Search Results - "World War II"

The burning shore : how Hitler's U-boats brought World War II to America / by Offley, Edward

The berkut / by Heywood, Joseph

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Translating War Literature and Memory in France and Britain from the 1940s to the 1960s / by Kershaw, Angela

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II. Dünya Savaşı : for Dummines tarih/ by Dickson, Keith D.

“…World war II for dummies.…”

IUTAM A Short History /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- What is Mechanics -- Current Solid Mechanics Research -- Current Research in Fluid Mechanics -- About the Early International Congresses of Applied Mechanics -- Post World War II Activities: From Paris to Lyngby -- Turn of the Century Activities: From Grenoble to Montreal -- Congresses -- Symposia -- General Assemblies -- Reports and Further References -- Appendices -- IUTAM-ICTAM Photos.…”
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Primed for Success: The Story of Scientific Design Company How Chemical Engineers Created the Petrochemical Industry / by Spitz, Peter H.

Table of Contents: “…The global industry is poised for change -- Fuels and Chemicals Research help win World War II -- Three entrepreneurs join forces -- Conditions are perfect: A new industry grows rapidly -- Scientific Design becomes successful -- The big breakthrough: Mid Century Process -- More inventions: Nylon intermediates, Isoprene, Propylene Oxide -- Other firms: A period of breakthrough inventions -- The leading engineering firm for petrochemicals -- Oxirane and the formation of Halcon International -- A reach too far -- An Ending -- Epilogue.…”
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Constructions of urban space

Table of Contents: “…Babon -- Speaking the city: skateboarding subculture and recompositions of the urban realm / Iain Borden -- Representations of space and urban planning in a post-World War II U.S. city / Kevin Fox Gotham -- Toward an urban sociology of mega-events / Harry H. …”
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Post-socialism is not dead (re)reading the global in comparative education /

Table of Contents: “…Gardinier, Elizabeth Anderson Worden -- Rewriting the nation : World War II narratives in Polish history textbooks / Magdalena Gross -- When intolerance means more than prejudice : challengs to Lithuanian education reforms for social tolerance / Christine Beresniova -- Transnational vitality of the Finno-Ugric identity in Estonia : the role of education and advocacy in a new geopolitical context / Kara D. …”
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Funerary practices in the Netherlands / by Mathijssen, Brenda, Venhorst, Claudia

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Photography and death : framing death throughout history / by Harris, Racheal

Table of Contents: “…World War I -- 2.6. World War II -- 2.7. Embalming the Dead: Preservation of Soldiers -- 2.8. …”
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As the world turns implications of global shifts in higher education for theory, research and practice /

Table of Contents: “…Maletz -- Polish higher education : from state toward market, from elite to mass education / Renata Siemienska, Dominika Walczak -- "Highway to freedom" : African Americans in World War II China, the Gillem Board, the Ledo Road and U.S. racial integration / Geraldine H. …”
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Transforming Heritage Practice in the 21st Century Contributions from Community Archaeology /

Table of Contents: “…From Forgotten to National Monument: Community Archaeology at a World War II internment camp in Hawai'i -- PART 3. Catalysts for Inclusive Heritage with New Knowledge Creation and Innovation -- 21. …”
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