Search Results - Politics and literature

Bulgaria and Europe shifting identities /

Table of Contents: “…The Europeanization of Bulgarian society : a long-lasting political project / Stefanos Katsikas and Peter Siani-Davies -- Institution-building, political culture, and identity in Bulgaria : the challenge of "Europeanization" / Wolfgang Höpken -- Appropriations of Bulgarian literature in the West : from Pencho Slaveikov to Iordan Ionkov / Galin Tihanov -- Communism and Cold War in Bulgaria : the absence of Europe? …”
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Queen and country the relation between the monarch and the people in the development of the English nation /

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The traditions of invention Romanian ethnic and social stereotypes in historical context / by Drace-Francis, Alex

Table of Contents: “…Representations of the Romanian peasant from ancient stereotype to modern symbol -- A provincial imperialist and a curious account of Wallachia: Ignaz von Born -- "At ten minutes past two, I gazed ecstatically on both lighthouses": -- Time, self and object in early Romanian travel texts -- "Like a member of a free nation, he spoke without shame": foreign travellers as a trope in Romanian cultural tradition -- Dinicu Golescu's Account of my travels (1826): Eurotopia as manifesto -- National ideology between lyrics and metaphysics: the political writings of Mihai Eminescu -- Ion Luca Caragiale: the tall tale of the Romanian nation -- Eugen Ionescu's Selves, 1934-60 -- Beyond the land of green plums: Romanian language and culture in Herta -- Muller's work -- Sex, lies and stereotypes: images of Romania in British literature 1945-2000 -- Paradoxes of occidentalism: on travel and travel writing in Ceausescu's Romania.…”
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Lusophone Africa beyond independence / by Arenas, Fernando, 1963-

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The romance of the three kingdoms and Mao's global order of tripolarity by Lam, Lai Sing

Table of Contents: “…The political role of classical Chinese literature in Mao's fight against the twin superpowers -- Chronological events of the Three Kingdoms period -- Mao and theme of The romance of the three kingdoms -- The romance of the three kingdoms and the origins of Mao's global order of tripolarity -- Mao's tripolar methodology: from theory to praxis -- From post-war bipolarity to Mao's global order of tripolarity -- 1954-1964 period of tripolarity: Sino-Soviet break up and dismissal of Soviet-backed Peng Dehuai -- 1965-1969 period of tripolarity: Cultural Revolution as part of Sino-US hostility -- 1969-1976 period of tripolarity: Sino-US courtship and Mao's modernization initiatives in western economic style -- 1979-1990 period: collapse of Mao's global order of tripolarity.…”
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The end of the Holocaust by Rosenfeld, Alvin H. (Alvin Hirsch), 1938-

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Rome re-imagined twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city /

Table of Contents: “…O'Daly -- Decoding the Labyrinth : Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature / Mario Casari -- Conclusion: An Imagined City / Louis I. …”
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Cold war cultures perspectives on Eastern and Western European societies /

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"Kicking Bishop Brennan up the arse" negotiating texts and contexts in contemporary Irish studies / by O'Brien, Eugene, 1958-

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Petrified utopia happiness Soviet style /

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Africa / by Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise, Hanson, John H., 1956-

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United Germany : debating processes and prospects /

Table of Contents: “…Zatlin -- And the crisis of feminist politics / Ute Gerhard -- Women's movements in East Germany : are we in Europe yet? …”
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Visions of Europe : interdisciplinary contributions to contemporary cultural debates /

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Networks, regions and nations shaping identities in the Low Countries, 1300-1650 /

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Ancient Rome by Dunstan, William E.

Table of Contents: “…Early Italy -- Origins of Rome -- The young republic -- Roman conquest of Italy -- Duel with Carthage -- Roman conquest of the Mediterranean world -- Impact of overseas conquests on the senatorial oligarchy -- Impact of overseas conquests of the economic and social organization of Italy -- Greek cultural influences on Rome -- Rival conceptions of state and society plague Roman politics : from the Gracchi to the Social War -- Sulla -- Pompey and Caesar -- Antony and Octavian wrestle for empire : final dissolution of the old republican order -- Economic, social, and cultural climate of the late republic -- Augustus and the founding of the Roman Empire -- Augustan social and religious policy -- Augustan art and literature and the Augustan legacy.…”
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Diasporic Africa a reader /

Table of Contents: “…PART III. RECONFIGURING THE POLITICAL /…”
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Mediterranean anarchy, interstate war, and the rise of Rome by Eckstein, Arthur M.

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Shifting social imaginaries in the Hellenistic period : narrations, practices, and images /

Table of Contents: “…Nitschke -- The spread of Greek polis institutions in Hellenistic Cappadocia and the peer polity interaction model / Christoph Michels -- Shifting worldviews -- Ceremonies, athletics and the city: some remarks on the social imaginary of the Greek city of the Hellenistic period / Onno van Nijf -- The view from the old world: contemporary perspectives on Hellenistic culture / Andrew Erskine -- The Hellenistic far east: from the oikoumene to the community / Rachel Mairs -- Epilogue: Alexander the Great and Iskander dhu'l-Qarnayn: memory, myth and representation of a conqueror from Iran to south east India through the eyes of travel literature / Omar Coloru.…”
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Jewish women in fin de siècle Vienna by Rose, Alison

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Childhood and youth of Jewish girls -- Community, spirituality, and philanthropy -- University and political involvement -- Women and the Zionist movement -- Medicine and psychoanalysis -- Literature and culture -- Conclusion.…”
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Papers from the first and second postgraduate forums in Byzantine studies sailing to Byzantium /

Table of Contents: “…III. Philology and literature -- pt. IV. Politics and rhetoric -- pt. V. …”
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