2604 results for "World History"

British policy and the refugees, 1933-1941

Kapp, Yvonne
This book was written in 1940, but never published. The authors had held, until May 1940, responsible positions in the Czech Refugee Trust Fund, which brought political refugees (including large numbers of communists) to Britain. In May 1940 they were dismissed from their posts by the Home Office due to their political affiliations. The introduction (pp. ix-xxvi) relates the history of the authors and their book, which is a critique of British prewar and wartime immigration policy. 65,000 refugees from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia immigrated to Britain in 1933-39; 90% of them were "racial refugees" - i.e. Jews or part-Jews. Describes the events that impelled these people to leave the Reich. Dwells on the hardships and social discrimination which confronted the refugees in Britain both before and during the war. In April 1940 an internment campaign was launched; many refugees were interned in camps in the country or in the dominions. Discusses the legal aspects of the reception of refugees in Britain. Compares the ordeals of refugees in Britain with those in France, where the situation was much worse.
Frank Cass 1997 152 pages

Via Crucis. A romance of the Second Crusade ... Illustrated by Louis Loeb.

Crawford, Francis Marion,Loeb, Louis
Title: Via Crucis. A romance of the Second Crusade ... Illustrated by Louis Loeb. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print Editions The British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Crawford, Francis Marion; Loeb, Louis; 1899. 401 p. ; 8º. 012630.l.49.
British Library, Historical Print Editions 2011-04-05 470 pages

Secrets of the Bosphorus

Henry Morgenthau
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Alpha Editions 2023-09-19 262 pages

Bureaucracy, Aristocracy, and Autocracy: the Prussian Experience, 1660-1815

Hans Author Rosenberg
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Creative Media Partners, LLC 2021-09-09 264 pages

In search of civil society: Independent peace movements in the Soviet bloc

Tismaneanu, Vladimir
In a time of massive social transformation in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union, worldwide attention has been focused on the growth of independent peace movements in this region. In Search of Civil Society is the first comprehensive analysis of the progressive social movements that are proving vital to the expansion of grassroots civil societies. The volume presents case studies of Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Germany, and the Soviet Union. Written by some of the best-informed scholars in Eastern European studies, many of them dissidents and activists, these essays analyze the current status of civil societies. The contributors tackle a host of related issues and concerns: dissent, non-violence, intra- and anti-systemic opposition, post-Stalinism, conscientious objection, and human rights. Moving beyond the arena of politics, the volume also examines the various ways peace movements are affecting cultural and moral life in these societies. Through a combination of first-hand information and scholarly interpretations, these changes are examined in view of the movement of Communist society towards pluralism.
Routledge 2013-10-31 192 pages

Kronstadt 1921

Avrich, Paul
In March 1921 the sailors of Kronstadt, the naval fortress in the Gulf of Finland, rose in revolt against the Bolshevik government, which they themselves had helped into power. Under the slogan of Òfree soviets,'' they established a revolutionary commune that survived for sixteen days, until an army came across the ice to crush it. After a savage struggle, the rebels were subdued. Paul Avrich vividly describes the uprising and examines it in the context of the development of the Soviet state.Originally published in 1970.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Princeton University Press 2014-07-14 288 pages

Proceedings of the ... Convention of the National Council of Jewish Women

National Council of Jewish Women,Council Of Jewish Women
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Nabu Press 2010-03-09 454 pages

A Gentle Cynic

Creative Media Partners, LLC,MORRIS JASTROW, JR.
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Creative Media Partners, LLC 2022-10-27 254 pages

Geonica

Ginzberg Louis
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Creative Media Partners, LLC 2022-10-27 222 pages

The seleucid and hasmonean periods and the apocalyptic worldview

Lester L. Grabbe,Gabriele Boccaccini,Jason M. Zurawski
This tightly focused collection of essays, from an invited seminar of international specialists, centres on the question of the apocalyptic worldview around the time of the Maccabean revolt. What was the nature of apocalyptic at this time? Did the Maccabees themselves have a distinct apocalyptic worldview? These questions lead to other, more specific queries: who of the various groups held such a view? Certain of the essays analyse the characteristics of the apocalypses and related literature in this period, and whether the apocalyptic worldview itself gave rise to historical events or, at least, influenced them. The collection begins with two introductory essays. Both the main and short papers have individual responses, and two considered responses by well-known experts address the entire collection. The volume finishes with a concluding chapter by the lead editor that gives a perspective on the main themes and conclusions arising from the papers and discussion.
Bloomsbury T&T Clark 2018-11-01 261 pages

An Essay on Conduct and Education. Recommended to the People Called Quakers, by John Fry. the Third Edition. with a PostScript to People of Other Perswasions

John Fry
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious and philosophical understanding and continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons and moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestantism and Catholicism transformed into one between faith and logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T033300 Dated at end: Sutton Benjar, in Wiltshire, 11th of the 2d month, 1741. Bristol: printed by W. Pine, for T. Mills; and sold by J. Phillips, London, 1776. 40p.; 8°
Creative Media Partners, LLC 2018-04-19 42 pages

Phinehas Allen's Descendants. Benjamin, Jr. , Benjamin, John, Walter, of Lincoln, Mass. , 1745, and a Complete Genealogy of the Descendants of Benjamin Allen, of Ashby, Mass. 1777

George Henry Allen,Stephen S Wright
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Trieste Publishing Pty Limited 2017-11-10 54 pages