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The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was the first international organization to be established after the Second World War, and Canada played a key role in its formation. Formal studies of UNRRA, however, have tended to focus on inter-governmental political and economic relationships and their consequences for shaping the post-war international environment. Armies of Peace is the first comprehensive investigation of Canadians' influence on the establishment and operation of this unique organization. This volume challenges the hierarchical and policy-oriented approach to the study of international organizations and offers a more nuanced understanding of Canada's...
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The Rozier/Rosier family originally from France in the 1500s to England to the United States. This material focuses on one branch of the total family. This featured lineage extends from Virginia in 1637 across the southeastern states to California (The Virginia to California Rozier family) in 1989. John Rosier (1604-1659/60) was born in London, England, a son of Robert Rosier. He was married to Elizabeth (Jane) Hillier, the daughter of John Hillier (Hilliard) of Maryland. Rev. John Rosier was a minister of the Church of England in at least four Virginia parishes. He had come to Virginia ca. 1638. Includes also some other branches of the family: The Rozier family of Maryland. Benjamin Rozier came from Glastonbury, England in 1663; The Rozier family of Missouri. Jean Ferdinand Rozier came from Nantes, France, in 1806; and the Rozier family of New York, New England, and Canada.
Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II, approximately 40,000 were unaccompanied children. These children, of every age and nationality, were without parents or legal guardians and many were without clear identities. This situation posed serious practical, legal, ethical, and political problems for the agencies responsible for their care. In the Children's Best Interests, by Lynne Taylor, is the first work to delve deeply into the records of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and reveal the heated battles that erupted amongst the various entities (military, gov...
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Light allows us not only to see the works of art, but also to take care of them and preserve them for future generations, through diagnosis of the degradation and deterioration phenomena, conservation treatments, and monitoring based on light-material interaction processes. Recent progress on this subject was discussed during the 13th International Conference on Lasers in the Conservation of Artworks (LACONA XIII, Florence, Italy, 12-16 September 2022). This volume includes selected contributions presented at the conference on preservation topics, photonic techniques, and optimization methods. In particular, the papers focus on the development and use of innovative spectroscopic and imaging ...