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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA powerful and original work of scholarship . . . Wallach brings a fresh theoretical perspective to the study of early twentieth-century German-Jewish history and culture, drawing her concept of passing from African-American and LGBT Studies and paying systematic attention to the category of gender throughout."" - Jonathan Hess, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill""Wallach's superbly researched study convincingly shows that German Jews of this era not only had the ability to pass or not-pass as Jewish, but also had ample reasons for taking advantage of this powerful assimilation strategy. One of its great strengths is the author's careful attention to detail about how the need for Jews to pass or not-pass varied according to time, place, and gender."" - Lisa Silverman, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsCONTENTSPreface 7Introduction 12Prologue 20Dramatis personae 221 Establishing the Stasi 282 Pastor agents 473 A growing threat: seminaries 664 The fine art of recruiting 715 East Germans, escaping 926 Agents’ vanities 1147 Cunning infiltration 1288 An exotic foreign assignment 1419 Target: international organizations 15210 Intercepting Bible smugglers 15611 A literary underground railroad 17712 Agents and their rewards 18713 Spying and doing one’s part for East Germany 19614 An indispensable Bible smuggler (and Stasi spy) 21315 Losing motivation 23916 A crucial foreign mission 25017 Churches spreading opposition 26618 East Germany on its knees 27819 The Berlin Wall collapses 28520 Destroying the evidence 29021 Anxiously waiting pastor spies 29622 God’s spies: what was the point? 310Index 321

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Book SynopsisCritiquing avant-garde rock bands from the 1960s to the present, Bill Martin examines how social upheaval gave rise to this new form of musical expression. He covers early experimentation by artists such as James Brown; initiation into the mainstream and the resulting adaptations by the Beatles and the Who; and continues into the present looking at how groups like Stereolab, Sonic Youth, Jim O’Rourke, and others continue to innovate. An annotated discography is included.

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Book SynopsisArthur C. Danto traces the evolution of the concept of beauty during the 20th century and explores how it was removed from the definition of art.

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Book SynopsisTells the story of the author's father and grandfather, and the grave legacy that they each passed on to him. This is a story about the Holocaust and its aftermath, about absence and the scars that never heal, and about fathers and sons and what it means to raise young men.

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Book SynopsisThe definitive history of one of the nation's great transcontinental railroads In the sprawling Northwest, from the upper Mississippi River valley to Puget Sound, no railroad shaped the landscape and society like the Great Northern Railway Company. This is the complete history of that enterprise, from 1856, when the first charter was granted, through the era of James J. Hillknown as the Empire Builderto its maturation and eventual merger in 1970, when the eight-thousand-mile Great Northern was incorporated into the massive Burlington Northern. The Great Northern Railway highlights the changes brought on by economic, political, social, and technological advances, including world wars, increased competition from other modes of transportation, and tighter government restrictions. The first part of the book (18561916) examines the railway's early strategies and philosophy, relations with employees, and vigorous campaigns to develop the service area. The second part of the history (191619Table of ContentsContentsPreface by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of AbbreviationsPART I 1856 TO 19161 The First Ten Miles2 Frustrated by FinanceThe Branch Line Comes FirstMain Line WestGrowing PainsSettlers for the Land Freight Traffic4 Northern Pacific InterludeCompleting the Main LineThe St. Vincent Extension5 Legislation and LitigationConflict in Hard TimesLaws and Lawsuits6 The Associates Gain ControlNegotiating a Bond PurchaseCompleting Rail LinksEliminating Potential CompetitionTag Ends of a Long-Tailed Kite7 The ManitobaMen and OrganizationConstruction and Relations with Other RailroadsTerminals in the Twin CitiesFinancial Management8 Consolidations and AdjustmentsThe Canadian Pacific Strengthening CreditBoston Investors9 From Butte to BuffaloSystematizing AdministrationThe Long March to MontanaEastward to Buffalo10 Tensions in FinanceA New ProblemDissension, 1887-188911 On to Puget SoundNew DressEngineering Challenges"Head of the Rake"Sterling Bonds of 1890Building the Transcontinental12 Creating an EmpireExpansion in MinnesotaControl of the Northern Pacific and the BurlingtonJockeying for Position in the NorthwestContinuing Skirmishes with the Canadian Pacific13 Developing the NorthwestOrganization and DevelopmentImproving and Strengthening Agriculture14 Men and MalletsMen and OrganizationFirst Years as a TranscontinentalFleshing OutTraffic Generation and the Ore LandsMotive Power, Rolling Stock, and RatesContentsPreface by Alfred D. Chandler, Jr.AcknowledgmentsIntroductionList of AbbreviationsPART I 1856 TO 19161 The First Ten Miles2 Frustrated by FinanceThe Branch Line Comes FirstMain Line WestGrowing PainsSettlers for the Land Freight Traffic4 Northern Pacific InterludeCompleting the Main LineThe St. Vincent Extension5 Legislation and LitigationConflict in Hard TimesLaws and Lawsuits6 The Associates Gain ControlNegotiating a Bond PurchaseCompleting Rail LinksEliminating Potential CompetitionTag Ends of a Long-Tailed Kite7 The ManitobaMen and OrganizationConstruction and Relations with Other RailroadsTerminals in the Twin CitiesFinancial Management8 Consolidations and AdjustmentsThe Canadian Pacific Strengthening CreditBoston Investors9 From Butte to BuffaloSystematizing AdministrationThe Long March to MontanaEastward to Buffalo10 Tensions in FinanceA New ProblemDissension, 1887-188911 On to Puget SoundNew DressEngineering Challenges"Head of the Rake"Sterling Bonds of 1890Building the Transcontinental12 Creating an EmpireExpansion in MinnesotaControl of the Northern Pacific and the BurlingtonJockeying for Position in the NorthwestContinuing Skirmishes with the Canadian Pacific13 Developing the NorthwestOrganization and DevelopmentImproving and Strengthening Agriculture14 Men and MalletsMen and OrganizationFirst Years as a TranscontinentalFleshing OutTraffic Generation and the Ore LandsMotive Power, Rolling Stock, and Rates15 Locals, Limiteds, and LinersExpansion and ImprovementsOf Things NauticalAdvertising, Glacier Park, and RockyExpress, Mail, and SilkPricing the Service16 Corporate Structure and FinanceEarly ExperienceConsolidating PropertiesFinances of a Maturing Railroad17 "Leading the Band"Basic PrinciplesUnion–Management Relations, 1883-1893The ARU Strike and Its AftermathToward Parity with Competitors, 1900-1916PART II 1916 TO 1970 23 An Attempted MergerIntroduction18 World War I and the USRAThe HeritageThe GN under Federal ControlReturn to Private Operation19 Of Good News and BadPreparing for ControlFrustrations and RealitiesFighting RecessionResuming Course—with a Difference20 Polishing the OperationUpgrading Plant and EquipmentReducing CostsConquering the CascadesBuilding Freight Traffic21 Passenger Business and ChangeThe St. Paul Union DepotHighway CompetitionUpgrading Transcontinental TravelAdvertising and Promotion24 Corporate HealthGrowth in Funded Debt Performance25 The Tangled Ways ofFinanceSetting the CourseFinancial ManagementOver the HurdleControlling Expense22 Expansion and Development More Branch LinesLure of CaliforniaFrustrations in ColonizingAgricultural Diversification and IrrigationNorthern Montana: Special Problems26 Traffic and Profits in AdversityThe Passenger DepartmentTruck CompetitionDevelopmental Programs and Federal StimulantsSurvival27 The Pressures of War— AgainGavin's PreparationsMobilizationCooperation under RegulationPerformance and Financial Policy28 Labor-Management Relations in Depression and War182 Cooperation in Hard TimesWar and Prosperity29 Prosperity Under StressExpectations and RealitiesMaximizing EfficiencyThe Operating and Financial Record30 John Budd and a Changing EnvironmentThe New TeamRailroads and Public PolicyGradual Changes31 Labor Tensions and PersonnelPoliciesManeuvers and CrisisWork Rules and CompensationPersonnel Policies32 Economic DevelopmentProgramsPromoting AgribusinessStimulating Industrial GrowthEncouraging the Mining Industry33 SD45s and Univac IIIMotive Power and Rolling StockRoad and Yard FacilitiesCentralized Traffic Control, Communications, and Computers34 "No Sacred Cows — or Goats"The Passenger DilemmaNew Departures in FreightTrafficA New Marketing StructurePerformance: A Mixed RecordNotesAppendix A Original Track-laying RecordAppendix B Track RemovalsAppendix C Great Northern Railway: Ruling Grades on Main Freight RoutesAppendix D Northern Pacific: Main Line Ruling Grades Minneapolis — SeattleBibliography and Notes on SourcesIndex35 The Last Spike is NeverDrivenThe Northern Lines—AgainContinuing the CampaignVictory

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Book SynopsisThis collection of biographical essays, written by 34 noted historians and political scientists, chronicles the times, careers, challenges, leadership, and legacies of the 57 men and one woman who have served as the state's highest elected official. The book is organised chronologically into six sections that cover Alabama's years as a US territory and its early statehood, the 1840s through the Civil War and Reconstruction, the late nineteenth-century Bourbon era, twentieth-century progressive and wartime governors, the Civil Rights era and Heorge Wallace's period of influence, and recent chief executives in the post-Wallace era. The political careers of these 58 indivduals reflect the story of Alabama itself. Taken together, the essays provide a unified history of the state, with its recurring themes of race, federal-state relations, economic development, taxation, and education. Alabama Governors expertly delineates the decisions and challenges of the chief executives, their poli

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Book SynopsisExamines a wide range of scientific literature and less formal communications in which gynaecologists disseminated medical fictions about their patients. Even as they were advancing medicine, these doctors were legitimizing groundless theories related to whiteness and blackness, men and women, and the inferiority of other races.

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Book SynopsisKing John the Good of France was captured by the English at the Battle of Poitiers in 1356; his 14-year-old son Philip fought valiantly by his side until the bitter end, and as soon as he was in a position to do so, King John rewarded his son''s courage and devotion by designating him Duke of Burgundy, a title that by chance had just become extinct. Philip was the first of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy and this fascinating text by Nicholas Michael examines the functioning and organization of the Burgundian armies from the beginning of his reign until the time of the last of the Valois Dukes: Charles the Bold.Table of ContentsIntroduction · Organisation · Charles the Bold's Permanent Army · Artillery · The Army in the Field · Arms and Armour · The Plates

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Book SynopsisThis collection addresses key issues in the critique of Eurocentrism and racism regarding debates on the production of knowledge, historical narratives and memories in Europe and the Americas. Contributors explore the history of liberation politics as well as academic and political reaction through formulas of accommodation that re-centre the West.Trade Review“Eurocentrism, Racism and Knowledge is a timely contribution to this debate. It brings together international scholars and political activists to reflect on Eurocentrism – its premise and contestations – in Europe and the Americas. … the volume will certainly attract interest within and beyond academia precisely because there is an attempt in the volume at a simultaneous critique of Eurocentrism and certain postcolonial approaches.” (Sandrine Bertaux, Ethnic and Racial Studies, May, 2016)“The contributors to this edited volume are internationally renowned scholars who have published widely on sociology, race, education and epistemology and have made valuable contributions to the production of knowledge in areas related to the theme of the book. … This book makes an important contribution to knowledge, by adding valuable inputs on the still relatively small literature in the field of the Epistemeologies of the South … by bringing innovative and ‘alternative’ analysis.” (Boaventura Monjane, Sociology, Vol. 51 (1), February, 2016) Table of Contents1. Eurocentrism, Political Struggles and the Entrenched Will-to-Ignorance: An Introduction; Silvia Rodríguez Maeso and Marta Araújo 2. Epistemic Racism/Sexism, Westernized Universities and the Four Genocides/Epistemicides of the Long 16th Century; Ramón Grosfoguel 3. Violence and Coloniality in Latin America: An Alternative Reading of Subalternization, Racialization, and Viscerality; Arturo Arias 4. Social Races and Decolonial Struggles in France; Sadri Khiari 5. Towards a Critique of Eurocentrism: Remarks on Wittgenstein, Philosophy and Racism; S. Sayyid 6. How Post-colonial and Decolonial Theories Are Received in Europe and the Idea of Europe; Montserrat Galcerán Huguet 7. Africanist Scholarship, Eurocentrism and the Politics of Knowledge; Branwen Gruffydd Jones 8. Scientific Colonialism: the Eurocentric Approach to Colonialism; Sandew Hira 9. Secrets, Lies, Silences and Invisibilities: Unveiling the Participation of Africans in the Mozambique Front during World War I; Maria Paula Meneses and Margarida Gomes 10. Conceptual Clarity, Please! On the Uses and Abuses of the Concepts of 'Slave' and 'Trade' in the Study of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade and Slavery; Kwame Nimako 11. Making Compulsory the Teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African History and Culture: Tensions and Contradictions for Anti-racist Education in Brazil; Nilma Lino Gomes 12. Race and Racism in Mexican History Textbooks: A Silent Presence; Dolores Ballesteros Páez 13. Social Mobilization and the Public History of Slavery in the United States; Stephen Small

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Book SynopsisDecolonizing Time: Work, Leisure, and Freedom demonstrates the importance of time as a central category for political theory, providing not only a history of the fight for time through political, feminist, and critical theory, but also assessing this tradition in the context of the United States.Table of Contents1. Reclaiming Leisure 2. Criticizing After Dinner: Marx and the Fight for Time for Human Development 3. The Reification of Time-Consciousness and the Fight for Time Reconsidered 4. Critical Thoughts on Leisure 5. The Culture Industry: The Extension of Work, Disciplined Leisure, and the Deterioration of Culture 6. Developing a Politics of Time: André Gorz and the Domestic Labor Debates

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Book SynopsisRuling Women is a two-volume study devoted to an analysis of the conflicting discourses concerning government by women in seventeenth-century France.Trade Review“In this innovative study, Derval Conroy documents and analyzes the political debate concerning female governance in seventeenth-century France. … Ruling Women, written in an engaging and accessible style, present scholars, teachers, and students alike with a formidable resource to explore representations of queenship in seventeenth-century France. With this work Conroy makes an invaluable contribution to the study of women and gender issues in early modern Europe.” (Kathleen M. Llewellyn, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 70 (1), 2017)Table of Contents

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Book SynopsisAntisemitism is a topic on which there is a wide gap between scholarly and popular understanding, and as concern over antisemitism has grown, so too have the debates over how to understand and combat it. This handbook explores its history and manifestations, ranging from its origins to the internet.Since the Holocaust, many in North America and Europe have viewed antisemitism as a historical issue with little current importance. However, recent events show that antisemitism is not just a matter of historical interest or of concern only to Jews. Antisemitism has become a major issue confronting and challenging our world. This volume starts with explorations of antisemitism in its many different shapes across time and then proceeds to a geographical perspective, covering a broad scope of experiences across different countries and regions. The final section discusses the manifestations of antisemitism in its varied cultural and social forms.With an international range of Trade Review“In a more just world, we would not need a book like this one. But in the broken, flawed, real world that we inhabit, the Routledge History of Antisemitism is both morally necessary and intellectually essential. With an impressive range of topics and contributors, this volume provides a sweeping survey of antisemitism over the millenia and around the globe, and it does so in a lucid and accessible way.”Prof. Samuel G. Freedman, Columbia Journalism School“A book published in the right time, relevant to a current troubling issue is always a welcome surprise. So is the Routledge History of Antisemitism, off the print in 2023, when antisemitism is on the rise worldwide and the depiction of a reliable picture is sorely needed. Holding 40 well-edited essays along 400 pages, this volume offers concise, up to date eye opening information, accompanied by analysis and insight, on a wide variety of topics, written by first rate experts, each representing his or her field of expertise. Needless to say, such a collection is indeed a most relevant contribution to any discussion of antisemitism nowadays.”Prof. Emerita Dina Porat, Chief historian of Yad Vashem, 2010-2021, The Alfred P. Slaner Chair in Antisemitism and Racism in Tel Aviv University“A crucial contribution to the field spanning the full spectrum of time and geography of the world’s most enduring hatred. From antiquity to Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party; from the Holocaust to Soviet antizionism; from the Middle East to the Baltic states; from the BDS to online hate: the tightly written essays in this volume are certain to prove an essential resource for educators, students and general public alike.”Izabella Tabarovsky, Senior Advisor, Kennan Institute (Wilson Center)Table of ContentsPreface: Antisemitism – A Comment. Foreword. Introduction SECTION I: Chronology 1. Jews and Non-Jews in Ancient Cities: Alexandria, Antioch, Caesarea, Rome 2. Medieval Antisemitism 3. Antisemitism: The Last 150 Years 4. Contemporary Antisemitism SECTION II: Geography 5. American Antisemitism 6. Argentina and the Jews: Between the Privileges of "Whiteness" and the Curse of "Badness" 7. East Asia and Antisemitism: A Vast Region Immersed in Admiration and Consternation 8. Antisemitism in Australia 9. The Judeo-Bolshevik Myth and Contemporary Antisemitism in the Baltic States 10. What is the Role Played by Antisemitism in the History of the Jews in Brazil? 11. English Antisemitism 12. Antisemitism in France 13. Antisemitism in Germany 14. Anti-semitism in Hungary 15. Antisemitism in North Africa 16. Antisemitism in Mexico 17. Antisemitism in the Middle East 18. Antisemitism in Poland 19. Antisemitism in Russia 20. Antisemitism in South Africa 21. Antisemitism in Spain – A Historical Survey 22. Antisemitism in Turkey 23. Antisemitism in Ukraine SECTION III: Topics 24. Christianity and Antisemitism 25. Muslim Antisemitism: Religion, Politics, and Israel 26. Blood Libel and Its Persistence in Antisemitic Imagination 27. Antisemitism and the Persistence of the "Protocols" 28. The Long Term and the Short Term: Antisemitism and the Holocaust 29. Antisemitism and Diseases, Pandemics, and Public Health Crises 30. Antisemitism and Art 31. Philosophy and Judeophobia 32. Gender and Antisemitism 33. Discourse and Antisemitism 34. BDS and Antisemitism 35. Antisemitism 2.0 and the Cyberculture of Hate: Opening Pandora’s Box 36. Algorithmic Antisemitism on Social Media 37. Holocaust Denial and Distortion 38. Antisemitism in the Study of Ancient Judaism 39. Zionism: A Response to Antisemitism? 40. Some Traditional Jewish Perspectives on Antisemitism

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Book SynopsisThe essays that comprise this collection examine the development and influence of the British General Staff from the late Victorian period until the eve of World War II. They trace the changes in the staff that influenced British military strategy and subsequent operations on the battlefield.Table of ContentsIntroduction - Brian Bond, military historian, Brian Holden Reid; planning for war in the final years of pax Britannica, 1889-1903, Halik Kochanski; towards a ministry of defence - first faltering steps, 1890-1923, John Sweetman; selection by disparagement - Lord Esher, the general staff and the politics of command, 1904-14, Ian F.W. Beckett; Lord Kitchener, the general staff and the army in India, 1902-214, Timothy Moreman; the British army, its general staff and the continental commitment, 1904-14, Hew Strachan; the general staff and the paradoxes of continental war, William Philpott; the Australians at Pozieres - command and control on the Somme, 1916, G.D. Sheffield; the British general staff and Japan, 1918-41, Philip Towle; J.F.C. Fuller - staff officer extraordinary, A.J. Trythall; an extensive use of weedkiller - patterns of promotion in the senior ranks of the British army, 1919-39, David French; the British general staff and the coming of war, 1933-39, J.P. Harris; a particularly Anglo-Saxon institution - the British general staff in the era of two world wars, John Gooch.

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Book SynopsisFast-paced and impressively researched, this detailed account sings. Publishers Weekly, starred review A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Summer (2021)A propulsive, eye-opening work of reporting, chronicling the rise of Juul and the birth of a new addictionIt began with a smoke break. James Monsees and Adam Bowen were two ambitious graduate students at Stanford, and in between puffs after class they dreamed of a way to quit smoking. Their solution became the Juul, a sleek, modern device that could vaporize nicotine into a conveniently potent dosage. The company they built around that device, Juul Labs, would go on to become a $38 billion dollar company and draw blame for addicting a whole new generation of underage tobacco users.Time magazine reporter Jamie Ducharme follows Monsees and Bowen as they create Juul and, in the process, go from public health visionaries and Silicon Val

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Book SynopsisAn examination of how the US military in Hawaii is depicted by museum curators, memorial builders, film makers, and newspaper reporters. These mediums convey information, and engage their audiences, in ways that, together, form a powerful advocacy for the benefits of militarism in the islands.Trade Review'Ireland's focus, as his subtitle indicates, is on the practices of remembering and forgetting that have both contributed and eroded military's presence in Hawai'i. In pursuit of the data needed to support his project, Ireland has been persistent and creative: he has both unearthed new data and interpreted familiar representations in unfamiliar ways.' - Kathy E. Ferguson, The Hawaiian Journal of History 'The US Military in Hawai'i is an engaging and passionately written study that should interest scholars in numerous fields.' - Scott Laderman, Journal of American Studies 'People who are unfamiliar with historic debates in the Pacific region might find this book an eye-opener, [...] the book is well above the bar in terms of readability, and the author is a solid and effective researcher...' - Douglas A. Borer, The Journal of Pacific HistoryTable of ContentsIllustrations Introduction War Stories: A Militarized History of Hawai'i Remembering and Forgetting at Waik?k?'s Great War Memorial 'Unknown Soldiers': Remembering Hawai'i's Great War Dead Hooray For Haolewood? Hawai'i on Film Hawai'i's Press, and the Vietnam War Afterword Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisDemocracy and Northern Ireland examines the influence of liberal theories of democracy on recent developments in the Northern Irish peace process.Table of ContentsIntroduction Explaining the Belfast Agreement Political Liberalism Multiculturalism and the Politics of Difference Deliberative Democracy and Democratic Communication Social Capital, Trust and Civil Society Feminism and the Politics of Difference Radical Democracy Conclusion

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Book SynopsisBy analysing case studies through the lens of new constructivist Institutionalist perspective, this book sheds new light on the failure of EU policies in the Mediterranean. It suggests that these failures are the result of problems at the very heart of EU policy-making which clearly privilege economic concerns over social concerns.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Model or Muddle? 1. Institutionalisms - An Overview 2. Delineating the Muddle: From 'Patchy' frameworks to the European Mediterranean Partnership 3. Emergence and Consolidation of a 'Model': The European Mediterranean Partnership and Beyond 4. The Role of Ideas and Interests in the EU-Mediterranean Policy

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Book SynopsisThe extent to which history has been used to inform policy remains a neglected topic. Focusing upon the 1957 Whitehall policy initiative, this book enhances our knowledge of post-1945 Britain, illuminates debates about the nature and the use of history in the contemporary world, most notably the relationship between history and policy.Trade Review'This interesting, well-written and clearly-organised book will be of value to those interested in British governmental policymaking in the third quarter of the last century and, more generally, to those concerned with the potential relevance of historical study in the public sphere. 'Drawing on a wide range of sources and reflecting a sound grasp of administrative practice and culture, Beck ably demonstrates the extent of the neglect by government in its deliberations of the historical work it had commissioned. His meticulous scholarship demonstrates that, despite claims of the value of the historical perspective, policy, instead, was the function of what was negotiable within Whitehall. 'At times, the perspective seems very recent. The historical report on what Burke Trend termed the deplorable history of the Festival Gardens project, established as part of the 1951 Festival of Britain, would have been useful reading for those considering the Millennium Dome. Similarly, Rohan Butler's 1962 History of the Abadan Crisis of 1951 offers an interesting viewpoint on the more recent Iraq crisis' 'This first-rate study deserves wide attention as an exemplary treatment of its subject.' - Professor Jeremy Black, University of Exeter, and author of Using History (2005). 'Beck's book draws into question the practicality of marrying history with policy making. It provides case studies into the limited abilities of academic historians to write administrative histories. Additionally, it serves as an implicit warning to historians who seek to make history the justifier of war or specific policy. Should historians stay away from political debates? This book does not seek to answer that question. The question it does ask how did the British government use histories to determine policy - should at least make people and policy makers think twice before calling for or writing individual histories to explain everything. In the end Beck achieves for policy makers what a positive historical narrative could not: doubt about the uses of history in policy. Paradoxically, this solidly written book provides exceedingly practical lessons to historians and policy makers alike.' - British Scholar (Book of the Month) 'Quite apart from illuminating my father's career, most notably his belief in the value of the historical dimension in the conduct of government, this book reminds policymakers like me about the merits of making history a more significant part of the policymaking process. At the same time, by pointing to the frequent tendency merely to pay lip service to the concept, the book makes policymakers more aware of the constant need to overcome the difficulties of using history in government.'' - Charles Clarke, Home Secretary in the Blair Government, 2004-2006 'A fascinating and genuinely original study by Peter Beck...He has researched the subject thoroughly in The National Archives and among private papers, he writes in a lucid style and...he has succeeded in opening up an area about which most historians of post-war Britain have hitherto said little. Indeed, this is a book that could be read with profit by a wide range of historians...because it raises questions about the value and application of history in the modern world.' Professor John Young, University of Nottingham, Archives: The journal of the British Records AssociationTable of ContentsList of Tables and Boxes Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations PART I: INTRODUCTION: USING HISTORY IN BRITAIN British Policymakers and History Using Official Histories and Public Records to Present Britain's Past to a Global Audience PART II: USING HISTORY IN THE TREASURY The Treasury Becomes 'Very Historically Minded' 1957-1960 Pushing Ahead with 'Funding Experience', 1960-62 The Public Enterprises Division (PE) as a Case Study, 1962-65 The 'New Stage' in the Treasury's Historical Work, 1965-68 Retuning the Treasury's Historical Activities after Fulton, 1968-70 Moving Towards the Closure of the Treasury's Historical Section, 1971-76 Using History in the Treasury PART III: USING HISTORY IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE The Foreign Office's 1962 Abadan History Using Butler's Abadan History to Reappraise British Foreign Policy Using History in the Foreign Office PART IV: CONCLUSION Making British Policy, Using and Ignoring History Appendix: Treasury Historical Memoranda Notes Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe Radical Attitude and Modern Political Theory focuses on the appearance of modernity that can be best described as radical. First appearing in the sixteenth century, the attitude is best seen not as a coherent ideology or tradition but as a series of conceptual resources that continue to inform political discourse in the present.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Reformation and the Radical Attitude: Luther, Müntzer and Calvin The Politicisation of Man: The Levellers and Hobbes Enlightenment, Law and Nature: Montesquieu and Rousseau Conservatism and Radicalism: Burke and Paine Democracy and Revolution: Tocqueville and Marx Crisis and Decision: Lenin and Schmitt Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThe demise of the French Communist Party (PCF) has been a recurrent feature of overviews of the Left in France for the past two decades, and yet the Communists survive. This study examines the factors that undermined the position of the PCF as the premier party of France, but also highlights the challenges that the party faces in a society disillusioned with politics, and the new strategies that it is developing in order to revive its fortunes.Trade Review'Raymond's book thus complements the works of Jacques Fauvet, François Fejtö, Philippe Robrieux, Maxwell Adereth, Irwin Wall, Marc Lazar, and others. Scholars will find this book useful as a resource. Instructors of history and political science should also consider Raymond's book for use in the classroom, as he provides a sophisticated analysis of one of France's most complex political parties.' - W. Brian Newsome, H-France ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction PART I: THE PREMIER PARTY OF FRANCE Political Credibility Dynamics of the Counter-Culture The Anti-System Party PART II: THE SEEDS OF FAILURE The Rise of the Socialists Failing the Presidential Challenge Speaking for the Party: George Marchais and the Discourse of Declining Authority PART III: A PARTY WITHOUT A ROLE? A Tale of Clashing Counter-Cultures The End of Ideology

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Book SynopsisThis book is a study of pragmatic conservatism, an underappreciated tradition in modern American political thought, whose origins can be located in the ideas of Edmund Burke.Trade Review“Lacey chiefly discusses four writers he believes exemplify pragmatic conservatism: Edmund Burke, Walter Lippmann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Peter Viereck. … Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.” (M. Blitz, Choice, Vol. 54 (6), February, 2017) Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsChapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Edmund Burke: Pragmatic ConservativeChapter 3: Walter Lippmann: Unlikely ConservativeChapter 4: Reinhold Niebuhr: Prophetic ConservativeChapter 5: Peter Viereck: Reverent ConservativeChapter 6: Conservatism Agonistes: Leaving the Stag HuntChapter 7: ConclusionBibliography  

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Book SynopsisIs it possible to overestimate the impact of the railway in history? Jeremy Black analyses that impact from the beginning to today. And of course it's not all a triumph. The network of the Congo today operates on three gauges run by separate companies; and a lot of it doesn't work.Trade Review'The book takes a global view of the development of the railways, starting with the early days of steam.' -- Family Tree Magazine, February 2024

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Book Synopsis From 1865, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton led campaigns for equal rights for all but were ultimately defeated by a Congress and reformers intent on applying suffrage established with constitutional amendments and legislation to men only. Ignoring all women, black and white, advocates argued that enfranchising black men would solve race problems, masking the effect on women. This book weaves Anthony''s and Stanton''s campaigns together with national and congressional events, in the process uncovering relationships among these events and revealing the devastating impact on the women and their campaign for civil rights for all citizens.

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Book SynopsisNext Year in Jerusalem recognizes that Jews have often experienced or imaged periods of exile andreturn in their long tradition. The fourteen papers in this collection examine this phenomenon from different approaches, genres, and media. They cover the period from biblical times through today. Among the exiles highlighted are the Babylonian Exile (sixth century BCE), the exile after the destruction of the Jerusalem Temple (70 CE), and the years after the Crusaders (tenth century CE). Events of return include the aftermath of the Babylonian Exile (fifth century BCE), the centuries after theTemple’s destruction (first and second CE), and the years of the establishment of the modern State of Israel (1948 CE). In each instance authors pay close attention to the historical settings, the literature created by Jews and others, and the theological explanations offered (typically, this was seen as divine punishment or reward for Israel’s behavior). The entire volume is written authoritativelyand accessibly.Table of Contents Acknowledgments Editor's Introduction Contributors Place as Real and Imagined in Exile: Jerusalem at the Center of Ezekiel, by Samuel L. Boyd "How Deserted Lies the City": Politics and the Trauma of Homelessness in the Hebrew Bible, by Dereck Daschke Exile and Return in the Samaritan Traditions, by Menahem Mor The Āl-Yāhrūdu Texts (ca. 572–477 BCE): A New Window into the Life of the Judean Exilic Community of Babylonia, by Jean-Philippe Delorme Karaites and Jerusalem: From Anan ben David to the Karaite Heritage Center in the Old City, by Daniel J. Lasker Jewish Folk Songs: Exile and Return, by Paula Eisenstein Baker Is Zionism a Movement of Return?, by Haim Sperber The Jew in Situ: Variations of Zionism in Early Twentieth Century America, by Judah M. Bernstein Returning to Jewish Theology: Further Reflections on Franz Rosenzweig, by Jean Alexrad Cahan Exile and Return: Indian Jews and the Politics of Homecoming, by Joseph HodesAgainst the Sabra Current: Hanokh Bartov's Each Had Six Wings and the Embrace of Diasporic Vitality, by Philip Hollander Shylock and the Ghetto, or East European Jewish Culture and Israeli Identity , by Dror Abend-David Exile and Zionism in the Writings of Rav Shagar, by Shlomo Abramovich The Role of the Temple Mount Faithful Movement in Changing Messianic Religious Zionists' Attitude toward the Temple Mount, by Mordechai (Motti) Inbari

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Book SynopsisAn often overlooked aspect of the Cold War was the extent of diplomatic espionage that went on in the countries behind the Iron Curtain. Every Western diplomat stationed in the Soviet bloc was targeted as a spy by the security apparatus in these countries. Now with the opening of archives in Eastern Europe, the extent of this diplomatic espionage is revealed for the first time. Ernest H. Latham, Jr. was a career Foreign Service Officer who served the United States in various posts in the Middle East and Central Europe. From 1983 to 1987, he was the cultural attachÉ at the American Embassy in Bucharest. During his time in Romania, Dr. Latham was targeted as a spy by the brutal Communist dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and subjected to constant, intrusive surveillance by his dreaded and dreadful secret police, the Securitate. This book is a collection of surveillance reports that Dr. Latham obtained from the Romanian archives following the collapse of the Communist regime. They reveal the extent of the surveillance to which Western diplomats were subjected and, more importantly, they reveal a great deal about the system and society that conducted it.Latham’s introduction provides the context of his work and Romanian conditions at that time. This book is essential reading for students of the Cold War as well as anyone interested in the mindset and methods of totalitarian regimes.The esteemed professor of Romanian history and editor of this English edition, Dennis Deletant, has called it “a notable event” representing “a rare case of such a file – of a foreigner.... Latham’s role as the US cultural attachÉ between 1983 and 1987 marks him out in body as an outsider,” but “in spirit, an insider, sympathetic to the ambivalences and ambiguities of Romania's past.... His file reminds the reader of the intrusiveness of the Communist regime into the lives of citizens, be they Romanian or otherwise.”

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Book SynopsisBetween the years 1550 and 1650, Italy's Jewish intellectuals created a unique and enduring synthesis of the great literary and philosophical heritage of the Andalusian Jews and the Renaissance`s renewal of perspective. While remaining faithful to the beliefs, behaviours, and language of their tradition, Italian Jews proved themselves open to a rapidly evolving world of great richness. The crisis of Aristotelianism (which progressively touched upon all fields of knowledge), religious fractures and unrest, the scientific revolution, and the new perception of reality expressed through a transformation of the visual arts: these are some of the changes experienced by Italian Jews which they were affected by in their own particular way. This book explores the complex relations between Jews and the world that surrounded them during a critical period of European civilisation. The relations were rich, problematic, and in some cases strained, alternating between opposition and dialogue, osmosis and distinction.Trade Review“Nine momentous essays in intellectual history of Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Period, by one of the most skilled specialists of the field. Topics deal with a wide range of issues, such as philosophy, Kabbalah, humanism, politics, allegorical representations of space, and others. Although deeply scholarly, the well-designed approach of the author will undoubtedly fascinate many broadminded ordinary readers.” — Robert Bonfil, Emeritus Professor of Jewish History, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem|“Alessandro Guetta is one of the leading scholars of the cultural history of Italian Jewry in early modern times today. Italian Jewry in the Early Modern Era brings together a fine collection of papers published over the last ten years, some of which were originally published in Italian and French, and now reproduced in an English translation. These nine studies, covering the period from the late fifteenth century to the early nineteenth century, focus on the diverse aspects of the process of modernization of Italian Jewish culture from the Renaissance until the Jewish Enlightenment.” — Abraham Melamed, Professor of Jewish History and Thought, University of Haifa

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Book SynopsisTens of thousands of Jewish children were orphaned during World War I and in the subsequent years of conflict. In response, Jewish leaders in Poland established CENTOS, the Central Union of Associations for Jewish Orphan Care. Through CENTOS, social workers and other professionals cooperated to offer Jewish children the preparation necessary to survive during a turbulent period. They established new organizations that functioned beyond the authority of the recognized Jewish community and with the support of Polish officials. The work of CENTOS exemplifies the community’s goal to build a Jewish future. Translations of sources from CENTOS publications in Yiddish and Polish describe the lives of the orphaned Jewish children and the tireless efforts of adults to better the children’s circumstances.Trade Review“For the Good of the Nation should be an interesting book and source of references for researchers of interwar Polish-Jewish society, culture, social politics, and education. All readers will have a chance to discover in this volume something relevant to their research. It may serve also as an important inspiration for the next research undertaking.” —Kamil Kijek, Institute for Jewish Studies, University of Wrocław, Slavic Review, Vol. 77, No. 4 -- Kamil Kijek * Slavic Review *“Although orphan care in Poland after World War I is often mentioned in Polish studies, Martin’s book is the first to cover this topic—and American assistance in particular—in such a thorough and detailed fashion. … Sean Martin collected material for his book in libraries and archives on three continents. Not every specialist on interwar Poland, Jewish history, Polish-Jewish-American relations, or history of social work—to whom this book would be of particular interest—has had such an opportunity. By publishing his documentary history, Martin has unlocked the libraries and archives for his colleagues. Documents sitting untouched on the shelves of archives or libraries, like books with uncut edges, remain silent. Martin has allowed them to speak. Moreover, by reconstructing the tragic history, he, either explicitly or implicitly, holds us accountable to children for all the wars that we have waged and, sadly, continue to wage.” —Olga Medvedeva-Nathoo, The Polish Review * The Polish Review *Table of Contents Introduction I: A History of CENTOS II: Descriptions of Homes for Children The “Orphanage in Pinsk” Ben-Levi The Publication of the Home for Orphans in Lwów, Zborowska 8 Maks Schaff Childish Stubbornness: Notes of a Teacher Tsvi Tarlovski Pen Strokes (From My Inspections in the Provinces) A. Goldin Images of Youth in School Publications Leon Gutman The Strike: An Image of Dormitory Life Yakov Sarner III: Home for Jewish Children and Farm in Helenówek Education or Crime? From the Diary of an Educator Yekhiel Ben-Tsiyon Kats IV: CENTOS in Otwock The Therapeutic and Educational Institution in Otwock (Three Months of Activity) Zofia Rosenblum Awakening in an Institution (Images of an Institution for Defective Children in Otwock) Kalman Lis Two Visits in CENTOS Helena Boguszewska Five Years of CENTOS Activity in Otwock Zofia Rosenblum Working with Abnormal Children: On Eight Years of CENTOS in Otwock Abraham Berger Afterword Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisThe story of the Peterloo massacre, a defining moment in the history of British democracy, told with passion and authority. 'Excellent' Zadie Smith 'Fast-paced and full of fascinating detail' Tim Clayton 'A superb account of one of the defining moments in modern British history' Tristram Hunt 'Peterloo is one of the greatest scandals of British political history... Riding tells this tragic story with mesmerising skill' John Bew On a hot late summer's day, a crowd of 60,000 gathered in St Peter's Field. They came from all over Lancashire – ordinary working-class men, women and children – walking to the sound of hymns and folk songs, wearing their best clothes and holding silk banners aloft. Their mood was happy, their purpose wholly serious: to demand fundamental reform of a corrupt electoral system. By the end of the day fifteen people, including two women and a child, were dead or dying and 650 injured, hacked down by drunken yeomanry after local magistrates panicked at the size of the crowd. Four years after defeating the 'tyrant' Bonaparte at Waterloo, the British state had turned its forces against its own people as they peaceably exercised their time-honoured liberties. As well as describing the events of 16 August in shattering detail, Jacqueline Riding evokes the febrile state of England in the late 1810s, paints a memorable portrait of the reform movement and its charismatic leaders, and assesses the political legacy of the massacre to the present day. As fast-paced and powerful as it is rigorously researched, Peterloo: The Story of the Manchester Massacre adds significantly to our understanding of a tragic staging-post on Britain's journey to full democracy.Trade ReviewA superb account of one of the defining moments in modern British history -- Tristram HuntPeterloo is one of the greatest scandals of British political history... Jacqueline Riding tells this tragic story with mesmerising skill' -- John Bew, author of Citizen ClemFast-paced and full of fascinating detail -- Tim Clayton, author of WaterlooCareful, closely researched... A fascinating and moving story... Riding does a fine job of putting the event into context' -- Dominic Sandbrook, Sunday TimesQuite simply magnificent: splendidly researched, thoroughly well written, and very difficult to put down -- John Barrell, GuardianRiding lets the evidence speak for itself, and in doing so produces a cool and even-handed indictment of the authorities and the soldiers at St Peter's Field that is far more devastating than any emotional rant... Cleverly structured... The sequence of events that Riding lays out in forensic details is shocking... The Peterloo story is one that deserves to be remembered as a less than glorious chapter in our island history. No one has told it better' -- Saul David, Literary ReviewVivid, engrossing and well-researched... An evocative account... Gripping and intellectually robust... '[Mike Leigh's] film and Riding's excellent accompanying book will rightly heighten public awareness of the events of 16 August 1819' -- Ted Vallance, BBC History MagazineThe best single account of the massacre of August 1819. A brilliant piece of historical research that sets the event in the wider political and social context and which brings to life the tragic events of August 16. This is the book to turn to for anyone interested in learning what happened in Manchester on that day and why Peterloo continues to resonate today' * Michael Powell, Chetham's Library *Clear-minded and readable... Riding reprints contemporary satirical cartoons between her chapters which remind us of the rich radical visual culture of this period and its importance to the growth of democratic thinking' * TLS. *Riding's academic but highly readable account of the event, the lead up to and the aftermath of the massacre, is a richly detailed and comprehensive account. Both energetic and totally engaging, Peterloo is also insightful... Riding has a knack for finding the little telling details that make this story very human' * Nudge Book. *The story of the 1819 Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, when 15 people were killed at a protest meeting demanding the vote for all * Choice December Round Up *Sheds light on what really happened at the Peterloo Massacre on that fateful day in 1819... This new book offers a comprehensive and accurate history of one of the great outrages of the 19th Century and will answer many questions raised by the new feature film, directed by Mike Leigh' * This is England *The story of a moment of terrible repression by the few of the many, and we shouldn't be afraid of saying that the working-class demonstrators were in the right * London Review of Books *Accessible to a wide readership... [Riding's] thoroughness highlights some aspects of the events leading up to Peterloo, which could easily remain hidden' * Methodist Recorder *A comprehensive history... Manages to be both academic and entertaining' * Liberal Democrat Voice *A magnificent study of the 1819 St Peter's Field sabre attack shows the need not to neglect working-class history * Guardian *Highly readable * Church Times *An excellent account of the massacre * Choice *Ahead of Mike Leigh's 2018 film, a heartfelt reconstruction of the uprising, Jacqueline Riding produced this book to accompany the film's cinema release * Financial Times *Sympathetic and well-written... A stimulating and readable account and her book is to be warmly welcomed' * NW Labour History Journal *

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Book SynopsisAs a collective, the lives of the Princesses of York span across seven decades and the rule of five different Kings. The daughters of Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville, they were born into an England that had been ruled over by the great Plantagenet Kings for almost three hundred years. Their young years were blighted by tragedy: the death of their beloved father, followed by the disappearance and possible murder of their two brothers, Edward and Richard of York, forever now known to history as the infamous Princes in the Tower. With their own futures uncertain during the reign of their uncle, Richard III, and their mother held under house arrest, the Princesses had to navigate their way through the tumultuous years of the 1480s before having to adjust to a new King and a new dynasty in the shape of Henry VII, who would bring about the age of the Tudors. Through her marriage to Henry, Elizabeth of York rebuilt her life, establishing herself as a popular, if not hugely influential Queen. But she did not forget her younger siblings, and even before her own mother’s death, she acted as a surrogate mother to the younger York princesses, supporting them both financially and emotionally. The stories of the York Princesses are entwined into the fabric of the history of England, as they grew up, survived and even thrived in the new Tudor age. Their lives are played out against a backdrop of coronations and jousts, births and deaths, marriages and divorces and loyalties and broken allegiances. From the usurpation of Richard III, to the Battle of Bosworth, the brilliance of the court of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, to the rise of Anne Boleyn, the York Princesses were there to witness events unfold. They were the daughters, sisters and aunts of Kings, and this is their story. The York Princesses is a natural follow-up to Sarah J. Hodder's first book, The Queen's Sisters, which told the stories of the lives of the sisters of Elizabeth Woodville.

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Book SynopsisA fascinating new insight into the epic conflicts between Spain's Philip III and Elizabeth I of England, culminating in the Spanish invasion of Ireland, the fateful Battle of Kinsale and the downfall of the Gaelic insurgent chieftains O'Neill and O'Donnell.

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