Social groups: religious groups and communities

This fully illustrated study details Germany and Italy's failed development of World War II aircraft carriers, and the naval aviation ships that the two Axis powers sent into action in their place.

Most of Gandhi's associates in South Africa were Jewish.

Although it is rarely given sufficient consideration in either scholarly or political debates, early childhood education plays a crucial role in the integration process of young immigrants in European countries, since it not only enables the children to be integrated into society, both linguistically and culturally, but it also provides their parents with the opportunity, through their children, to view the society more directly and to reflect on their own values in the encounter, or to potentially seek new orientations.

This book explores centuries of power relations and imperial and civilizing rhetorics, overarching themes highlighted in these infrequently heard accounts by eastern travelers to the West.

General Douglas MacArthur is one of the towering figures of World War II, and indeed of the twentieth century, but his leadership of the second largest air force in the USAAF is often overlooked.

Unlike many of his contemporaries, Thomas Hardy is not generally recognized as an imperial writer, even though he wrote during a period of major expansion of the British Empire and in spite of the many allusions to the Roman Empire and Napoleonic Wars in his writing.

Jews in Japan: Presence and Perception.

For readers in the English-speaking world, almost all Holocaust writing is translated writing.

This book examines the LaGG family of fighters, that were amongst the first modern piston-engined interceptors made available to the Red Air Forces in early 1941 and proved far better fighters than their radial-engined predecessors.

From the point of view of economic history, the ideal way to study any institution of commercial law would be to compare the information contained in legal codes and treatises with the material relating to its application in economic life as manifested by actual contracts, letters, and business records found in archives and other repositories.

The hijab is arguably the most discussed and controversial item of women's clothing today.

A fascinating and long overdue study of the troops that made up Germany's elite special forces of World War II.

Here is the story of the part played in the final eleven months of the Second World War in Europe by the 'Poor Bloody Infantry', told in their own words.

Tabea Widmann widmet sich digitalen Spielen als Erinnerungsmedien um den Holocaust und untersucht sie als potenziell besonders wirkungsmächtige Medien der digitalisierten Erinnerungskulturen.

Following the successful landings in Normandy on D-Day and consolidation during Operation Cobra, the Wehrmacht was ordered to begin a counter-offensive named Operation L ttich.

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An illustrated history of the long Cold War careers of the US Navy's last gun destroyers, from the modernized World War II-era Fletcher-class to the Forrest Sherman-class.

Catholicism has long been the dominant religion among ethnic Mexicans in the U.

This volume combines insights from secular sexuality education, trauma studies, and embodiment to explore effective strategies for teaching sexuality and religion in colleges, universities, and seminaries.

Marriage has come a long way since biblical times.

As America struggles to understand Islam and Muslims on the world stage, one concept in particular dominates public discourse: Islamism.

With Duel in the Sun, players can take command of the doughty Desert Rats of Montgomery's 8th Army, the fast-moving and hard-hitting raiders of the Long Range Desert Army (LRDG), or Rommel's mighty Afrika Korps, to recreate some of the most iconic battles of World War II Operations Compass, Crusader and Torch, Tobruk, and Alamein, amongst others.

Immigration is a key concern in British society; however, the ethical implications of the issue are often overlooked.

This book considers the key issue of Turkey's treatment of minorities in relation to its complex paths of both European integration and domestic and international reorientation.

Today, Muslims are the second largest religious group in much of Europe and North America.

White supremacy and racialized violence have animated much of society and church in the United States.

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Franz Neumann's classic account of the governmental workings of Nazi Germany, first published in 1942, is reprinted in a new paperback edition with an introduction by the distinguished historian Peter Hayes.

Islam came on the scene, with a message, philosophy and code of conduct, perfect by all means, with its advent, the new faith revolutionised the contemporary world in a very short span of time.

The first special service forces of World War II were known as the Devil's Brigade.

Wie und zu welchem Zeitpunkt entschlossen Hitler und seine Helfer sich, die Juden in Europa nicht nur zu verfolgen und zur Auswanderung zu zwingen, sondern in ihrer Gesamtheit zu töten?

This book examines Jewish writers and intellectuals in Austria, analyzing filmic and electronic media alongside more traditional publication formats over the last 25 years.

A shocking and timely reminder of the role Nazi women played in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but on the Eastern Front.

Haskalah and Beyond deals with the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment) - the literary, cultural, and social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe.

This book, first published in 1967, examines the circumstances and events that led to the dropping of two atomic bombs on Japan, devastating Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The book represents original research in a field of study rarely pursued while analysing the intellectual dimensions of disputes over ethically sensitive issues that occur in European Union politics.

In June 1944, U.

This book is about African Pentecostalism and its relationship to religious beliefs about a pervading spirit world.

Between 1881 and 1914, more than two million Jews came to America.

Jeremy Crang provides a compelling new history of women who served with the British armed forces during the Second World War.

The story of a German boy drafted into military service during WWII is vividly recounted in this memoir of combat and survival.

This book in religious studies uses a Malaysian apostasy case study as a platform to investigate and discuss the broader radicalisation of apostates on social networking sites.

Created to counteract the spiritual imbalance that MI can cause, the Moral Injury Reconciliation (MIR) methodology is a 9-week, 3-phased spiritual care treatment, for Veteran and family transformation.

The 'Soixante quinze', France's legendary 75mm Modele 1897, was the first modern field gun, pioneering several critical innovations in field artillery designs, including a fast action breech and a soft recoil system.