Post-Holocaust politics [[electronic resource] ] : Britain, the United States & Jewish refugees, 1945-1948 / / Arieh J. Kochavi

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910455354703321
• Autore: Kochavi Arieh J
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2001
• ISBN: 0-8078-7509-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (395 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.87/089/924041
• Soggetti: Jewish refugees - Government policy - Great Britain; Jewish refugees - Government policy - United States; Holocaust survivors - Europe; Jews - Europe - Migrations; Electronic books.; Great Britain Emigration and immigration Government policy; United States Emigration and immigration Government policy; Palestine Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Illustrations and Maps; Preface; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Part I; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Part II; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Part III; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Part IV; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Between 1945 and 1948, more than a quarter of a million Jews fled countries in Eastern Europe and the Balkans and began filling hastily erected displaced persons camps in Germany and Austria. As one of the victorious Allies, Britain had to help find a solution for the vast majority of these refugees who refused repatriation. Drawing on extensive research in British, American, and Israeli archives, Arieh Kochavi presents a comprehensive analysis of British policy toward Jewish displaced persons and reveals the crucial role the United States played in undermining that policy. Kochavi arg

2004 IEEE/UT Engineering Management Conference

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910872693603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : I E E E, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource
• Disciplina: 658.404
• Soggetti: Engineering - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Schooling for women's work / / edited by Rosemary Deem

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910964115703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Abingdon, Oxon, : Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-63521-1; 1-280-67638-8; 9786613653314; 1-136-63522-X; 0-203-80367-1
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (217 p.)
• Collana: Routledge library editions: education ; ; 69
• Altri autori (Persone): DeemRosemary
• Disciplina: 371.8220941; 376.941; 376/.941
• Soggetti: Women - Education - Great Britain - History - 20th century; Women - Employment - Great Britain - History - 20th century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: First published in 1980, by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Schooling for Women's Work; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction. Women, Work and Schooling: The Relevance of Gender; 1. Socio-Cultural Reproduction and Woman's Education; 2. The Importance of Being Ernest ... Emma ... Tom ... Jane. The Perception and Ategorization of Gender Conformity and Gender Deviation in Primary Schools; 3. Studying Girls at School: The Implications of Confusion; 4. Black Girls in a London Comprehensive School; 5. Education And the Individual: Schooling for Girls, Or Mixed Schooling - A Mixed Blessing?; 6. Sex Differences in Mathematical Performance: A Review of Research and Possible Action7. Sex Differences in Performance in Science Examinations; 8. Into Work: Continuity and Change; 9. Young Women in the Labour Market: Stability and Change; 10. Women in Higher Education: A Case Study of the Open University; 11. How Many Women Academics 1912-76?; 12. The Experiences of Women Graduates in the Labour Market; 13. Women, School and Work: Some Conclusions; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection of original papers shows how women in Britain are still being discriminated against during schooling, despite the existence of legislation prohibiting such discrimination and despite apparent concern with promoting equality between the sexes in education. Focusing on the current situation and experiences of women in education and their subsequent entry to, and experiences of, the labour market, the book shows how the category of gender is made relevant in the education of women: how it is influential in structuring their actions, beliefs, values and life chances, and how it

China-India economics : challenges, competition & collaboration / / Amitendu Palit

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960699203321
• Autore: Palit Amitendu
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Routledge, 2012
• ISBN: 1-136-62162-8; 0-203-70580-7; 1-351-57198-2; 1-315-09573-4
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (208 pages) : illustrations, tables
• Collana: Routledge studies in the modern world economy ; ; 100
• Disciplina: 337.51054
• Soggetti: Free trade - Asia; China Foreign economic relations India; India Foreign economic relations China; China Economic policy 2000-; India Economic policy 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- 1 China-India economics: contour and context -- Large populous economies with multiple domestic issues and concerns -- Developing economies assuming significant positions in the world economy -- Trust deficit -- Role of state in production -- Different systems, institutions and practices -- 2 Common challenges and prospects for collaboration -- Demography -- Urbanisation -- Energy -- High prices -- Environment -- Land and real estate -- Collaboration: incentives and problems -- 3 Competition: present and future -- Energy -- China's overseas ventures -- India's overseas ventures -- Water -- Access to new markets -- Aid and development assistance -- Bilateral trade friction -- 4 Trade: engine of bilateral collaboration -- Trends in bilateral trade -- India's imports from China -- India's exports to China -- A bilateral trade deal: possible pluses -- 5 Collaboration: the global agenda -- Multilateral trade talks at WTO and the Doha Development ; Agenda (DDA) -- Climate change -- Global economic governance and financial architecture -- 6 The economics-politics dynamics, competition and collaboration -- The Sino- Indian context: searching parallels -- China-Taiwan -- China-South Korea -- China-Japan -- China-European Union (EU) -- China-US -- India-Saudi Arabia -- India-United Arab Emirates (UAE) -- India-Japan ties -- India-European Union (EU) -- India-US -- 7 Gazing into the crystal ball -- Managing common challenges -- Competition: high negative externalities? -- Collaboration: the road ahead -- The bilateral trade deal: illusion or reality? -- Politics and economics: remaining exclusive -- Notes -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores Sino-Indian ties from a comparative economic perspective and argues that it is erroneous to visualize the ties either from exclusively competitive or collaborative perspectives.