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Book In the Children  s Best Interests

Download or read book In the Children s Best Interests written by Lynne Taylor and published by University of Toronto Press. This book was released on 2017-01-01 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the hundreds of thousands of displaced persons in Germany at the end of World War II, approximately 40,000 were unaccompanied children. These children, of every age and nationality, were without parents or legal guardians and many were without clear identities. This situation posed serious practical, legal, ethical, and political problems for the agencies responsible for their care. In the Children's Best Interests, by Lynne Taylor, is the first work to delve deeply into the records of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) and the International Refugee Organization (IRO) and reveal the heated battles that erupted amongst the various entities (military, governments, and NGOs) responsible for their care and disposition. The bitter debates focused on such issues as whether a child could be adopted, what to do with illegitimate and abandoned children, and who could assume the role of guardian. The inconclusive nationality of these children meant they became pawns in the battle between East and West during the Cold War. Taylor's exploration and insight into the debates around national identity and the privilege of citizenship challenges our understanding of nationality in the postwar period.

Book Alan S  Milward and Contemporary European History

Download or read book Alan S Milward and Contemporary European History written by Fernando Guirao and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-14 with total page 709 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan S. Milward was a renowned historian of contemporary Europe. In addition to his books, as well as articles and chapters in edited books, he also wrote nearly 250 book reviews and review articles, some in French and German, which were published in journals world-wide. Taken together they reveal a remarkable degree of theoretical consistency in his approach to understanding the history of Europe since the French Revolution. This book brings together these previously unexamined pieces of historical analysis in order to trace and shed light on key intellectual debates taking place in the second half of the 20th century. Many of these discussions continue to influence us today, such as the role of Germany in Europe, the economic, social and political foundations of European integration, the European rescue of the nation-state, the reasons for launching the single currency, the conditions for retaining the allegiance of European citizens to the notions of nation and supra-nation, and ultimately the issue of democratic governance in a global environment. In bringing together these reviews and review articles, the book provides an introduction to the main scholarly achievements of Milward, in his own words. Fernando Guirao and Frances M.B. Lynch provide an introduction to the volume, which both guides the reader through many of the academic debates embedded within the text while underlining their contemporary relevance. By introducing and bringing together this hitherto overlooked treasure trove of historical analysis, this book maps a close itinerary of some of the most salient intellectual debates of the second half of the 20th century and beyond. This unique volume will be of great interest to scholars of economic history, European history and historiography.

Book International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective

Download or read book International Monetary Systems in Historical Perspective written by Jaime Reis and published by Springer. This book was released on 1995-12-13 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a century and a half of efforts at constructing arrangements and rules for international monetary interaction, present-day national authorities do not seem to have come much closer to achieving the aim of enduring exchange rate stability combined with a good macroeconomic performance. A distinguished group of economists and economic historians offers new insights into the working of the most important of such experiences, including nineteenth century bimetallism, the 'classical' gold standard, Bretton Woods and the European Monetary System.

Book Entangled Geographies

Download or read book Entangled Geographies written by Gabrielle Hecht and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Cold War was not simply a duel of superpowers. It took place not just in Washington and Moscow, but also in the social and political arenas of geographically far-flung countries emerging from colonial rule. Moreover, Cold War tensions were manifest not only in global political disputes, but also in struggles over technology. Technological systems and expertise offered a powerful way to shape countries politically, economically, socially, and culturally. [This book] explores how Cold War politics, imperialism, and postcolonial nation building became entangled in technologies and considers the legacies of those entanglements for today's globalized world. The essays address such topics as the islands and atolls taken over for military and technological purposes by the supposedly non-imperial United States, apartheid-era South Africa's efforts to achieve international legitimacy as a nuclear nation, international technical assistance and Cold War politics, the Saudi irrigation system that spurred a Shi'i rebellion, and the momentary technopolitics of emergency as practiced by Medecins sans Fronti?res"--Publisher description.

Book Monetary Regimes in Transition

Download or read book Monetary Regimes in Transition written by Michael D. Bordo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-11-02 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This important contribution to comparative economic history examines different countries' experiences with different monetary regimes. The contributors lay particular emphasis on how the regimes fared when placed under stress such as wars and or other changes in the economic environment. Covering the experience of ten countries over the period 1700SH1990, the book employs the latest techniques of economic analysis in order to understand why particular monetary regimes and policies succeeded or failed.

Book The Marshall Plan

Download or read book The Marshall Plan written by Benn Steil and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the history of the Marshall Plan and the efforts to reconstruct western Europe as a bulwark against communist authoritarianism during a two-year period that saw the collapse of postwar U.S.-Soviet relations and the beginning of the Cold War.

Book Bibliographic Guide to Business and Economics

Download or read book Bibliographic Guide to Business and Economics written by New York Public Library. Research Libraries and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Communist International in Central America  1920   36

Download or read book The Communist International in Central America 1920 36 written by Rodolfo Cerdaz-Cruz and published by Springer. This book was released on 1993-06-18 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report on the activities of the Komintern in the Isthmus in a crucial period of time. Cerdas-Cruz discusses the debates, reports and resolutions adopted by that organization on such issues as the revolution and its character, and the Party and its nature.

Book Thailand   s Policies towards China  1949   54

Download or read book Thailand s Policies towards China 1949 54 written by Anuson Chinvanno and published by Springer. This book was released on 1992-06-18 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explaining the origins of Thailand's hostile policies towards the People's Republic of China, this book discusses the factors, international and domestic, which influenced Thai leaders' perceptions that the PRC posed a threat to Thailand. It also analyzes the ways Thailand responded to this threat.

Book China  Britain and Businessmen

Download or read book China Britain and Businessmen written by Wen-guang Shao and published by Springer. This book was released on 1991-06-18 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the author's opinion, commercial relations between China and Britain in the 1950s determined subsequent economic relations between the countries more than is commonly recognized. This book examines how trade was effected by the revolution and the crises surrounding the Korean war.

Book Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador  1972   92

Download or read book Military Rule and Transition in Ecuador 1972 92 written by Anita Isaacs and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-01-03 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interprets the Ecuadorian transition to civilian rule following a prolonged period of military dictatorship (1972-79), and assesses the difficulties posed by efforts to consolidate democracy during the decade that followed. It focuses on civilian opposition to the policies of the regime.

Book Money Talks

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  • Author : Craig Dee Scott
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  • Release : 1995
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  • Pages : 442 pages

Download or read book Money Talks written by Craig Dee Scott and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book American Book Publishing Record

Download or read book American Book Publishing Record written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 1716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Historical Dictionary of Hungary

Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Hungary written by Steven Béla Várdy and published by Historical Dictionaries of Europe. This book was released on 1997 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alphabetically arranged entries cover Hungarian history from 2000 B.C. to the current, post-communist period, focusing primarily on historical and political aspects while not excluding other aspects of society and culture. Includes a few maps and a glossary of geographic terms to accommodate repeatedly altered names of towns, provinces, and ethnic groups. An historical overview and a chronology are provided, as well as listings of heads of state, and of abbreviations and acronyms. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR