1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910452097303321

Autore

Connelly Matthew James

Titolo

A diplomatic revolution [[electronic resource] ] : Algeria's fight for independence and the origins of the post-cold war era / / Matthew Connelly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-280-53177-0

0-19-803317-6

1-4294-0140-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

965/.0462

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Algeria History Revolution, 1954-1962

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; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; Part I: Algeria and the International System; Photo gallery; Part II: The Internationalization of the Algerian Question, 1954-1956; Part III: Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1956-1958; Part IV: Waging the Algerian War as a World War, 1958-1960; Part V: The Domestication of the Algerian Question, 1960-1962; Conclusion: The Sense of History; Appendix: The Rise and Fall of the Armée de Libération Nationale; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The Algerian war has usually been interpreted as a domestic French crisis that was resolved when France granted Algeria independence. The author aims to show in this text how from the start of the eight year struggle, the Front de Liberation Nationale pursued self-rule on the world stage.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996248323003316

Autore

Klarman Michael J

Titolo

From Jim Crow to civil rights [[electronic resource] ] : the Supreme Court and the struggle for racial equality / / Michael J. Klarman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004

ISBN

0-19-988092-1

0-19-531018-7

1-280-56001-0

0-19-535167-3

0-19-530212-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (670 p.)

Disciplina

342.73/0873

Soggetti

Segregation - Law and legislation - United States - History

Electronic books.

United States Race relations History

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 (p. 581-626) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The Plessy era -- The progressive era -- The interwar period -- World War II era : context and cases -- World War II era : consequences -- School desegregation -- Brown and the civil rights movement.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the social and political impact of the Supreme Court's decisions involving race relations from Plessy, the Progressive Era, and the Interwar period to World Wars I and II, Brown and the Civil Rights Movement. It explores the variety of consequences that Brown may have had, and more.