Author: George LakeyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780716708360
Category : Nonviolence
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Strategy for a Living Revolution
Author: George LakeyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780716708360
Category : Nonviolence
Languages : en
Pages : 234
Book Description
Living the Revolution
Author: Jennifer GuglielmoPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807833568
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
Italians were the largest group of immigrants to the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, and hundreds of thousands led and participated in some of the period's most volatile labor strikes. Yet until now, Italian women's political activism
On Living in a Revolution
Author: Julian HuxleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Revolutions
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
Living for the Revolution
Author: Kimberly SpringerPublisher: Duke University Press Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
This study of Black feminist activism challenges the prevailing assumptions that Black women have avoided feminist political ideology as irrelevant to their lives & to the liberation of Black communities.
Cuba in Revolution
Author: Antoni KapciaPublisher: Reaktion Books
ISBN: 1861894481
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
The recent retirement of Fidel Castro turned the world’s attention toward the tiny but prominent island nation of Cuba and the question of what its future holds. Amid all of the talk and hypothesizing, it is worth taking a moment to consider how Cuba reached this point, which is what Antoni Kapcia provides with his incisive history of Cuba since 1959. Cuba In Revolution takes the Cuban Revolution as its starting point, analyzing social change, its benefits and disadvantages, popular participation in the revolution, and the development of its ideology. Kapcia probes into Castro’s rapid rise to national leader, exploring his politics of defense and dissent as well as his contentious relationship with the United States from the beginning of his reign. The book also considers the evolution of the revolution’s international profile and Cuba’s foreign relations over the years, investigating issues and events such as the Bay of Pigs crisis, Cuban relations with Communist nations like Russia and China, and the flight of asylum-seeking Cubans to Florida over the decades. The collapse of the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 catalyzed a severe economic and political crisis in Cuba, but Cuba was surprisingly resilient in the face of the catastrophe, Kapcia notes, and he examines the strategies adopted by Cuba over the last two decades in order to survive America’s longstanding trade embargo. A fascinating and much-needed examination of a country that has served as an important political symbol and diplomatic enigma for the twentieth century, Cuba In Revolution is a critical primer for all those interested in Cuba’s past—or concerned with its future.
The Living Age
Author: Proceedings
Author: A Study of Army Camp Life during American Revolution
Author: Mary Hazel SnuffPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
A Study of Army Camp Life is a description of the lives of soldiers in their camps during the American Revolution using primary documents such as letters, journals, and orderly books from soldiers and orderlies. Excerpt: "The war was on, the Lexington and Concord fray was over, Paul Revere had made his memorable ride, and the young patriots with enthusiasm at white heat were swarming from village and countryside leaving their work and homes. Where they were going they did not know, they were going to fight with little thought of where they were to live or what they were to eat and wear."
The Real Business of Living
Author: James Hayden TuftsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Democracy
Languages : en
Pages : 498
Book Description
Daily Life during the French Revolution
Author: James M. AndersonPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313063508
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 297
Book Description
The French Revolution sought to change daily life itself. This book looks at the thirteen years between 1789-1802 that experienced the Terror, banning of the aristocracy, and the rearrangement of the calendar. No part of French life was left untouched during this incredible period of turmoil and warfare, from women's role in the family to men's role in the state. Art and theater were invigorated and harnessed for political purposes. Subtleties in one's dress could mean the difference between life and death. The first modern mass army was created. Chapters include the physical make-up of France; the social and political background of the revolution; the First Republic; religion, church and state; urban life; rural life; family life; the fringe society; clothes and fashion; food and drink; the role of women; military life; education; health and medicine; and writers, artists, musicians and entertainment. Anderson breathes life into the day-to-day lives of those living during the French Revolution. Greenwood's Daily Life through History series looks at the everyday lives of common people. This book will illuminate the lives of those living during the French Revolution and provide a basis for further research. Black and white photographs, maps, and charts are interspersed throughout the text to assist readers. Reference features include a timeline of historic events, glossaries of terms and names, an annotated bibliography of print and electronic resources suitable for high school and college student research, and an index.