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Property Rights in Wartime

Sequestration, Confiscation and Restitution in Twentieth-Century Europe

Edited by Daniela Luigia Caglioti, Catherine Brice ...

This book examines the violation of property rights in the two World Wars and in the interwar period centering on three keywords: sequestration, confiscation and restitution.Political conflicts, regime change, revolutions and wars make not only people but also their property vulnerable. Plunder and confiscation were common ways of dealing with the enemy - either internal or external - in many ... Read more

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This book examines the violation of property rights in the two World Wars and in the interwar period centering on three keywords: sequestration, confiscation and restitution.Political conflicts, regime change, revolutions and wars make not only people but also their property vulnerable. Plunder and confiscation were common ways of dealing with the enemy - either internal or external - in many
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Italianness and Migration from the Risorgimento to the 1960s

Edited by Stéphane Mourlane, Céline Regnard, Manuela Martini, Catherine Brice ...

Series series History (R0)
This edited collection explores the notion of Italianness - or Italianità – through migration history. It focuses on the interaction between Italians circulating around the world, and their relationship with Italy from a political and cultural perspective. Answering the important question of how migration affects Italianness, the authors explore the ways in which migrants retained their Italian ... Read more

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This edited collection explores the notion of Italianness - or Italianità – through migration history. It focuses on the interaction between Italians circulating around the world, and their relationship with Italy from a political and cultural perspective. Answering the important question of how migration affects Italianness, the authors explore the ways in which migrants retained their Italian
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Gay Lovers Lane

by Callie Catherine Brice ...

James and Alice are getting ready for a big event that is only a few days away. When suddenly something out of the ordinary happens. Who does what? or should I ask "Who does whom?" Contains content inappropriate for young readers ... Read more

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James and Alice are getting ready for a big event that is only a few days away. When suddenly something out of the ordinary happens. Who does what? or should I ask "Who does whom?" Contains content inappropriate for young readers
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Postwar

A History of Europe Since 1945

by Tony Judt ...

**Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century“Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal“Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe**Almost a ... Read more

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**Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize • Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations Arthur Ross Book Award • One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century“Impressive . . . Mr. Judt writes with enormous authority.” —The Wall Street Journal“Magisterial . . . It is, without a doubt, the most comprehensive, authoritative, and yes, readable postwar history.” —The Boston Globe**Almost a
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Garibaldi

by Lucy Riall ...

Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success.For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in ... Read more

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Giuseppe Garibaldi, the Italian revolutionary leader and popular hero, was among the best-known figures of the nineteenth century. This book seeks to examine his life and the making of his cult, to assess its impact, and understand its surprising success.For thirty years Garibaldi was involved in every combative event in Italy. His greatest moment came in 1860, when he defended a revolution in
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Orderly and Humane

The Expulsion of the Germans after the Second World War

by R. M. Douglas ...

The award-winning history of 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: "a major achievement" ( New Republic).Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized the forced relocation of ethnic Germans from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable: between 12 and 14 million ... Read more

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The award-winning history of 12 million German-speaking civilians in Europe who were driven from their homes after WWII: "a major achievement" ( New Republic).Immediately after the Second World War, the victorious Allies authorized the forced relocation of ethnic Germans from their homes across central and southern Europe to Germany. The numbers were almost unimaginable: between 12 and 14 million
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Mussolini's Grandchildren

Fascism in Contemporary Italy

by David Broder ...

'Fascinating and trenchant, this account of contemporary Italian neo-fascism is both original and shocking' - John Foot, historianThe dominant force in Italian politics is Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia — a party with a direct genealogy from Mussolini's regime. Surging to prominence in recent years, it has waged a fierce culture war around national identity, polarised political debate around ... Read more

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'Fascinating and trenchant, this account of contemporary Italian neo-fascism is both original and shocking' - John Foot, historianThe dominant force in Italian politics is Giorgia Meloni's Fratelli d'Italia — a party with a direct genealogy from Mussolini's regime. Surging to prominence in recent years, it has waged a fierce culture war around national identity, polarised political debate around
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二流の人

坂口安吾の黒田官兵衛

by 坂口　安吾 ...

『──秀吉が最も怖れた人物は言うまでもなく家康だ。その貫禄は天下万人の認めるところ、天下万人以上に秀吉自身が認めていたが、その次に黒田如水を怖れていた。──』　2014年大河ドラマの主人公「黒田官兵衛」　その官兵衛を、昭和の文豪「坂口安吾」が描きあげた傑作、「二流の人」。　官兵衛の主人、豊臣秀吉。　天下の恋敵、徳川家康。　明日の老練家、石田三成。　黒田如水（官兵衛）と、その時代を生きた男たちを描く時代小説。『──如水は律義であるけれども、天衣無縫の律義でなかった。律義という天然の砦がなければ支えることの不可能な身に余る野望の化け者だ。──』　戦国時代の終焉から、江戸時代の幕開けまで、如水の戦いに生きた、天下を傍目に見ていた時間を感じられる作品。　史実と言われる官兵衛と、安吾が描く如水、あなたはどちらを信じますか。坂口安吾：1931年に発表した、「風博士」で注目を集める。戦後、評論「堕落論 ... Read more

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『──秀吉が最も怖れた人物は言うまでもなく家康だ。その貫禄は天下万人の認めるところ、天下万人以上に秀吉自身が認めていたが、その次に黒田如水を怖れていた。──』　2014年大河ドラマの主人公「黒田官兵衛」　その官兵衛を、昭和の文豪「坂口安吾」が描きあげた傑作、「二流の人」。　官兵衛の主人、豊臣秀吉。　天下の恋敵、徳川家康。　明日の老練家、石田三成。　黒田如水（官兵衛）と、その時代を生きた男たちを描く時代小説。『──如水は律義であるけれども、天衣無縫の律義でなかった。律義という天然の砦がなければ支えることの不可能な身に余る野望の化け者だ。──』　戦国時代の終焉から、江戸時代の幕開けまで、如水の戦いに生きた、天下を傍目に見ていた時間を感じられる作品。　史実と言われる官兵衛と、安吾が描く如水、あなたはどちらを信じますか。坂口安吾：1931年に発表した、「風博士」で注目を集める。戦後、評論「堕落論
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The Anatomy of Fascism

by Robert O. Paxton ...

What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question.From the first violent uniformed bands beating up “enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, to Germany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not ... Read more

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What is fascism? By focusing on the concrete: what the fascists did, rather than what they said, the esteemed historian Robert O. Paxton answers this question.From the first violent uniformed bands beating up “enemies of the state,” through Mussolini’s rise to power, to Germany’s fascist radicalization in World War II, Paxton shows clearly why fascists came to power in some countries and not
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Venice Reconsidered

The History and Civilization of an Italian City-State, 1297-1797

by John Jeffries Martin, Dennis Romano ...

This collection of essays on centuries of culture and politics is "likely to become a landmark in Venetian historiography" ( The Historical Journal).Venice Reconsidered offers a dynamic portrait of Venice from the establishment of the Republic at the end of the thirteenth century to its fall to Napoleon in 1797. In contrast to earlier efforts to categorize Venice's politics as strictly republican ... Read more

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This collection of essays on centuries of culture and politics is "likely to become a landmark in Venetian historiography" ( The Historical Journal).Venice Reconsidered offers a dynamic portrait of Venice from the establishment of the Republic at the end of the thirteenth century to its fall to Napoleon in 1797. In contrast to earlier efforts to categorize Venice's politics as strictly republican
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The Vanquished

Why the First World War Failed to End

by Robert Gerwarth ...

An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I and shaped the course of the twentieth century.Winner of the Tomlinson Book PrizeA Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was ... Read more

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An epic, groundbreaking account of the ethnic and state violence that followed the end of World War I and shaped the course of the twentieth century.Winner of the Tomlinson Book PrizeA Times Literary Supplement Best Book of 2016In The Vanquished, a highly original and gripping work of history, Robert Gerwarth asks us to think again about the true legacy of the First World War. In large part it was
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Shatterzone of Empires

Coexistence and Violence in the German, Habsburg, Russian, and Ottoman Borderlands

by Larry Wolfe, Gregor Thum, Dan Diner, Theodore R. Weeks, Gary B. Cohen, Pieter M. Judson, Frithjof Benjamin Schenk, Elke Hartmann, Patrice M. Dabrowski, Robert Nemes, Yaroslav Hrytsak, Tomas Balkelis, Taner Akçam, Eyal Ginio, Keith Brown, David Gaunt, Peter Holquist, Alexander V. Prusin, John-Paul Himka, Pamela Ballinger, Myroslav Shkandrij, Paul Robert Magocsi, Kai Struve, Philipp Ther ...

Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
"Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this]."— Central European HistoryShatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries.In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to ... Read more

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"Anyone who studies nationalism, genocide, mass violence, or war in these regions, from the Enlightenment through the mid-20th century, needs to read [this]."— Central European HistoryShatterzone of Empires is a comprehensive analysis of interethnic relations, coexistence, and violence in Europe's eastern borderlands over the past two centuries.In this vast territory, extending from the Baltic to
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