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Pier 21

A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

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Pier 21

A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

Between 1928 and 1971, nearly one million immigrants landed in Canada at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During those years, it was one of the main ocean immigration facilities in Canada, including when it welcomed home nearly 400,000 Canadians after service overseas during the Second World War. In the immediate postwar period, Pier 21 became the busiest ocean port of entry in the country. Today, people across Canada still enjoy connections to Pier 21 through family history and stories of arrival at the site. Since 1998, researchers at the Pier 21 Interpretive Centre and now the Canadian Museum of Immigration have been conducting interviews, reviewing archival materials, gathering written stories, and acquiring photographs, documents, and other objects reflecting the history of Pier 21. Pier 21: A History builds upon the resulting collection. It presents a history of this important Canadian ocean immigration facility during its years of operation and later emergence as a site of public commemoration. Published in English. Also available in French: Quai 21: Une histoire.

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776631381

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9780776631387

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

During the Cold War, more than 36,000 individuals entering Canada claimed Czechoslovakia as their country of citizenship. A defining characteristic of this migration of predominantly political refugees was the prevalence of anti-communist and democratic values. Diplomats, industrialists, politicians, professionals, workers, and students fled to the West in search of freedom, security, and economic opportunity. Jan Raska’s Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada explores how these newcomers joined or formed ethnocultural organizations to help in their attempts to affect developments in Czechoslovakia and Canadian foreign policy towards their homeland. Canadian authorities further legitimized the Czech refugees’ anti-communist agenda and increased their influence in Czechoslovak institutions. In turn, these organizations supported Canada’s Cold War agenda of securing the state from communist infiltration. Ultimately, an adherence to anti-communism, the promotion of Canadian citizenship, and the cultivation of a Czechoslovak ethnocultural heritage accelerated Czech refugees’ socioeconomic and political integration in Cold War Canada. By analyzing oral histories, government files, ethnic newspapers, and community archival records, Raska reveals how Czech refugees secured admission as desirable immigrants and navigated existing social, cultural, and political norms in Cold War Canada.

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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0887555705

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9780887555701

Pier 21

A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

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A History

By: Steven Schwinghamer,Jan Raska

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University of Ottawa Press

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0776631373

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9780776631370

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

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Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

1945–1989

By: Jan Raska

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Univ. of Manitoba Press

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Churches and Religion in the Second World War

By: Jan Bank,Lieve Gevers

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Churches and Religion in the Second World War

By: Jan Bank,Lieve Gevers

Despite the wealth of historical literature on the Second World War, the subject of religion and churches in occupied Europe has been undervalued – until now. This critical European history is unique in delivering a rich and detailed analysis of churches and religion during the Second World War, looking at the Christian religions of occupied Europe: Catholicism, Lutheranism, Calvinism, and Orthodoxy. The authors engage with key themes such as relations between religious institutions and the occupying forces; religion as a key factor in national identity and resistance; theological answers to the Fascist and National Socialist ideologies, especially in terms of the persecution of the Jews; Christians as bystanders or protectors in the Holocaust; and religious life during the war. Churches and Religion in the Second World War will be of great value to students and scholars of European history, the Second World War and religion and theology.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1472504801

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Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992

By: Jan Kuklík,René Petráš

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Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992

By: Jan Kuklík,René Petráš

Ethnic minority issues played an important role in the history of Czechoslovakia, from 1918, during World War II and in the years immediately following it. Czechoslovakia became a model for solving ethnic and minority problems and legal regulations had always played a key role in the status of minorities. This book, which deals with issues concerning ethnic and language minorities in Czechoslovakia from a long-term perspective, is primarily intended for foreign readers. In recent years, ethnic minority issues are once again becoming relevant in Europe and thorough knowledge of earlier problems and solutions may facilitate further examination of the current problems.

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Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

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8024635836

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9788024635835

Resin Microscopy and On-Section Immunocytochemistry

By: Geoffrey R. Newman,Jan A. Hobot

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Resin Microscopy and On-Section Immunocytochemistry

By: Geoffrey R. Newman,Jan A. Hobot

Since antibodies tagged with markers have been developed, immunocytochemistry has become an important method for identifying tissue substances and the localisation of nucleic acid in tissue by in situ hybridisation in molecular biology. This laboratory book covers the embedding of tissue using less sensitive epoxy resin methods to the more sensitive procedures employing the acrylics. The possibilities are discussed and results are presented so that an understanding of the techniques can be acquired.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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3642569307

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Land Use Changes in the Czech Republic 1845–2010

Socio-Economic Driving Forces

By: Ivan Bičík,Lucie Kupková,Leoš Jeleček,Jan Kabrda,Přemysl Štych,Zbyněk Janoušek,Jana Winklerová

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Land Use Changes in the Czech Republic 1845–2010

Socio-Economic Driving Forces

By: Ivan Bičík,Lucie Kupková,Leoš Jeleček,Jan Kabrda,Přemysl Štych,Zbyněk Janoušek,Jana Winklerová

The objective of this book is to analyze changes in the landscape of Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic since the first half of the 19th century. The text focuses not only on describing these considerable changes by means of statistical and spatial data, but also on explaining the processes, societal, economic, political and institutional forces that drive them. Drawing on more than two decades of experience with land use research, the authors have combined methods and approaches from the fields of human geography, cartography, landscape ecology, historical geography and environmental history. The authors understand land use research as a way of analyzing nature-society interactions, their development, spatial aspects, causes and impacts. Czechoslovakia / the Czech Republic serves as an example, combining general processes occurring in landscapes of developed countries with the results of regionally specific driving forces, most of them political (world wars, communism, return to market economy etc.).

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Springer

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3319176714

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9783319176710

Revolution from Abroad

The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia

By: Jan T. Gross

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Revolution from Abroad

The Soviet Conquest of Poland's Western Ukraine and Western Belorussia

By: Jan T. Gross

Woven into the author's exploration of events from the Soviet's German-supported aggression against Poland in September of 1939 to Germany's attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, these testimonies not only illuminate his conclusions about the nature of totalitarianism but also make a powerful statement of their own.

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Princeton University Press

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0691096031

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9780691096032

The Illustrated History of the Elements

Earth, Water, Air, Fire

By: Jan Kozák,Roger M. W. Musson

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The Illustrated History of the Elements

Earth, Water, Air, Fire

By: Jan Kozák,Roger M. W. Musson

This beautiful art book portrays the forces of nature through the main elements of Earth, Water, Air, Fire. It is composed from a large selection of unique images of a wide variety of sources, mostly private collections. It is a highly illustrated book, containing reproductions of rare engravings, maps both old and new, sketches, and diagrams. The book is a sequel to ‘The Illustrated History of Natural Disasters’, published in 2010. While the first book provided a detailed look into two main kinds of natural disasters (of seismic and volcanic character), this volume presents natural disasters of all kinds: geophysical, hydrological, climatological and biological. The book is divided into three parts: the first part introduces the leading question as to whether the elements should be regarded as constructive, for giving origin to life on Earth, or destructive given the impact of natural disasters to society throughout history; the second illustrates the positive effects of nature’s elements; and the third part depicts and contextualizes the history of natural disasters such as earthquakes, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, landslides, avalanches, draughts, storms, fires, among others.

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Springer Nature

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3030214265

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9783030214265

Swedish Breads and Pastries

By: Jan Hedh

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Swedish Breads and Pastries

By: Jan Hedh

Jan Hedh believes that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy freshly baked bread for breakfast, lunch, and dinner! More than just a collection of recipes, this guide contains vivid, full-color photographs of step-by-step methods to knead, roll, braid, cut, and bake dough into a variety of shapes and styles. From dinner rolls and pudding to baguettes and waffles, Swedish Breads and Pastries is the ultimate guide to bread making that no chef, event coordinator, or home baker will want to be without. The Scandinavians are known around the world for their delicious breads and pastries—now you can indulge in those same flavors and aromas in your own home.

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Simon and Schuster

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1628733136

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9781628733136

Facets of a Harmony

The Roma and Their Locatedness in Eastern Slovakia

By: Jan Ort

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Facets of a Harmony

The Roma and Their Locatedness in Eastern Slovakia

By: Jan Ort

In this important contribution to contemporary Romani Studies, Jan Ort focuses his anthropological research on a village in eastern Slovakia with a reputation for the ‘harmonious coexistence’ of its ethnically and linguistically heterogeneous populace. The author offers an ethnographic critique of this idyllic view, showing how historical shifts, as well as the naturalization of inequality and hierarchies, have led to the present situation; however, he also shows examples and methods of subversion and resistance to the village’s current power dynamics. Based primarily on participant observation within Romani families, the author's long-term research results in a fascinating text replete with ethnographic descriptions that allow readers to understand local, experiences, contexts, and divisions. These insights about the village lead to the key question of the book: Who actually is a local?

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Charles University in Prague, Karolinum Press

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8024650681

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9788024650685

Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

By: Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman

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Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

By: Wojciech Roszkowski,Jan Kofman

Drawing on newly accessible archives as well as memoirs and other sources, this biographical dictionary documents the lives of some two thousand notable figures in twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe. A unique compendium of information that is not currently available in any other single resource, the dictionary provides concise profiles of the region's most important historical and cultural actors, from Ivo Andric to King Zog. Coverage includes Albania, Belarus, the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania and Moldova, Ukraine, and the countries that made up Yugoslavia.

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Routledge

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1317475933

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9781317475934

Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe

History, Data and Analysis

By: Piotr Eberhardt,Jan Owsinski

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Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe

History, Data and Analysis

By: Piotr Eberhardt,Jan Owsinski

This unique reference traces the changing borders and ethnic balances that characterized the history of Eastern Europe during the twentieth century. After a preliminary overview, the book divides Eastern Europe into five regions, from the Baltic to the Balkans, and closely analyzes the ethnic structure of each region's constituent units over time. Summary chapters at the end of the volume present a comprehensive ethno-demographic portrait of the region at the start of the century, between the two world wars, and from the post-World War II period to the century's end. The volume is richly illustrated with more than sixty figures, hundreds of tables, and multi-lingual indexes of place names and ethnic groups.

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1317470966

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Pier 21

Pier 21

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

Pier 21

Pier 21

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

Czech Refugees in Cold War Canada

Churches and Religion in the Second World War

Churches and Religion in the Second World War

Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992

Minorities and Law in Czechoslovakia, 1918–1992

Resin Microscopy and On-Section Immunocytochemistry

Resin Microscopy and On-Section Immunocytochemistry

Land Use Changes in the Czech Republic 1845–2010

Land Use Changes in the Czech Republic 1845–2010

Revolution from Abroad

Revolution from Abroad

The Illustrated History of the Elements

The Illustrated History of the Elements

Swedish Breads and Pastries

Swedish Breads and Pastries

Facets of a Harmony

Facets of a Harmony

Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

Biographical Dictionary of Central and Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century

Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe

Ethnic Groups and Population Changes in Twentieth Century Eastern Europe

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