Matthew G. Stanard The leopard, the lion, and the cock

colonial memories and monuments in Belgium

The degree to which the late colonial era affected Europe has been long underappreciated, and only recently have European countries started to acknowledge not having come to terms with decolonisation. In Belgium, the past two decades have witnessed a growing awareness of the controversial episodes in the country's colonial past. This volume examines the long-term effects and legacies of the colonial era on Belgium after 1960, the year the Congo gained its independence, and calls into question memories...

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Engels | PDF, 6 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019

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John Milton John Milton, Epistolarum familiarium liber unus and Uncollected letters

John Milton holds an impressive place within the rich tradition of neo-Latin epistolography. His Epistolae Familiares and uncollected letters paint an invigorating portrait of the artist as a young man, offering insight into his reading programme, his views on education, friendship, poetry, his relations with continental literati, his blindness, and his role as Latin Secretary. This edition presents a modernised Latin text and a facing English translation, complemented by a detailed introduction...

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Latijn | Engels | PDF, 6 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019

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Fred Feddes Bike City Amsterdam

how Amsterdam became the cycling capital of the world

The book Bike City Amsterdam, How Amsterdam became the cycling Capital of the World , by Fred Feddes and Marjolein de Lange, is the first comprehensive inside history of sixty years of successful bicycle activism, policy and culture in Amsterdam. As any visitor knows, the bicycle is omnipresent in the streets of Amsterdam, in the rhythm of its people's lives, and in the city's image. To many outsiders, Amsterdam comes close to being a cyclist's paradise. It wasn't always that way. As in many other...

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Engels | ePub2, 66 MB | Bas Lubberhuizen, Amsterdam | 2019

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CIVITAS, Forum of Archives and Research on Christian Democracy Christian democracy and the fall of communism

The role of Christian Democracy in the collapse of the Communist Bloc. Debates on the role of Christian Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe too often remain strongly tied to national historiographies. With the edited collection the contributing authors aim to reconstruct Christian Democracy's role in the fall of Communism from a bird's-eye perspective by covering the entire region and by taking "third-way" options in the broader political imaginary of late-Cold War Europe into account. The book's...

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Engels | PDF, 3,5 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019

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Edy Korthals Altes Space technology and human security

This paper discusses the use of space technology, focussing on its military applications. The emphasis is on the political and ethical aspects. Space technology is exercising a revolutionary impact not only on our way of life but also in the military field. It does not only comprise a variety of satellites and sensors - serving both civilian and military goals. Countless are the peaceful applications but it cannot be denied that it could also become a nightmare, creating hell on earth. Whether that...

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Engels | 16 pagina's (ePub2, 2,9 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2019

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Edy Korthals Altes Some reflections on ethical challenges

towards a war-free world

'The spectacular developments in science, technology and the econ'omy confront us with new challenges making it imperative to develop 'global ethics' for an increasingly interdependent world. Serious obstacles are the dynamics of the worldwide market economy, our fascination with endless ‘growth’ on a limited planet and our prevailing attitudes. For many, life has become horizontal, one dimensional, often resulting in a depressing loss of perspective and lack of vision. Fortunately there is a rapidly...

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Engels | 16 pagina's (ePub2, 2,8 MB) | Aspekt, Soesterberg | 2019

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Roeland Goorts War, state and society in Liège

how a small state of the Holy Roman Empire survived the Nine Year's War (1688-1697)

Small power diplomacy in seventeenth century Europe. War, State and Society in Liège is a fascinating case study of the consequences of war in the Prince-Bishopric of Liège and touches upon wider issues in early modern history, such as small power diplomacy in the seventeenth century and during the Nine Years' War. For centuries, the small semi-independent Holy Roman Principality of Liège succeeded in preserving a non-belligerent role in European conflicts. During the Nine Years' War (1688-1697),...

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Engels | PDF, 5,6 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019

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Endre B. Gastony Hungary and geopolitics

the Second World War and the Holocaust 1938-1945

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Engels | PDF, 31 MB | Aspekt, [Soesterberg] | 2019

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