Author: R. Drew Smith
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
DIVTen essayists discuss the black church's public activism on natioonal policy issues in the post Civil Rights period, focusing on issues such as health care, affirmative action, welfare reform, and public education./div
Long March Ahead
Author: R. Drew Smith
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
DIVTen essayists discuss the black church's public activism on natioonal policy issues in the post Civil Rights period, focusing on issues such as health care, affirmative action, welfare reform, and public education./div
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822333586
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
DIVTen essayists discuss the black church's public activism on natioonal policy issues in the post Civil Rights period, focusing on issues such as health care, affirmative action, welfare reform, and public education./div
The March To Magdala
Author: Henty G. A.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359952354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
"The March to Magdala" is an engrossing ancient novel penned with the aid of George Alfred Henty, a prolific British creator regarded for his adventurous and educational works for young readers. Published in 1866, the book is set in opposition to the backdrop of the British day trip to Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in 1868. Henty's narrative follows the journey of two British protagonists, Harry and his pal, who find themselves embroiled within the perilous marketing campaign to rescue British captives held through Emperor Tewodros II. The story is a thrilling account of the dangerous journey, fraught with demanding situations which include treacherous landscapes, opposed tribes, and confrontations with the Ethiopian forces. Henty's novel skillfully combines journey and history, presenting readers a vibrant portrayal of the Abyssinian excursion. The tale now not handiest entertains but also educates, providing precious insights into the geography, politics, and culture of 19th-century Abyssinia. "The March to Magdala" exemplifies Henty's willpower to historical accuracy and his capacity to make history handy and attractive for young readers. The book's enduring reputation lies in its capacity to move readers to a charming historic period and immerse them in a exciting journey that is both enjoyable and instructive.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 9359952354
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
"The March to Magdala" is an engrossing ancient novel penned with the aid of George Alfred Henty, a prolific British creator regarded for his adventurous and educational works for young readers. Published in 1866, the book is set in opposition to the backdrop of the British day trip to Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in 1868. Henty's narrative follows the journey of two British protagonists, Harry and his pal, who find themselves embroiled within the perilous marketing campaign to rescue British captives held through Emperor Tewodros II. The story is a thrilling account of the dangerous journey, fraught with demanding situations which include treacherous landscapes, opposed tribes, and confrontations with the Ethiopian forces. Henty's novel skillfully combines journey and history, presenting readers a vibrant portrayal of the Abyssinian excursion. The tale now not handiest entertains but also educates, providing precious insights into the geography, politics, and culture of 19th-century Abyssinia. "The March to Magdala" exemplifies Henty's willpower to historical accuracy and his capacity to make history handy and attractive for young readers. The book's enduring reputation lies in its capacity to move readers to a charming historic period and immerse them in a exciting journey that is both enjoyable and instructive.
The March to Magdala
Author: George Alfred Henty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abyssinian Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abyssinian Expedition
Languages : en
Pages : 452
Book Description
Reconnaissance, Security Marches, Halts (tentative).
Author:
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Category : Marching
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marching
Languages : en
Pages : 136
Book Description
Works
Author: Thomas Carlyle
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
Hidden Horrors
Author: Yuki Tanaka
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538102706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka’s case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments. The author describes how desperate Japanese soldiers consumed the flesh of their own comrades killed in fighting as well as that of Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians. He traces the fate of sixty-five shipwrecked Australian nurses and British soldiers who were shot or stabbed to death by their captors. Another thirty-two nurses were captured and sent to Sumatra to become “comfort women”—sex slaves for Japanese soldiers. Tanaka recounts how thousands of Australian and British POWs were massacred in the infamous Sandakan camp in the Borneo jungle in 1945, while those who survived were forced to endure a tortuous 160-mile march on which anyone who dropped out of line was immediately shot. This new edition also includes a powerful chapter on the island of Nauru, where thirty-nine leprosy patients were killed and thousands of Naurans were ill-treated and forced to leave their homes. Without denying individual and national responsibility, the author explores individual atrocities in their broader social, psychological, and institutional milieu and places Japanese behavior during the war in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war. In his substantially revised conclusion, Tanaka brings in significant new interpretations to explain why Japanese imperial forces were so brutal, tracing the historical processes that created such a unique military structure and ideology. Finally, he investigates why a strong awareness of their collective responsibility for wartime atrocities has been and still is lacking among the Japanese.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538102706
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 351
Book Description
This landmark book documents little-known wartime Japanese atrocities during World War II. Yuki Tanaka’s case studies, still remarkably original and significant, include cannibalism; the slaughter and starvation of prisoners of war; the rape, enforced prostitution, and murder of noncombatants; and biological warfare experiments. The author describes how desperate Japanese soldiers consumed the flesh of their own comrades killed in fighting as well as that of Australians, Pakistanis, and Indians. He traces the fate of sixty-five shipwrecked Australian nurses and British soldiers who were shot or stabbed to death by their captors. Another thirty-two nurses were captured and sent to Sumatra to become “comfort women”—sex slaves for Japanese soldiers. Tanaka recounts how thousands of Australian and British POWs were massacred in the infamous Sandakan camp in the Borneo jungle in 1945, while those who survived were forced to endure a tortuous 160-mile march on which anyone who dropped out of line was immediately shot. This new edition also includes a powerful chapter on the island of Nauru, where thirty-nine leprosy patients were killed and thousands of Naurans were ill-treated and forced to leave their homes. Without denying individual and national responsibility, the author explores individual atrocities in their broader social, psychological, and institutional milieu and places Japanese behavior during the war in the broader context of the dehumanization of men at war. In his substantially revised conclusion, Tanaka brings in significant new interpretations to explain why Japanese imperial forces were so brutal, tracing the historical processes that created such a unique military structure and ideology. Finally, he investigates why a strong awareness of their collective responsibility for wartime atrocities has been and still is lacking among the Japanese.
Women on the March
Author:
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Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Liberty and Order
Author: P.A.J. Waddington
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000424278
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This unprecedented behind the scenes analysis of public order policing, first published in 1994, investigates the impact of increased police powers and equipment on basic democratic freedoms, describing and analysing police operations from protest marches to riots, and from royal ceremonials to street carnivals. When confrontational government policies stimulate inner-city riots and violent protest, the state response is all too often to equip the police with enhanced legal powers and the paraphernalia of riot control. In Britain such developments prompted debates about a drift into authoritarianism. Here the policing of political protest is examined within its political and broader ‘public order’ context, and the text draws on extended and detailed observation of actual events.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000424278
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This unprecedented behind the scenes analysis of public order policing, first published in 1994, investigates the impact of increased police powers and equipment on basic democratic freedoms, describing and analysing police operations from protest marches to riots, and from royal ceremonials to street carnivals. When confrontational government policies stimulate inner-city riots and violent protest, the state response is all too often to equip the police with enhanced legal powers and the paraphernalia of riot control. In Britain such developments prompted debates about a drift into authoritarianism. Here the policing of political protest is examined within its political and broader ‘public order’ context, and the text draws on extended and detailed observation of actual events.
Routledge Library Editions: Political Protest
Author: Various Authors
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000806847
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 6586
Book Description
This 26-volume set is a wide-ranging, time- and subject-spanning examination of the phenomenon of political protest. What drives people to take to the streets, and how do their governments respond? These questions and many more are analysed in areas as varied as sixteenth-century German peasant uprisings, revolutionary Russians at the Paris Commune, women protesting nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and the role Christianity played in protests across the ages. An impressive reference resource, this set also looks at the policing of protests and official responses to them.
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000806847
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 6586
Book Description
This 26-volume set is a wide-ranging, time- and subject-spanning examination of the phenomenon of political protest. What drives people to take to the streets, and how do their governments respond? These questions and many more are analysed in areas as varied as sixteenth-century German peasant uprisings, revolutionary Russians at the Paris Commune, women protesting nuclear weapons at Greenham Common, and the role Christianity played in protests across the ages. An impressive reference resource, this set also looks at the policing of protests and official responses to them.
The Fight for Freedom
Author: John Reynolds
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 147721013X
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In the summer of 1965, an eighteen-year-old boy, filled with frustration and anger at the injustices of the segregated society in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, volunteers to help Civil Rights workers sent to Alabama by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as part of a campaign to register black people to vote. A few short months later, he finds himself in Atlanta, standing in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church being interviewed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for a position on SCLC's field staff. As a young foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement, author John Reynolds was an eyewitness to history. In The Fight for Freedom, he shares his experiences in some of the hot spots of that day, such as Selma, Birmingham, and Mississippi. A passionate and dedicated soldier, Reynolds was jailed more than twenty times and beaten on numerous occasions as he went through some of the toughest battles of the movement and played a role in awakening the national conscience and redeeming the soul of America. "The revealing, relevant, coming-of-age tale of a man and a nation. Tracing his years in the civil rights movement, Reynolds offers an insider's view of the people, events and tactics that brought the United States closer to the fulfillment of the founders' promise that 'all men are created equal.' Although this account concerns a time now past, it's nonetheless a timely reminder that citizens should always be ready to fight the good fight." -Excerpt from Kirkus Reviews
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 147721013X
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
In the summer of 1965, an eighteen-year-old boy, filled with frustration and anger at the injustices of the segregated society in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, volunteers to help Civil Rights workers sent to Alabama by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference as part of a campaign to register black people to vote. A few short months later, he finds himself in Atlanta, standing in the sanctuary of Ebenezer Baptist Church being interviewed by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for a position on SCLC's field staff. As a young foot soldier in the Civil Rights Movement, author John Reynolds was an eyewitness to history. In The Fight for Freedom, he shares his experiences in some of the hot spots of that day, such as Selma, Birmingham, and Mississippi. A passionate and dedicated soldier, Reynolds was jailed more than twenty times and beaten on numerous occasions as he went through some of the toughest battles of the movement and played a role in awakening the national conscience and redeeming the soul of America. "The revealing, relevant, coming-of-age tale of a man and a nation. Tracing his years in the civil rights movement, Reynolds offers an insider's view of the people, events and tactics that brought the United States closer to the fulfillment of the founders' promise that 'all men are created equal.' Although this account concerns a time now past, it's nonetheless a timely reminder that citizens should always be ready to fight the good fight." -Excerpt from Kirkus Reviews