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Lo que escondían sus ojos
by Nieves Herrero«-¿Cómo empezó todo? -Fue en el otoño del año 1940, en plena posguerra...» Una auténtica historia de amor prohibido que demuestra, una vez más, que la vida puede ser más fascinante que la ficción. 1940, Madrid. La Guerra Civil ha terminado hace un año y la alta sociedad española reinicia sus fiestas y encuentros, buscando distraerse de la amenaza de la posible entrada de España en la Segunda Guerra Mundial y de las penurias que vive el país. En una de las lujosas fiestas celebradas en el Ritz se conocen dos personas destinadas a vivir una pasión inevitable. Cuando Sonsoles de Icaza, marquesa de Llanzol, conoce al poderoso Ramón Serrano Súñer, nuevo ministro de Asuntos Exteriores, solo una mirada le basta para enamorarse, a sabiendas de que su relación es imposible. En un país devastado, en un ambiente de falsa neutralidad, espionajes y traiciones, esta pasión clandestina dio pie al acontecimiento más comentado y más silenciado de la época: el nacimiento de Carmen Díaz de Rivera. El escándalo fue tal que ambas familias ocultaron el asunto como si nunca hubiera existido... Lo que escondían sus ojos es una gran novela histórica rigurosamente documentada que refleja perfectamente el ambiente de la alta sociedad española de la posguerra y el ambiente político en una Europa asediada por la guerra.
Lo que la sangre oculta: La venganza que marcó para siempre a una familia (España, 1915)
by Camucha EscobarEn la mansión de los Aguirre Larreta, la familia materna de Amaia, se esconden secretos inconfesables y un maleficio que pondrá en peligro su vida. Crímenes, traición, oscurantismo y una venganza de la que será difícil salir viva. Amaia Rojas superó la dura enfermedad que le había impedido dejar España para instalarse en la Argentina junto a su padre y sus tres hermanas. Su madre había fallecido y debía empezar una nueva vida en San Sebastián, lejos de sus seres amados. Con su adorada e inseparable madrina Gabriela regresarán a la ciudad donde alguna vez fueron felices, pero esa ciudad ahora se convierte en una verdadera trampa. En la mansión de los Aguirre Larreta, la familia materna de Amaia, se esconden secretos inconfesables y un maleficio que pondrá en peligro su vida. Crímenes, traición, oscurantismo y una venganza de la que será difícil salir viva. ¿Un amor trunco tendrá una segunda oportunidad? ¿Se puede amar a dos hombres a la vez? Lo que la sangre oculta es una inquietante historia que combina magistralmente intriga y pasión en una Europa sumida en la pobreza, en medio de una guerra que dejará para siempre profundas huellas.
Lo que lengua mortal decir no pudo
by Alfredo IriarteEn este libro, Alfredo Iriarte cuestiona la versión oficial de varios acontecimientos claves en la historia de Colombia y otros países hispanoamericanos, y revela verdades del pasado que muchos han querido ocultar. "La síntesis de todo es que yo soy padrino de estas páginas y autor del título. Y el comienzo de la historia es como sigue. Cuenta Alfredo que cierta noche en que compartía whiskies con Enrique Santos Calderón y jugos y compotas conmigo, "se nos ocurrió la idea de que yo podría mamarles gallo a algunos de los dogmas de la historia colombiana". Así fue. "Y lo primero que surgió, como iniciación de una nueva vida laboral, fue la idea de controvertir, con pruebas en la mano y una sonrisa en la boca, ciertas Verdades Falaces de nuestra historia. Quedó acordado que Iriarte se dedicaría a ello. Y como se trataba de sacar a luz hechos que no habían podido ser relatados por culpa de un silencioso manto de censura, se me antojó que sería interesante lanzar una declaración de intenciones cogiéndole el rabo al famoso soneto patrio de don Miguel Antonio Caro. Así, pues, con tono de parodia e impulso irreverente, la futura serie quedó bautizada "Lo que lengua mortal decir no pudo"". Del prólogo de Daniel Samper Pizano
Lo que no quise decir
by Sándor Márai«No dejaré que los dos primeros capítulos de Confesiones de un burgués III lleguen al público extranjero. No quiero que lean esta triste confesión, esta acusación entre húngaros. En húngaro, para los húngaros, sí... Pero que los extranjeros no lo sepan.» Una entrada del diario de Márai de 1949 permitió confirmar a los especialistas del museo Petófi de Budapest lo que ya sospecharon cuando, entre el material del legado literario recibido en 1997, encontraron unos capítulos inéditos que, por deseo del propio Sándor Márai, se habían excluido de la tercera parte de Confesiones de un burgués, editada en Toronto en 1971 con el título ¡Tierra, tierra! Así, estos textos inéditos constituyen una parte crucial de la autobiografía de Márai puesto que giran en torno a dos fechas capitales: el 12 de marzo de 1938, cuando la Alemania nazi se anexionó Austria, y el 31 de agosto de 1948, cuando el gran autor húngaro, acompañado de su esposa y su hijo, abandonó su país, entonces ya un satélite de la Unión Soviética. «En aquellos diez años dejó de existir toda una forma de vida y toda una cultura», escribe. Combinando la confesión íntima con el análisis histórico, Sándor Márai evoca ese período crucial para Hungría y sondea una sociedad que se debate entre el deseo de independencia y los sueños de grandeza nacional, y que acabaría al servicio de la Alemania nazi. Este libro, una verdadera denuncia del fascismo y la barbarie, descubre a un humanista comprometido, un hombre consecuente que desea para su país una vía alternativa a la del estado totalitario. Obra de profunda integridad intelectual, Lo que no quise decir es el testimonio excepcional de uno de los grandes escritores europeos de siglo XX. Reseñas:«La lucidez incisiva de Márai está marcada por un profundo desencanto, una decepción inconsolable. Describe el hundimiento de los valores culturales de la burguesía húngara y el fracaso de la Europa intelectual y cultivada a la que pertenecía.»Lire «El propio Márai está presente en este nuevo libro [...]. Vemos al escritor que padece tragedias personales (en 1938 perdió al hijo esperado durante largo tiempo) y seguir la transición entre su vida de periodista de éxito y la de en un escritor que, fiel a sus principios, se quedó completamente solo y vivió sin ningún tipo de reconocimiento y éxito durante la segunda parte de su vida.»Litera «Un texto de gran fuerza, en el que Sándor Márai desmenuza la extinción de la filosofía humanista a manos de los nazis y del régimen estalinista.»Télérama
Lo que no sabe medea
by Ignacio PadillaIgnacio Padilla trabajó por más de veinte años en la realización de esta novela. Finalmente, llega al encuentro de sus lectores de manera póstuma, como una prueba más y definitiva del talento minucioso y total de su autor. El primero de mayo de 1945, Joseph Goebbels, ministro de propaganda del Tercer Reich, y su esposa, Magda Goebbels, se suicidan en un búnker subterráneo en el corazón de Berlín. Antes de quitarse la vida, Magda mata a sus seis hijos —cinco niñas y un niño de entre cinco y trece años— haciéndoles ingerir cápsulas de cianuro para así salvarlos, piensa, del horror de la posguerra. Con el tiempo, surgen teorías que señalan que alguno o varios de los niños Goebbels pudieron haber escapado del búnker. El teniente Harald Quandt, hijo del primer esposo de Magda Goebbels, se entrega a perseguir estos rumores fantasmales alentado por una esperanza turbulenta. Para él, la supervivencia de alguno de esos niños, ahora adultos, representa una mínima posibilidad de redención para una humanidad arrasada por la vergüenza y la barbarie. Así, se consagra a rastrear o reconstruir las vidas de cuatro hijos perdidos del Reich. La crítica dice… «Ignacio Padilla representa la continuidad y el refortalecimiento de la literatura en nuestro país. Dice lo que no puede decirse de ninguna otra manera: las razones del corazón y de la cabeza que la cabeza y el corazón ignoran. Es la lección permanente de Pascal y nadie la ha entendido mejor que Ignacio Padilla.» -Carlos Fuentes ^ «Un autor de dotes excepcionales.» -Barry Unsworth, The New York Times Book Review «Padilla pertenece a esa rara estirpe de narradores cuya escritura es tan poderosa como amplia de alcance. […] Una prosa vívida y maravillosamente forjada.» The Herald (Glasgow) «[Amphitryon] es una caja mágica, que juega de forma espléndida con la historia europea y el oscuro mundo de los nazis.» -Libération (París) «Extraordinariamente inteligente y muy conmovedora.» -Kirkus Reviews (sobre Amphitryon) «Los cuentos de Padilla despliegan un rango y una profundidad inéditos en el canon literario de México.» -San Francisco Chronicle (sobre Las antípodas y el siglo)
Lo que no se nombra
by Gabriela MargallEn esta consagratoria novela, Gabriela Margall recrea un universo singular en el que la ciudad y la vida privada se entrelazan y los personajes borrosos adquieren una voz y un contorno. A comienzos del siglo XX, Buenos Aires es puro bullicio. Mientras algunas familias construyen su linaje contra viento y marea, otras, las que llegaron en los barcos, luchan por alcanzar la prosperidad. En las casas elegantes, las señoritas son criadas como princesas: dóciles, silenciosas, casaderas. Ese podría ser el destino de Victoria Serment Lezama si no fuera por sus rubores constantes y su falta de habilidades sociales. Victoria no encaja en ese mundo de opulencia y rituales. Quiere más y no tiene palabras para expresarlo. Se cruzará un día con Federico Elisalde, un hijo de inmigrantes que ahora es médico y sueña con un país para todos los que quieran habitarlo. Encuentros y desencuentros signarán los destinos de Victoria y Federico: como en un laberinto de espejos, tendrán que andar hasta hacerle frente a un amor innegable. En esta reedición, se incluye también la novela Los Naranjos, escrita en 2001 y hasta ahora inédita, de cuando la autora era estudiante de Historia en la Universidad de Buenos Aires. En Los Naranjos está el germen de Lo que no se nombra, una de las más hermosas novelas de Gabriela Margall.
Lo que nos quedó por contar
by Jaume Caro PradosUna mirada hacia los orígenes desde donde poder trazar un camino cuando andas perdido. Lo que nos quedó por contar es el relato novelado de una historia de superación personal, con el inicio de la Guerra Civil Española en las provincias de Sevilla y Extremadura como trasfondo. <P><P>Es un viaje hacia los orígenes familiares; hacia un período a menudo olvidado de nuestra historia, hacia el silencio atragantado de varias generaciones, hacia el punto de partida desde donde poder trazar un camino cuando andas perdido entre ausencias, dolor e incomprensión. Porque lo que no se recuerda no se puede perdonar.
Lo scandalo della vedova (Le Spose dell'Arcano #3)
by Erica MonroeLo scandalo si rivela fatale in questo romanzo Regency gotico… Lady Jemma Forster sa fin troppo bene quanto crudeli possano essere le malelingue. Ha sacrificato la felicità per riparare la reputazione della sua famiglia. Il matrimonio di convenienza con un ricco conte è stato il suo addio alla passione, alla possibilità di amare l’affascinante investigatore che le ha incendiato l’anima. Conduce una vita tranquilla e pratica come Contessa di Wolverston, finché non viene assassinato il marito e l’unico che può fare giustizia è l’uomo che ama davvero. L’investigatore di Bow Street Gabriel Sinclair ha trascorso gli ultimi tre anni a cercare di dimenticare la bella e intelligente Lady Jemma, che gli ha spezzato il cuore sposando il suo migliore amico. La morte del Conte di Wolverston spinge Gabriel e Jemma di nuovo insieme, mentre lavorano per scoprire l’assassino. L’indagine li porta negli angoli più bui e pericolosi di Londra, con minacce che arrivano da ogni parte. Sono soci perfetti per risolvere il mistero, ma possono anche diventare compagni di vita?
Lo sguardo dell'amore (Il libro dell'amore. Volume 1 #1)
by Meara PlattBenvenuti nel Volume 1 della nuova, favolosa serie Il Libro dell'Amore. Un vecchio libro consunto, nascosto in una libreria di Londra durante la Reggenza, contiene la magia e l'amore, per quelli che useranno le sue "ricette." Quando Lady Olivia Gosling trova Il LIbro dell'Amore in una vecchia libreria, è impaziente di provare le sue "ricette" d'amore su qualcuno di affidabile. Ha detto affidabile? Beh, Beast non è proprio affidabile, ma poiché il suo odioso tutore sta per fare sposare Olivia con uno dei suoi insulsi amici, lei ha bisogno che il suo vecchio amico d'infanzia si innamori... molto rapidamente. Se Beast può amarla, allora qualsiasi uomo che Olivia sceglierà potrà fare lo stesso. Alexander Beastling, duca di Hartford, è noto come Beast tra gli aristocratici. E' forte e muscoloso e ha un'aura oscura di mistero intorno a sé, che non fa nessuno sforzo di nascondere. Ora che è tornato a casa dalla battaglia, è sbalordito di apprendere i progetti matrimoniali che l'odioso tutore di Olivia ha in serbo per lei. Beast ha deciso di aiutarla a trovare un marito adatto a lei, anche se ciò significa sottoporsi agli assurdi esperimenti che Olivia ha appreso da un libro al quale lei si riferisce come Il Libro dell'Amore. Olivia li chiama "ricette magiche dell'amore." E' possibile che funzionino veramente? Perché all'improvviso, Beast non riesce a togliersi Olivia dalla mente... e dal cuore.
Lo-ruhama: No compadecida
by Cesar VidalDel aclamado y condecorado autor CésarVidal surge la pregunta: "¿Hasta dónde está dispuesto a perdonar?"Es la historia de Oseas y su relación con Gomer. En una sociedad en la que el dinero, la prosperidad y el sexo han terminado por empañar el mensaje espiritual y el cumplimiento del pacto, Oseas, un hombre traicionado por su mujer, descubre no sólo que existe una solución para su drama matrimonial sino que además a través de él, Dios anuncia salvación al pueblo de Israel.
Load in Nine Times: Poems
by Frank X. WalkerA stirring and historically substantive tribute to literal freedom fighters that provides inspiration and instruction for all who believe in liberation in illiberal times. —Cortney Lamar Charleston For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers—including his own ancestors—who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members, as well as slave owners and prominent historical figures from Abraham Lincoln to Frederick Douglas and Margaret Garner. Imbued with atmospheric imagery, these persona poems and more “[clarify] not only the inextricable value of Black life and labor to the building of America, but the terrible price they were forced to pay in producing that labor” (Khadijah Queen). “How do you un-orphan a people?” Walker asks. “How do you pick up / shattered black porcelain and make / a new set of dishes fit to eat off?” While carefully attuned to the heartbreak and horrors of war, Walker’s poems pay equal care to the pride, perseverance, and triumphs of their speakers. Evoking the formerly enslaved General Charles Young, Walker hums: “I am America’s promise, my mother’s song, / and the reason my father had every right to dream.” Expansive and intimate, Load in Nine Times is a resounding ode to the powerful ties of individual and cultural ancestry by an indelible voice in American poetry.
Loafing Along Death Valley Trails: A Personal Narrative of People and Places
by William CaruthersIn 1926, on the advice of his doctor, former newspaperman William Caruthers, whose writings appeared in most Western magazines during a career spanning more than 25 years, retired to an orange grove near Ontario, California. Once there, he would go on to spend much of his time during the next 25 years in the Death Valley region, witnessing the transition of Death Valley from a prospector’s hunting ground to a mecca for winter tourists.This book, which was first published in 1951, is William Caruthers’ personal narrative of the old days in Death Valley—”of people and places in Panamint Valley, the Amargosa Desert and the big sink at the bottom of America.”A wonderful read.
Loath to Print: The Reluctant Scientific Author, 1500–1750
by Nicole HowardWhy did so many early modern scientific authors dislike and distrust the printing press?While there is no denying the importance of the printing press to the scientific and medical advances of the early modern era, a closer look at authorial attitudes toward this technology refutes simplistic interpretations of how print was viewed at the time. Rather than embracing the press, scientific authors often disliked and distrusted it. In many cases, they sought to avoid putting their work into print altogether. In Loath to Print, Nicole Howard takes a fresh look at early modern printing technology from the perspective of the natural philosophers and physicians who relied on it to share ideas. She offers a new perspective on scientific publishing in the early modern period, one that turns the celebration of print on its head. Exploring both these scholars' attitudes and their strategies for navigating the publishing world, Howard argues that scientists had many concerns, including the potential for errors to be introduced into their works by printers, the prospect of having their work pirated, and most worrisome, the likelihood that their works would be misunderstood by an audience ill-prepared to negotiate the complexities of the ideas, particularly those that were mathematical or philosophical. Revealing how these concerns led authors in the sciences to develop strategies for controlling, circumventing, or altogether avoiding the broad readership that print afforded, Loath to Print explains how quickly a gap opened between those with scientific knowledge and a lay public—and how such a gap persists today. Scholars of the early modern period and the history of the book, as well as those interested in communication and technology studies, will find this an accessible and engaging look at the complexities of sharing scientific ideas in this rich period.
Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War)
by John Mckee BarrWhile most Americans count Abraham Lincoln among the most beloved and admired former presidents, a dedicated minority has long viewed him not only as the worst president in the country's history, but also as a criminal who defied the Constitution and advanced federal power and the idea of racial equality. In Loathing Lincoln, historian John McKee Barr surveys the broad array of criticisms about Abraham Lincoln that emerged when he stepped onto the national stage, expanded during the Civil War, and continued to evolve after his death and into the present. The first panoramic study of Lincoln's critics, Barr's work offers an analysis of Lincoln in historical memory and an examination of how his critics -- on both the right and left -- have frequently reflected the anxiety and discontent Americans felt about their lives. From northern abolitionists troubled by the slow pace of emancipation, to Confederates who condemned him as a "black Republican" and despot, to Americans who blamed him for the civil rights movement, to, more recently, libertarians who accuse him of trampling the Constitution and creating the modern welfare state, Lincoln's detractors have always been a vocal minority, but not one without influence.By meticulously exploring the most significant arguments against Lincoln, Barr traces the rise of the president's most strident critics and links most of them to a distinct right-wing or neo-Confederate political agenda. According to Barr, their hostility to a more egalitarian America and opposition to any use of federal power to bring about such goals led them to portray Lincoln as an imperialistic president who grossly overstepped the bounds of his office. In contrast, liberals criticized him for not doing enough to bring about emancipation or ensure lasting racial equality. Lincoln's conservative and libertarian foes, however, constituted the vast majority of his detractors. More recently, Lincoln's most vociferous critics have adamantly opposed Barack Obama and his policies, many of them referencing Lincoln in their attacks on the current president. In examining these individuals and groups, Barr's study provides a deeper understanding of American political life and the nation itself.
Lobbying America: The Politics of Business from Nixon to NAFTA (Politics and Society in Modern America #99)
by Benjamin C. WaterhouseLobbying America tells the story of the political mobilization of American business in the 1970s and 1980s. Benjamin Waterhouse traces the rise and ultimate fragmentation of a broad-based effort to unify the business community and promote a fiscally conservative, antiregulatory, and market-oriented policy agenda to Congress and the country at large. Arguing that business's political involvement was historically distinctive during this period, Waterhouse illustrates the changing power and goals of America's top corporate leaders. Examining the rise of the Business Roundtable and the revitalization of older business associations such as the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Waterhouse takes readers inside the mind-set of the powerful CEOs who responded to the crises of inflation, recession, and declining industrial productivity by organizing an effective and disciplined lobbying force. By the mid-1970s, that coalition transformed the economic power of the capitalist class into a broad-reaching political movement with real policy consequences. Ironically, the cohesion that characterized organized business failed to survive the ascent of conservative politics during the 1980s, and many of the coalition's top goals on regulatory and fiscal policies remained unfulfilled. The industrial CEOs who fancied themselves the "voice of business" found themselves one voice among many vying for influence in an increasingly turbulent and unsettled economic landscape. Complicating assumptions that wealthy business leaders naturally get their way in Washington, Lobbying America shows how economic and political powers interact in the American democratic system.
Lobbying For Defense
by Matthew R. KambrodThis one-of-a-kind user's guide to successful lobbying for defense appropriation draws on Matthew R. Kambrod's forty-plus years of experience both in the Pentagon as a military officer and on Capitol Hill as a lobbyist. The book presents step-by-step instructions for the lobbyist along with detailed information that only someone with the author's background could provide. He understands how the system works and shows how, when lobbying is conducted within the boundaries of propriety, the process can efficiently benefit lawmakers and defense officials as well as industry.A former Deputy for Aviation to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research, Development, and Acquisition and a current lobbyist for the defense industry, Colonel Kambrod leads the reader through the annual lobbying process, explaining how the armed services establish their requirements for defense programs and how the annual budget is formulated. He also addresses the all-important distinction between "funded" and "unfunded" requirements; defines the roles played by the military, industry, and Congress; and lists the steps to be taken to develop arguments in the pursuit of congressional funding. Topics of general interest, such as campaign contributions, abuse of power, and possible lobbying reforms, are included along with a practical list of lessons learned and an appendix filled with samples of useful documents.In demystifying the process of lobbying for defense dollars, the author provides an essential tool for everyone interested in the subject both lobbyists and all those who must interact with them.
Lobbying Hitler
by Matt BeraFrom 1933 onward, Nazi Germany undertook massive and unprecedented industrial integration, submitting an entire economic sector to direct state oversight. This innovative study explores how German professionals navigated this complex landscape through the divergent careers of business managers in two of the era's most important trade organizations. While Jakob Reichert of the iron and steel industry unexpectedly resisted state control and was eventually driven to suicide, Karl Lange of the machine builders' association achieved security for himself and his industry by submitting to the Nazi regime. Both men's stories illuminate the options available to industrialists under the Third Reich, as well as the real priorities set by the industries they served.
Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic
by Ilan PappeIn 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how over a century of aggressive lobbying changed the map of the Middle East. Pro-Israel lobbies convinced British and American policymakers to condone Israel&’s flagrant breaches of international law, grant Israel unprecedented military aid and deny Palestinians rights. Anyone who questioned unconditional support for Israel, even in the mildest terms, became the target of relentless smear campaigns. Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic shows us how an unassailable consensus was built – and how it might be dismantled.
Lobbyists and the Making of US Tariff Policy, 1816−1861 (Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia)
by Daniel PeartThe first book-length study of lobbying prior to the Civil War.Since the 2008 global economic crisis, historians have embraced the challenge of making visible the invisible hand of the market. This renewed interest in the politics of political economy makes it all the more timely to remind ourselves that debates over free trade and protection were just as controversial in the early United States as they have once again become, and that lobbying, then as now, played an important part in Lincoln's government "of the people, by the people, for the people." In Lobbyists and the Making of US Tariff Policy, 18161861, Daniel Peart reveals how active lobbyists were in Washington throughout the antebellum era. He describes how they involved themselves at every stage of the making of tariff policy, from setting the congressional agenda, through the writing of legislation in committee, to the final vote. Considering policymaking as a process, Peart focuses on the importance of rules and timing, the critical roles played by individual lawmakers and lobbyists, and the high degree of uncertainty that characterized this formative period in American political development.The debate about tariff policy, Peart explains, is an unbroken thread that runs throughout the pre–Civil War era, connecting disparate individuals and events and shaping the development of the United States in myriad ways. Duties levied on imports provided the federal government with the major part of its revenue from the ratification of the Constitution to the close of the nineteenth century. More controversially, they also offered protection to domestic producers against foreign competition, at the expense of increased costs for consumers and the risk of retaliation from international trade partners. Ultimately, this book uses the tariff issue to illustrate the critical role that lobbying played within the antebellum policymaking process.
Lobola (Bridewealth) in Contemporary Southern Africa: Implications for Gender Equality
by Lovemore Togarasei Ezra ChitandoThis volume explores the multiple meanings and implications of lobola in Southern Africa. The payment of lobola (often controversially translated as ‘bridewealth’) is an entrenched practice in most societies in Southern Africa. Although having a long tradition, of late there have been voices questioning its relevance in contemporary times while others vehemently defend the practice. This book brings together a range of scholars from different academic disciplines, national contexts, institutions, genders, and ethnic backgrounds to debate the relevance of lobola in contemporary southern African communities for gender equality.
Lobotomy Nation: The History of Psychosurgery and Psychiatry in Denmark (Mental Health in Historical Perspective)
by Jesper Vaczy KraghThis book tells the story of one of medicine’s most (in)famous treatments: the neurosurgical operation commonly known as lobotomy. Invented by Portuguese neurologist Egas Moniz in 1935, lobotomy or psychosurgery became widely used in a number of countries, including Denmark, where the treatment had a major breakthrough. In fact, evidence suggests that more lobotomies were performed in Denmark than any other country. However, the reason behind this unofficial world record has not yet been fully understood. Lobotomy Nation traces the history of psychosurgery and its ties to other psychiatric treatments such as malaria fever therapy, Cardiazol shock and insulin coma therapy, but it also situates lobotomy within a broader context. The book argues that the rise and fall of lobotomy is not just a story about psychiatry, it is also about society, culture and interventions towards vulnerable groups in the 20th century.
Local Churches in New Urban Britain, 1890-1975: “The Greatest Challenge”? (Histories of the Sacred and Secular, 1700–2000)
by Grant Masom“This monograph is an important contribution to our understanding of the varied fortunes of British Christianity during the twentieth century.” - Rev Dr Andrew Atherstone, Tutor in Church History and Latimer Research Fellow, Wycliffe Hall, University of Oxford, UK “This book is an important and original work. Anyone interested in twentieth-century Christianity in Britain will learn much from it. Grant Masom enables the reader to make sense of the new urban spaces that became a key part of British life in the last hundred years.” - Rev Dr David Goodhew, Visiting Fellow of St Johns College, Durham University, UK “This ground-breaking study adds new depth to our understanding of the importance of religion in English life and the role of the churches in shaping their own destiny in the first three-quarters of the twentieth century.” - Dr Mark Smith, Associate Professor in History, University of Oxford, UK This book contributes to the ongoing academic debates on secularisation—or the marginalisation of mainstream religious beliefs and practices—in twentieth-century British society. It addresses three areas in which the current literature is weak: the ‘agency’ of organised religion in the outcomes described as secularisation, rather than explanations based on external challenges (such as the ‘modernisation’ of society and thought, increased affluence, and more leisure choices); a focus on urban areas transformed by twentieth-century industrialisation and suburbanisation; and an extended time period to the end of the third quarter of the twentieth century, allowing proper consideration of long-term trends alongside short-term upheavals such as the World Wars, the Great Depression, and the social changes of the 1960s. Further, the book employs a distinctly different, highly data-driven approach, considers all religious movements, and sets its conclusions within the wider social and cultural context of a representative community.
Local Civics with National Purpose: Civic Education Origins at Shortridge High School (Historical Studies in Education)
by J. Spencer ClarkThis book examines the development of civic education in the United States through the lives of two teachers at Shortridge High School (SHS) in Indianapolis around 1900. After situating civic education at the turn-of-the-century, the book describes the career of Laura Donnan—her influences, teaching, extracurriculars, and civic life—through the lens of her unique epistemology, shaped by negotiating the gendered ideologies of her era. Then, the book re-examines Arthur W. Dunn’s career, focusing on his ten years at SHS, and the influence of Donnan on his popular community civics curriculum and subsequently the 1916 report “The Social Studies in Secondary Education.” Previous scholars have overlooked Dunn’s time at SHS, viewing it simply as a stepping stone for the progressive educator’s career. This book argues that Dunn’s time at SHS was pivotal to his career due to influential colleagues, primarily Donnan. To conclude, Clark discusses the implications of Donnan’s epistemology in shaping civic education in the United States.
Local Customs
by Audrey ThomasNominated for the 2016 Forest of Reading Evergreen Award Nominated for the 2014 Victoria Book Prize An Englishwoman’s mysterious death in 19th-century West Africa haunts those left behind. Letitia Landon, "Letty" to her friends, is an intelligent, witty, successful writer, much sought after for dinner parties and soirées in the London of the 1830s. But, still single at thirty-six, she fears ending up as a wizened crone in a dilapidated country cottage, a cat her only companion. Just as she is beginning to believe she will never marry, she meets George Maclean, home on leave from his position as the governor of Cape Coast Castle on the Gold Coast of West Africa. George and Letty marry quietly and set sail for Cape Coast. Eight weeks later she is dead — not from malaria or dysentery or any of the multitude of dangers in her new home, but by her own hand. Or so it would seem. Local Customs examines, in poetic detail, a way of life that has faded into history. It was a time when religious and cultural assimilation in the British colonies gave rise to a new, strange social order. Letty speaks from beyond the grave to let the reader see the world through her eyes and explore the mystery of her death. Was she disturbed enough to kill herself, or was someone — or something — else involved?
Local Dimensions of the Second World War in Southeastern Europe (Mass Violence in Modern History)
by Xavier Bougarel Hannes Grandits Marija VulesicaThis book deals with the Second World War in Southeastern Europe from the perspective of conditions on the ground during the conflict. The focus is on the reshaping of ethnic and religious groups in wartime, on the "top-down" and "bottom-up" dynamics of mass violence, and on the local dimensions of the Holocaust. The approach breaks with the national narratives and "top-down" political and military histories that continue to be the predominant paradigms for the Second World War in this part of Europe.