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Humanities & Social SciencesJune 2025Revolution in China and Russia
Reorganizing empires into nation states
by Luyang Zhou
Most scholars believe that China's nationality policy, like that of other socialist states, imitated the Soviet nationality model, a system which has been termed an "affirmative action empire." This book offers two contributions to the literature which run counter to this convention. First, it argues that the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Soviet Union (USSR) were different; while the PRC was aimed to build an ideal-typical nation-state, the USSR was an open union of nation-states that was only temporarily confined to a physical territory. Second, while scholars who have noted this difference attribute it to contextual factors, such as ethnic structure, geopolitical status, and Russia's intervention into the Chinese Revolution, this book contends that context shaped the Sino-Soviet difference, yet it did not determine it. Rather, there was significant leeway between the implications of the contextual factors, and what the policy-designers ultimately established. This book probes who held agency, and how these individuals bridged this gap.
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January 2015Balancing Security and Liberty.
Counter-Terrorism Legislation in Germany and China.
by Zhou, Zunyou
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September 2018Meine erste Weihnachtskrippe
Mit 20 Krippenfiguren und 4 Weihnachtsliedern
by Illustriert von Chou, Joey; Englisch Mannchen, Nadine
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Literature & Literary StudiesJanuary 2013Late Merovingian France
by Paul Fouracre, Richard A. Gerberding
This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. The book makes available a range of 7th- and early 8th-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English. It opens with a broad-ranging explanation of the historical background to the translated texts and then each source is accompanied by a full commentary and an introductory essay exploring its authorship, language and subject matter. The sources are rich in the detail of Merovingian political life. Their subjects are the powerful in society and they reveal the successful interplay between power and sanctity, a process which came to underpin much of European culture throughout the early Middle Ages.
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August 2001Ein Haufen Ärger
by Sabine Ludwig, Sabine Wilharm
Sabine Ludwigs "Ein Haufen Ärger" entführt in die wunderbar skurrile Welt einer Gruppe tierischer Bewohner eines verlassenen Hausboots. Mit viel Charme und Wortwitz wird das Zusammenleben des klugen Mopses Anton, Van Gogh, dem einohrigen Straßenkater, Chou-Chou, der hochnäsigen Perserkatze, Rudolf, der wasserscheuen Wasserratte, und weiteren liebenswerten Charakteren wie einem Blässhuhn, einem eitlen Papagei und einer ängstlichen Pythonschlange beschrieben. Ihr friedliches Zusammenleben wird jäh von einer Bande Hunde bedroht, die das Hausboot für sich beanspruchen wollen. Doch die ungleichen Freunde lassen sich nicht so leicht unterkriegen und beweisen, dass auch die kleinste und ängstlichste Kreatur Großes bewirken kann. Die humorvollen und detailreichen Illustrationen von Sabine Wilharm geben der Geschichte zusätzlichen Glanz und machen das Buch zu einem Lesevergnügen für Jung und Alt. Charmante und humorvolle Tiergeschichte: Ideal für Kinder ab 4 Jahren, die tierische Abenteuer lieben. Lebensnahe Charaktere mit liebenswerten Macken: Macht die Geschichte nachvollziehbar und lehrreich. Spannende Handlung mit wichtigen Botschaften: Vermittelt Werte wie Freundschaft, Mut und das Überwinden von Ängsten. Reich und farbenfroh illustriert: Sabine Wilharms Illustrationen sind ein echter Blickfang und unterstützen die Geschichte perfekt. Vielseitig einsetzbar: Geeignet für das Vorlesen zu Hause, in Kindergärten oder Schulen. Fördert die Vorstellungskraft: Regt die Fantasie der Kinder an und inspiriert zu kreativem Denken. Mit viel Witz und Ironie geschrieben: Bietet auch erwachsenen Vorlesern unterhaltsame Momente. Beliebte Autorin und Illustratorin: Sabine Ludwig und Sabine Wilharm sind ein Garant für hochwertige Kinderliteratur.
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Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groupsOctober 2010The Beethoven song companion
by Paul Reid
This is the first full-length, published study of Beethoven's songs. All the composer's songs with piano are included, with full German texts and translations, together with comprehensive notes on the poetry and the music. The inclusion of unfinished songs gives a fascinating insight into Beethoven's compositional methods. An introductory essay considers reasons for the relative neglect of the songs, the significance of Beethoven's choice of texts, his crucial role in the development of German art-song and specific aspects such as choice of key. Throughout the book, poetic and musical texts are discussed in their historical context, and in the overall context of Beethoven's life and music. It is anticipated that this book, like its predecessor The Schubert Song Companion, will encourage the performance and study of an important but comparatively neglected aspect of the work of the world's most celebrated composer.
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Humanities & Social SciencesMarch 2024A savage song
Racist violence and armed resistance in the early twentieth-century U.S.–Mexico Borderlands
by Margarita Aragon
This book examines key moments in which collective and state violence invigorated racialized social boundaries around Mexican and African Americans in the United States, and in which they violently contested them. Bringing anti-Mexican violence into a common analytical framework with anti-black violence, A savage song examines several focal points in this oft-ignored history, including the 1915 rebellion of ethnic Mexicans in South Texas, and its brutal repression by the Texas Rangers and the 1917 mutiny of black soldiers of the 24th Infantry Regiment in Houston, Texas, in response to police brutality. Aragon considers both the continuities and stark contrasts across these different moments: how were racialized constructions of masculinity differently employed? How did African and Mexican American men, including those in uniform, respond to the violence of racism? And how was their resistance, including their claims to manhood and nation, understood by law enforcement, politicians, and the press? Building on extensive archival research, the book examines how African and Mexican American men have been constructed as 'racial problems', investigating, in particular, their relationship with law enforcement and ideas about black and Mexican criminality.
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February 2022Ice Song
by Miriam Körner
In Miriam Körners "Ice Song" wird die Geschichte der 15-jährigen Emmylou entfaltet, die zunächst widerwillig in Churchill, Kanada, ankommt. Als Ort, der für seine Nähe zu Eisbären bekannt ist, bietet Churchill eine karge und eiskalte Umgebung, die Emmylou zunächst fremd ist. Ihre Sichtweise beginnt sich zu ändern, als sie Barnabas, einen jungen Inuk, trifft, der intensiv seine Schlittenhunde auf das anspruchsvolle Arctic Quest, ein herausforderndes Schlittenhunderennen, vorbereitet. Die Begegnung mit einem bezaubernden Welpen aus dem Rudel weckt nicht nur ihre Zuneigung für die Tiere, sondern auch tiefergehende Gefühle. Der Roman kombiniert Elemente der Romance mit dem aufregenden Kontext des Schlittenhundrennens und bietet Einblicke in die Kultur der Inuit. Durch Körners authentische Darstellung der arktischen Landschaft und die Verwendung ihrer persönlichen Erfahrungen, entsteht eine packende Lektüre, die sowohl bildend als auch unterhaltsam ist. Authentische Darstellung: Bietet fundierte Einblicke in die Inuit-Kultur und das Schlittenhunderennen, angereichert durch die realen Erfahrungen der Autorin. Fesselnde Handlung mit Romance: Verbindet das Abenteuer in der Arktis mit einer jugendlichen Liebesgeschichte, ideal für Leser*innen ab 12 Jahren. Resilienz und Selbstfindung: Inspiriert junge Leser*innen dazu, Herausforderungen zu meistern und sich selbst sowie neue Leidenschaften zu erkunden. Bildungswert: Bietet neben einer fesselnden Story auch wichtige Erkenntnisse über Umweltschutz und traditionelle Lebensweisen. Perfekt für Tier- und Naturfreunde: Ein Muss für junge Leser, die eine Leidenschaft für Tiere, insbesondere Schlittenhunde, und die Natur haben.
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Literature & Literary StudiesMarch 1996Late Merovingian France
by Paul Fouracre
This collection of documents in translation brings together the seminal sources for the late Merovingian Frankish kingdom. It inteprets the chronicles and saint's lives rigorously to reveal new insights into the nature and significance of sanctity, power and power relationships. The book makes available a range of 7th- and early 8th-century texts, five of which have never before been translated into English. It opens with a broad-ranging explanation of the historical background to the translated texts and then each source is accompanied by a full commentary and an introductory essay exploring its authorship, language and subject matter. The sources are rich in the detail of Merovingian political life. Their subjects are the powerful in society and they reveal the successful interplay between power and sanctity, a process which came to underpin much of European culture throughout the early Middle Ages. ;
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The ArtsJanuary 2019Marguerite Duras
by Renate Gunther
The first book in English to deal exclusively with Duras' cinema, including such films as India Song, Le Camion, and Nathalie Granger. Provides a lucid and stimulating introduction to her films, which is accessible to a wide readerhip, both specialist and non-specialist.. Locates the films in their autobiographical as well as social and historical context, making the book broadly interesting to students and teachers in all areas of French Studies.. The book's empahasis on gender issues widens it's appeal to include those working in Women's Studies, Gender Studies and Gay and Lesbian Studies.
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March 1985Qin
Die klassische chinesische Griffbrettzither und ihre Musik in Geschichte, Geschichten und Gedichten. Zusammengestellt und aus dem Chinesischen übertragen von Manfred Dahmer
by Manfred Dahmer
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January 1994Das Qing-Imperium als Vision und Wirklichkeit
Tibet in Laufbahn und Schriften des Song Yun (1752-1835)
by Dabringhaus, Sabine
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March 2012My Song
Die Autobiographie
by Belafonte, Harry; Shnayerson, Michael / Übersetzer Lutze, Kristian; Übersetzer Morawetz, Silvia; Übersetzer Schmitz, Werner
