The Weimar era in Germany is often characterized as a time of significant change. Such periods of rupture transform the way people envision the past, present, and future. This book traces the concepti
From consumer products to architecture to advertising to digital technology, design is an undeniably global phenomenon. Yet despite their professed transnational perspective, historical studies of des
In the years following World War II, the national Democratic Party aligned its agenda more and more with the goals of the civil rights movement. By contrast, a majority of southern Democrats remained
Talking about the Holocaust has provided an international language for ethics, victimization, political claims, and constructions of collective identity. As part of a worldwide vocabulary, that langua
Offering new insights into Florida's position within the cultural legacy of the South,The Struggle for Black Freedom in Miami explores the long fight for civil rights in one of the country's most popu
"During his political career, Helmut Kohl used his own life story to promote a normalization of German nationalism and to overcome the stigma of the Nazi period. In the context of the Cold War and the
Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and 1950. While this period is on the edge of
Using a great variety of source materials, and including a large number of photographs and other images, this book builds a picture of Dublin between 1930 and 1950. While this period is on the edge of
In the last two decades our empirical knowledge of the Holocaust has been vastly expanded. Yet this empirical blossoming has not been accompanied by much theoretical reflection on the historiography.
This anthology in the Making Sense of History series is designed for academic readers and general readers with a special interest in Jewish narratives of the Holocaust. It seeks to fill a historical g
Bohemia and Moravia, today part of the Czech Republic, was the first territory with a majority of non-German speakers occupied by Hitler’s Third Reich on the eve of the World War II. Tens of thousands
In Black Freedom, White Resistance, and Red Menace, Yasuhiro Katagiri offers the first scholarly work to illuminate an important but largely unstudied aspect of U.S. civil rights history -- the collab
German historian Droysen (1808-1884) articulated the idea that the study of history trains the mind for "historical thinking," which can lead to activism. This study examines the context of Droysen's
In 1960, the College Entrance Examination Board became an unexpected participant in the movement to desegregate education in the South. Working with its partner, Educational Testing Services, the Coll
New Orleans on Parade tells the story of the Big Easy in the twentieth century. In this urban biography, J. Mark Souther explores the Crescent City's architecture, music, food and alcohol, folklore an
Just as Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi completed the most successful cinematic trilogy of its generation, perhaps of all time, this splendid thirtieth-anniversary tribute completes New York
A vast amount of literature-both scholarly and popular-now exists on the subject of historical memory, but there is remarkably little available that is written from an African perspective. This volume
In Ambition, Competition, and Electoral Reform, Jamie L. Carson and Jason M. Roberts present an original study of U.S. congressional elections and electoral institutions for 1872-1944 from a contempor
This colorful title introduces readers to bar graphs through multiple examples focused on the theme of a party. Readers can also complete activities and are given suggestions for further exploration o
Readers will discover line graphs through examples that include waiting to ride a roller coaster, recording sales at a lemonade stand, and counting clouds. Colorful graphs teach readers, while fun ill
Taking bar graphs in a different direction, this title shows readers how symbols can represent numbers. Readers will explore books in different ways, including the number read by many groups at one po
Designed to introduce readers to how graphs tell stories. Readers will see bar, line, pie, and pictographs, as well as tally charts, and be encouraged to read the stories graphs tell and create their
Using everyday examples such as pizza toppings, the playground, and flowers, this title introduces readers to the basics of pie graphs. Activities reinforce the concepts taught.
This fun book uses examples familiar to readers to get them counting using tally charts. Topics include snacks, pets, and how readers and their classmates get to school. Activities encourage practicin
More than fifty years after its initial publication, C. Vann Woodward s landmark work, The Burden of Southern History, remains an essential text on the southern past. Today, a southern burden still ex
In Gendered Politics in the Modern South, Keira V. Williams uses the Susan Smith case to analyze what she calls the new sexism found in the agenda of the budding neo-conservative movement of the 1990s
Fourteen chapters, presented by Stone (modern history, U. of London, England), grapple with issues of historical method and methodology in consideration of the Holocaust. That is, they consider the in
Contains the stories of children who made a difference by helping others, including feeding the hungry, giving toys to children who have suffered disasters, and warning beach goers of an impending tsu
Contains the stories of children who were inspired to make a difference, including a thirteen-year-old businessman, a seven-year-old published author, and a child advocate who started his organization
Profiles five young people who have championed environmental causes, and offers suggestions on how to get involved with issues that support the environment.
The institutional development of American legislatures, beginning with the first colonial assembly of 1619, has been marked by continuity as well as change. Peverill Squire draws upon a wealth of prim
Campaign contributions are widely viewed as a corrupting influence but most scholarly research concludes that they have marginal impact on legislative behavior. Lynda W. Powell shows that contribution
The House and the Senate floors are the only legislative forums where all members of the U.S. Congress participate and each has a vote. Andrew J. Taylor explores why floor power and floor rights in th
The relationship between historical studies and psychoanalysis remains an open debate that is full of tension, in both a positive and negative sense. In particular the following question has not been
D'Arcens (English literatures, U. of Wollongong, Australia) explores the interest in and portrayal of the European Middle Ages in Australian literature. She considers Anglo-Saxonism in the work of Rol
