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Cover of Daniel Leese & Puck Engman: Victims, Perpetrators, and the Role of Law in Maoist China

Daniel Leese & Puck Engman: Victims, Perpetrators, and the Role of Law in Maoist China

The relationship between politics and law in the early People’s Republic of China was highly contentious. Periods of intentionally excessive campaign justice intersected with attempts to carve out pr …

Cover of Anne Overbeck: At the Heart of It All?

Anne Overbeck: At the Heart of It All?

The structure of the African American family has been a recurring theme in American discourse on the African American community. The role of African American mothers especially has been the cause of …

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Óscar J. Martín García & Rósa Magnúsdóttir: Machineries of Persuasion

Over the last two decades, public diplomacy has become a central area of research within Cold War studies. Yet, this field has been dominated by studies of the United States’ soft power practices. Ho …

Cover of Amir Sheikhzadegan & Astrid Meier: Beyond the Islamic Revolution

Amir Sheikhzadegan & Astrid Meier: Beyond the Islamic Revolution

The volume contributes to a better understanding of Iranian history since 1953, with a focus on societal change and its reflection in intellectual discourse. The papers explore the attitudes of Irani …

Cover of Sophia Freund: Escalation of the Vietnam War. Analysis of reasons

Sophia Freund: Escalation of the Vietnam War. Analysis of reasons

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject History of Europe – Newer History, European Unification, grade: 1, 7, University Pierre-Mendès-France (Institut des Etudes Politiques), course: Cours s …

Cover of Pavel Vasilyev: 'Jewish Space' in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna and St. Petersburg: Residential, Occupational and Religious Patterns

Pavel Vasilyev: ‘Jewish Space’ in Fin-De-Siècle Vienna and St. Petersburg: Residential, Occupational and Religious Patterns

Essay from the year 2010 in the subject History of Europe – Newer History, European Unification, grade: A-, University CEU San Pablo Madrid, language: English, abstract: At first glance, the historic …

Cover of Simon M. Ingold: The influence of ideology on the foreign policy behaviour of the Soviet Union and its East European satellites, 1945-61

Simon M. Ingold: The influence of ideology on the foreign policy behaviour of the Soviet Union and its East European satellites, 1945-61

Seminar paper from the year 2005 in the subject History of Germany – Postwar Period, Cold War, grade: Honors (Bestnote), Yale University (Yale University), language: English, abstract: In order to ev …

Cover of Maximilian Spinner: The revolutionary potential of anti-Stalinist uprisings: Berlin 1953 and Budapest 1956

Maximilian Spinner: The revolutionary potential of anti-Stalinist uprisings: Berlin 1953 and Budapest 1956

Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject History of Germany – Postwar Period, Cold War, grade: A, Central European University Budapest (Departmemt of Political Science), course: Political Chan …

Cover of Martin Kersten: How did aviation change the travel experience?

Martin Kersten: How did aviation change the travel experience?

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History of Europe – Newer History, European Unification, grade: 1, 3, York University, language: English, abstract: This Essay will focus on commercial aviatio …

Cover of Julian Ostendorf: Internationalisation of European Environmental Movements

Julian Ostendorf: Internationalisation of European Environmental Movements

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject History of Europe – Newer History, European Unification, grade: 2, 0, University of Warwick (Department of History), course: Politics of Protest: Social Moveme …