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  • At the Periphery of a World War?

    Urban Experiences of the First World War in Africa, East Asia, Latin America and South Europe

    Series Book 43 - Eigene und Fremde Welten
    The First World War and its aftermath were significant events with widespread consequences that impacted everyday people. This book is the first comprehensive analysis of the various ways in which the Great War affected urban life, extending beyond the typically recognized regions such as the European Great powers, the USA, and its colonies and spheres of influence. It explores the impacts on ... Read more

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  • Revolutions and Counter-Revolutions

    1917 and its Aftermath from a Global Perspective

    Series Book 34 - Eigene und Fremde Welten
    1917 was an important year in world history and not just because of the United States' entry into the First World War and the Russian Revolution. It is rightly considered the turning point of the war and the foundational moment for determining structures of the short 20th century. Contemporaries realized these global connections yet in a historiography limited to the nation-state they did not gain ... Read more

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  • The Global First World War

    African, East Asian, Latin American and Iberian Mediators

    Series series Routledge Studies in First World War History
    This volume deals with the multiple impacts of the First World War on societies from South Europe, Latin America, Asia and Africa, usually largely overlooked by the historiography on the conflict. Due to the lesser intensity of their military involvement in the war (neutrals or latecomers), these countries or regions were considered "peripheral" as a topic of research. However, in the last two ... Read more

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  • AI Innovations in Public Services

    The Case of National Libraries

    Edited by Ines Mergel, Carsten Schmidt ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This open access book explores how national libraries digitally transform their processes and services by using artificial intelligence and shows how they integrate co-creation strategies and provide actionable insights and recommendations for policymakers and library managers to help shape the future of libraries. It is the result of the LibrarIN project, a Horizon Europe initiative focused on ... Read more

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    by Gerson Moura ...
    Series series Coleção Política Externa Brasileira
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    The Coup Against Salvador Allende, September 11, 1973

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    by José Peirats ...
    The CNT in the Spanish Revolution is the history of one of the most original and audacious, and arguably also the most far-reaching, of all the twentieth-century revolutions. It is the history of the giddy years of political change and hope in 1930s Spain, when the so-called ‘Generation of ’36’, Peirats’ own generation, rose up against the oppressive structures of Spanish society. It is also a ... Read more

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    Series series The CNT in the Spanish Revolution
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  • BARRICADES IN BARCELONA

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  • Fidel Castro

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    Series Book 47 - Critical Lives
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