Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World (Gilbert Shirli)(Pevná vazba)

Holocaust Memory and Racism in the Postwar World (Gilbert Shirli)(Pevná vazba)

The Holocaust is often invoked as a benchmark for talking about human rights abuses from slavery and apartheid to colonialism, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. Western educators and politicians draw seemingly obvious lessons of tolerance and anti-racism from the Nazi past, and their work rests on

Multidirectional Memory: Remembering the Holocaust in the Age of Decolonization (Rothberg Michael)(Paperback)

Multidirectional Memory brings together Holocaust studies and postcolonial studies for the first time. Employing a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book makes a twofold argument about Holocaust memory in a global age by situating it in the unexpected context of decolonization. On the

The Natural History of Selborne (White Gilbert)(Pevná vazba)

Gilbert White's Natural History of Selborne (1789) reveals a world of wonders in nature. Over a period of twenty years White describes in minute detail the behaviour of animals through the changing seasons in the rural Hampshire parish of Selborne. He notes everything from the habits of an

In Memory of: Designing Contemporary Memorials (Bailey Spencer)(Pevná vazba)

Exploring the art, architecture, and design of memorials around the world from the late twentieth century to today Memorials hold a special position in the cultural memory of communities, cultures and nations, and In Memory Of demonstrates this as never before. This extraordinary and moving

On Violence - Hannah Arendt

Written in 1970, with the Holocaust and Hiroshima still fresh in recent memory, the war in Vietnam raging and the streets of Europe and America seething with student protest, Hannah Arendt's now classic work offered a startling dissection of violence in the twentieth century: its nature and causes,

Student Radicalism and the Formation of Postwar Japan (Hasegawa Kenji)(Pevná vazba)

1. Introduction.- 2. From Shinjinkai to Zengakuren: Petit Bourgeois Students and the Postwar Revolution, 1945-1950.- 3. 'Impressionable Students and Excitable Koreans': Internal Factors in the JCP's Anti-American Radicalization, 1945-1952.- 4. Guerilla Warfare in Postwar Japan: The Ogōchi sanson

Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust (Slucki David)(Pevná vazba)

Laughter After: Humor and the Holocaust argues that humor performs political, cultural, and social functions in the wake of horror. Co-editors David Slucki, Gabriel N. Finder, and Avinoam Patt have assembled an impressive list of contributors who examine what is at stake in deploying humor in

The History of Development: From Western Origins to Global Faith (Rist Gilbert)(Pevná vazba)

In this landmark text, Gilbert Rist provides a comprehensive and compelling overview of what the idea of development has meant throughout history. He traces it from its origins in the Western view of history, through the early stages of the world system, the rise of US hegemony, and the supposed

Maps and Territories: Global Positioning in the Contemporary French Novel (Armstrong Joshua)(Pevná vazba)

The rapidity of postwar globalization and the structural changes it has brought to both social and spatial aspects of everyday life has meant, in France as elsewhere, the destabilizing of senses of place, identity, and belonging, as once familiar, local environments are increasingly de-localized

Denying the Holocaust - The Growing Assault On Truth And Memory (Lipstadt Deborah)(Paperback / softback)

Denying the Holocaust: The Growing Assault on Truth and Memory (Lipstadt Deborah E.)(Paperback)

A timely analysis of the antisemitism and prejudice that fuels Holocaust deniers, written by the inspirational author behind the major motion picture Denial, starring Rachel Weisz. The denial of the Holocaust has no more credibility than the assertion that the earth is flat. Yet there are those who

Marine Tank Battles in the Pacific (Gilbert Oscar E.)(Pevná vazba)

No previous book has been devoted to Marine Corps armor in World War II. Gilbert's gripping narrative combines exhaustive detail on Marine armor and combat with moving eyewitness accounts, never before published, of what it was actually like to be a Marine tanker in action in the

The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust (Niziolek Grzegorz)(Pevná vazba)

Grzegorz Niziolek's The Polish Theatre of the Holocaust is a pioneering analysis of the impact and legacy of the Holocaust on Polish theatre and society from 1945 to the present. It reveals the role of theatre as a crucial medium of collective memory - and collective forgetting - of the trauma of

The Unknown River (1872) (Hamerton Philip Gilbert)(Pevná vazba)

The Unknown River is a travelogue written by Philip Gilbert Hamerton, first published in 1872. The book chronicles Hamerton's journey along the River Meuse, which flows through France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Hamerton provides vivid descriptions of the landscapes, cities, and people he

Dior: A New Look, a New Enterprise (1947-57) (Palmer Alexandra)(Pevná vazba)

In 1947 Christian Dior rocked the fashion world with his New Look, which dominated postwar fashion and firmly secured the name of his house in the minds of the public and the fashion industry. He drew on historical models of femininity, the unique skills of Parisian haute couture, and a myriad of

Arabs and the Holocaust - The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives (Achcar Gilbert)(Paperback / softback)

Drawing on previously unseen sources in multiple languages, Achcar offers a unique ideological mapping of the Arab world, and in the process defusing an international propaganda war that has become a major stumbling block in the path of Arab-Western

Unreality of Memory - Notes on Life in the Pre-Apocalypse (Gabbert Elisa (Author))(Pevná vazba)

A literary guide to digital anxiety, The Unreality of Memory collects thought-provoking and playful essays on the Internet age's media-saturated disaster coverage and our addiction to viewing and discussing the world's

Navigating Institutional Racism in British Universities (Sian Katy P.)(Pevná vazba)

This book critically examines the experiences of racism encountered by academics of colour working within British universities. Situated within a critical race theory and postcolonial feminist framework, Sian thoughtfully centres the voices of the interviewed academics, and draws upon her own

Micromosaics: Highlights from the Gilbert Collection (Zech Heike)(Pevná vazba)

Focusing on 30 highlights from the V&A's superlative Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, this book explores micromosaic construction, its roots in antiquity, their incredible popularity in the last quarter of the 18th century, and their evolution through the 19th century until the technique

Where Memory Leads: My Life (Friedlnder Saul)(Paperback)

In this sequel to the classic work of Holocaust literature When Memory Comes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian returns to memoir to recount this tale of intellectual coming-of-age on three continents. Forty years after his acclaimed, poignant first memoir, Friedl nder returns with Where Memory

Holocaust: The Nazis' Wartime Jewish Atrocities (Wynn Stephen)(Pevná vazba)

The Holocaust is without doubt one of the most abhorrent and despicable events not only of the Second World War, but of the twentieth century. What makes it even more staggering is that it was not perpetrated by just one individual, but by thousands of men and women who had become part of the Nazi

European Integration: A Political History, Second Edition (Gilbert Mark)(Paperback)

A balanced narrative of European integration from its inception in the postwar period to the present, this book remains the standard for concise histories of the EU. Set in the post-war period, Gilbert concludes by considering the EU's future in light of the crisis that has taken hold in the

Hypnotwist / Scarlet by Starlight (Hernandez Gilbert)(Pevná vazba)

Eisner Award-winning creator Gilbert Hernandez returns with another installment in the Fritz B-film series In the wordless comic / silent movie 'Hypnotwist,' B-movie actress Fritz plays a character who doesn't seem to be going anywhere - until she puts on a pair of glittery pumps. Her wanderings

As in Memory Long (Millett Peter)(Pevná vazba)

A frank and revealing account of the author's life and career, punctuated throughout with his personal insights into the law and its workings through the years; an entertaining account of personal and professional mishaps over a lengthy and distinguished legal career for anyone with an interest in