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#1 My parents were Jewish, and they were escaping the communists in Hungary. They met in Budapest, fell in love, and then were sucked into the abyss of Europe in the first half of the twentieth century. They were born just before World War I.
#2 Hungary was not an unpleasant place in the 1920s and 1930s, but demons are not so easy to purge. World War I had settled nothing,...
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Emerging from mid-century social movements, Civil Rights Era formations, and anti-war protests, Asian American studies is now an established field of transnational inquiry, diasporic engagement, and rights activism. These histories and origin points analogously serve as initial moorings for Flashpoints for Asian American Studies, a collection that considers–almost fifty years after its student protest founding--the possibilities of and limitations...
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Taylor & Francis
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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ATTENTION: ALL FACULTY & ADMINISTRATORS"Another book on student ratings? Are you kidding me?" "Nope, but this one is REALLY different." Another review of the research or step-by-step on how to develop and interpret rating scales? NOT! (Berk did that with Thirteen Strategies) Designed to solve YOUR problems, conflicts, and confusion about how to evaluate teaching. Written expressly for YOU with Berk's signature sense of humor.FLASHPOINT: a critical
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Doubleday
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[2015]
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English
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"Friedman zooms in on the region that has, for five hundred years, been the cultural hotbed of the world--Europe--and examines the most basic and fascinating building block of the region: culture. Analyzing the fault lines that have existed for centuries--and which have led to two world wars and dozens more conflicts--Friedman walks us through the 'flashpoints' that are still smoldering beneath the surface and are on course to erupt again"--
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Strike it rich with this book about the California gold rush and its influence on westward expansion in the United States! The story begins with James Marshall's initial discovery in 1848 and continues with the ensuing migration and lasting effects of the historic era.
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Flashpoints volume 8
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University of California Press
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2012
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English
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Scarecrow Press
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2012
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English
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"As the first contribution to Global Flashpoints: A Scarecrow Press Series, Christopher Daniels' Somali Piracy and Terrorism in the Horn of Africa provides readers with a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the epidemic of piracy and terrorism plaguing the waters of Somalia and the global threat posed by this activity."--Back cover.
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