History: specific events and topics

The story of how racial segregation and suburbanization shaped lives, the built environment, and the law in Arlington In Built by the People Themselves, Lindsey Bestebreurtje traces the history of the Black community in Arlington, Virginia, from the first days of emancipation through the civil rights era in the twentieth century.

The story of how racial segregation and suburbanization shaped lives, the built environment, and the law in Arlington In Built by the People Themselves, Lindsey Bestebreurtje traces the history of the Black community in Arlington, Virginia, from the first days of emancipation through the civil rights era in the twentieth century.

This book assesses the impact of European colonization in the late 19th and early 20th century in 'restructuring' the shared past of India and Southeast Asia.

Henry Monath was born in Krakow, Poland in 1925.

In 2019, Solomon Islands made international headlines when the country severed its decades-old alliance with Taiwan in exchange for a partnership with Beijing.

This book examines the ways in which Albanian men, women, and families who have migrated from Montenegro and Kosovo to the United States understand and make sense of their mobility and settlement.

Imperial Inequalities takes Western European empires and their legacies as the explicit starting point for discussion of issues of taxation and welfare.

By the 1920s, much of the world was 'dance mad,' as dancers from Buenos Aires to Tokyo, from Manchester to Johannesburg and from Chelyabinsk to Auckland, engaged in the Charleston, the foxtrot and a whole host of other fashionable dances.

Pasaron más de treinta años de la caída del comunismo y nuestras ideas sobre lo que fue Europa del Este todavía replican lugares comunes de la Guerra Fría: sociedades controladas por la policía secreta y el miedo a la delación, una camarilla de sangrientos burócratas que llegaban desde Moscú para reprimir cualquier atisbo de disidencia, economías caracterizadas por el atraso y la escasez.

Adolf Hitler is the most notorious political figure of the twentieth century.

This book explores museum crises.

This book explores museum crises.

Illuminates the vibrant world of sixteenth-century print culture by examining the production and dissemination of visual images of Russia.

Following the abolishment of state-sanctioned antisemitism under Gorbachev's Perestroika liberalization policy, Jewish life in the (F)SU ([former] Soviet Union) was dominated by two interrelated trends: large-scale emigration on the one hand, and attempts to re-establish a fully-organized local Jewish life on the other.

Der Bergbau hat Deutschland über Jahrtausende geprägt – von den ersten prähistorischen Feuersteinminen bis hin zu den imposanten Kohlezechen der Moderne.

*; Examines the Path of Souls or Trail of Ghosts, a Native American model for the after-death journey*; Demonstrates how psychoactive plants were used to evoke the liminal state between life and death in initiatory rites and spirit journeys*; Explores the symbology of the large earthwork mounds erected by the Indigenous people of the Mississippi Valley and how they connect to the Path of SoulsThe use of hallucinogenic substances like peyote and desert tobacco has long played a significant role in the spiritual practices and traditions of Native Americans.

Investigating why Hurston's writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be appreciated years after her deathGenevieve West's impressive new study clearly documents the course of Zora Neale Hurston's remarkable literary career and her rise from near obscurity at the time of her death to acknowledgment in the 1990s as the foremost writer of the Harlem Renaissance.

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Seit Jahrhunderten steht der Hosenbandorden für Rittertum, Ehre und Macht.

Introducing the concepts of d-ecocinema and d-ecocinema criticism, Monani expands the purview of ecocinema studies and not only brings attention to a thriving Indigenous cinema archive but also argues for a methodological approach that ushers Indigenous intellectual voices front and center in how we theorize this archive.

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output.

Historical research into female entrepreneurs has become a burgeoning field in recent years.

This book examines slavery in India from the Turkish conquest of North India to the centuries of Mughal rule.

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Under martial law during World War II, Hawai?

In 1980, Y-Dang Troeung and her family were among the last of the 60,000 refugees from Cambodia that Canada agreed to admit.

This book tells the story of Japanese Canadian activist Mary Kitagawa.

From its roots as a medieval duchy to its elevation as a sovereign kingdom, Bavaria's journey is one of transformation, resilience, and ambition.

This book tells the story of Japanese Canadian activist Mary Kitagawa.

Die Schweiz – ein neutrales Land im Herzen Europas, umgeben von den Spannungen und Umbrüchen der Zwischenkriegszeit.

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Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output.

Historical research into female entrepreneurs has become a burgeoning field in recent years.

Introducing the concepts of d-ecocinema and d-ecocinema criticism, Monani expands the purview of ecocinema studies and not only brings attention to a thriving Indigenous cinema archive but also argues for a methodological approach that ushers Indigenous intellectual voices front and center in how we theorize this archive.

From the early days of Christianity to the modern reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the intricate relationship between the papacy and nobility has profoundly shaped the trajectory of Western civilization.

This book provides an overview of the diverse multidisciplinary field of more-than-human design, offering a philosophical grounding of more-than-human design in posthumanism while putting practical design examples and methods to the forefront.

What are some of the most enduring and pernicious historical misconceptions about Jews and the practice and history of their faith?