Search Results - "World War II"

Detroit on Stage : The Players Club, 1910-2005 / by Levering, Marijean

Table of Contents: “…The Players during the Depression and World War II; 4. The Long Run: Postwar Prosperity; 5. …”
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The world in world wars experiences, perceptions and perspectives from Africa and Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Lovering -- The corrosiveness of comparison : reverberations of Indian wartime experiences in German prison camps (1915-1919) / Ravi Ahuja -- The suppressed discourse : Arab victims of national socialism / Gerhard Hopp (with a prologue and an epilogue by Peter Wien) -- Egypt's overlooked contribution to World War II / Emad Ahmed Helal -- Kaiser ki jay (long live the Kaiser) : perceptions of World War I and the socio-religious movement among the Oraons in Chota Nagpur, 1914-1916 / Heike Liebau -- Correcting their perspective : out-of-area deployment and the Swahili military press in World War II / Katrin Bromber -- The First World War according to the memories of 'commoners' in the Bilad al-Sham / Abdallah Hanna -- Ambiguities of the modern : the Great War in the memoirs and poetry of the Iraqis / Dina Rizk Khoury.…”
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The world in world wars experiences, perceptions and perspectives from Africa and Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Lovering -- The corrosiveness of comparison : reverberations of Indian wartime experiences in German prison camps (1915-1919) / Ravi Ahuja -- The suppressed discourse : Arab victims of national socialism / Gerhard Hopp (with a prologue and an epilogue by Peter Wien) -- Egypt's overlooked contribution to World War II / Emad Ahmed Helal -- Kaiser ki jay (long live the Kaiser) : perceptions of World War I and the socio-religious movement among the Oraons in Chota Nagpur, 1914-1916 / Heike Liebau -- Correcting their perspective : out-of-area deployment and the Swahili military press in World War II / Katrin Bromber -- The First World War according to the memories of 'commoners' in the Bilad al-Sham / Abdallah Hanna -- Ambiguities of the modern : the Great War in the memoirs and poetry of the Iraqis / Dina Rizk Khoury.…”
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Through the storm, through the night a history of African American Christianity / by Harvey, Paul, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Middle passage for the gods: African and African American religions from the middle passage to the great awakening -- The birth of Afro-Christianity in the slave quarters and the urban North, 1740-1831 -- Through the night: African American religion in the Antebellum Era -- Day of jubilee: Black churches from emancipation to the era of Jim Crow -- Jesus on the mainline: Black Christianity from the great migration through World War II -- Freedom's main line: Black Christianity, civil rights, and religious pluralism -- Epilogue: righteous anger and visionary dreams: contemporary Black politics, religion, and culture.…”
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Through the storm, through the night a history of African American Christianity / by Harvey, Paul, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Middle passage for the gods: African and African American religions from the middle passage to the great awakening -- The birth of Afro-Christianity in the slave quarters and the urban North, 1740-1831 -- Through the night: African American religion in the Antebellum Era -- Day of jubilee: Black churches from emancipation to the era of Jim Crow -- Jesus on the mainline: Black Christianity from the great migration through World War II -- Freedom's main line: Black Christianity, civil rights, and religious pluralism -- Epilogue: righteous anger and visionary dreams: contemporary Black politics, religion, and culture.…”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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A History of Icelandic Literature / by Stefán Einarsson, 1897-1972

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Eddic Poetry -- Skaldic Poetry -- Sacred Poetry -- Secular Poetry of the Later Middle Ages -- Literature of the Clergy -- The Earliest Historiographers -- The Kings' Sagas -- The Sagas -- The Family Sagas -- Sturlunga Saga -- Fornalder Sogur -- Romances of Chivalry and Lygi Sogur -- The Reformation -- The Icelandic Renaissance -- Secular Poetry, 1550-1750 -- Enlightenment (Neo-Classicism), 1750-1830 -- National Romanticism, 1830-1874 -- Realism to Neo-Romanticism, 1874-1918 -- Tradition and Revolt Between the World Wars, 1918-1940 -- After World War II, 1940-1956 -- American-Icelandic Writers.…”
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Sexual reckonings Southern girls in a troubling age / by Cahn, Susan K.

Table of Contents: “…-- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? …”
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Tío cowboy Juan Salinas, rodeo roper and horseman / by Palacios, Ricardo D.

Table of Contents: “…Webb County, Texas -- The Antonio Salinas family of Webb County, Texas -- Life on the Rancho Las Blancas -- The move to Encinal -- Young Juan takes over and the roping starts in earnest -- Juan goes on the national circuit -- Circuit experiences -- Anthony Salinas destined to be world champion calf roper -- World War II adjustments -- After ten years, the party's over -- Settling a score at the Salinas ranch -- Leading a cattleman's life -- A real true friend -- Employees, good and bad -- Accolades and kudos -- The last years, travels with Juan -- The end and the almost-fight.…”
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Arizona a history / by Sheridan, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Incorporation -- The Native Americans -- The arrival of the Europeans -- Mexican Arizona and the Anglo frontier -- Early Anglo settlement and the beginning of the Indian wars -- The military conquest of Indian Arizona -- Extraction -- The freighters and the railroads -- Cattle -- Silver and gold -- Copper -- Oases in the desert -- Water and cotton -- Transformation -- Climate -- The Depression and the New Deal -- World War II and the postwar boom -- The other Arizona -- From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- Arizona in the twenty-first century -- The political ecology of a desert state -- Reference material -- Bibliographic essays -- Index -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona.…”
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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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Sexual reckonings Southern girls in a troubling age / by Cahn, Susan K.

Table of Contents: “…-- "Just as much a menace" : race and sex delinquency -- "A head full of diamonds" : fact, fiction, and African American girls' sexuality -- "Living in hopes" : an economy of desire -- Sex, science, and eugenic sterilization -- The World War II pickup girl and wartime passions -- School days : reading, 'riting, 'rithmetic, and romance -- Would Jesus dance? …”
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Tío cowboy Juan Salinas, rodeo roper and horseman / by Palacios, Ricardo D.

Table of Contents: “…Webb County, Texas -- The Antonio Salinas family of Webb County, Texas -- Life on the Rancho Las Blancas -- The move to Encinal -- Young Juan takes over and the roping starts in earnest -- Juan goes on the national circuit -- Circuit experiences -- Anthony Salinas destined to be world champion calf roper -- World War II adjustments -- After ten years, the party's over -- Settling a score at the Salinas ranch -- Leading a cattleman's life -- A real true friend -- Employees, good and bad -- Accolades and kudos -- The last years, travels with Juan -- The end and the almost-fight.…”
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Arizona a history / by Sheridan, Thomas E.

Table of Contents: “…Incorporation -- The Native Americans -- The arrival of the Europeans -- Mexican Arizona and the Anglo frontier -- Early Anglo settlement and the beginning of the Indian wars -- The military conquest of Indian Arizona -- Extraction -- The freighters and the railroads -- Cattle -- Silver and gold -- Copper -- Oases in the desert -- Water and cotton -- Transformation -- Climate -- The Depression and the New Deal -- World War II and the postwar boom -- The other Arizona -- From the Southwest to the Sunbelt -- Arizona in the twenty-first century -- The political ecology of a desert state -- Reference material -- Bibliographic essays -- Index -- Political map of Arizona -- Physiographic map of Arizona -- Indian reservations in Arizona -- Federal lands in Arizona.…”
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Roots & reflections South Asians in the Pacific Northwest / by Bhatt, Amy Pradip

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Situating Stories : An Introduction to South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- "Finding Traces of Our Existence Here" : Pre-World War Two South Asian Migrations -- Routes and Roots : Stories of Departure and Arrival -- Creating Professional Classes : Education and Training -- All in a Day's Work : Employment, Migration, and Identity -- Falling from the Tree : Family, Gender, and Generational Differences -- Seeds Take Root : Growing South Asian Communities in the Pacific Northwest -- Epilogue: Meditations on Methodologies -- Appendix I: Interviews in the South Asian Oral History Project -- Appendix II: Narrator Biographies.…”
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China : The Struggle for Power 1917–1972 / by Thornton, Richard C.

Table of Contents: “…To build a Communist movement in China, 1917-1927 -- The "Soviet" experiment, 1927-1931 -- Defeat in Kiangsi, 1931-1934 -- From the long march to the united front, 1934-1937 -- The road to war, 1937-1941 -- World War II, the United States and China, 1941-1944 -- The United States, the Soviet Union and China, 1945 -- Strategies in conflict, 1946-1949 -- The Soviet Union and the Chinese People's Republic, 1949-1959 -- The polarization of Communist politics, 1959-1965 -- The great proletarian cultural revolution II: protracted crisis, 1967-1968 -- China, the unsettled dragon, 1969-1972.…”
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China : The Struggle for Power 1917–1972 / by Thornton, Richard C.

Table of Contents: “…To build a Communist movement in China, 1917-1927 -- The "Soviet" experiment, 1927-1931 -- Defeat in Kiangsi, 1931-1934 -- From the long march to the united front, 1934-1937 -- The road to war, 1937-1941 -- World War II, the United States and China, 1941-1944 -- The United States, the Soviet Union and China, 1945 -- Strategies in conflict, 1946-1949 -- The Soviet Union and the Chinese People's Republic, 1949-1959 -- The polarization of Communist politics, 1959-1965 -- The great proletarian cultural revolution II: protracted crisis, 1967-1968 -- China, the unsettled dragon, 1969-1972.…”
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Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines? essays on ethnicity, identity, and diaspora / by Rein, Raanan, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Ethnicity and diaspora in twentieth-century Latin America: the Jewish case -- Searching for home abroad: Jews in Argentina and Argentines in Israel -- Complementary identities: Sephardim, Zionists, and Argentines in the interwar period -- Argentina, World War II, and the entry of Nazi war criminals -- Nationalism, education, and identity: Argentine Jews and Catholic religious instruction -- Diplomats and journalists: the image of Peronism in the Hebrew press -- A pact of oblivion: the de-Peronization of the Jewish community -- Argentine Jews and the accusation of 'dual loyalty' -- Peron's return to power as reflected in the Israeli press -- Soccer as a double-edged weapon: Argentine exiles in Israel protest against the 1978 World Cup.…”
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Tomorrow's Air Force : tracing the past, shaping the future / by Smith, Jeffrey J.

Table of Contents: “…Period one: 1907-1947 -- The birth of military airpower -- World War I and the interwar years -- World War II -- "Counting" the changes in period one -- Period two: 1947-1992 -- The rise of bomber dominance: 1947-1965 -- Bomber decline: 1965-1992 -- The changing leadership of period two -- Period three: 1992-2030 -- Fighter pilot dominance: 1992-1994 -- From Bosnia to Allied Force: 1994-1999 -- September 11, Afghanistan, and Iraq: 2001-2011 -- Signs of change: 1992-2010 -- Anticipating USAF change -- Framing the survey perspectives -- Changing leadership -- Predicting the future -- Summary and recommendations.…”
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Argentine Jews or Jewish Argentines? essays on ethnicity, identity, and diaspora / by Rein, Raanan, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Ethnicity and diaspora in twentieth-century Latin America: the Jewish case -- Searching for home abroad: Jews in Argentina and Argentines in Israel -- Complementary identities: Sephardim, Zionists, and Argentines in the interwar period -- Argentina, World War II, and the entry of Nazi war criminals -- Nationalism, education, and identity: Argentine Jews and Catholic religious instruction -- Diplomats and journalists: the image of Peronism in the Hebrew press -- A pact of oblivion: the de-Peronization of the Jewish community -- Argentine Jews and the accusation of 'dual loyalty' -- Peron's return to power as reflected in the Israeli press -- Soccer as a double-edged weapon: Argentine exiles in Israel protest against the 1978 World Cup.…”
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