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Decades after the massive student protest movements that consumed much of the world, the 1960s remain a significant subject of scholarly inquiry. While important work has been done regarding radical activism in the United States and Western Europe, events in what is today known as the Global South-Asia, Africa, and Latin America-have yet to receive the requisite attention they deserve. This volume inserts the Third World into the study of the 1960s by examining the local and international articulations of youth protest in various geographical, social, and cultural arenas. Rejecting the notion that the Third World existed on the periphery, it situates the events of the 1960s in a more inclusi...
The Politics of Architectural Pedagogy in Iran explores the evolution of architectural pedagogy during two significant socio-political upheavals in Iran: The White Revolution (1963) and the Islamic Revolution (1979). It examines how these transformative periods influenced the field, providing valuable insights into the intersection of architectural education and broader socio-political shifts in Iran. By examining the critical role of education in achieving geopolitical objectives during the Cold War, this book explores architectural pedagogy as an agent for resistance and revolution. It highlights how architectural pedagogy not only reflects radical ideologies but also actively engages in s...
How and why did students at Kabul University engage in political activism or refrained from it between 1964 and 1992? Based on oral history interviews with former students, this book reveals how they - as many others around the world at the same time - were galvanized by and disappointed with promises of progress dominating local and international politics. During the 1960s, the international influences on campus encouraged students' engagement with competing political ideologies. Collective student protest against the monarchy turned into hostilities between opposing political groups within the student body claiming to lead Afghanistan towards independence and prosperity. After the coup d'Ã...
This open access book is about Mozambicans and Angolans who migrated in state-sponsored schemes to East Germany in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. They went to work and to be trained as a vanguard labor force for the intended African industrial revolutions. While they were there, they contributed their labor power to the East German economy. This book draws on more than 260 life history interviews and uncovers complex and contradictory experiences and transnational encounters. What emerges is a series of dualities that exist side by side in the memories of the former migrants: the state and the individual, work and consumption, integration and exclusion, loss and gain, and the past in the past and the past in the present and future. By uncovering these dualities, the book explores the lives of African migrants moving between the Third and Second worlds. Devoted to the memories of worker-trainees, this transnational study comes at a time when historians are uncovering the many varied, complicated, and important connections within the global socialist world.
Scarlett Hannigan is really good at running away. She’s had quite a bit of practice. This last time, however, she ended up on the arms Tony Volta, and she was pretty sure he was THE ONE… until he wasn’t. Tony had finally found the right woman. One he wanted to share his life with. But then, one day, he’d come home and found her gone. She’d disappeared, just like she did when she left her family. Only Tony wasn’t willing to sit around and wait for her to return. Instead, he did what any reasonable, smart man who is desperately in love would do. He went to the one place where he knew that he'd eventually find her. When the day of reckoning arrives, Scarlett must face not only her family, but the man she loves all at the same time. Her family might forgive her. But can Tony? At the very least, he deserves an explanation, and she needs to get back her belongings. The most important being her heart.
National Book Award Winner The red words painted on the trailer caused quite a buzz around town and before an hour was up, half of Antler was standing in line with two dollars clutched in hand to see the fattest boy in the world. Toby Wilson is having the toughest summer of his life. It's the summer his mother leaves for good; the summer his best friend's brother returns from Vietnam in a coffin. And the summer that Zachary Beaver, the fattest boy in the world, arrives in their sleepy Texas town. While it's a summer filled with heartache of every kind, it's also a summer of new friendships gained and old friendships renewed. And it's Zachary Beaver who turns the town of Antler upside down an...
At Home in Our Sounds examines the ways Black artists reacted to the heightened visibility of racial difference in interwar Paris, illustrating the effect jazz music had on the enormous social challenges Europe faced in the aftermath of World War I.
In the latter half of the twentieth century, a revolutionary idea promised to upend the global order. Anti-imperialist militancy, bolstered by international solidarity, would lead to not only the national liberation of oppressed peoples but universal emancipation, shattering the division between the prosperous nations of the capitalist West and the poorer countries of the Global South. The idea was Third Worldism, and among others it inspired struggles in Iran and Palestine. By the early 1980s, however, progressive visions of independence and freedom had fallen to the reality of an oppressive Islamic theocracy in Iran, while the Palestinian Revolution had been eclipsed by civil war in Lebano...
The Sixties were a time of dramatic change and conflict: a historical moment in which new questions were asked, old answers were rejected, and societies across the globe turned unexpected corners in politics and culture. The Global Sixties examines the decade, as well as its build-up and aftermath, in an interdisciplinary, global context, emphasizing connections – both real and imagined – within and across nationally defined environments. Close attention is paid to Latin America, Asia and Africa, for a truly global approach to the topic. Balancing the global and local experience of the Sixties, the book provides a clear narrative of key political and cultural developments and builds an u...
When Tornadoes Collide is a gripping, emotionally charged romance that sweeps you into the high-stakes world of politics and passion. Christopher, the youngest president in U.S. history, is a man driven by control and power. After losing his wife in a tragic accident, he closes himself off from life's pleasures, focusing only on his political career. Enter Hazel, a bold, free-spirited law student and intern at the family company. With her sharp wit and boundless energy, Hazel is everything Christopher is not—wild, carefree, and unafraid to challenge the rules. When their worlds collide, sparks fly, and the White House becomes the stage for an intense clash of wills and undeniable attraction. As Christopher's carefully constructed life starts to unravel, Hazel forces him to confront the man he's become. But can their passion survive the pressure of power, grief, and the public eye? When Tornadoes Collide is a story of love, loss, and the electrifying power of two forces destined to meet. If you're looking for a romance filled with fiery chemistry, unexpected twists, and emotional depth, this book will sweep you off your feet.