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12 April 2024

Opium to the "Fragrant Harbor": a Short History of British Hong Kong (1842-1997)

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Presentation on the history of Hong Kong during the British colonial time. Hong Kong is called the "fragrant harbor" because so st...
05 April 2024

The Dragon at Sea: A Brief Maritime History of China

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This is a video I have prepared for my lectures as guest speaker on cruise ships. It is meant as part education and part entertainment, info...
02 November 2023

Electric cars and the future of Europe

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Build Your Dreams Ursula von der Leyen, the President of the European Union's Commission, says Europe is flooded with cheap subsidized C...
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04 April 2021

Book review: The Shell Money of the Slave Trade (1986) by Jan Hogendorn and Marion Johnson, *****

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Synopsys This study examines the role of cowrie-shell money in West African trade, particularly the slave trade. The shells were carried fro...
18 February 2012

Recensione: Sale Nero, di Marco Aime, Stefano Pensotti e Andrea Semplici, ****

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Sinossi Taudenni e Ahmed Ela: due "non luoghi" africani, il primo in Mali il secondo nella Dancalia etiope, sono un chiaro esemp...
27 December 2009

Recensione: Seta, di Alessandro Baricco, ****

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Sinossi La Francia, i viaggi per mare, il profumo dei gelsi a Lavilledieu, i treni a vapore, la voce di Hélène. Hervé Joncour continuò a...
11 July 2001

Book review: The Slave Trade, 1440-1870 (1999), by Hugh Thomas, *****

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Synopsis After many years of research, Thomas portrays, in a balanced account, the complete history of the slave trade. The Atlantic sla...
01 May 1990

Situazione in Jugoslavia

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Lo sfondo storico e culturale La Jugoslavia è il più giovane dei paesi della regione bal­canica, e quello più debole dal punto di vist...
07 May 1989

14° g - 7 MAG: conversazioni con addetto commerciale italiano e ricercatore russo

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Incontro con Giorgio Sfara, addetto commerciale dell'Ambasciata d'Italia L'interscambio italiano con l'URSS continua ad...
19 June 1980

Getting ready to leave Poland

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In the morning we go to meet the Rector of our university. We have a plan: organize a two-pronged student seminar meeting between Georgetown...
18 June 1980

Crystal and corals

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Easy day of rest, laundry, catching up with our classmates at the dorm. In the evening I go and meet Marian and Ewa at their place. News o...