The literature of working men; being the supplementary numbers of The Working man's friend, from March, 1850 to February, 1851, inclusive.

Mode of access: Internet.

Joseph Mainzer (1801-1851) and the popularisation of choral singing in Britain

Singing master Joseph Mainzer came to England in 1841 as a political refugee from Germany. Through his music schools, his textbook Singing for the Million, and his journal Mainzer’s Musical Times (today The Musical Times) he contributed significantly to the popularisation of choral singing in Britain. This essay takes Mainzer’s political background as a starting point to investigate the complex relationship between refuge and artistic production. It is argued that the latter was deeply informed by the former. Mainzer not only transferred choral traditions but also a politicised concept of popular culture which started to take hold in pre-revolutionary Vorma¨rz-Germany. The case study is integrated into the larger framework of Anglo-German cultural relations and political refuge in mid-nineteenth century Britain.

Zum Andenken an das auf den 20. April 1851 mir bereitete Amts-Jubiläum

von alt Chorherr und Archidiakon Cramer

Fossil associations from the middle and upper Eocene strata of the Pamplona Basin and surrounding areas (Navarre, western Pyrenees)

Fossil associations from the middle and upper Eocene (Bartonian and Priabonian) sedimentary succession of the Pamplona Basin are described. This succession was accumulated in the western part of the South Pyrenean peripheral foreland basin and extends from deep-marine turbiditic (Ezkaba Sandstone Formation) to deltaic (Pamplona Marl, Ardanatz Sandstone and Ilundain Marl formations) and marginal marine deposits (Gendulain Formation). The micropalaeontological content is high. It is dominated by foraminifera, and common ostracods and other microfossils are also present. The fossil ichnoasssemblages include at least 23 ichnogenera and 28 ichnospecies indicative of Nereites, Cruziana, Glossifungites and ?Scoyenia-Mermia ichnofacies. Body macrofossils of 78 taxa corresponding to macroforaminifera, sponges, corals, bryozoans, brachiopods, annelids, molluscs, arthropods, echinoderms and vertebrates have been identified. Both the number of ichnotaxa and of species (e. g. bryozoans, molluscs and condrichthyans) may be considerably higher. Body fossil assemblages are comparable to those from the Eocene of the Nord Pyrenean area (Basque Coast), and also to those from the Eocene of the west-central and eastern part of South Pyrenean area (Aragon and Catalonia). At the European scale, the molluscs assemblages seem endemic from the Pyrenean area, although several Tethyan (Italy and Alps) and Northern elements (Paris basin and Normandy) have been recorded. Palaeontological data of studied sedimentary units fit well with the shallowing process that throughout the middle and late Eocene occurs in the area, according to the sedimentological and stratigraphical data.

Rough sketch of the country from Lake Champlain and the River Sorell extending to the eastward as far as the River St. Francois and the Cohos on the Connecticut, shewing the march of 21 officers & Canadians in October and November 1780 under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Carleton, in order to discover the road cut by the rebels under the direction of Colonel Hazen in the year 1778 & 1779.

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The military in the Chamber of Deputies 1851-1870 – corporative lines of action in defense of the army

Based on our reading of the minutes of the parliamentary sessions, we shall attempt in this study to analyze the performance of army officers in the Chamber of Deputies, which, from 1851 to 1870, represented one of the most important settings for the military’s participation in politics

Edición y caracterización lingüística del libro sefardí "La güerta de oro" de David M. Atías (Liorna, 1778)

La güerta de oro, compuesta por David M. Atías y publicada en caracteres hebreos en Liorna en 1778, es la obra de tema profano más antigua que conocemos en judeoespañol y por su contenido se diferencia literariamente del resto de la producción sefardí coetánea. Recorde-mos al respecto que la literatura sefardí escrita del siglo XVIII y la producida hasta el segundo tercio del siglo XIX desarrolla casi en exclusiva temas que se han denominado religioso-patri-moniales. Es, por tanto, la primera obra sefardí de transmisión escrita que intenta introducir los géne-ros literarios occidentales modernos en la literatura judeoespañola y supone un precedente de otros libros de entretenimiento con contenido misceláneo que se publicarán hacia el primer tercio del siglo XX. El intento de «occidentalizar» los géneros literarios sefardíes parece natural en su autor, un hombre educado en Occidente (Italia) y habituado, por ello, al gusto literario occidental. El hecho de que tardaran aproximadamente un siglo en aparecer nuevas obras de géneros similares indica que Atías no consiguió el fin que pretendía (al menos de forma inmediata), pues este camino por él emprendido no tuvo continuación, sino que se alcanzó como resultado natural de la evolución de la sociedad sefardí. Sin embargo, sí tuvo cierta repercusión entre los sefardíes orientales, ya que se realizó una reedición parcial en el libro Ḥut hamešuláš (Salónica, 1857). Y no solo resulta muy singular la obra por su contenido, sino también por su lengua, alejada de los registros hebraizantes propios de la literatura religioso-patrimonial...

Non-indigenous Japanese oyster drill Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) inornata (Récluz, 1851) (Gastropoda: Muricidae) on the south-west coast of Portugal

The Japanese oyster drill or rock snail Pteropurpura (Ocinebrellus) inornata (Récluz, 1851), a marine mollusc, belonging to the family Muricidae, is reported from Portugal for the first time. This non-indigenous species, most likely introduced accidentally from French oyster rearing areas into mainland Portugal, has been regularly sampled in shellfish-culture and nearby environments in Sagres, Algarve, Southwest Portugal since 2005–2008. Detailed studies are urgently needed in order to assess whether or not it has become an invasive species due to a range expansion beyond its point of initial introduction. Outputs should provide information to decision-makers to predict and limit further spread which might result in biodiversity loss and negative economical consequences in locally species-rich areas.

Matrimonio y vida cotidiana en el gravamen central costarricense (1851-1899)

ResumenEstudio basado en fuentes del Archivo de la Curia Metropolitana. Analiza la doctrina de la Iglesia Católica respecto al matrimonio, cómo son las relaciones matrimoniales en el gravamen central en la segunda mitad del S. XIX, los roles asignados al marido y a la mujer, así como las principales desviaciones: servicia, adulterio y problemas ocasionados por el alcoholismo.AbstractThis article is based on sources from the archives of the Catholic Church. It focuses on the doctrine of the Catholic Church regarding marriage, and on actual marital relations in the central graven of Costa Rica, during the second half of the nineteenth century, It also includes a discussion of the roles assigned to husband and wife, as well as the main deviant behaviours: extreme cruelty, adultery and problems caused by alcoholism.

Presentazione del progetto di Jacopo Fo Il Teatro Fa Bene: il teatro come strumento di promozione e informazione sanitaria per le donne in Mozambico

Questo elaborato si propone di presentare il progetto Il Teatro Fa Bene realizzato da Jacopo Fo in collaborazione con Eni Foundation e i Medici con l’Africa CUAMM, con l’obiettivo di dimostrare che l’arte del teatro può essere uno strumento di sensibilizzazione e cambiamento attraverso la propria forza emotiva e tramite il suo linguaggio universale, quello del corpo. Lo spettacolo è stato ideato allo scopo di portare informazione e prevenzione sanitaria nella regione di Cabo Delgado, a nord del Mozambico, al fine di promuovere la salute materno-infantile e la partecipazione delle donne nei Centri di Salute che il CUAMM gestisce nel paese. Il primo capitolo offre una rapida panoramica della storia mozambicana focalizzandosi sugli eventi sociali più rilevanti per contestualizzare il progetto che viene esposto; nel secondo capitolo, invece, si trattano più da vicino i fattori che determinano la scarsa affluenza nei centri di salute come conseguenza del forte legame con la tradizione medica dei “curandeiros”. Il terzo capitolo presenta il progetto e ne descrive le fasi di sviluppo, includendo la trama dello spettacolo ed esponendo i cambiamenti rilevati in seguito all’iniziativa; infine, il quarto comprende una piccola intervista che Jacopo Fo ha gentilmente concesso telefonicamente.

[collective Health Paradigms: A Brief Reflection].

The article discusses the possibility of applying Kuhn's concept of paradigm to collective health. The concept and its use in epidemiology, planning and the social sciences are reviewed briefly. The study stresses the multi-paradigmatic character of collective health, resulting from the convergence of multiple epistemologies and the involvement of diverse fields such as the biological sciences, philosophy, the social sciences and humanities.