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• Britannica 1768: Felis, the Cat

  
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  The cat is a well-known domestic animal, and therefore requires no particular description. The wildcats, the cat of Angora, &c. differ only in the length of their hair, and some small varieties arising from climate and their manner of living. Illustration of an Angora cat from the first edition of the ...
  6 days ago

• Arte ovunque, nel Regno Unito capolavori come manifesti pubblicitari

  
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  “Inondare le strade con l’arte”, e al posto dei noiosissimi e spesso squallidi cartelloni pubblicitari, poster giganti col meglio dell’arte nazionale d’ogni tempo. In Italia? Magari, accade nel Regno Unito
  1 week ago

• Britannica Classic Videos: The Tale of Rumpelstiltskin (1974)

  
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  This year marks the 70th anniversary of Britannica’s film production wing, which means that by this point our archive is quite the treasure trove. Some of these films are outdated, some are irrelevant, and some are cultural artifacts—kitschy products of their time. We have decided to start sharing the most ...
  1 week ago

• Wikipedia Brown: ‘Rue Britannica’ (conclusion)

  
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  Back in September 2011, First Arkansas News aired the first (and so far, only) episode of Wikipedia Brown – a bit of modern audio theater that was a blatant rip off of Encyclopedia Brown and featured a teen detective who got simple facts terribly... Youre looking at a mere summary and thats a pity. For the rest of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Taxation Is Robbery….. by Frank Chodorov

  
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                            The Encyclopaedia Britannica defines taxation as “that part of the revenues of a state which is obtained by the compulsory dues and charges upon its subjects.”       That is about as concise and accurate as a definition can be; it […]
  2 weeks ago

• Britannica1768: Africa

  
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  AFRICA, one of the four principal divisions of the earth. Map of Africa from the first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica, vol. 2, plate XC. Credit: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. Along the coasts, it is in general reckoned abundantly fruitful, and its produce excellent. The Romans very justly considered ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wikipedia Brown: ‘Rue Britannica’ (Part 2 of 3)

  
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  Back in September 2011, First Arkansas News aired the first (and so far, only) episode of Wikipedia Brown – a bit of modern audio theater that was a blatant rip off of Encyclopedia Brown and featured a teen detective who got simple facts terribly... Youre looking at a mere summary and thats a pity. For the rest of ...
  3 weeks ago

• Difficulties of Defining and Mapping Ethnicity

  
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  This is a guest post by Brooke Bocast, a   PhD candidate in anthropology at Temple University and a visiting predoctoral fellow at Northwestern University. She is currently   writing her doctoral dissertation on gender, consumption, and higher education in Uganda. On May 16, the Washington Post ’s Max ...
  3 weeks ago

• Britannica Classic Videos: Juggling Shapes, Sizes, Colors, Textures (1980)

  
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  This year marks the 70th anniversary of Britannica’s film production wing, which means that by this point our archive is quite the treasure trove. Some of these films are outdated, some are irrelevant, and some are cultural artifacts—kitschy products of their time. We have decided to start sharing the most ...
  3 weeks ago

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