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Writing Against Hitler: Hermann Budzislawski and the Making of Twentieth-Century SocialismIn Writing Against Hitler, Daniel Siemens reconstructs the history of the struggles of socialist intellectuals in Germany from the 1920s through the post-World War II era by focusing on the life of one influential member of that group, Hermann Budzislawski (1901-78). In the 1930s,...
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Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War EffortIt has long been known that Hollywood was actively involved in shaping US public opinion during World War II. Less well documented are the ways in which Washington sought to work behind the scenes, subtly obliterating the boundaries between "studio" and "government" films. Michael...
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Somerset Maugham and the CinemaWilliam Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent and productive authors of the twentieth century-and his works have been among the most cinematically transformed in history. For more than five decades, adaptations of his plays, stories, and novels dominated movie theaters and,...
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As Legend Has It: History, Heritage, and the Construction of Swedish American IdentitySpanning more than 100 years of Swedish American local history in the Midwest and the West, Jennifer Eastman Attebery's thorough examination of nearly 300 historical legends explores how Swedish Americans employ these narratives in creating, debating, and maintaining group identity. She demonstrates that historical...
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Budapest Blackout: A Holocaust DiaryMária Mádi (1898-1970) was a Roman Catholic Hungarian physician living in Budapest during World War II. Stuck in the city, she vowed to become a witness to events as they unfolded and began keeping a diary to chronicle her everyday life, as well as...
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Colonial Tactics and Everyday Life: Workers of the Manchuria Film AssociationFollowing the Japanese invasion of northeast China in 1931, the occupying authorities established the Manchuria Film Association to promote film production efficiency and serve Japan's propaganda needs. Manchuria Film Association had two tasks: to make "national policy films" as part of a cultural mission...
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Narrative Bonds: Multiple Narrators in the Victorian NovelWhile narrative fracturing, multiplicity, and experimentalism are commonly associated with modernist and postmodern texts, they have largely been understudied in Victorian literature. Narrative Bonds: Multiple Narrators in the Victorian Novel focuses on the centrality of these elements and address the proliferation of multiple narrators...
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Fugitive Texts: Slave Narratives in Antebellum Print CultureAntebellum slave narratives have taken pride of place in the American literary canon. Once ignored, disparaged, or simply forgotten, the autobiographical narratives of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and other formerly enslaved men and women are now widely read and studied. One key aspect of...
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As Told by Herself: Women's Childhood Autobiography, 1845-1969As Told by Herself offers the first systematic study of women's autobiographical writing about childhood. More than 175 works--primarily from English-speaking countries and France, as well as other European countries--are presented here in historical sequence, allowing Lorna Martens to discern and reveal patterns as...
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Russia's Social Gospel: The Orthodox Pastoral Movement in Famine, War, and RevolutionThe late Russian Empire experienced rapid economic change, social dislocation, and multiple humanitarian crises, enduring two wars, two famines, and three revolutions. A "pastoral activism" took hold as parish clergymen led and organized the response of Russia's Orthodox Christians to these traumatic events. In...
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The Oulipo and Modern ThoughtThe impact of the Oulipo (Ouvroir de Litterature Potentielle), one of the most important groups of experimental writers of the late twentieth century, is still being felt in contemporary literature, criticism, and theory, both in Europe and the US. Founded in 1960 and still...
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Le Donne Medici Nel Sistema Europeo Delle Corti: XVI-XVIII Secolo. Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Firenze - San Domenico Di Fiesole, 6-8 Ottobre 20These contributions outline the history of the Medici family, from its beginnings to its decline, through its women, reconstructing their connections to the family, as well as their relationship with power and their role in the State. The articles trace the travels of Medici...
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The Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810: A Short History with DocumentsThe Golden Age of Piracy in China, 1520-1810 exposes readers to the little-known history of Chinese piracy in the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries through a short narrative and selection of documentary evidence. In this three-hundred-year period, Chinese piracy was unsurpassed in size and scope...
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Story Behind the Protest Song: A Reference Guide to the 50 Songs That Changed the 20th CenturyProtest songs are united by the fact they all have something to say, something to dispute, or something to rile against, whether it be political, social, or personal. Story Behind the Protest Song features 50 of the most influential musical protests and statements recorded...
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Washington's New Cold War: A Socialist PerspectiveAs the American people delude themselves once more into thinking of the United States as a liberating force for peace in the world, Waging a New Cold War invites us, instead, to think for ourselves. Behind the scenes the plans to wage war have...
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Astronomer, Cartographer and Naturalist of the New World: The Life and Scholarly Achievements of Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) in Colonial Dutch Brazil.This volume, Volume 1, presents Marggrafe's stunning biography. Volume 2 consists of a text edition of his astronomical legacy, prepared for the printing press in the 1650s, but only now finalized and published. Georg Marggrafe (1610-1643) is today hailed as the principal author of...
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Displacing and Displaying the Objects of Others: The Materiality of Identity and Depots of Global HistoryDisplacing and Displaying the Objects of Others is a thought-provoking collection that brings together a diverse range of contributions inspired by research from the "Hamburg's (post-)colonial legacy" research center. The authors explore new perspectives in provenance research by situating it within the broader contexts...
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Flowers Through Concrete: Explorations in Soviet HippielandFlowers through Concrete: Explorations in Soviet Hippieland takes the reader on a journey into the lives and thoughts of Soviet hippies. In the face of disapproval and repression, they created a version of Western counterculture, skillfully adapting to, manipulating, and shaping their late socialist...
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These United States: A Nation in the Making: 1890 to the PresentPresident Franklin Roosevelt told Americans in a 1936 fireside chat, "I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still in the making." These United States builds on this foundation to present a readable, accessible history of the United...
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Freikirchen Und Juden Im Dritten Reich: Instrumentalisierte Heilsgeschichte, Antisemitische Vorurteile Und Verdrangte SchuldEnglish summary: The verse from Obadiah 1:11, On the day you stood aloof while strangers carried off his wealth and foreigners entered his gates and cast lots for Jerusalem, you were like one of them, could be the motto for the contributions in this...
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