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The book presents various investigation into 20th-century European dictatorships, with its focus on Franco`s dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain (1936/1939-1975/1978) was a modern form of authoritarianism, with a strong totalitarian period, like many other dictatorships of the time. Francoism occupies a place in history alongside other different dictatorships of its age, and a comparative analysis might prove to be a powerful tool in order to understand how, in the middle of the 20th century, such a repressive and authoritarian form of political control emerged. One of the most forgotten fascisms, which at the same time was influenced by and inf...
Aquesta és la primera obra de la col·lecció de la Càtedra Interuniversitària de Memòria Democràtica de la Comunitat Valenciana. Aquest volum multidisciplinari pretén fer una reflexió entorn dels temes relacionats amb la memòria democràtica, així com la divulgació i la transferència del coneixement sobre els esdeveniments històrics, socials, culturals i legals que van tenir lloc en el període comprés entre la proclamació de la Segona República Espanyola i l'entrada en vigor de l'Estatut d'Autonomia de la Comunitat Valenciana. Amb aquesta publicació pretenem millorar la nostra convivència amb el passat més recent i traumàtic des del tractament teòric del concepte de memòria, passant per les actuacions memorialistes de les associacions i les institucions públiques, i arribant fins a les formes de repressió desenvolupades pel franquisme.
El conjunt de treballs que reuneix aquest volum respon a la voluntat de donar un nou impuls als estudis sobre la memòria democràtica des d’una perspectiva transdisciplinària. Així, s’intenta un diàleg entre experts de la història contemporània i de les altres disciplines filològiques i humanístiques per tal de contrastar metodologies, temes i resultats. És per això que s’hi estudien les fonts històriques, però també el tractament de la memòria de la violència del franquisme des de poètiques o metodologies diferents: art, cinema, literatura, sociologia, etc. Un ventall d’aportacions que reflecteixen tant l’experiència d’especialistes de trajectòria reconeguda, com la renovació metodològica i temàtica aportada per d’altres investigadors que tot just comencen a consolidar el seu treball.
El volum és fruit de les sessions de treball convocades pel grup d’investigació « Història i poètiques de la memòria (HISPOME) », i aplega una selecció dels treballs debatuts al llarg de tres anys. Amb un caràcter interdisciplinari, integra capítols en català i castellà, que analitzen diferents aspectes relatius a la memòria democràrtica, la seua recuperació i preservació. S’hi poden trobar col·laboracions d’historiadors com José Miguel Santacreu (UA) o Vicent Gabarda (UV), d'experts en literatura com José Vicente Saval (University of Edinburgh) i Virgilio Tortosa (UA), o del teatre, com Isabel Marcillas (UA), historiadors de l’educació com Rafael Sebastià (UA), ...
In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion, continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy. Split into four main sections covering Military and Diplomatic Issues, Society and Culture, Politics, and Debates, the volume offers a number of unique features. It is unprecedented in its comprehensiveness and includes chapters on topics that are rarely, if ever, explored in the literature of the field: humanitarianism, children and families, material conditions, the decimation of elites, archives and sources, archaeological approaches, digit...
South America, Central America and the Caribbean 2002has been thoroughly revised and updated by Europa's experienced editorial team. The information included is as invaluable to those who know little of the region as it is to the seasoned businessman or academic. It should be in the reference collections of public and academic libraries, international organizations, trade and industrial companies, diplomats, government and the media. Containing a wealth of up-to-date information on the 48 countries and territories of the region, this reference provides a unique perspective on the region with its exhaustive collection of facts, up-to-date statistics, extensive directory details and expert comment.
The story of a forbidden book that became a symbol of freedom and rebellion in the battle between East and West. 1956. Boris Pasternak presses a manuscript into the hands of an Italian publishing scout with these words: ‘This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.’ Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as the authorities regarded it as seditious, so, instead, he allowed it to be published in translation all over the world - a highly dangerous act. 1958. The life of this extraordinary book enters the realms of the spy novel. The CIA, recognising that the Cold War was primarily an ideological battle, published Doctor Zhivago in Russian and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. It was immediately snapped up on the black market. Pasternak was later forced to renounce the Nobel Prize in Literature, igniting worldwide political scandal. With first access to previously classified CIA files, The Zhivago Affair gives an irresistible portrait of Pasternak, and takes us deep into the Cold War, back to a time when literature had the power to shake the world. A Spectator and Sunday Times Book of the Year
Woods play an important and recurring role in horror, fantasy, the gothic, and the weird. They are places in which strange things happen, where you often can't see where you are or what is around you. Supernatural creatures thrive in the thickets. Trees reach into underworlds of earth, myth, and magic. Forests are full of ghosts. In this new collection, immerse yourself in the whispering voices between the branches in Wistman's Wood on Dartmoor, witness an inexplicable death in Yorkshire's Strid Wood and prepare yourself for an encounter with malignant pagan powers in the dark of the New Forest. This edition also includes notes on the real locations and folklore which inspired these deliciously sinister stories.