The book focuses on one of the most remarkable phenomena of World War II: the mass participation of women; including numerous female combatants; in the communist-led Yugoslav Partisan resistance. Drawing on an array of sources - archival documents of the Communist Party and Partisan army; wartime press; veteran reminiscences; and Yugoslav literature and cinematography - this study explores the history and postwar memory of the phenomenon. More broadly; it is concerned with changes in gender norms caused by the war; revolution; and establishment of the communist regime that claimed to have abolished inequality between the sexes.
#278108 in Books Ingramcontent 2016-10-17Original language:English 9.00 x .66 x 6.00l; #File Name: 0997400900Pick Nick The Political Odyssey of Nick Galifianakis from Immigrant Son to Congressman
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. It is great to see a book written about him by his ...By openmindI know Nick personally; and I have never met a nicer person. It is great to see a book written about him by his neighbor and good friend. Well written!0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy tsyowAn objective and good account of the career of an unusual and talented politician0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. well-paced and easy to read biography of a colorful politician with lots ...By LSJI grew up in North Carolina in the 1960s and 1970s and lived this story; although I was too young to remember much. This is a well written; well-paced and easy to read biography of a colorful politician with lots of historical context (and photos). It illuminates its subject with sensitivity; humor (at times; especially in the interludes) and scholarship. It is a hopeful and a sad book - there is certainly a touch of the Shakespearan in the final stages of Nick's career. I am not sure it makes me proud again to be from North Carolina; but it certainly makes me more aware of the forces that have shaped the history of my state; and; in turn; me. Shouldn't all biographies make us understand ourselves a bit better?
