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Review Of The Book Denial Of Genocides In The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki Nov 2023

Review Of The Book Denial Of Genocides In The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Denial of Genocides in the Twenty-First Century, edited by Bedross Der Matossian.


William Gibson And The Futures Of Contemporary Culture, Ed. Mitch R. Murray And Mathias Nilges, Sean Scanlan Nov 2022

William Gibson And The Futures Of Contemporary Culture, Ed. Mitch R. Murray And Mathias Nilges, Sean Scanlan

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Sean Scanlan reviews the 2021 collection titled "William Gibson and the Futures of Contemporary Culture" for American Literary History. Edited by Mitch R. Murray and Mathias Nilges, this eleven-chapter study, published by University of Iowa Press, outlines Gibson’s career and addresses three overarching questions or problematics: Gibson and literary history, Gibson and the question of medium, and the problem of the present.


Retrat Del ‘Clubber’ Adolescent, Una Mirada Retrospectiva Als ‘Balearic Beats’, Antoni Pizà Feb 2021

Retrat Del ‘Clubber’ Adolescent, Una Mirada Retrospectiva Als ‘Balearic Beats’, Antoni Pizà

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Quan jo tenia uns deu anys, crec que era l’estiu del 1972, els meus pares van apuntar-me a un campament de l’OJE a Sa Caleta, a Eivissa. Ningú a casa nostra tenia cap tendència tardofeixista. A les escoles dels pobles de Mallorca, però, arribaven avisos anunciant dues setmanes de salut, esport, disciplina i camaraderia (indicis d’allò que alguns ha anomenat male bonding, perquè els campaments naturalment eren exclusivament masculins) i alguns pares, animats pel fet que tot era de franc, enviaven els fills a aquests llocs de possible sinistre ensinistrament. I a pesar de tot, la majoria de pares …


Book Review: Hatians, The People That Will Not Go Away, François Pierre-Louis Jr. Jan 2020

Book Review: Hatians, The People That Will Not Go Away, François Pierre-Louis Jr.

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Reviews three books:

  • Matthew J. Smith. Liberty, Fraternity, Exile: Haiti and Jamaica after Emancipation. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2014.

  • Toni Pressley-Sanon. Istwa across the Water: Haitian History, Memory, and the Cultural Imagination. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2017.

  • Victor Figueroa. Prophetic Visions of the Past: Pan-Caribbean Representations of the Haitian Revolution. Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2015.


Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki Aug 2018

Jewish Germany: An Enduring Presence From The Fourth To The Twenty-First Century, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Jewish Germany: An enduring presence from the fourth to the twenty-first century.


Review Of The Book German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, And How Of A Valuable Genealogical Resource, John A. Drobnicki Feb 2017

Review Of The Book German Census Records 1816-1916: The When, Where, And How Of A Valuable Genealogical Resource, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book German census records 1816-1916: The when, where, and how of a valuable genealogical resource.


Review Of The Book Harmful And Undesirable: Book Censorship In Nazi Germany, John A. Drobnicki Jan 2017

Review Of The Book Harmful And Undesirable: Book Censorship In Nazi Germany, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Harmful and undesirable: Book censorship in Nazi Germany.


Review Of The Book Guide To Reference In Genealogy And Biography, John A. Drobnicki Jul 2015

Review Of The Book Guide To Reference In Genealogy And Biography, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Guide to reference in genealogy and biography.


Review Of The Book Polish Roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Jun 2015

Review Of The Book Polish Roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Polish roots: Korzenie Polskie, 2nd ed.


Review Of The Book The Swastika’S Darkening Shadow: Voices Before The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki Feb 2014

Review Of The Book The Swastika’S Darkening Shadow: Voices Before The Holocaust, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The swastika’s darkening shadow: Voices before the Holocaust.


Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2011

Review Of The Book Fifty Key Thinkers On The Holocaust And Genocide, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Fifty key thinkers on the Holocaust and genocide.


Review Of The Book Jewish Responses To Persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938, John A. Drobnicki Nov 2010

Review Of The Book Jewish Responses To Persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Jewish responses to persecution, Vol. I: 1933-1938.


Review Of The Book The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader, John A. Drobnicki Aug 2009

Review Of The Book The Great Patriotic War Of The Soviet Union, 1941-45: A Documentary Reader, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The great patriotic war of the Soviet Union, 1941-45: A documentary reader.


Review Of The Book Census Substitutes & State Census Records, John A. Drobnicki May 2008

Review Of The Book Census Substitutes & State Census Records, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Census Substitutes & State Census Records.


Review Of The Book The Source: A Guidebook To American Genealogy, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Sep 2007

Review Of The Book The Source: A Guidebook To American Genealogy, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The source: A guidebook to American genealogy, 3rd ed.


Review Of The Book Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide To British Genealogy And Family History, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Jan 2007

Review Of The Book Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide To British Genealogy And Family History, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Ancestral trails: The complete guide to British genealogy and family history, 2nd ed.


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Turkmenistan, John A. Drobnicki Jun 2005

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Turkmenistan, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical dictionary of Turkmenistan.


Review Of The Book Dictionary Of Literary Biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust Novelists, John A. Drobnicki Mar 2005

Review Of The Book Dictionary Of Literary Biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust Novelists, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Dictionary of literary biography, Vol. 299: Holocaust novelists.


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Kyrgyzstan, John A. Drobnicki Sep 2004

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Kyrgyzstan, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical Dictionary of Kyrgyzstan.


Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Feb 2004

Review Of The Book Historical Dictionary Of Poland, 2nd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Historical dictionary of Poland, 2nd ed.


Oscar Esplá In Belgium (1936-1949) [Book Review], Antoni Pizà Sep 2003

Oscar Esplá In Belgium (1936-1949) [Book Review], Antoni Pizà

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In sum, one feels grateful that someone has taken up the task of debunking, one brick at a time, the vast amount of misinformation that exists about Esplá. De Kloe is a thorough, meticulous scholar whose work shows a masterly command of Spanish music history and its sources.


Review Of The Book Genealogical Research On The Web, John A. Drobnicki Jul 2002

Review Of The Book Genealogical Research On The Web, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Genealogical Research on the Web.


Review Of The Book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, And Librarians, John A. Drobnicki Dec 2001

Review Of The Book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, And Librarians, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Professional Genealogy: A Manual For Researchers, Writers, Editors, Lecturers, and Librarians.


Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki Dec 2001

Review Of The Book Guide To Genealogical Research In The National Archives Of The United States, 3rd Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives of the United States, 3rd ed., ed. Anne Bruner Eales and Robert M. Kvasnicak.


Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki Oct 2001

Review Of The Book In The Shadow Of The Polish Eagle: The Poles, The Holocaust And Beyond, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book In the Shadow of the Polish Eagle: The Poles, the Holocaust and Beyond.


Review Of The Book Central Europe Profiled: Essential Facts On Society, Business And Politics In Central Europe, John A. Drobnicki Dec 2000

Review Of The Book Central Europe Profiled: Essential Facts On Society, Business And Politics In Central Europe, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book Central Europe Profiled: Essential Facts on Society, Business and Politics in Central Europe.


Review Of The Book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, John A. Drobnicki Oct 2000

Review Of The Book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The Holocaust: Memories, Research, Reference.


Review Of The Book The Handbook Of Central Asia: A Comprehensive Survey Of The New Republics, John A. Drobnicki Jul 2000

Review Of The Book The Handbook Of Central Asia: A Comprehensive Survey Of The New Republics, John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The Handbook of Central Asia: A Comprehensive Survey of the New Republics.


Review Of The Book The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide To Grassroots Organizations And Internet Resources, Revised Ed., John A. Drobnicki Apr 2000

Review Of The Book The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide To Grassroots Organizations And Internet Resources, Revised Ed., John A. Drobnicki

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Review of the book The Post-Soviet Handbook: A Guide to Grassroots Organizations and Internet Resources, revised ed.


Review Of 1900: Art At The Crossroads, Antoni Pizà Jan 2000

Review Of 1900: Art At The Crossroads, Antoni Pizà

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There is probably little doubt that the fissure between "high" and "low" culture is more conspicuous nowadays than it ever was. Clement Greenberg, that dashing arbiter of contemporary art, had already sensed it in 1939 when he wrote the seminal essay quoted above, as Adorno also perceived it decades before him. Their foreboding premonitions, however, could not hinder the relentless success of popular culture and the retreat of so-called high art into the safe harbors of the university campus, the museum, and the private sphere.