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32 produkter
Ulster Question since 1945
E-bok, 2017
578 kr
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This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early 17th century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These …
United Nations and International Politics
Av Stephen Ryan
Inbunden, 2000
2036 kr
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Taking an historical approach, Dr. Ryan explores both how the UN has affected world politics and how the international political system has formed and limited the work of the Organization.The book looks at why the UN was created, how it was affected by the Cold War and how successive …
United Nations and International Politics
Av Stephen Ryan
Häftad, 2000
587 kr
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Taking an historical approach, Dr. Ryan explores both how the UN has affected world politics and how the international political system has formed and limited the work of the Organization.The book looks at why the UN was created, how it was affected by the Cold War and how successive …
Decolonization since 1945
The Collapse of European Overseas Empires
Häftad, 2001
514 kr
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One of the most significant changes of the post-1945 world has been the decline and final dismemberment of European colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean. In 1939, roughly a third of the world's entire population lived under colonial rule. At the end of …
America and the World since 1945
Av T.G. Fraser, Donette Murray
Häftad, 2002
529 kr
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American foreign policy is fundamental to any understanding of how the post-war world has been shaped. This insightful and wide-ranging book analyses the policies pursued by each presidency from that of Harry Truman to George W. Bush, and reviews the far-reaching consequences of these actions. …
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
Häftad, 2002
514 kr
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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire describes and explains the creation, maintenance and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 Eastern Europe. Balancing internal factors such as resilient nationalism against external factors such as America's acceleration of the arms race, …
Ulster Question since 1945
Häftad, 2003
513 kr
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This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early 17th century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These …
Spain Since 1939
From Margins to Centre Stage
E-bok, 2009
529 kr
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Spain since 1939 provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most exciting historical narratives of the 20th century: Spain''s development from poverty and isolation after the Civil War to its current role as a key player on the European and world stages. Incorporating the most …
Ulster Question since 1945
E-bok, 2017
578 kr
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This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early 17th century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These …
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire
E-bok, 2002
562 kr
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The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire describes and explains the creation, maintenance and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 Eastern Europe. Balancing internal factors such as resilient nationalism against external factors such as America's acceleration of the arms race, …
America and the World since 1945
Av T.G. Fraser, Donette Murray
E-bok, 2017
578 kr
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American foreign policy is fundamental to any understanding of how the post-war world has been shaped. This insightful and wide-ranging book analyses the policies pursued by each presidency from that of Harry Truman to George W. Bush, and reviews the far-reaching consequences of these actions. …
Ulster Question since 1945
Inbunden, 2003
1836 kr
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This major work of synthesis presents an up-to-date assessment of the issues at the very root of the troubles in Northern Ireland. Framed against the background of Ulster history since the early 17th century, the major factors in the development of the Ulster question since 1945 are examined. These …
Spain Since 1939
From Margins to Centre Stage
Inbunden, 2009
1601 kr
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Spain since 1939 provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most exciting historical narratives of the 20th century: Spain's development from poverty and isolation after the Civil War to its current role as a key player on the European and world stages. Incorporating the most …
Spain Since 1939
From Margins to Centre Stage
Häftad, 2009
500 kr
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Spain since 1939 provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most exciting historical narratives of the 20th century: Spain's development from poverty and isolation after the Civil War to its current role as a key player on the European and world stages. Incorporating the most …
Ulster Crisis
1885-1921
Inbunden, 2005
1891 kr
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Between 1885 and 1921 the question of Irish Home Rule became increasingly focused on the province of Ulster, and especially on Ulster Unionist responses to a Dublin parliament. This book explores the making of a specifically Ulster dimension to this crisis and its impact on Ulster politics. D. …
Ulster Crisis
1885-1921
Häftad, 2005
529 kr
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Between 1885 and 1921 the question of Irish Home Rule became increasingly focused on the province of Ulster, and especially on Ulster Unionist responses to a Dublin parliament. This book explores the making of a specifically Ulster dimension to this crisis and its impact on Ulster politics. D. …
Germany since 1945
E-bok, 2019
1525 kr
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Since its crushing military defeat in 1945, Germany has faced occupation and division, economic success amidst Cold War bitterness, the rise and spectacular fall of the Berlin Wall and now more than a decade as a country united for only the second time in its history. It has become a slumbering …
Veterans, Victims, and Memory
The Politics of the Second World War in Communist Poland
Inbunden, 2015
755 kr
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In the vast literature on how the Second World War has been remembered in Europe, research into what happened in communist Poland, a country most affected by the war, is surprisingly scarce. The long gestation of Polish narratives of heroism and sacrifice, explored in this book, might help to …
Through the Back Door
The Black Market in Poland 1944–1989
Av Jerzy Kochanowski, Dariusz Stola
Inbunden, 2017
1173 kr
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This book analyzes the history of the black market in Poland before the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between black-market phenomena and historical and geographical conditions. At first, the black market stabilized the …
Borderland Studies Meets Child Studies
A European Encounter
Inbunden, 2018
559 kr
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This book provides a comparative analysis of the history of borderland children during the 20th century. More than their parents, children were envisioned to play a crucial role in bringing about a peaceful Europe. The contributions show the complexity of nationalisation within various spheres of …
Reading Monuments
A Comparative Study of Monuments in Poznań and Strasbourg from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Małgorzata Praczyk, Machteld Venken
Inbunden, 2020
800 kr
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This book tells the story of monuments in two cities that share a parallel and turbulent history: Strasbourg and Poznan. With the Franco-Prussian War begins the well-known story of the destruction and erection of memorials. This book not only explains the mechanisms related to how memorials have …
Oral History and the War
The Nazi Concentration Camp Experience in a Biographical-Narrative Perspective
Av Piotr Filipkowski, Machteld Venken
Inbunden, 2019
832 kr
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This book is rooted in the author’s experience as an interviewer and researcher in the Mauthausen Survivors Documentation Project – the biggest European oral history project devoted to a single Nazi concentration camp system, realized in the years 2002/2003 at the University of Vienna. Over 850 …
Welfare Policies in Switzerland and Italy
Institutions, Motherhood, Family and Work in the 19th and 20th Centuries
Inbunden, 2021
617 kr
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This book provides two main contributions to the existing literature on the history of welfare institutions and social rights in the 20th century. First, it is, to the best of our knowledge, the first research to analyze the cross-country comparison of welfare policies between the two countries …
Remnants of Wehrmacht Soldiers
Burial and Commemoration Practices of German Soldiers of the Second World War in Russia and Europe, 1941 – 2023
Inbunden, 2024
691 kr
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Today, fallen soldiers of the Second World War find their resting places across the globe. While many nations openly honor their military, Germany maintains a more reserved approach to its war dead. During the war, fallen soldiers were hailed as heroes, but after 1945, the treatment of the deceased …
Political Myths in History Textbooks
War Images of the Falange in Spain (1939–1951) and the Polish Workers’ Party in Poland (1945–1956)
Av Maciej Chrostowski, Machteld Venken
Inbunden, 2024
691 kr
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This book compares the school image of the wartime past of the Falange and the Polish Workers’ Party (PPR), created during the turbulent first decade of Francoism in Spain and Communism in Poland. Demonstrating the political usefulness of the Party was crucial to the consolidation of both regimes. …
Diplomacy of Partition
Britain, France and the Creation of Nigeria, 1890–1898
Inbunden, 1979
1116 kr
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In the spring of the year 1898 the long rivalry of Britain and France in West Africa reached a dangerous climax. The West African crisis was but one aspect of an extensive Anglo-French contest for colonial possessions which characterized the final decade of the nineteenth century. Competi tion for …
Cuno Government and Reparations 1922–1923
Politics and Economics
Häftad, 1979
1671 kr
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When the First World War ended, the political and economic system of prewar Europe lay in ruins. Though Allied politicians tried at various post war conferences to create a new and stable European order they failed because of conflicting and competing national interests. The peace settle ments …
Ukrainian Nationalism in the Post-Stalin Era
Myth, Symbols and Ideology in Soviet Nationalities Policy
Av K.C. Farmer
Inbunden, 1980
1116 kr
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It is a truism that, with only a few notable exceptions, western scholars only belatedly turned their attention to the phenomenon of minority nationalism in the USSR. In the last two decades, however, the topic has increasingly occupied the attention of specialists on the Soviet Union, not only …
Ukrainian Nationalism in the Post-Stalin Era
Myth, Symbols and Ideology in Soviet Nationalities Policy
Av K.C. Farmer
Häftad, 2011
1116 kr
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It is a truism that, with only a few notable exceptions, western scholars only belatedly turned their attention to the phenomenon of minority nationalism in the USSR. In the last two decades, however, the topic has increasingly occupied the attention of specialists on the Soviet Union, not only …
Great Britain, The Soviet Union and the Polish Government in Exile (1939–1945)
Häftad, 2011
562 kr
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In this book I have attempted to analyze the dilemmas confronting the Polish government-in-exile in London during the Second World War. My main objective has beeen to investigate the actual operation of the Polish govern ment and the overall policies of the British government vis-a-vis the Soviet …
