Author: Deborah Kopka
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible new series! Eight jam-packed
Passport Series: Eastern Europe and Russia
Author: Deborah Kopka
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible new series! Eight jam-packed
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122528
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible new series! Eight jam-packed
The Passport as Home
Author: Andrei S. Markovits
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633864224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This is the story of an illustrious Romanian-born, Hungarian-speaking, Vienna-schooled, Columbia-educated and Harvard-formed, middle-class Jewish professor of politics and other subjects. Markovits revels in a rootlessness that offers him comfort, succor, and the inspiration for his life’s work. As we follow his quest to find a home, we encounter his engagement with the important political, social, and cultural developments of five decades on two continents. We also learn about his musical preferences, from classical to rock; his love of team sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball, and American football; and his devotion to dogs and their rescue. Above all, the book analyzes the travails of emigration the author experienced twice, moving from Romania to Vienna and then from Vienna to New York. Markovits’s Candide-like travels through the ups and downs of post-1945 Europe and America offer a panoramic view of key currents that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. By shedding light on the cultural similarities and differences between both continents, the book shows why America fascinated Europeans like Markovits and offered them a home that Europe never did: academic excellence, intellectual openness, cultural diversity and religious tolerance. America for Markovits was indeed the “beacon on the hill,” despite the ugliness of its racism, the prominence of its everyday bigotry, the severity of its growing economic inequality, and the presence of other aspects that mar this worthy experiment’s daily existence.
Publisher: Central European University Press
ISBN: 9633864224
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
This is the story of an illustrious Romanian-born, Hungarian-speaking, Vienna-schooled, Columbia-educated and Harvard-formed, middle-class Jewish professor of politics and other subjects. Markovits revels in a rootlessness that offers him comfort, succor, and the inspiration for his life’s work. As we follow his quest to find a home, we encounter his engagement with the important political, social, and cultural developments of five decades on two continents. We also learn about his musical preferences, from classical to rock; his love of team sports such as soccer, baseball, basketball, and American football; and his devotion to dogs and their rescue. Above all, the book analyzes the travails of emigration the author experienced twice, moving from Romania to Vienna and then from Vienna to New York. Markovits’s Candide-like travels through the ups and downs of post-1945 Europe and America offer a panoramic view of key currents that shaped the second half of the twentieth century. By shedding light on the cultural similarities and differences between both continents, the book shows why America fascinated Europeans like Markovits and offered them a home that Europe never did: academic excellence, intellectual openness, cultural diversity and religious tolerance. America for Markovits was indeed the “beacon on the hill,” despite the ugliness of its racism, the prominence of its everyday bigotry, the severity of its growing economic inequality, and the presence of other aspects that mar this worthy experiment’s daily existence.
Passport Series: Middle East
Author: Deborah Kopka
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122617
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
The Soviet Passport
Author: Albert Baiburin
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509543201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this remarkable book, Albert Baiburin provides the first in-depth study of the development and uses of the passport, or state identity card, in the former Soviet Union. First introduced in 1932, the Soviet passport took on an exceptional range of functions, extending not just to the regulation of movement and control of migrancy but also to the constitution of subjectivity and of social hierarchies based on place of residence, family background, and ethnic origin. While the basic role of the Soviet passport was to certify a person’s identity, it assumed a far greater significance in Soviet life. Without it, a person literally ‘disappeared’ from society. It was impossible to find employment or carry out everyday activities like picking up a parcel from the post office; a person could not marry or even officially die without a passport. It was absolutely essential on virtually every occasion when an individual had contact with officialdom because it was always necessary to prove that the individual was the person whom they claimed to be. And since the passport included an indication of the holder’s ethnic identity, individuals found themselves accorded a certain rank in a new hierarchy of nationalities where some ethnic categories were ‘normal’ and others were stigmatized. Passport systems were used by state officials for the deportation of entire population categories – the so-called ‘former people’, those from the pre-revolutionary elite, and the relations of ‘enemies of the people’. But at the same time, passport ownership became the signifier of an acceptable social existence, and the passport itself – the information it contained, the photographs and signatures – became part of the life experience and self-perception of those who possessed it. This meticulously researched and highly original book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Russia and the Soviet Union and to anyone interested in the shaping of identity in the modern world.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1509543201
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
In this remarkable book, Albert Baiburin provides the first in-depth study of the development and uses of the passport, or state identity card, in the former Soviet Union. First introduced in 1932, the Soviet passport took on an exceptional range of functions, extending not just to the regulation of movement and control of migrancy but also to the constitution of subjectivity and of social hierarchies based on place of residence, family background, and ethnic origin. While the basic role of the Soviet passport was to certify a person’s identity, it assumed a far greater significance in Soviet life. Without it, a person literally ‘disappeared’ from society. It was impossible to find employment or carry out everyday activities like picking up a parcel from the post office; a person could not marry or even officially die without a passport. It was absolutely essential on virtually every occasion when an individual had contact with officialdom because it was always necessary to prove that the individual was the person whom they claimed to be. And since the passport included an indication of the holder’s ethnic identity, individuals found themselves accorded a certain rank in a new hierarchy of nationalities where some ethnic categories were ‘normal’ and others were stigmatized. Passport systems were used by state officials for the deportation of entire population categories – the so-called ‘former people’, those from the pre-revolutionary elite, and the relations of ‘enemies of the people’. But at the same time, passport ownership became the signifier of an acceptable social existence, and the passport itself – the information it contained, the photographs and signatures – became part of the life experience and self-perception of those who possessed it. This meticulously researched and highly original book will be of great interest to students and scholars of Russia and the Soviet Union and to anyone interested in the shaping of identity in the modern world.
Passport Series: Africa
Author: Heather Knowles
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787787116
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787787116
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Passport Series: Asia
Author: Heather Knowles
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122579
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122579
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible series! Eight jam-packed books visit more than 50 countries from all seven continents, from North America to Australia and back again. Units feature in-depth studies of each country?s history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if they?re halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have series will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Passport Series: Western Europe
Author: Heather Knowles
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122552
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible new series! Eight jam-packed
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 1429122552
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible new series! Eight jam-packed
Welcome to Romania
Author: Deborah Kopka
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787727741
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible packet on Romania! Units feature in-depth studies of its history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if theyre halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have packet will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787727741
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible packet on Romania! Units feature in-depth studies of its history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if theyre halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have packet will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Welcome to Greece
Author: Deborah Kopka
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787727725
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible packet on Greece! Units feature in-depth studies of its history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if theyre halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have packet will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Publisher: Milliken Publishing Company
ISBN: 0787727725
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
Issue your students a passport to travel the globe with this incredible packet on Greece! Units feature in-depth studies of its history, culture, language, foods, and so much more. Reproducible pages provide cross-curricular reinforcement and bonus content, including activities, recipes, and games. Numerous ideas for extension activities are also provided. Beautiful illustrations and photographs make students feel as if theyre halfway around the world. Perfect for any teacher looking to show off the world, this must-have packet will turn every student into an accomplished globetrotter!
Abstracts, Russian and East European Series
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Europe, Eastern
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description