The Dream of Social Justice and Bad Moral Luck examines the intertwined lives of five women and three men, Russian Jews in the first half of the twentieth century, as their belief in social transformation unraveled.
"e;The splendor of values"e;In a world that is often characterized by hectic and superficiality, the doors open to a collection of short stories that focus on the splendor of true values.
A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin's Gulag-showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions A byword for injustice, suffering, and mass mortality, the Gulag exploited prisoners, compelling them to work harder for better rations in shocking conditions.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day.
In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance.
In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance.
Comprehensive and accessible, this one-stop resource examines the history, development, and present state of free speech on US college campuses, including a range of political perspectives and viewpoints.
The Dream of Social Justice and Bad Moral Luck examines the intertwined lives of five women and three men, Russian Jews in the first half of the twentieth century, as their belief in social transformation unraveled.
Ein einzigartiges Ministerium in der deutschen NachkriegsgeschichteDie Folgen von Flucht und Vertreibung gehören mit zu den größten Herausforderungen der deutschen Geschichte nach 1945.
This chronological reference compendium traces accusations, punishments, and the investigation of occultism from sorcery inquiries in 323 BCE Athens to the modern day.
Comprehensive and accessible, this one-stop resource examines the history, development, and present state of free speech issues on college campuses, including a range of political perspectives and viewpoints.
Provides a penetrating examination of how political rhetoric from public officials creates tensions via microaggression cues due to changing demographics, campaign rhetoric, and the use of social media.
A powerful memoir exposing the early Islamic Republic's Decade of Terror in the 1980sIn winter 1975, left-wing writer Houshang Asadi sat in a prison cell with a young Ayatollah Khamenei, both victims of torture under the Shahs regime.
Das Buch thematisiert die langjährige Verbindung zweier Männer – Hermann Hesse und Theodor Heuss –, die von den frühen beruflichen Kontakten junger Literaten im Jahre 1905 bis zu den späten Begegnungen zwischen einem Nobelpreisträger und dem ersten deutschen Bundespräsidenten Ende der 1950er-Jahre reichte.
El fútbol es un juego, una pasión, una forma de agregación social, un negocio; y, por todo ello, también una eficaz herramienta de control sobre las masas.
En los primeros años veinte del siglo pasado un grupo de jóvenes, residentes en un barrio obrero de la ciudad de Moscú y muy aficionados al fútbol, decidieron crear un equipo de este novedoso deporte.
Una severa estatua en una plaza, el piadoso vitral de una iglesia, la simpática efeméride en la portada de una revista infantil representan objetos portadores de significado social, diseñados para transmitir una determinada impronta donde el pasado se temporaliza en un presente épico, perpetuo e inamovible.
