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Ist im Spannungsfeld zwischen Holocaustliteratur und Ghostwriting auch ein Ende von Authentizität zu erwarten? Der Ghostwriter ist ein gängiger Aktant im Genre Autobiografie. Die Anforderungen an den Ghostwriter eines historischen Zeugen scheinen besonders hoch zu sein,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-07-29
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This book is the first English-language study of the social, intellectual and institutional history of sociology and the social sciences in Hungary.
Starting with the emergence of the discipline in the early 20th century, Karady and Nagy chart its development...
Editeur :
Palgrave Pivot
Parution :
2019-07-29
Collection :
Sociology Transformed
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This book adds a crucial focus on morality to the growing literature on the history of capitalism by exploring social and cultural perspectives on the economic order that has dominated the modern world. Taking the study beyond narrow economic confines, it traces the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-26
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This book explores China’s urban development, examining the history and culture of Chinese cities and providing a cultural background to the rapid urban development of contemporary China. It offers a new perspective on Chinese urban history, showcasing the traditional...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-25
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This book considers urban development in China, highlighting links between China’s history and civilization and the rapid evolution of its urban forms. It explores the early days of urban dwelling in China, progressing to an analysis of residential environments in the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-25
Collection :
China Connections
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This book examines the Avar siege of Constantinople in 626, one of the most significant events of the seventh century, and the impact and repercussions this had on the political, military, economic and religious structures of the Byzantine Empire. The siege put an end...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-25
Collection :
New Approaches to Byzantine History and Culture
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Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country were reeling from a series of economic shocks that had brought Spain to the brink of ruin. The housing boom had...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2019-07-25
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The unifying theme in the life of Guru Gobind Singh was confrontation with the Mughals, which culminated in a struggle for political power. This fact is brought into sharp focus when we consider the Guru’s life and legacy simultaneously in the contexts of the Mughal...
Editeur :
OUP India
Parution :
2019-07-25
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Today's information technology often seems to take on a life of its own, spreading into every part of our lives. In the Roman world things were different. Technologies were limited to small, scattered social groups.
By examining five technologies-lists, tables,...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-07-25
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one of the most recognizable acronyms among international organizations. It is mainly associated with the 'oil shock' of 1973 when prices of petroleum quadrupled and industrialized countries and consumers...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-07-25
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The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is one of the most recognizable acronyms among international organizations. It is mainly associated with the 'oil shock' of 1973 when prices of petroleum quadrupled and industrialized countries and consumers...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-07-25
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Any consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime which dominated European history for 12 years, and left a legacy that still echoes with us today. The incredible force of the destructive vision at...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-07-25
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Any consideration of the 20th century would be incomplete without a discussion of Nazi Germany, an extraordinary regime which dominated European history for 12 years, and left a legacy that still echoes with us today. The incredible force of the destructive vision at...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-07-25
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In the course of the twentieth century, Italy succeeded in establishing itself as one of the world's preeminent fashion capitals, despite the centuries-old predominance of Paris and London. This book traces the story of how this came to be, guiding readers through the...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-24
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This book provides a comparative study of fascisms and reactionary nationalisms. It presents these as transnational political cultures and examines the dictatorships and regimes in which these cultures played significant roles. The book is organised into three main...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-23
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This volume is concerned with diplomacy between England and the papal curia during the first phase of the Anglo-French conflict known as the Hundred Years' War (1305-1360). On the one hand, Barbara Bombi compares how the practice of diplomacy, conducted through both...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-07-23
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The Battle for Milne Bay - Japan's first defeat on land in the Second World War - was a defining moment in the evolution of the indomitable Australian fighting spirit. For the men of the AIF, the militia and the RAAF, it was the turning point in the Pacific, and their...
Editeur :
Hachette Australia
Parution :
2019-07-23
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This book explores how different constituencies influenced the development of nineteenth-century swimming in England, and highlights the central role played by swimming professors. These professionals were influential in inspiring participation in swimming, particularly...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-22
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This book explores the work of artists based in the global south whose practices and methods interrogate and explore the residue of Empire. In doing so, it highlights the way that contemporary art can assist in the un-forgetting of colonial violence and oppression that...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-07-22
Collection :
Palgrave Macmillan Memory Studies
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The rise of the modern Christian Right, starting with the 1976 Presidential election and culminating in the overwhelming white evangelical support for Donald Trump in the 2016 election, has been one of the most consequential political developments of the last...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-07-19
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