When the World Turned Upside Down is a collection of 66 essays and opinion columns written between 2019 and 2022, a period of momentous—some unimaginable—developments in the United States and across the world. This book stands at the intersection of opinion journalism, history, and chronicling offering a dialogue between past and present (or present and past). They are, to use the often-quoted phrase, first drafts of history.
Over the past five years, the world has witnessed several "unimaginables" about which the author felt compelled to write. Some of the book’s essays identify, analyze, and connect parallels between the U.S. Antebellum and Civil War and the contemporary increasingly polarized context that reached an explosive peak during the 2020 elections and the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Shrouded in a cloud of unprecedented global pestilence, the world has witnessed dramatic political and geopolitical change, mostly for the worse: China, Russia, Hungary, Belarus, Myanmar, Cuba, even Puerto Rico. Essays in this book discuss these transformations from a historical perspective as well as mass popular resistance, in places like Cuba, where they seemed unimaginable.
The book’s final section, "Not Boring at All: Globalization and World Politics," explores the global ramifications of the COVID-19 pandemic, geopolitical rearrangements related to China’s meteoric ascendance as a world power, Russia’s militaristic expansionism, and related topics.
"In When the World Turned Upside Down, Luis Mart?nez-Fern?ndez demonstrates that he is not ‘merely’ an acclaimed historian, but an engaging, sharp-witted social commentator. This excellent collection of columns, written during and about what Mart?nez-Fern?ndez rightly terms ‘the unimaginable events of 2019-2022,’ is dazzling for his easy, readable blend of history, sociology, popular culture, politics and more."
—Jeff Robbins, Columnist, Boston Herald and Creators Syndicate
"Mart?nez-Fern?ndez’s book reads like a series of missives from the front, capturing the drama of unfolding, often unpredictable, events. The author is a master story-weaver, drawing from the warp and weft of our national and global histories to reveal patterns in today’s events."
—Suzette Martinez Standring, Author of The Art of Column Writing
"Professor Mart?nez-Fern?ndez fuses the perspective of a historian with a journalist’s eye on wide-ranging contemporary events. The result is an exhilarating read and a broader understanding of today’s world."
—George Breslauer, Professor and Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Emeritus, UC Berkeley
Автор: Rizopoulos Perry Giuseppe Название: Wheat Songs: A Greek-American Odyssey ISBN: 1618117726 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618117724 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 2633.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeys - an actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos. This an enduring story about the strength created by a strong, tightly-knit family and the powerful values passed down the generations.
Описание: Superheroes and Masculinity examines how heteropatriarchal representations of gender are both perpetuated and challenged within the superhero genre. This collection critiques stereotypical portrayals of hegemonic masculinity and explores queer alternatives to such formulations within superhero comics, film, and television.
Описание: In 2002, Vertigo/DC Comics published the first issue of Bill Willingham`s Fables. After many awards, Fables concluded its run in 2015. This collection of essays is the first study of the sprawling and complex series. The book explores how Fables portrays redemption and the function of community, and how our hopes and fears influence our ideal of "happily ever after".
Описание: Examines the familiar trope of the hero and the recasting of contemporary anxieties in narratives like The Walking Dead, Snowpiercer and Mad Max: Fury Road. Some have familiar roots in Western cultural traditions yet many question popular assumptions about heroes and heroism.
Автор: Rizopoulos Perry Giuseppe Название: Wheat Songs: A Greek-American Odyssey ISBN: 1618117718 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618117717 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 11920.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Presents a memoir of two interconnected Greek-American journeys - an actual physical journey for the grandfather, Pericles Rizopoulos, and a philosophical quest by the author, Perry Giuseppe Rizopoulos. This an enduring story about the strength created by a strong, tightly-knit family and the powerful values passed down the generations.
Shortly after the Civil War ended, David Power Conyngham, an Irish Catholic journalist and war veteran, began compiling the stories of Catholic chaplains and nuns who served during the war. His manuscript, Soldiers of the Cross, is the fullest record written during the nineteenth century of the Catholic Church's involvement in the war, as it documents the service of fourteen chaplains and six female religious communities, representing both North and South. Many of Coyngham's chapters contain new insights into the clergy during the war that are unavailable elsewhere, either during his time or ours, making the work invaluable to Catholic and Civil War historians. The introduction contains over a dozen letters written between 1868 and 1870 from high-ranking Confederate and Union officials, such as Confederate General Robert E. Lee, Union Surgeon General William Hammond, and Union General George B. McClellan, who praise the church's services during the war. Chapters on Fathers William Corby and Peter P. Cooney, as well as the Sisters of the Holy Cross, cover subjects relatively well known to Catholic scholars, yet other chapters are based on personal letters and other important primary sources that have not been published prior to this book.
Unpublished due to Conyngham's untimely death, Soldiers of the Cross remained hidden away in an archive for more than a century. Now annotated and edited so as to be readable and useful to scholars and modern readers, this long-awaited publication of Soldiers of the Cross is a fitting presentation of Conyngham's last great work.
Автор: Pullen Christopher Название: Heroism, Celebrity and Therapy in Nurse Jackie ISBN: 1138238503 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138238503 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 9492.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book presents an examination of the television series Nurse Jackie, making connections between the representational processes and the audience consumption of the series.
Автор: Moore Frank Название: Women of the War; Their Heroism and Self-Sacrifice ISBN: 0788447394 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780788447396 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 6000.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: For the most part, the histories of wars are the histories of men. Women may be given occasional mention-some for inspiring "heroism and knightly deeds," some for causing "strifes innumerable," few for participation. This is a collection of true accounts about the contributions of numerous notable Union women during the Civil War. "Many loyal women along the vexed border, and within the lines of the enemy, exhibited a more than human courage for the Union and its glorious banner, in the face of persecution and danger. In the hospital, and amid the stormy scenes of war, they displayed a heroism as brilliant as that of Grace Darling, surpassed the charity of Florence Nightingale, and repeated the humility and gentle sacrifices recorded of Mary in the sacred Scriptures." This volume includes accounts of: Mrs. Fanny Ricketts, Mrs. Mary A. Brady, Kady Brownell, Mrs. P. B. Hurd, Margaret E. Breckinridge, Mrs. Elida Rumsey Fowle, Bridget Divers, Mrs. Isabella Fogg, What We Did at Gettysburg, Mrs. Mary W. Lee, Miss Major Pauline Cushman, Mrs. John Harris, Mary E. Shelton, Carrie Sheads, Mrs. Stephen Barker, Mrs. Belle Reynolds, Mrs. Charlotte E. McKay, The Bloody Flag of Fort Pillow; Mrs. Mary Morris Husband, Mrs. E. E. George, Anna Maria Ross, Mrs. A. H. Hoge, Miss Emily W. Dana, Mrs. S. Burger Stearns, Mrs. Harriet W. F. Hawley, Miss Maria M. C. Hall, Mrs. Governor Harvey, Miss Amy M. Bradley, Miss Rebecca R. Usher, Mother Byckerdyke, Mrs. Ann Hitz, "Aunt Lizzie" and "Mother", Miss Mary E. Dupee, Mrs. Elizabeth Mendenhall, Loyal Southern Women, Anna Etheridge, Miss A. Shelton, Miss Georgiana Willets, Women as Soldiers, Nelly M. Chase, Woman's Sacrifices, Miss Jane Boswell Moore, and Sanitary Laborers. A full name index completes this unique perspective of the Civil War.
