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Epidemics and genocide in Eastern Europe : 1890-1945

Obrazy
Autor
Paul Julian Weindling
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2000
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface . . ix

1 Democratic Liberty on a Continental Scale? . . 1
2 Where are our Madisons? . . 25
3 The Dilemma of Modern Democracy . . 47
4 How Britain has Lost its Voice . . 64
5 Why Constitutions are Important . . 81
6 Three Forms of the State . . 102
7 Creating an Open Political Class . . 122
8 Europe and the Global Market . . 151
9 Europe and the United States . . 171
10 Europe, Christianity and Islam . . 189
11 Political Moderation and Social Diversity in Europe: The Future . . 215

A Brief Bibliography . . 232
Index . . 239

Vietnam at war

Obrazy
Autor
Mark Philip Bradley
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2009
Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . . xi
LIST OF PLATES . . xii
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS . . xiv
MAP OF VIETNAM AT WAR, 1954—1975 . . xv

Prelude . . 1
1. Visions of the Future . . 9
2. The French War . . 41
3. The Coming of the American War . . 77
4. Experiencing War . . 115
5. War's End . . 147
Coda . . 183

FURTHER READING . . 197
NOTES . . 203
PICTURE AND TEXT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS . . 227
INDEX . . 229

Central Europe : enemies, neighbors, friends

Obrazy
Autor
Lonnie R. Johnson
Ausstellungsort
New York
Ausgabejahr
2002
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface    ix
Introduction: Where Is Central Europe?    3

1 Central Europe and the Roman Christian West, 400-1000    13

Romans and Barbarians: Christians and Pagans Roman CatholiG Eastern Orthodox, and IslamicEmpires:
Charlemagne, Byzantium, and the Rise of the Ottomans

2    Feudal Foundations, 1000-1350    27

TheDisunited GermanEmpire
Austrian, Bohemian, Hungarian, and PolishDynasties
Bohemia's Imperial Bid: King Otakar's Thirteenth-Century Empire
The German "Drive to theEast, " 1200-1350
Stemming the German Tide? The Battle of Grunwald

3 The Great Late Medieval Kingdoms: Poland and
Hungary, 1350-1500    45

The Wedding of Poland and Lithuania, 1386
The Greatest Hungarian King: The Reign of Matthias I, 1458-1490
Empire Building at the Altar: Habsburg Marital Diplomacy,
1477-1515

4 The Bulwarks of Christendom: Religion and Warfare,
1400-1550    64

The Crack in the Foundation: Jan Hus and the Bohemian Precedent
Western ChristianityDivided: TheReformation
Western Christianity Threatened: The Rise of the Ottomans'
European Empire

5 The Counter-Reformation: The Roman Catholic Church and
the Habsburg Dynasty Triumphant, 1550-1700    85

Breaking Bohemia 's Back: The Battle of White Mountain, 1620
Winners and Losers: The Peace of Westphalia, 1648
Defeating the Infidel, or Poland Saves the West: Lifting the Turkish
Siege of Vienna, 1683
The Consolidation of the HabsburgEmpire

6    Absolutism as Enlightenment, 1700-1790    103

Triangular Conflict in theEast: Poland-Lithuania, Sweden, and
Russia
The Polish Paradox: Freedom Without "Enlightenment"
Frederick the Great and Prussian Pathology
Russia's Westward Turn: Peter the Great and Catherine the Great
HabsburgEnlightenment: Maria Theresia andJoseph II

7    Nations Without States, States Without Nations, 1790- 1848    124
The Partitions of Poland, 1772-1795
Central Luropean Soul: Volksgeist
From Nations to Nationalisms
The Politics of Language
The "Jewish Question"                   
8    The Demise of Imperial Austria and the Rise of
Imperial Germany, 1848-1890    149   
The "Springtime of Nations ". The Revolutions of 1848       
ThePrussian Unification of Germany, 1866-1871       
Imperial German Geography: Mitteleuropa
9    World War I and National Self-Determination,
1914-1922    171

Austria-Hungary: The "Prison of Nations, "
1914-1918
The Resurrection of Poland, 1918-1922
Dictating Peace and Drawing Borders: The Treaties of
Versailles, St. Germain, and Trianon, 1919-1920

10 Spheres of Influence I: Germany and the Soviet Union    197
German-Soviet Cooperation: The Spirit of Rapallo,       
1922-1933
Hitler's Foreign Policy: From the Revision of Versailles
to the Nonaggression Pact with Stalin, 1933-1939
Space, Race, and Nazi Germany's New European
Order, 1939-1945

11 Spheres of Influence II: East and West, or
 “Yalta Europe”    223

The Polish Problem, 1939-1945

Yalta: Bungling or Betrayal ?
The Making of Eastern Europe, 1945-1948 Dividing Germany, 1949 Starting the Cold War

12 The Failure of Eastern Europe, 1956-1989    249
Revolutions and Reforms: 1956, 1968, and 1980-1981
The Idea of Central Europe
The Gorbachev Factor

Epilogue: Postrevolutionary Paradoxes:
Central Europe Since 1989    275
Notes    309
Index    327

Careers of couples in contemporary societies : from male breadwinner to dual earner families

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Hans-Peter Blossfeld and Sonja Drobnič
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2001
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures    xi
List of Tables    xiii
Contributors    xvi

I. INTRODUCTION

1. A Cross National Comparative Approach to Couples' Careers    1
HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD AND SONlA DROBNIC
2. Theoretical Perspectives on Couples' Careers    16
HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD AND SONJA DROBNIC

II. THE 'CONSERVATIVE' WELFARE STATE REGIME
3. Spouses' Employment Careers in (West) Germany    53
HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD, SONlA DROBNIC, AND GOTZ ROHWER
4. Couples' Labour-Market Participation in the Netherlands    77
JOHN HENDRICKX, WIM BERNASCO, AND PAUL M. DE GRMF
5. Couples'Careers in Flanders    98
MARTINE CORIJN

III. THE 'MEDITERRANEAN' WELFARE STATE REGIME

6. The Employment Behaviour of Married Women in Italy    121
FABRIZIO BERNARDI
7. Spouses' Employment Careers in Spain    146
MARIA lOSE GONZALEZ-LOPEZ

IV. THE 'LIBERAL' WELFARE STATE REGIME
8. Married Women's Employment Patterns in Britain    175
ANDREW MCCULLOCH AND SHIRLEY DEX
9. Coupled Careers: Pathways Through Work and Marriage in the
United States 201
SHIN-KAP HAN AND PHYLLIS MOEN

V. THE 'SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC' WELFARE STATE REGIME

10. Earnings as a Force of Attraction and Specialization in Sweden    233
URSULA HENZ AND MARIANNE SUNDSTROM
11. Work Careers of Married Women in Denmark    261
S0REN LETH-S0RENSEN AND GOTZ ROHWER

VI. THE (FORMER) 'STATE SOCIALIST'REGIME
12. Employment Patterns of Married Women in Poland    281
SONJA DROBNIC AND EWA FRĄTCZAK
13. Employment Patterns in Hungarian Couples    307
PETER ROBERT, ERZSEBET BUKODI, AND RUUD LUIlKX
14. Job-Shift Patterns of Husbands and Wives in Urban China    332
XUEGUANG ZHOU AND PHYLLIS MOEN

VII. RESULTS OF CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS
15. Careers of Couples and Trends in Inequality    371
SONIA DROBNIC AND HANS-PETER BLOSSFELD

Subject Index    387
Author Index

Armageddon averted : the Soviet collapse 1970-2000

Obrazy
Autor
Stephen Kotkin
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2001
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface . . vii
Note on the text . . xiv
List of plates . . xv
List of maps . . xvii

Introduction . . 1
1 History's cruel tricks . . 10
2 Revivingthedream . . 31
3 The drama of reform . . 58
4 Waiting for the end of the world . . 86
5 Survival and cannibalism in the rust belt . . l13
6 Democracy without liberalism? . . 142
7 Idealism and treason . . 171
Notes . . 197
Further reading . . 233
Index . . 237

The Alcoholic Empire : vodka & politics in late Imperial Russia

Obrazy
Autor
Patricia Herlihy
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2002
Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction . . 3
2 Singing One's Way to Sobriety: The State's Guardianship . . 14
3 Drugs Are Our Business: Physicians Stake a Claim on Therapies . . 36
4 Battling Booze: Strategies for Sobriety in the Military . . 52
5 The Church's New Social Mission . . 69   
6 Women's Physical and Political Use of Alcohol . . 90
7 Tea and Symphony: The Laity Mobilizes against Alcohol . . 111
8 The Politics of Alcohol . . 129   
9 Conclusion . . 146

Epilogue . .  151
Notes . . 163
Bibliography . . 215
Index . . 235
Photo Gallery follows p. 68

Camille Saint-Saëns 1835-1921 : a thematic catalogue of his complete works. Vol. 1, The instrumental works

Obrazy
Autor
Sabina Teller Ratner
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2002
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface and Acknowledgements . . ix
Introduction . . xiii
The Catalogue Entry . . xxi
Abbreviations . . xxv
List of Plates . . xxvii

The Catalogue

I Piano Music . . 1
Piano Solo . . 3
Piano Duet . . 69
Two Pianos . . 76

II Organ, Harmonium, and Harp Music . . 91
Organ and Harmonium Music . . 93
Harp Music . . 135

III Chamber Music . . 139

IV Music for Military Band . . 241

V Orchestral Music . . 253

VI Works for Solo Instrument(s) and Orchestra . . 333

VII Transcriptions of Works by Other Composers . . 429
Transcriptions and Arrangements 431
Transcriptions with Realization of the Figured Bass

VIII Cadenzas . . 507

Addenda . . 525
Appendices . . 529

A Index of Instrumental Works . . 531
B List of Instrumental Works by Opus Number . . 541
C Chronological List of Instrumental Works by Date of Composition . . 545
D Chronological List of Instrumental Works by Date of Publication . . 557
E Dedicatees . . 566
F Transcribers of Saint-Sacus's Compositions . . 576
G Publishers of First and Early Editions . . 586

Select Bibliography
Index . . 607

The thief of time : philosophical essays on procrastination

Obrazy
Autor
ed. by Chrisoula Andreou & Mark D. White ; [contributors George Ainslie et al.]
Ausstellungsort
New York
Ausgabejahr
2010
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Notes on the Contributors . . xi 
Introduction . . 3 

PART I 
1 Procrastination: The Basic Impulse . . 11 
2 Economic Models of Procrastination . . 28 
3 Is Procrastination Weakness of Will? . . 51 
4 Intransitive Preferences, Vagueness, and the Structure of Procrastination . . 68 
5 Bad Timing . . 87 

PART II 
6 Prudence, Procrastination, and Rationality . . 99 
7 Procrastination and Personal Identity . . 115 
8 The Vice of Procrastination . . 130 
9 Virtue for Procrastinators . . 151 
10 Procrastination as Vice . . 165 

PART III 
11 Overcoming Procrastination through Planning . . 185 
12 Coping with Procrastination . . 206 
13 Resisting Procrastination: Kantian Autonomy and the Role of the Will . . 216 
14 Procrastination and the Extended Will . . 233 
15 Procrastination and the Law . . 253 

Bibliography . . 275 
Index . . 293 

Letters concerning the English Nation

Obrazy
Autor
Voltaire ; ed. with an introd. and notes by Nicholas Cronk
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2007
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements . . vi
Introduction . . vii
Note on the Text . . xxviii
Select Bibliography . . xxxiii
A Chronology of Voltaire . . xxxvii

LETTERS CONCERNING THE ENGLISH NATION . . 1

Appendices
A: Letter XXV, 'On Paschal's Thoughts concerning Religion, &c.' . . 122
B: Extracts from Voltaire's An Essay upon the Civil Wars of France and also upon the Epick Poetry of the European Nation from Homer down to Milton . . 151
C: Extract from Oliver Goldsmith's Memoirs of M. de Voltaire . . 162
D: Original anecdote of Voltaire and a Quaker . . 172

Explanatory Notes . . 175

Serie
(Oxford World's Classics)

Blasphemy in the Christian world : a history

Obrazy
Autor
David Nash
Ausstellungsort
Oxford
Ausgabejahr
2007
Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations . . xiii
Postscript . . xv

Introduction . . 1
1. The Past Invades the Present: Blasphemy in the Contemporary World . . 12
2. Blasphemy in Words and Pictures: Part I, 1500—1800 . . 42
3. Blasphemy in Words and Pictures: Part II, 1800—2000 . . 72
4. Who Were the Blasphemers? . . 106
5. Controlling the Profane . . 147
6. Responses to Blasphemy: Victims and Communities . . 184
7. Last Temptations and Visions of Ecstasv: Blasphemy and Film . . 208
Conclusion . . 233

Select Bibliography . . 249
Index . . 261