Автор: Kampfner, John Название: In search of Berlin ISBN: 1838954821 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781838954826 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 2523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An Economist Book of the Year, 2001. In the 18th century, a debate ensued over the French naturalist Buffon`s contention that the New World was in fact geologically new. Historians, naturalists, and philosophers clashed over Buffon`s view. This book maintains that the "dispute" was also a debate over historical authority: upon whose sources and facts should naturalists and historians reconstruct the history of the New World and its people. In addressing this question, the author offers a strikingly novel interpretation of the Enlightenment.
Описание: The Roots of Educational Inequality chronicles the transformation of one American high school over the course of the twentieth century to explore the larger political, economic, and social factors that have contributed to the escalation of educational inequality in modern America. In 1914, when Germantown High School officially opened, Martin G. Brumbaugh, the superintendent of the School District of Philadelphia, told residents that they had one of the finest high schools in the nation.
Located in a suburban neighborhood in Philadelphia's northwest corner, the school provided Germantown youth with a first-rate education and the necessary credentials to secure a prosperous future. In 2013, almost a century later, William Hite, the city's superintendent, announced that Germantown High was one of thirty-seven schools slated for closure due to low academic achievement. How is it that the school, like so many others that serve low-income students of color, transformed in this way?Erika M.
Kitzmiller links the saga of a single high school to the history of its local community, its city, and the nation. Through a fresh, longitudinal examination that combines deep archival research and spatial analysis, Kitzmiller challenges conventional declension narratives that suggest American high schools have moved steadily from pillars of success to institutions of failures. Instead, this work demonstrates that educational inequality has been embedded in our nation's urban high schools since their founding.
The book argues that urban schools were never funded adequately. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, urban school districts lacked the tax revenues needed to operate their schools. Rather than raising taxes, these school districts relied on private philanthropy from families and communities to subsidize a lack of government aid.
Over time, this philanthropy disappeared leaving urban schools with inadequate funds and exacerbating the level of educational inequality.
Автор: James Purdy Название: I Am Elijah Thrush ISBN: 1531501192 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781531501198 Издательство: Marston Book Services Рейтинг: Цена: 2374.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: On its surface, I Am Elijah Thrush is the story of Millicent De Frayne and her sensational half century campaign to win the love of Elijah Thrush. Elijah, after ruining the lives of countless men and women, is finally in love "incorrectly, if not indecently," with his great-grandson, Bird of Heaven. To support an unusual habit, a young Black man, Albert Peggs, reluctantly agrees to tell their remarkable story.
It is in this telling the ambitions, desires, and true natures of Elijah, Millicent, and Albert come to light. With a delicately controlled balance of whimsy and pathos, James Purdy gives us this comedy of the heroic, the tragic, and the truly bizarre. Met with critical bewilderment upon its initial publication fifty years ago, this new edition offers a foreword by Robert J.
Corber illuminating Purdy's "complicated allegory" of objectification, desire, and race in the immediate post-Civil Rights moment.
Название: US Navy PBY Catalina Units of the Atlantic War ISBN: 184176910X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781841769103 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Several books have been written about US naval patrol aviation in World War 2, but none do full justice to the role played by patrol squadrons of the US Navy in the longest, most bitterly fought campaign of the war - the Battle of the Atlantic. From the Arctic to the Equator, anti-submarine aircraft of the US Navy patrolled both sides of the stormy Atlantic alongside their allied counterparts, escorting merchant shipping through submarine-infested waters - the crucial lifeline from the United States to Great Britain and the Mediterranean, and staging troops and supplies for the ultimate liberation of North Africa and Europe. This book details the PBY Catalina, without contest the most successful flying boat ever designed, and a key element in the success of the Atlantic War.
Автор: Kurlander, Eric (stetson University) Mcgetchin, Douglas T. (florida Atlantic University) Grewe, Bernd-stefan (university Of Tubingen) Название: Modern germany ISBN: 0190641525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780190641528 Издательство: Oxford Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 5859.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Modern Germany: A Global History places Germany in a global and transnational context, while offering a broad scope of chronological and thematic coverage. The authors present German-speaking lands in relation to the rest of the world, rather than as discrete entities, bringing global and transnational linkages and interdependencies into focus.
Автор: McNally, Michael Название: Coronel and Falklands 1914 ISBN: 1849086745 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781849086745 Издательство: Osprey Рейтинг: Цена: 2523.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Imperial German Navy was concentrated in two areas - Home Waters and Tsingtao under the command of Admiral von Spee. As Spee made his way to the Chilean port, he met the British 4th Cruiser Squadron which had been ordered to engage and defeat the German force. This resulted in the battle of Coronel. This book deals with this battle.
Автор: Dantas Название: Black Townsmen ISBN: 1403975760 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781403975768 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 13974.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is an innovative comparative study of persons of African origin and descent in two urban environments of the early modern Atlantic world. The author follows these men and women illustrating how their choices and actions placed them at the foreground of the development of Atlantic urban slavery and emancipation.
Автор: Landes Название: London Quakers in the Trans-Atlantic World ISBN: 1137366672 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137366672 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 11179.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the Society of Friend`s Atlantic presence through its creation and use of networks, including intellectual and theological exchange, and through the movement of people. It focuses on the establishment of trans-Atlantic Quaker networks and the crucial role London played in the creation of a Quaker community in the North Atlantic.
Автор: Fay Название: Urban Identity and the Atlantic World ISBN: 0230341403 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230341401 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 10760.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The constant flow of people, ideas, and commodities across the Atlantic propelled the development of a public sphere. Chapters explore the multiple ways in which a growing urban consciousness influenced national and international cultural and political intersections.
Автор: Stevenson Название: Lincoln in the Atlantic World ISBN: 1107524237 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107524231 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 4118.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This fresh analysis of Lincoln`s life, political career, and presidency reveals how he shaped his personal appearance, political strategies, and presidential policies in response to global prompts. Answering questions that previous scholars have not thought to ask, the book opens the vision of Lincoln as a global republican.
Автор: Aljoe Название: Creole Testimonies ISBN: 0230338100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780230338104 Издательство: Springer Рейтинг: Цена: 12577.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Analyses the relationships among the socio-historical contexts, generic forms, and rhetorical strategies of British West Indian slave narratives. Grounded by the syncretic theories of creolisation and testimonio it breaks new ground by reading these dictated and fragmentary narratives on their own terms as examples of `creole testimony`.
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