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  • af Stephen Ryan
    500,95 - 1.607,95 kr.

    Taking an historical approach, Dr. Ryan explores both how the UN has affected world politics and how the international political system has formed and limited the work of the Organization.

  • - Institutions, Motherhood, Family and Work in the 19th and 20th Centuries
     
    648,95 kr.

    This book provides two main contributions to the literature on the history of welfare policies and social rights in the 20th century: first, it compares the two countries from an historical prospective; second, it focuses on an under-researched area of public policies interventions, which is, however, crucial for fostering social inclusion.

  • - The Nazi Concentration Camp Experience in a Biographical-Narrative Perspective
    af Piotr Filipkowski
    845,95 kr.

    The book offers interpretations of oral history interviews with Polish survivors of the Mauthausen concentration camp system. Historical, sociological and anthropological interpretations of these accounts provide insights into the variety of Polish camp experiences, memories and narratives considered in a broader biographical perspective.

  • - The Black Market in Poland 1944-1989
    af Jerzy Kochanowski
    1.157,95 kr.

    This book analyzes the black market history in Poland up to the 1940s and the development of black-market phenomena in post-war Poland. The author evaluates the interrelation between the black-market phenomena and historical and geographical conditions.

  • - The Politics of the Second World War in Communist Poland
    af Joanna Wawrzyniak
    815,95 kr.

    In the vast literature on how the Second World War has been remembered in Europe, research into what happened in Poland, a country most affected by the war, is surprisingly scarce. This book fills this gap by explaining how the post-war institutionalization of veterans' and victims' movements took place in the People's Republic of Poland.

  • - Myth, Symbols and Ideology in Soviet Nationalities Policy
    af Kenneth C. Farmer
    1.071,95 - 1.116,95 kr.

    It is a truism that, with only a few notable exceptions, western scholars only belatedly turned their attention to the phenomenon of minority nationalism in the USSR.

  • - From Margins to Centre Stage
    af Stanley Black
    427,95 - 1.242,95 kr.

    Spain since 1939 provides students with a comprehensive guide to one of the most exciting historical narratives of the twentieth century: Spain's development from poverty and isolation after the Civil War to its current role as a key player on the European and world stages.

  • - Britain, France and the Creation of Nigeria, 1890-1898
    af Claire Hirshfield
    1.070,95 - 1.114,95 kr.

    In the spring of the year 1898 the long rivalry of Britain and France in West Africa reached a dangerous climax. Aside from an infrequent flurry of diplomatic activity occasioned by the foray of an English or French officer into the little known realms of the Niger Bend, the protracted struggle for control of the river artery received scant notice.

  • af Raymond Pearson
    523,95 kr.

    The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Empire describes and explains the creation, maintenance and eventual demise of the Soviet regime across post-1945 Eastern Europe.

  • - A Comparative Study of Monuments in Poznan and Strasbourg from the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
    af Malgorzata Praczyk
    819,95 kr.

    The book tells the story of monuments in Strasbourg and Poznan. It focuses on its material shape, the problem of affect, the work of memory and its political uses. The research shows how memorials reflect the social understanding of basic questions such as perception of nature, gender issue, commemoration or the image of those who are in power.

  • - 1885-1921
     
    1.486,95 kr.

    Between 1885 and 1921 the question of Irish Home Rule became increasingly focused on the province of Ulster, and especially on Ulster Unionist responses to a Dublin parliament.

  • af John Loughlin
    537,95 - 1.712,95 kr.

    These include:- the evolution of Ulster Unionism and the Nationalist and Republican traditions- the role of Britain- the increasingly important part played by external actors, especially the USASince the outbreak of the present troubles in August 1969, a thriving academic literature on Ulster and its history has emerged.

  • af Donette Murray & T.G. Fraser
    540,95 kr.

    American foreign policy is fundamental to any understanding of how the post-war world has been shaped. This insightful and wide-ranging book analyses the policies pursued by each presidency from that of Harry Truman to George W. Bush, and reviews the far-reaching consequences of these actions. Taking into account the most recent research and scholarly interpretations, T. G. Fraser and Donette Murray examine the priorities of each successive administration and how these have had to adapt under the pressure of events on a global scale.America and the World since 1945- focuses on the origins and course of the Cold War- explains major crises and developments, such as the Truman Doctrine, the nature of containment, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Berlin, arms control and detente- features analysis of how America became involved in armed conflict, as in Korea, the Gulf, the Balkans and Vietnam- looks at American action in relation to the Arab-Israeli conflict, as well as interventions in Latin America and Africa- traces the evolution of policy towards China- studies conventional diplomacy alongside the use of intelligence and covert activity- examines the dynamics of the post-Cold War worldClear in its approach, this book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in America's relationship with the rest of the world from the end of the Second World War up to the aftermath of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in September 2001.

  • - 1885-1921
     
    452,95 kr.

    Between 1885 and 1921 the question of Irish Home Rule became increasingly focused on the province of Ulster, and especially on Ulster Unionist responses to a Dublin parliament.

  • - The Rise of an Economic Superpower
    af Dennis Smith
    439,95 kr.

    Few historians have attempted an account of Japan since 1945 yet the country's emergence as the second largest economy in the world has been one of the most dramatic and significant developments since the Second World War.

  • - Politics and Economics
    af H.J. Rupieper
    1.688,95 kr.

  • - A European Encounter
    af Machteld Venken
    636,95 kr.

    This book provides a comparative analysis of the history of borderland children during the 20th century. More than their parents, children were envisioned to play a crucial role in bringing about a peaceful Europe.

  • - The Collapse of European Overseas Empires
    af John Springhall
    524,95 kr.

    One of the most significant changes of the post-1945 world has been the decline and final dismemberment of European colonial empires in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific and the Caribbean.