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The acclaimed autobiography of Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt is
brought to the reader anew in this well-produced edition, inclusive
of all notes and appendices. Written over years and published in
1913, this lengthy yet engrossing biography sees one of the United
States finest Presidents recount his life in his own words.
Theodore Roosevelt sets out events in a way which clarify how he
came to possess his beliefs. We hear of his love of the great
outdoors which would in turn result in the establishment of
America's national parks, and his belief in commerce as an engine
for progress which would lead to the state-sponsored construction
of the Panama Canal during his presidency. Seldom straying to
dryness or heady description of the many and varied events of his
life, Theodore Roosevelt instead imbues every chapter with keynote
personality and liveliness. Personal letters with influential
figures are shared, placing the reader deep in the political world
which this popular, charismatic leader was immersed.
The early 20th-century world experienced a growth in international
cooperation. Yet the dominant historical view of the period has
long been one of national, military, and social divisions rather
than connections. International Cooperation in the Early Twentieth
Century revises this historical consensus by providing a more
focused and detailed analysis of the many ways in which people
interacted with each other across borders in the early decades of
the 20th century. It devotes particular attention to private and
non-governmental actors. Daniel Gorman focuses on international
cooperation, international social movements, various forms of
cultural internationalism, imperial and anti-imperial
internationalism, and the growth of cosmopolitan ideas. The book
incorporates a non-Western focus alongside the transatlantic core
of early 20th-century internationalism. It interweaves analyses of
international anti-colonial networks, ideas emanating from
non-Western sites of influence such as Japan, China and Turkey, the
emergence of networks of international indigenous peoples in
resistance to a state-centric international system, and diaspora
and transnational ethno-cultural-religious identity networks.
In his new book, Michael J. Hogan, a leading historian of the
American presidency, offers a new perspective on John Fitzgerald
Kennedy, as seen not from his life and times but from his afterlife
in American memory. The Afterlife of John Fitzgerald Kennedy
considers how Kennedy constructed a popular image of himself, in
effect, a brand, as he played the part of president on the White
House stage. The cultural trauma brought on by his assassination
further burnished that image and began the process of transporting
Kennedy from history to memory. Hogan shows how Jacqueline Kennedy,
as the chief guardian of her husband's memory, devoted herself to
embedding the image of the slain president in the collective memory
of the nation, evident in the many physical and literary monuments
dedicated to his memory. Regardless of critics, most Americans
continue to see Kennedy as his wife wanted him remembered: the
charming war hero, the loving husband and father, and the
peacemaker and progressive leader who inspired confidence and hope
in the American people.
Focusing on a decade in Irish history which has been largely
overlooked, Youth and Popular Culture in 1950s Ireland provides the
most complete account of the 1950s in Ireland, through the eyes of
the young people who contributed, slowly but steadily, to the
social and cultural transformation of Irish society. Eleanor
O'Leary presents a picture of a generation with an international
outlook, who played basketball, read comic books and romance
magazines, listened to rock'n'roll music and skiffle, made their
own clothes to mimic international styles and even danced in the
street when the major stars and bands of the day rocked into town.
She argues that this engagement with imported popular culture was a
contributing factor to emigration and the growing dissatisfaction
with standards of living and conservative social structures in
Ireland. As well as outlining teenagers' resistance to outmoded
forms of employment and unfair work practices, she maps their
vulnerability as a group who existed in a limbo between childhood
and adulthood. Issues of unemployment, emigration and education are
examined alongside popular entertainments and social spaces in
order to provide a full account of growing up in the decade which
preceded the social upheaval of the 1960s. Examining the 1950s
through the unique prism of youth culture and reconnecting the
decade to the process of social and cultural transition in the
second half of the 20th century, this book is a valuable
contribution to the literature on 20th-century Irish history.
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Principal Events, 1914-1918
(Hardcover)
Great Britain Committee of Imperial D; Henry Terence Skinner; Created by Harry Fitz Maurice Stacke
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R1,041
Discovery Miles 10 410
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The concept of 'hybridity' is often still poorly theorized and
problematically applied by peace and development scholars and
researchers of resource governance. This book turns to a particular
ethnographic reading of Michel Foucault's Governmentality and
investigates its usefulness to study precisely those mechanisms,
processes and practices that hybridity once promised to clarify.
Claim-making to land and authority in a post-conflict environment
is the empirical grist supporting this exploration of
governmentality. Specifically in the periphery of Bukavu. This
focus is relevant as urban land is increasingly becoming scarce in
rapidly expanding cities of eastern Congo, primarily due to
internal rural-to-urban migration as a result of regional
insecurity. The governance of urban land is also important
analytically as land governance and state authority in Africa are
believed to be closely linked and co-evolve. An ethnographic
reading of governmentality enables researchers to study
hybridization without biasing analysis towards hierarchical
dualities. Additionally, a better understanding of hybridization in
the claim-making practices may contribute to improved government
intervention and development assistance in Bukavu and elsewhere.
The Bosnian war of 1992-1995 was one of the most brutal conflicts
to have erupted since the end of the Second World War. But although
the war occurred in 'Europe's backyard' and received significant
media coverage in the West, relatively little scholarly attention
has been devoted to cultural representations of the conflict.
Stephen Harper analyses how the war has been depicted in global
cinema and television over the past quarter of a century. Focusing
on the representation of some of the war's major themes, including
humanitarian intervention, the roles of NATO and the UN, genocide,
rape and ethnic cleansing, Harper explores the role of popular
media culture in reflecting, reinforcing -- and sometimes
contesting -- nationalist ideologies.
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