British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985
Title | British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985 PDF eBook |
Author | Mark Hurst |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 259 |
Release | 2016-05-05 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1472522346 |
In the latter half of the 20th century, a number of dissidents engaged in a series of campaigns against the Soviet authorities and as a result were subjected to an array of cruel and violent punishments. A collection of like-minded activists in Britain campaigned on their behalf, and formed a variety of organizations to publicise their plight. British Human Rights Organizations and Soviet Dissent, 1965-1985 examines the efforts of these activists, exploring how influential their activism was in shaping the wider public awareness of Soviet human rights violations in the context of the Cold War. Mark Hurst explores the British response to Soviet human rights violation, drawing on extensive archival work and interviews with key individuals from the period. This book examines the network of human rights activists in Britain, and demonstrates that in order to be fully understood, the Soviet dissident movement needs to be considered in an international context.
Alternative Art, New York, 1965-1985
Title | Alternative Art, New York, 1965-1985 PDF eBook |
Author | Julie Ault |
Publisher | U of Minnesota Press |
Pages | 410 |
Release | 2002 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 9780816637942 |
A sweeping history of the New York art scene during the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s reveals a powerful "alternative" art culture that profoundly influenced the mainstream. Simultaneous. (Fine Arts)
The State of World Rural Poverty
Title | The State of World Rural Poverty PDF eBook |
Author | Idriss Jazairy |
Publisher | NYU Press |
Pages | 539 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 0814737544 |
Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.
Proposed Physical Development Policies for Washington, D.C., 1965-1985
Title | Proposed Physical Development Policies for Washington, D.C., 1965-1985 PDF eBook |
Author | United States. National Capital Planning Commission |
Publisher | |
Pages | 102 |
Release | 1965 |
Genre | City planning |
ISBN |
Chicano Art
Title | Chicano Art PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Griswold del Castillo |
Publisher | Frederick S. Wight Art Galleries |
Pages | 408 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Architecture |
ISBN |
Natural and Man-Made Hazards
Title | Natural and Man-Made Hazards PDF eBook |
Author | Mohammed I. El-Sabh |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 865 |
Release | 2012-12-06 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9400914334 |
In recent years, several major natural and man-made hazards have challenged scientists, government officials and the public in general: earthquakes, major volcanic and other seismic eruptions in Mount St. Helens, EI Chichon, Mexico city, Nevado del Ruiz, Japan, Italy, Greece, Cameroon and many other places on our globe; Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean and deadly storm surges along the coasts of India, Bangladesh and Japan; Cyclones, floods, thunderstorms, snow storms, tornadoes, drought, desertification and other climatic catastrophes; Amoco-Cadiz oil spill accident (France), Three-Mile Island (U. S. A. ) and Chernobyl (U. S. S. R. ) nuclear accidents, Bhopal chemical accident (India), acid rain (Canada, U. S. A. ) and other technological disasters. Such hazards have snuffed out millions of lives, infli
Flying At Night
Title | Flying At Night PDF eBook |
Author | Ted Kooser |
Publisher | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2005-03-11 |
Genre | Poetry |
ISBN | 9780822958772 |
Named U.S. Poet Laureate for 2004-2006, Ted Kooser is one of America's masters of the short metaphorical poem. Dana Gioia has remarked that Kooser has written more perfect poems than any poet of his generation. In Flying at Night: Poems 1965-1985, Kooser has selected poems from two of his earlier works, Sure Signs and One World at a Time (1985). Taken together or read one at a time, these poems clearly show why William Cole, writing in the Saturday Review, called Ted Kooser "a wonderful poet," and why Peter Stitt, writing in the Georgia Review, proclaimed him "a skilled and cunning writer. . . . An authentic 'poet of the American people.'"