and customers, these migrant residents also engaged in productive collaborations and exchanges with some local artisans and shopkeepers, including tailors and apothecaries. Similar collaborations took place …
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The British administration of Hinduism in North India, 1780-1900.
… way in which elite pilgrims smoothed the way for non-elite pilgrims to make long and hazardous journeys to the north, setting up traditions of relations with sites and priests that enabled non-elite pilgrimage to continue long after royal patronage declined in the nineteenth century. This section …