Title:Portraits of the Nation : stamps, coins and banknotes in Belgium and Switzerland, 1880-1945
Author(s):SCHWARZENBACH, AlexisDate:1997Type of Publication:ThesisSeries/Report no.:EUI PhD thesesAbstract:Portraits of the Nation offers a fascinating insight into the construction and development of national identity in two multilingual countries—Belgium and Switzerland. This book not only shows that multilingualism was no ...
Title:Portraits of the Nation: Stamps, coins, and banknotes in Belgium and Switzerland, 1880-1945
Author(s):SCHWARZENBACH, AlexisDate:1999Type of Publication:BookAbstract:Portraits of the Nation offers a fascinating insight into the construction and development of national identity in two multilingual countries—Belgium and Switzerland. This book not only shows that multilingualism was no ...
Title:Portugal, The Persian Gulf and Safavid Persia
Author(s):MATTHEE, Rudi; FLORES, JorgeDate:2011Type of Publication:BookAbstract:The Portuguese were the first Europeans to play a major commercial, military and diplomatic role in the Persian Gulf basin. They first appeared before Hormuz in 1507, established a toll house on the island in 1515, and ...
Title:Portuguese Oceanic Expansion, 1400-1800
Author(s):BETHENCOURT, Francisco; CURTO, Diogo RamadaDate:2007Type of Publication:BookAbstract:A unique overview of Portuguese oceanic expansion between 1400 and 1800, the essays in this 2007 volume treat a wide range of subjects - economy and society, politics and institutions, cultural configurations and comparative ...
Title:Postscript
Author(s):STRATH, Bo; MAGNUSSON, LarsDate:2001Type of Publication:Contribution to book
Title:Potash, Saltpeter and Tar. Production, Exports and Use of Wood in Finland in the 19th Century
Author(s):KUNNAS, JanDate:2007Type of Publication:ArticleAbstract:Abstract
Quantitative calculations on the use of natural resources provide valuable tools, which can give new insights to old questions and rise new ones. In this article, I compare the wood consumption in the production ...