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The first decade of the twenty-first century witnessed a passionate engagement with the losses of the past. Rites of Return examines the effects of this legacy
No Return, No Refuge
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Pages: 361
Authors: Howard Adelman
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-05 - Publisher: Columbia University Press

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Refugee displacement is a global phenomenon that has uprooted millions of individuals over the past century. In the 1980s, repatriation became the preferred opt
The Generation of Postmemory
Language: en
Pages: 319
Authors: Marianne Hirsch
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Can we remember other people's memories? The Generation of Postmemory argues we can: that memories of traumatic events live on to mark the lives of those who we
Rites of Spring
Language: en
Pages: 420
Authors: Modris Eksteins
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2000 - Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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Looks at the origins and impact of World War I, discusses the premiere of Stravinsky's ballet, and analyzes public opinion of the period.
The Rites of Assent
Language: en
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Authors: Sacvan Bercovitch
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The Rites of Assent examines the cultural strategies through which "America" served as a vehicle simultaneously for diversity and cohesion, fusion and fragmenta