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The House of Fragile Things

Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

by James McAuley ...

A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction**“Alluring and disturbing. . . . The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rises once again today, the effect is nothing less than chilling.”** ... Read more

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A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destruction**“Alluring and disturbing. . . . The depths of French anti-Semitism is the stunning subject that Mr. McAuley lays bare. . . . [He] tells this haunting saga in eloquent detail. As French anti-Semitism rises once again today, the effect is nothing less than chilling.”**
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The House of Fragile Things

Jewish Art Collectors and the Fall of France

by James McAuley ...

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10 hours 21 min

A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destructionIn the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing ... Read more

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A powerful history of Jewish art collectors in France, and how an embrace of art and beauty was met with hatred and destructionIn the dramatic years between 1870 and the end of World War II, a number of prominent French Jews—pillars of an embattled community—invested their fortunes in France's cultural artifacts, sacrificed their sons to the country's army, and were ultimately rewarded by seeing
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The Passenger: Paris

by The Passenger, Tash Aw, James McAuley, Samar Yazbek ...

Series series The Passenger
The best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from and about Paris—in the "rich and engrossing" series for literary travelers ( Times Literary Supplement).Paris's postcard image has suffered multiple blows in recent years: the November 2015 terrorist attacks, the demonstrations of the yellow vests, the riots in the suburbs, Notre-Dame in flames, record heatwaves and the coronavirus. ... Read more

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The best new writing, photography, art, and reportage from and about Paris—in the "rich and engrossing" series for literary travelers ( Times Literary Supplement).Paris's postcard image has suffered multiple blows in recent years: the November 2015 terrorist attacks, the demonstrations of the yellow vests, the riots in the suburbs, Notre-Dame in flames, record heatwaves and the coronavirus.
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Abandoning historical conflict?

Former political prisoners and reconciliation in Northern Ireland

by Peter Shirlow, Jon Tonge, James McAuley, Catherine McGlynn ...

Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are ‘top-down’, relying upon the views of political elites. This book is ‘bottom-up’, analysing the voices of those who actually ‘fought the war’. What made them fight, why did they stop and what ... Read more

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Drawing on over 150 interviews with former IRA, INLA, UVF and UFF prisoners, this is a major analysis of why Northern Ireland has seen a transition from war to peace. Most accounts of the peace process are ‘top-down’, relying upon the views of political elites. This book is ‘bottom-up’, analysing the voices of those who actually ‘fought the war’. What made them fight, why did they stop and what
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The Shadow and the Flame

A Story of Loss, Survival, and the Making of Holocaust Memory

by James McAuley ...

An urgent history—intimate in its telling, epic in its scope—of an argument that shaped the postwar world: how to define and remember the Holocaust.In 1945, the end of World War II also marked the end of the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. Stunned by grief, survivors faced the task of not only forging new lives but also of shaping how this unprecedented cataclysm, an event that did ... Read more

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An urgent history—intimate in its telling, epic in its scope—of an argument that shaped the postwar world: how to define and remember the Holocaust.In 1945, the end of World War II also marked the end of the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. Stunned by grief, survivors faced the task of not only forging new lives but also of shaping how this unprecedented cataclysm, an event that did
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The Shadow and the Flame

A Story of Loss, Survival, and the Making of Holocaust Memory

by James McAuley ...

Unabridged

14 hours

An urgent history—intimate in its telling, epic in its scope—of an argument that shaped the postwar world: how to define and remember the Holocaust.In 1945, the end of World War II also marked the end of the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. Stunned by grief, survivors faced the task of not only forging new lives but also of shaping how this unprecedented cataclysm, an event that did ... Read more

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An urgent history—intimate in its telling, epic in its scope—of an argument that shaped the postwar world: how to define and remember the Holocaust.In 1945, the end of World War II also marked the end of the attempted extermination of the Jewish people. Stunned by grief, survivors faced the task of not only forging new lives but also of shaping how this unprecedented cataclysm, an event that did
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The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland

Beyond Unionism and Nationalism

by Prof Jonathan Tonge, Dr Máire Braniff, Prof Thomas Hennessey, Prof James W. McAuley, Dr Clare Rice, Dr Sophie A. Whiting ...

Northern Ireland's political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist faultline, based upon the long-running argument over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United Ireland. Yet the largest category of elector in Northern Ireland says they are neither a unionist nor a nationalist and the third most popular ... Read more

$116.99 USD

Northern Ireland's political system is dominated by an Irish Catholic nationalist versus British Protestant unionist faultline, based upon the long-running argument over whether the region should remain part of the United Kingdom or form part of a United Ireland. Yet the largest category of elector in Northern Ireland says they are neither a unionist nor a nationalist and the third most popular
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A Companion to Conflict and Peace in Northern Ireland

Edited by James McAuley, Graham Spencer, Máire Braniff ...

Series Book 146 - Reimagining Ireland
This edited collection on the politics and society of Northern Ireland includes original material on the background to, and patterns of, conflict; its main protagonists; the social structure of Northern Irish society; popular culture and representations of the conflict; the memory and legacy of political violence, and discussions and debates concerning the future of Northern Ireland. It presents ... Read more

$107.99 USD

This edited collection on the politics and society of Northern Ireland includes original material on the background to, and patterns of, conflict; its main protagonists; the social structure of Northern Irish society; popular culture and representations of the conflict; the memory and legacy of political violence, and discussions and debates concerning the future of Northern Ireland. It presents
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Very British Rebels?

The Culture and Politics of Ulster Loyalism

by Professor James White McAuley ...

Challenging traditional narrow views, this unique work proposes to rethink and reinterpret Ulster loyalism from the beginning of the "Troubles" to the present day, by tracing its religious, paramilitary, political, and community influences.The work examines the core values of loyalist communities, the roots of violence, and the shift toward peaceful coexistence with former enemies. Also discussed ... Read more

$42.89 USD

Challenging traditional narrow views, this unique work proposes to rethink and reinterpret Ulster loyalism from the beginning of the "Troubles" to the present day, by tracing its religious, paramilitary, political, and community influences.The work examines the core values of loyalist communities, the roots of violence, and the shift toward peaceful coexistence with former enemies. Also discussed
... Read more
Troubles of the past?

History, identity and collective memory in Northern Ireland

Edited by James McAuley, Dr Máire Braniff, Graham Spencer ...

This collection brings together academics and practitioners to consider the increasingly central role that memory and recalling the past plays in determining contemporary politics and the future direction of Northern Irish society. Using theoretical, comparative and case-study approaches, it considers not only how narratives of the past are constructed, reconstructed, understood and commemorated, ... Read more

$26.69 USD

This collection brings together academics and practitioners to consider the increasingly central role that memory and recalling the past plays in determining contemporary politics and the future direction of Northern Irish society. Using theoretical, comparative and case-study approaches, it considers not only how narratives of the past are constructed, reconstructed, understood and commemorated,
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Collective Memory and Political Identity in Northern Ireland

Recollections of the Future

by James W. McAuley ...

Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
This book covers the notion of collective memory – broadly defined as the ways in which differing pasts are created, understood and reproduced – and how this is perpetuated in Northern Ireland by a wide set of social actors, including nations, religious and political groupings, and local communities. Such collective memories are not a preservative for historically accurate recall of bygone events ... Read more

$116.09 USD

This book covers the notion of collective memory – broadly defined as the ways in which differing pasts are created, understood and reproduced – and how this is perpetuated in Northern Ireland by a wide set of social actors, including nations, religious and political groupings, and local communities. Such collective memories are not a preservative for historically accurate recall of bygone events
... Read more
The Ulster Unionist Party

Country Before Party?

by Thomas Hennessey, James W. McAuley, Jonathan Tonge, Sophie A. Whiting, Máire Braniff ...

The Ulster Unionist Party: Country Before Party? uses unprecedented access to the party that dominated Northern Ireland politics for decades to assess the reasons for its decline and to analyse whether it can recover. Having helped produce the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) struggled to deliver the deal amid unease over aspects of what its leadership negotiated. ... Read more

$85.49 USD

The Ulster Unionist Party: Country Before Party? uses unprecedented access to the party that dominated Northern Ireland politics for decades to assess the reasons for its decline and to analyse whether it can recover. Having helped produce the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) struggled to deliver the deal amid unease over aspects of what its leadership negotiated.
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