Monroe County: Everyday Life in Indiana, Monroe County Historical Society

Автор: Houlihan Patrick J
Название: Catholicism and the Great War
ISBN: 1108446027 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781108446020
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: A transnational comparative history of Catholic lived religion in Germany and Austria-Hungary during the Great War, this book demonstrates how Catholic forms of belief and practice enabled soldiers on the front line, as well as women and children on the home front, to endure war and loss.

Автор: Benn Charles D.
Название: China`s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty
ISBN: 0195176650 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195176650
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: The Tang Dynasty (618-907), traditionally regarded as the golden age of China, was a time of patricians and intellectuals, Buddhist monks and Taoist priests, poetry and music, song and dance. In China`s Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty, Charles Benn paints a vivid picture of the lifestyle behind the grandeur of the Tang culture.

Автор: Hбjkovб Anna
Название: The Last Ghetto: An Everyday History of Theresienstadt
ISBN: 0190051779 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190051778
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Terez�n, as it was known in Czech, or Theresienstadt as it was known in German, was operated by the Nazis between November 1941 and May 1945 as a transit ghetto for Central and Western European Jews before their deportation for murder in the East. Terez�n was the last ghetto to be liberated,
one day after the end of World War II.

The Last Ghetto is the first in-depth analytical history of a prison society during the Holocaust. Rather than depict the prison society which existed within the ghetto as an exceptional one, unique in kind and not understandable by normal analytical methods, Anna H�jkov� argues that such prison
societies that developed during the Holocaust are best understood as simply other instances of the societies human beings create under normal circumstances. Challenging conventional claims of Holocaust exceptionalism, H�jkov� insists instead that we ought to view the Holocaust with the same
analytical tools as other historical events.

The prison society of Terez�n produced its own social hierarchies under which seemingly small differences among prisoners (of age, ethnicity, or previous occupation) could determine whether one ultimately lived or died. During the three and a half years of the camp's existence, prisoners created
their own culture and habits, bonded, fell in love, and forged new families. Based on extensive archival research in nine languages and on empathetic reading of victim testimonies, The Last Ghetto is a transnational, cultural, social, gender, and organizational history of Terez�n, revealing how
human society works in extremis and highlighting the key issues of responsibility, agency and its boundaries, and belonging.

Автор: Robert Weinberg
Название: Blood Libel in Late Imperial Russia: The Ritual Murder Trial of Mendel Beilis
ISBN: 0253011078 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253011077
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: On Sunday, March 20, 1911, children playing in a cave near Kiev made a gruesome discovery: the blood-soaked body of a partially clad boy. After right-wing groups asserted that the killing was a ritual murder, the police, with no direct evidence, arrested Menachem Mendel Beilis, a 39-year-old Jewish manager at a factory near the site of the crime. Beilis's trial in 1913 quickly became an international cause c?l?bre. The jury ultimately acquitted Beilis but held that the crime had the hallmarks of a ritual murder. Robert Weinberg's account of the Beilis Affair explores the reasons why the tsarist government framed Beilis, shedding light on the excesses of antisemitism in late Imperial Russia. Primary documents culled from the trial transcript, newspaper articles, Beilis's memoirs, and archival sources, many appearing in English for the first time, bring readers face to face with this notorious trial.

Автор: Giustino Cathleen M.
Название: Socialist Escapes
ISBN: 1782389253 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782389255
Издательство: Berghahn
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During much of the Cold War, physical escape from countries in the Eastern Bloc was a nearly impossible act. There remained, however, possibilities for other socialist escapes, particularly time spent free from party ideology and the mundane routines of everyday life. The essays in this volume examine sites of socialist escapes, such as beaches, campgrounds, nightclubs, concerts, castles, cars, and soccer matches. The chapters explore the effectiveness of state efforts to engineer society through leisure, entertainment, and related forms of cultural programming and consumption. They lead to a deeper understanding of state–society relations in the Soviet sphere, where the state did not simply “dictate from above” and inhabitants had some opportunities to shape solidarities, identities, and meaning.

Автор: Balogun Oluwakemi M.
Название: Beauty Diplomacy: Embodying an Emerging Nation
ISBN: 1503610977 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781503610972
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Even as beauty pageants have been critiqued as misogynistic and dated cultural vestiges of the past in the US and elsewhere, the pageant industry is growing in popularity across the Global South, and Nigeria is one of the countries at the forefront of this trend. In a country with over 1,000 reported pageants, these events are more than superficial forms of entertainment. Beauty Diplomacy takes us inside the world of Nigerian beauty contests to see how they are transformed into contested vehicles for promoting complex ideas about gender and power, ethnicity and belonging, and a rapidly changing articulation of Nigerian nationhood. Drawing on four case studies of beauty pageants, this book examines how Nigeria's changing position in the global political economy and existing cultural tensions inform varied forms of embodied nationalism, where contestants are expected to integrate recognizable elements of Nigerian cultural identity while also conveying a narrative of a newly-emerging, globally-relevant Nigeria. Oluwakemi M. Balogun critically examines Nigerian pageants in the context of major transitions within the nation-state, using these events as a lens through which to understand Nigerian national identity and international relations.

Автор: Gary Moore
Название: Brown County Mornings
ISBN: 0253011256 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253011251
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание: Rolling hills, rich forests, and beautiful vistas have made Brown County, Indiana, a favorite haunt of painters and ordinary tourists. In this gorgeous collection, landscape photographer Gary Moore reveals the spirit of the place in the morning hours as it awakens to the new day. Complementing Moore's wonderful photographs is a text by James P. Eagleman, one of the area's lifelong naturalists, which showcases the county's unique flora and fauna. Included with more than 100 color landscape photographs are Moore's tips on composition, atmosphere, and lighting, encouraging readers to test their creativity with whatever equipment they possess. A book to treasure, Brown County Mornings beckons visitors to enjoy this magical place at any time of day or year.

Автор: Gary Moore, Marsha Williamson Mohr, Rachel Berenso
Название: Parke County: Indiana`s Covered Bridge Capital
ISBN: 0253016150 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253016157
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: With its beautiful meadows and countless meandering streams, picturesque Parke County, Indiana, is home to 31 historic covered bridges, ranging from 43 to 315 feet long. Every October, the county hosts the Covered Bridge Festival, which draws more than two million people nationwide to the courthouse lawn in Rockville. From there, tourists set off to visit the bridges and to seek out the arts and crafts fairs located in each of the festival's nine communities. Photographer Marsha Williamson Mohr has spent years in the area, capturing spellbinding images of the bridges and nearby farms and the natural beauty of the area, season by season. The warmth and vitality of Parke County brings her back time and time again, and this gorgeous photographic collection will call you back as well.

Автор: Chait Richard Dick
Название: Rails in Rochester and Monroe County
ISBN: 1531678351 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531678357
Издательство: Неизвестно
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Автор: Boshears Jeremy
Название: The Covered Bridges of Monroe County
ISBN: 0253041287 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253041289
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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The covered bridge has long been a symbol of Indiana's past, evoking feelings of romance and nostalgia. These feats of engineering span the rivers and streams that crisscross the county. Jeremy Boshears' photographs capture the beauty of the bridges dotting the riverbanks of Monroe County. With 121 color photographs, The Covered Bridges of Monroe County will appeal to everyone who treasures these iconic structures.

Автор: Thompson, Tok (university Of Southern California) Schrempp, Gregory (indiana University)
Название: Truth of myth
ISBN: 0190222808 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190222802
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: A wonderfully mild morning in the Arctic - only -15A(deg) Celsius! You belong to a large research organization, which is divided between several stations. As part of Division IMB-Q-12, you are researching climate change at the North Pole. Everything is strictly secret and you have no idea what the missions of the other teams are. From Division IMB-Q-13, for example, have not seen or heard anything for weeks. Suddenly the evacuation alarm goes off! You run to the door, but it has already been locked automatically. = Through the window you can see your colleagues from the other stations run to the helicopters. You are left alone in the freezing Arctic ... You crawl into an adjacent station via a ventilation shaft. Again, the door is already locked. The lab is devastated and you wonder what happened here. Then you find a notebook and a strange disk. Everything in the room is secured with numbered locks. Then it dawns on you that only if you can figure out all of the codes to unlock the locks in time, can you escape. If not, this will be your bitter (cold) end. This game can be played only one time because you must markup, fold, and tear the game materials to solve the riddles and escape.

Автор: Montgomery David
Название: Everyday Life in the Balkans
ISBN: 0253038170 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780253038173
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Everyday Life in the Balkans gathers the work of leading scholars across disciplines to provide a broad overview of the countries of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, and Turkey. This region has long been characterized as a place of instability and political turmoil, from World War I, through the Yugoslav Wars, and even today as debate continues over issues such as the influx of refugees or the expansion of the European Union. However, the work gathered here moves beyond the images of war and post-socialist stagnation which dominate Western media coverage of the region to instead focus on the lived experiences of the people in these countries. Contributors consider a wide range of issues including family dynamics, gay rights, war memory, religion, cinema, fashion, and politics. Using clear language and engaging examples, Everyday Life in the Balkans provides the background context necessary for an enlightened conversation about the policies, economics, and culture of the region.