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Benjamin's Library : Modernity, Nation, and the Baroque
In Benjamin’s Library, Jane O. Newman offers, for the first time in any language, a reading of Walter Benjamin’s notoriously opaque work, Origin of the German Tragic Drama that systematically attends to its place in discussions of the Baroque in Benjamin’s day. Taking into account the literary and cultural contexts of Benjamin’s work, Newman recovers Benjamin’s relationship to the ide…
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Babel' In Context : A Study in Cultural Identity
Isaak Babel (1894–1940) is arguably one of the greatest modern short story writers of the early twentieth century. Yet his life and work are shrouded in the mystery of who Babel was—an Odessa Jew who wrote in Russian, who came from one of the most vibrant centers of east European Jewish culture and all his life loved Yiddish and the stories of Sholom Aleichem. This is the first book in Engl…
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- 78-1-61811-145-6
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- Borderlines: Russian аnd East European Jewish Studies
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- 928 SIC b
Australian Political Lives : Chronicling political careers and administrative…
Biography; Politicians; History; Australia
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- 1 920942 74 2
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- 808.066 320 092 AUS
Women and Migration
The essays in this book chart how women’s profound and turbulent experiences of migration have been articulated in writing, photography, art and film. As a whole, the volume gives an impression of a wide range of migratory events from women’s perspectives, covering the Caribbean Diaspora, refugees and slavery through the various lenses of politics and war, love and family. The contributors,…
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- 9781783745678
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Remote Capture
This is a must-read how-to guide if you are planning to embark on a scholarly digitisation project. Tailored to the specifications of the British Library’s EAP (Endangered Archives Programme) projects, it is full of sound, practical advice about planning and carrying out a successful digitisation project in potentially challenging conditions. From establishing the scope of the project, via pr…
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The Education System in Mexico
Over the last three decades, a significant amount of research has sought to relate educational institutions, policies, practices and reforms to social structures and agencies. A number of models have been developed that have become the basis for attempting to understand the complex relation between education and society. At the same time, national and international bodies tasked with improving …
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Austerity baby
"Austerity Baby might best be described as an ‘oblique memoir’. Janet Wolff’s fascinating volume is a family history – but one that is digressive and consistently surprising. The central underlying and repeated themes of the book are exile and displacement; lives (and deaths) during the Third Reich; mother-daughter and sibling relationships; the generational transmission of trauma and e…
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- 978 1 5261 2130 1
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The Angevin Empire : Or the Three Reigns of Henry II, Richard I, and John (A.…
This work lends a wonderfully-comprehensive look at the Angevin Empire, which consists of the reigns of Henry II, Richard I and John from 1154 to 1216. The book documents well the difficult family dynamics that led to war within the family for many years. This volume also features detailed maps and illustrations pertaining to the kings' reigns and the Crusades.
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Always an Adventure : An autobiography
Hugh Dempsey has for decades been one of Alberta’s most prolific and influential public historians. Author of more than twenty books, he has also been “in on the ground floor” of the development of many key Alberta institutions, including the Indian Association of Alberta, the Historical Society of Alberta, and most importantly, the Glenbow Museum. Now, in his own words, he recounts his i…
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- 978-1-55238-567-8
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- The West series
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- 971.230 072 02 DEM a
Die Entwicklung der Professionellen Unterrichtswahrnehmung im Lehr-Lern-Labor…
In Lehr-Lern-Labor Seminaren können Lehramtsstudierende ihr fachliches, didaktisches und pädagogisches Wissen aufgreifen und in komplexitätsreduzierten Handlungsumgebungen anwenden. Dabei erstellen sie Experimentierstationen, um anschließend in einer iterativen Praxis mehrmals Schülerinnen und Schüler an diesen Stationen zu betreuen. Grundlegend für dieses Vorgehen sind Reflexionsprozess…
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