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  • The Social Movement Society

    Contentious Politics for a New Century

    Series series People, Passions, and Power: Social Movements, Interest Organizations, and the P
    Is there more social protest now than there was prior to the movement politics of the 1960s, and if so, does it result in a distinctly less civil society throughout the world? If everybody protests, what does protest mean in advanced industrial societies? This volume brings together scholars from Europe and the U.S., and from both political science and sociology, to consider the ways in which the ... Read more

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  • The Ritual of May Day in Western Europe

    Past, Present and Future

    Series series The Mobilization Series on Social Movements, Protest, and Culture
    Eric Hobsbawm claimed that the international May Day, which dates back to a proclamation in 1889 by the Second International, 'is perhaps the most ambitious of labour rituals'. The first international May Day demonstrations in 1890 were widely celebrated across Europe and became the one day each year when organized labour could present its goals to the public, an eight-hour workday being the first ... Read more

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  • The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads

    The Boys' Book of Submarines, Aircraft and Submarines, Submarine Warfare of To-day, etc.

    In 'The Ultimate Submarine Compendium: 36 Captivating Reads,' readers are invited to embark on an enthralling voyage beneath the seas, traversing a rich tapestry of narratives ranging from historical accounts to thrilling adventures. The anthology brings together a diverse array of tales that exhibit the vast potential of submarine lore, offering insights into both fictional escapades and real ... Read more

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    Socialism is strangely impervious to refutation by real-world experience. Over the past hundred years, there have been more than two dozen attempts to build a socialist society, from the Soviet Union to Maoist China to Venezuela. All of them have ended in varying degrees of failure. But, according to socialism’s adherents, that is only because none of these experiments were “real socialism”. This ... Read more

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  • One of Our Submarines

    by Edward Young ...
    Series series Pen & Sword Military Classics
    "[Young] immortalized his distinguished war service as a submariner in the bestselling autobiography, One of Our Submarines . . . [a] gripping memoir."— The Guardian"In the very highest rank of books about the last war. Submarines are thrilling beasts, and Edward Young tells of four years' adventures in them in a good stout book with excitement on every page. He writes beautifully, economically ... Read more

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  • Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
    How do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy in Europe from its modest beginnings in 1830s Britain to Adolf Hitler's 1933 seizure of power in Weimar Germany. Based on rich historical and quantitative evidence, the book offers a major ... Read more

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  • Sea Warfare

    Feel the spray of the salt and the weight of duty in these stark portrayals of naval life and the grim machinery of war upon the open ocean. ... Read more

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  • Weimar Germany

    Series series Short Oxford History of Germany
    The Weimar Republic was born out of Germany's defeat in the First World War and ended with the coming to power of Hitler and his Nazi Party in 1933. In many ways, it is a wonder that Weimar lasted as long as it did. Besieged from the outset by hostile forces, the young republic was threatened by revolution from the left and coups d'états from the right. Plagued early on by a wave of high-profile ... Read more

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    Connolly details the early challenges faced by the Allies in the war at sea, particularly the surprise and effectiveness of the German U-boats, which had crippled merchant shipping and disrupted vital supplies to Europe. The narrative shifts between accounts of naval operations, technical advancements like depth charges and improved sonar, and the courageous men involved in the hunt for U-boats. ... Read more

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  • Ours to Master and to Own

    Workers' Control from the Commune to the Present

    From the dawning of the industrial epoch, wage earners have organized themselves into unions,fought bitter strikes, and gone so far as to challenge the very premises of the system by creatinginstitutions of democratic self-management aimed at controlling production without bosses. Withspecific examples drawn from every corner of the globe and every period of modern history, thispathbreaking volume ... Read more

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  • The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner

    A Submarine Commander's Diary of WWI Naval Warfare

    In "The Journal of Submarine Commander von Forstner," Georg-Günther Freiherr von Forstner presents an intricate narrative that delves into the psychological and strategic intricacies of submarine warfare during World War II. This autobiographical account is marked by a vivid literary style, combining stark realism with reflective prose that captures the tension and uncertainty faced by naval ... Read more

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  • Contemporary Western European Feminism (RLE Feminist Theory)

    by Gisela Kaplan ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Feminist Theory
    Contemporary Western European Feminism is a ground-breaking history of feminism. Gisela Kaplan invites a critical analysis of current ideas, terms and assumptions about our modern world.Written confidently and with compassion, this is the story of a long revolution that has set out to change predominant attitudes and transform value hierarchies and human lifestyles. By outlining the postwar ... Read more

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