Author: Russell Martin File Type: mobi A stirring account of the town that inspired one of the worlds most celebrated & controversial paintings, & of the artist whose passion & vision altered the course of modern history. On April 26, 1937, at the request of Spanish Gen. Franco & his rebel forces, the German Luftwaffe began the bombing of the Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain. They destroyed the village & decimated its population. Pablo Picasso, a Spanish expatriate, responded to the devastation by creating the canvas that would become widely considered the greatest artwork of the 20th cent. -- Guernica. This book follows Guernica from its inception through its journey across decades & continents. Features some of the centurys most memorable & infamous figures. **

Author: Joseph M. Hodge File Type: pdf Contrary to widely held assumptions, the concept of development and practices such as development aid were the products neither of the Cold War nor of post-war decolonisation. Instead, they can be regarded as one of the major legacies of European colonialism. The continent that was (and still is) at the center of this historically new type of social and economic engineering was Africa. The essays within this book investigate the concepts and related practices of development in British, French and Portuguese colonial Africa during the twentieth century,particularly from the end of World War I to decolonisation (1918-c.1970). During these decades, development became the central organising concept underpinning the relationship between metropolitan Europe and colonial Africa, altering the mindsets of both Europeans and Africans, and framing anincreasing number of interactions between them. Combining historiographical accounts with analyses from social science and cultural studies perspectives, the book investigates a carefully selected range of economic, social and political contexts, from agriculture to mass media. With its focus on the conceptual side of development and its broadgeographical scope, the book offers new and uncommon perspectives. An extensive introduction contextualises the individual chapters and makes the book an up-to-date point of entry into the subject of colonial development, not only for a specialist readership, but also for students of history,development and postcolonial studies. Written by scholars from Africa, Europe and North America, the book is a uniquely international dialogue on this vital chapter of twentieth-century transnational history.

Author: James L. Baughman File Type: pdf The use of print to challenge prevailing ideas and conventions has a long history in American public life. As dissenters in America sought social change, they used print to document, articulate, and disseminate their ideas to others. Protest always begins on the margins, but print is the medium that allows it to reach a larger audience. In Protest on the Page , scholars in multiple disciplines offer ten original essays that examine protest print culture in America since 1865. They explore the surprising range of dissidents who enlisted print in their causesfrom vegetarians and anarchists at the advent of the twentieth century, to midcentury evangelicals and tween comic book readers, to GIs and feminists in the 1970s80s. Together they demonstrate that print has never been a neutral medium, but rather has been instrumental in shaping the substance of protest and its audiences.Review These are fresh, fascinating inquiries into the unknown byways of American journalistic history. Protest on the Page amounts to an alternative history of the press, far different from the familiar triumphant and establishment-celebrating narrative.Nicholas Lemann, Columbia University How great it is to have a book about the history of the press thats not about the New York Times or Washington Post, and not about the glories of a free press in a democracy. The journalism of visionary movementsanarchism, feminism, dissent in the militaryis part of our heritage too, and its great to see it get some of the attention it deserves.Adam Hochschild, co-founder of Mother Jones magazine and the author of To End All Wars Historians of social change have always drawn upon ephemeral publications from the fringes of politics and culture. But the essays in this splendid collection show that the printed word has actually been a central player in the politics of social movements, from anarchism to vegetarianism. This sharp focus on media provides valuable new insight into how movement politics has worked in American history.David Paul Nord, author of Faith in Reading A substantial contribution to the histories of print culture, media, journalism, and non-mainstream movements, groups, and ideas.John Nerone, author of Violence Against the Press The latest addition to the outstanding University of Wisconsin Press series History of Print and Digital Culture, deftly organized into three major sections (Revolt and Reaction, Consensus Contested, and Dangerous Print), Protest on the Page should be considered a critically important addition to academic library collections in communications and journalism. Midwest Book Review Its subject is invigorating how ordinary people with passion for a cause seized the available print technology of the day to change other peoples minds, and ultimately the nation. Wisconsin State Journal Especially useful as a supplement to the traditional histories of American journalism that focus on the mainstream media and the development and power of elite actors and the presses they control. There is much here that deepens and enriches our understanding of the history of dissent and resistance as well as the history of print media. JHistory, H-Net About the Author James L. Baughman is the Fetzer Bascom Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of WisconsinMadison. His many publications include Republic of Mass Culture Journalism, Filmmaking and Broadcasting in America since 1941 (Third Edition). Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen is the Merle Curti Associate Professor of History at the University of WisconsinMadison and the author of American Nietzsche A History of an Icon and His Ideas. James P. Danky is the cofounder of the Center for the History of Print and Digital Culture at the University of WisconsinMadison and retired librarian for periodicals and newspapers at the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is many books include Underground Classics The Transformation of Comics into Comix.

Author: Michal Givoni File Type: pdf During the twentieth century, witnessing grew to be not just a widespread solution for coping with political atrocities but also an intricate problem. As the personal experience of victims, soldiers, and aid workers acquired unparalleled authority as a source of moral and political truth, the capacity to generate adequate testimonies based on this experience was repeatedly called into question. Michal Givonis book follows the trail of the problems, torments, and crises that became commingled with witnessing to genocide, disaster, and war over the course of the twentieth century. By juxtaposing episodes of reflexive witnessing to the Great War, the Jewish Holocaust, and Third World emergencies, The Care of the Witness explores the shifting roles and responsibilities of witnesses in history and the contribution that the troubles of witnessing had to the ethical consolidation of the witness as the leading figure of nongovernmental politics.