Social groups: religious groups and communities

A brief history of secret British and American World War II organizations, their training, tools, successes, and their legacy.

Written by top scholars in an accessible manner, this unique encyclopedia offers worldwide coverage of the origins, forms, practitioners, and effects of antisemitism, leading to the Holocaust and surviving to the present day.

The first history of all the English cathedrals, from Birmingham and Bury St Edmunds to Worcester and York MinsterEngland's sixty-two Anglican and Catholic cathedrals are some of our most iconic buildings, attracting millions of worshippers and visitors every year.

This book chronologically analyzes fourteen key US Presidents, from Washington to Biden, to highlight how religion has informed or influenced their politics and policies.

A carefully researched work providing an overview of the strategic factors dominating the costly yet war-winning Arctic convoy program.

This handbook addresses how the Jewish American community emerged from obscurity to play a role in behind-the-scenes power politics and finally appeared center stage.

"e;This memoir is a tribute to the author's service in World War II.

This edited collection is one of the few sociological and anthropological studies of Halal markets.

Elegant yet shattering Rendered in plainspoken yet devastating prose, Massons historical narrative is intercut with startling present-day moments This is haunting.

In the 1920s and 30s, aircraft designer Andrey Tupolev designed a series of advanced torpedo boats for the USSR.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

This edited collection is one of the few sociological and anthropological studies of Halal markets.

During the Holocaust's long nights there were gentiles in every corner of Europe who saved Jews.

Through an examination of children's and youth plays and performances about the Holocaust from Germany, Israel, and the United States, this book offers an entirely new way of looking at the vital role of youth performance in coping with the legacy of historical tragedy.

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

A compelling account of the personal experiences of groups who were affected by World War II, both on and off the battlefields.

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmj ger.

"e;Collins addresses a subject that has been the object of much research and controversy in the past decade: the internment of tens of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WW II.

During the Holocaust's long nights there were gentiles in every corner of Europe who saved Jews.

This book draws on a range of key archives and oral testimonies to provide the first systematic and historical study of the origins, context, development, frustrations, inner contradictions, and legacies of the Columbus Centre.

A survey of the historical, political, and sociological contexts of antisemitism in more than 50 countries.

An illustrated account of how the USAAF's might was challenged by the Jagdflieger and their heavily armed, and armoured, Fw 190A-8 Sturmj ger.

This work is a close examination of the conditions surrounding and precipitating the last gasp of British naval hegemony and events that led to its demise.

Imagine raising six spirited kids on a grass farmtoday.

The tenth century was a formative period for Islamic culture and Adam Mez's Renaissance of Islam offers a detailed survey of the Muslim world during that period.

Brought to life by the personal accounts of six Navy pilots and one British POW, this is the history of the U.

This book presents a comprehensive narrative and historical analysis of the political and economic relations between China and Italy from the Treaty of Friendship and Commerce signed in October 1866 to the Second World War.

During World War II, Kentuckians rushed from farms to factories and battlefields, leaving agriculture throughout the state--particularly the lucrative tobacco industry--without sufficient labor.

Un ensayo que pone luz sobre uno de los años más determinantes de la historia.

In den hektischen Monaten vor dem totalen Zusammenbruch des Dritten Reiches und der Kapitulation der deutschen Streitkräfte zog Graf Folke Bernadotte die Aufmerksamkeit der ganzen Welt auf sich.

The true story of the the misfits and mavericks who waged psychological warfare against the NazisSeptember, 1939.

Originally appearing in the Warsaw daily Der Moment (1926-7), this intimate self-portrait by pioneering Yiddish actress Ester-Rokhl Kaminska (1870 1925) appears here for the first time in English.

The GIs called her Joey.

Die NS-Geschichte des Unternehmens Swarovski und ein tiefer Einblick in den Umgang mit ehemaligen Nationalsozialisten in der Nachkriegszeit.

Using a microhistory based on a unique set of life-writing sources, this book provides an unparalleled insight into the Soviet POW experience during the Second World War.

This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during the Second World War in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Urals.

This study is the first to examine the experiences of the millions of Soviet civilians evacuated to the interior of the country during the Second World War in the context of their encounters and relations with local communities and populations across Soviet Central Asia, Kazakhstan, Siberia, and the Urals.

Arthur ColaIn the small village of San Pietro Avellana in the Apennine Mountains in Abruzzo, a young boy of fourteen, Vivi Colaianni, roams its mountainous area spying on the Nazi movements near the final years of World War II.

In the final weeks of the Second World War in Europe, Russian, American and British armies are closing in on Berlin.

Three Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries.

Three Faces of Antisemitism examines the three primary forms of antisemitism as they emerged in modern and contemporary Germany, and then in other countries.

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Diese Publikation handelt von der Beziehung zwischen dem Staat und dem Islam im allgemein-politischen und im schulischen Kontext, wobei der Islam neben anderen islamischen Institutionen in erster Linie von der Islamischen Glaubensgemeinschaft in Österreich (IGGÖ) vertreten wird.

A gripping account of the most famous convoy operation of the war, which marked a high-water mark for the German naval campaign in the Arctic.

A remarkable first-person narrative by a sixteenth-century Iranian ruler, the Memoirs of Shah Tahmasp I, Safavid Ruler of Iran (1514-1576), originally written in Persian, represent a vitally important primary source for the history of the Middle East in the period.