This study analyzes sociocultural productions of power, knowledge, identity, and resistance through the lens of race in collegiate athletics. Drawing on research at multiple institutions, the author examines the lived experiences of current black student athletes pursuing their education and competing for elite NCAA Division 1 athletic departments. The author situates the experiences of black athletes within the complexities of the American drea ...
These are the letters received and sent by Charles Henry Brown between the years 1847 and 1864. As an aeronaut, Brown’s lifelong obsession with aerostation took him from his native Great Britain to Australia. While his aeronautical endeavours met with only limited success he was, however, determined to record his contribution to the science, and from an early stage established a vital correspondence with a number of leading figures in the world ...
The Battle of Britain, regarded by historians as one of the greatest air battles in the history of warfare, was an early turning point in the Second World War. In the summer of 1940, the German army had, with astonishing speed, mercilessly swept aside all before them and were perched on the northern coastline of France. Outright victory over all of Europe was impeded only by the expanse of the English Channel. The supremely confident, yet-to-be ...
Hans-J. Grunitz erinnert sich an seine Zeit als Wehrpflichtiger und Reservist der Nationalen Volksarmee. Detailgetreu schildert er das Leben eines gewohnlichen Soldaten, lasst unmittelbar teilhaben an Drill, Kommissgeschichten, gelegentlichen Vergnugungen und schwerwiegender Gewissensentscheidung. 1977 eingezogen, gelingt ihm ein authentischer, anekdotenreicher Blick in den Militaralltag der DDR in den 1970er Jahren. Spater erlebt er anlasslich ...
This book explores the war writings of Patrick MacGill, James Hanley, and Liam O’Flaherty, working class, Roman Catholic Irishmen, all of whom fought in the First World War as privates and who, collectively, it is argued, constitute a distinct trio of war writers. Through discussions focusing upon class, camaraderie, violence, religion, trauma, and the body, this book considers these Irish soldiers within a cultural, social, and historical conte ...
Moving artfully from past to present, from a child's perspective to an adult's, Shlomo Breznitz relates this poignant, gripping and often terrifying memoir using many voices and perspectives. ...
Irland Ende des 16. Jahrhunderts: Ciara, die Schwester eines rebellischen Clanoberhaupts, kehrt nach Jahren der Verbannung mit ihrer Familie in ihre Heimat in Ulster zuruck. Doch dies bedeutet beileibe nicht Ruhe und Frieden, denn ihr Bruder und seine Manner wollen erneut fur die Freiheit Irlands in den Kampf ziehen. Ohne Unterstutzung scheint dies ein aussichtsloses Unternehmen zu sein, und so rufen sie dafur den deutschen Soldnerfuhrer Simon v ...
