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Im Fokus der Arbeit steht eine von der Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur federführend organisierte Jubiläumsausstellung. An dieser besonderen und gleichermaßen signifikanten Form staatlicher Geschichtspolitik interessiert vor allem das Wie...
Editeur : Springer VS
Parution : 2025-05-20
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book is a biographical study of unprecedented scope and detail of the celebrated Anna Gordon, Mrs. Brown of Falkland, whose magnificent repertory of old Scottish ballads attracted the fascinated attention of intellectuals and song collectors during the later years...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2025-05-20
Format(s) : ePub
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Washington's Spies, "a page-turning thriller" (James M. Scott) about one of the greatest heists in history: the U.S. Navy’s clandestine capture of a Nazi U-boat at the climax of World War II....
Editeur : Little, Brown and Company
Parution : 2025-05-20
Format(s) : ePub
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The book is the first historical reconstruction of Italian political events over the last thirty years, that is, the period from the Tangentopoli crisis of the early 1990s to the present day. In particular, the book examines, for the first time in a systematic and...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2025-05-20
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book explores the blues tradition through a collective dialogue with significant musicians and producers of the Austin blues scene. Based on an ethnography in the singular capital of Texas, the self-proclaimed live music capital of the world, it explores the local...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2025-05-19
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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This book adopts a multidisciplinary approach, incorporating knowledge and techniques from disciplines such as astronomy and history. The purpose of astrological divination is to discern the will of the heavens, and its subjects are the ruling class or the entire social...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2025-05-19
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Before the First World War Germany was a global empire with colonies in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Annexed to this empire in 1900 was Samoa, a thriving Polynesian trading hub which had previously been the site of conflict between Britain, Germany, and the United...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2025-05-19
Format(s) : ePub
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The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different environmental and human...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2025-05-16
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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Ethnographies fatefully rely on chance encounters and mysteriously so such encounters come true. "Dead in Banaras" is an instance of just such a fateful chance encounter. In its inception, it set out to follow the 'dead' across multiple social locations of crematoria,...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2025-05-14
Format(s) : ePub
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Following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871, thousands of Commune militants fled France to avoid imprisonment, deportation, or death. As a result, and due in large part to Britain's liberal asylum policy, around 3500 refugees arrived in Britain in the early...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2025-05-14
Format(s) : PDF
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The late-eighteenth-century 'age of revolutions' has long been identified as a key moment in the gendering of modern democratic politics, one which opened up new debates on the 'rights of women' while often re-affirming the masculinity of the political citizen. In...
Editeur : OUP Oxford
Parution : 2025-05-14
Format(s) : PDF
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This book volume presents a nuanced perspective on comprehending power and authority in Indian history by offering a collection of case studies from different regions of India from different periods. The chapters in the book shed light on the sociological, cultural,...
Editeur : Springer
Parution : 2025-05-13
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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"McNally masterfully combines many disparate lineages of political, social, art, and pop history into one singular, sweeping portrait. The result is a stunning vision of a broad and powerful idealism that gripped the world for more than two...
Editeur : Da Capo
Parution : 2025-05-13
Format(s) : ePub
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The astonishing inside story of the Wagner Group, the world’s deadliest militia – “a must-read for anyone interested in the future of Russia and how to counter the Kremlin’s wars” (H. R. McMaster) In June 2023, the Wagner Group...
Editeur : PublicAffairs
Parution : 2025-05-13
Format(s) : ePub
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A gripping chronicle of the relentless fight for Black educational freedom—and the bold strategies to protect, nourish, and empower Black minds. The Battle for the Black Mind is an explosive historical account of the struggle for...
Editeur : Legacy Lit
Parution : 2025-05-13
Format(s) : ePub
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AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThis is the untold story of the rediscovery of the ancient City of David in Jerusalem and the powerful evidence that proves the Jewish people’s historical and indigenous connection to the Holy Land. Since the founding of...
Editeur : Center Street
Parution : 2025-05-13
Format(s) : ePub
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This book explores the history of the Holocaust in relation to Latin America. It is estimated that about 100,000 Jewish refugees immigrated to the region between 1933 and 1945. Despite the critical role Latin America played in sheltering Jewish refugees from...
Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan
Parution : 2025-05-12
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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The Midwest region holds a pivotal place in the tapestry of American history.The Oxford Handbook of Midwestern History delves into this rich heritage with chapters on topics ranging from the early Native American and French Midwest to the impact of the Northwest...
Editeur : Oxford University Press
Parution : 2025-05-09
Format(s) : PDF, ePub
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From Sergeant Stubby to Antis the radar dog, meet the heroic hounds who put their lives on the line in this inspiring compendium of real-life war dog storiesWe all know that a dog is a human's best friend, but they are even more than that. The truth is that these...
Editeur : Summersdale
Parution : 2025-05-08
Format(s) : ePub
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The former head of Lockheed's SKUNK WORKS reveals the amazing story of the secret aircraft that changed the course of history - from the U-2 to the Stealth Fighter. A must-read for anyone interested in aviation, advanced technologies, Cold War history, and thrilling...
Editeur : Sphere
Parution : 2025-05-08
Format(s) : ePub
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