1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910494641803321

Autore

Schaeper Thomas J.

Titolo

Rhodes scholars, Oxford, and the creation of an American elite / / Thomas J. Schaeper and Kathleen Schaeper

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; Oxford : , : Berghahn Books, , 2010

ISBN

0-85745-369-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (435 p.)

Disciplina

378.42574

Soggetti

Rhodes scholarships - History

Scholars - United States

Education - United States - History

Education - Great Britain - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Each year thirty-two seniors at American universities are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which entitle them to spend two or three years studying at the University of Oxford. The program, founded by the British colonialist and entrepreneur Cecil Rhodes and established in 1903, has become the world's most famous academic scholarship and has brought thousands of young Americans to study in England. Many of these later became national leaders in government, law, education, literature, and other fields. Among them were the politicians J. William Fulbright, Bill Bradley, and Bill Clinton; the public



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910792024103321

Titolo

The Nazis' last victims [[electronic resource] ] : the Holocaust in Hungary / / edited by Randolph L. Braham with Scott Miller

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Detroit, : Wayne State University Press ; Washington, D.C., : published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 2002

ISBN

0-8143-3883-6

Edizione

[Pbk. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BrahamRandolph L

MillerScott <1958->

Disciplina

940.53/18/09439

Soggetti

Jews - Persecutions - Hungary

Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) - Hungary

Hungary Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations, Maps""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""THE HOLOCAUST IN HUNGARY: A RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS""; ""GERMANS. HUNGARIANS, AND THEDESTRUCTION OF HUNGARIAN JEWRY""; ""THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE HOLOCAUST INHUNGARY: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT""; ""THE LAST PHASE OF THE HUNGARIAN HOLOCAUST:THE SZALASI REGIME AND THE JEWS""; ""THE DILEMMA OF RESCUE OR REVOLT""; ""INTERNATIONAL INTERVENTION:THE ROLE OF DIPLOMATS IN ATTEMPTS TORESCUE JEWS IN HUNGARY""; ""UNLEARNING THE HOLOCAUST:RECOLLECTIONS AND REACTIONS""; ""PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS""

""CONTRIBUTORS""""INDEX OF PERSONS""; ""INDEX OF PLACES""