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A Century of Jewish Life in Shanghai (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Tells the story in their own words, and the words of modern scholars, of how Baghdadi, Russian and Central European Jews found their way to Shanghai, created lives in the world's most cosmopolitan city, and were forced to find new homes in the late 1940s.
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Overwriting Chaos: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's Fictive Worlds (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A study of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s prose that examines his most important characters as well as his treatment of Lenin, Stalin, and the Russian... Læs mere
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Aesthetics after Darwin: The Multiple Origins and Functions of the Arts (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Darwin famously proposed that sexual competition is the driving force of ""art"" production not only in animals, but also in humans.... Læs mere
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Fate, Nature, and Literary Form: The Politics of the Tragic in Japanese Literature (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
A theoretical reexamination of the concept of the “tragic” combined with detailed analyses of Japanese literary texts.... Læs mere
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Rabbi Joseph Dov Soloveitchik on the Experience of Prayer (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This book is devoted to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's discussions on the practice of prayer. Prayer is analysed across a broad and complex... Læs mere
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Celestial Hellscapes: Cosmology as the Key to the Strugatskiis' Science Fictions (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores how Arkadi and Boris Strugatskii’s cosmological explorations are among the most fundamental elements of their art. The book also examines how these explorations connect to their predecessors in the Russian literary tradition - particularly to the poetry of Pushkin.
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A Unique People in a Unique Land: Essays on American Jewish History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This diverse collectionof essays explore the unique history of Jews inAmerica and the various ways in which they have definedtheir identities both as Americans and as Jews. The topics ofthe essays range from sports and business to religion andbusiness.
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This Was Not America: A Wrangle Through Jewish-Polish-American History (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is a narrative that erupts into critical moments in Jewish, Polish and American history. It is also a story of the hidden... Læs mere
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"And You Shall Tell Your Son": Identity and Belonging as Shaped by the Jewish Holidays (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Explores the cycle of Jewish holidays, which reflects a sense of identity with, and belonging to, the Jewish people,... Læs mere
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Russian Notions of Power and State in a European Perspective, 1462-1725: Assessing the Significance of Peter’s Reign (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
The book highlights the main features and trends of Russian “political” thought in an... Læs mere
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Writing Palestine 1933-1950: Dorothy Kahn Bar-Adon (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
This is an edited collection of articles by journalist Dorothy Kahn Bar-Adon. Between 1933-1950 Bar-Adon covered life in Jewish towns and kibbutzim, as... Læs mere
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Jews and American Public Life: Essays on American Jewish History and Politics (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Over forty years, David G. Dalin has written extensively on the role of American Jews in politics and public life. Here... Læs mere
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