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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
From Inuit Tales and Lexicon, Arctic Ice and Climate, 1887-1894: Assessing Culture, Language, and Nature / Lasting Contributions by Franz Boas: Knowledge, Science, and Universality of Equality Chapters 11 and 12 From: The Franz Boas Enigma View Baraka Books	Chapter 11 details how Boas continued the study Inuit language, tales, and beliefs and continued to publish studies and give lectures. Chapter 12 looks at the character of Franz Boas and his …	Ludger Müller-Wille	17	2014	$1.70 Add
From NEW! Man in a Photograph From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter Nine focuses on Stepan Fedorovych Kostashchuk, a distant relative in Ukraine. Discussing his participation with the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), their role as Nazi collaboraters, …	Myrna Kostash	18	2022	$1.80 Add
From NEW! Maps From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Maps of Galicia, in context to the historical periods discussed throughout the book.	Myrna Kostash	2	2022	$0.20 Add
Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good The Spread of Historical Amnesia bar	Surgically, but with wit, Francesco Filippi demolishes each and every myth that has taken root about Mussolini and fascism in an uplifting handbook for political and intellectual self-defense. No …	Francesco Filippi	216	2021	View
From Mussolini the Builder Did the Duce give all Italians a home to live in? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter examines the dangerous association of the right to a home with Fascism in Italy, which the author calls one of the most effective and impactful posthumous propagandist operations for …	Francesco Filippi	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Mussolini the Champion of Land Reclamation Did the Duce drain the marshes? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter looks at the supposed success of Mussolini’s fascists in the area of bonifica, or land reclamation, exploring the actual results and data resulting from their efforts. It also …	Francesco Filippi	20	2021	$2.00 Add
From Mussolini the Condottiere and Statesman Was the Duce a great leader? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter looks at Mussolini as a leader and soldier, and looks at the not-so-glorious reality of Fascist Italy’s military achievements. It discusses Italy’s colonial aspirations …	Francesco Filippi	19	2021	$1.90 Add
From Mussolini the Economist Did the Duce raise the Italian economy to its highest point? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	The author challenges the conception that things “went better” from an economic point of view in Fascist Italy, examining various Facist economic policies. He explores various aspects …	Francesco Filippi	26	2021	$2.60 Add
From Mussolini the Feminist Did the Duce improve the status of women in Italy? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter tackles the premise that the Fascist regime was more open to women’s rights than the regimes that preceded it and have followed it. The author examines how this Facist regime …	Francesco Filippi	17	2021	$1.70 Add
From Mussolini the Humanitarian Was the Duce a "benign" dictator? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter challenges the notion that Mussolini "wasn’t that bad" as a man and in comparison to other fascist leaders such as Adolf Hitler. It explores Mussolini’s racist, …	Francesco Filippi	35	2021	$3.50 Add
From Mussolini the Man of Law Was the Duce an upright defender of justice? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	The author tackles the popular Italian myth that Mussolini in fact represented a parenthesis of honesty and moral rectitude in the history of the political life of Italy. He examines fascist rule …	Francesco Filippi	28	2021	$2.80 Add
From Mussolini the Provident and Prudential Was the Duce the first man to give Italians pensions? From: Mussolini Also Did A Lot of Good View bar	This chapter examines Mussolini’s regime’s activity in the fields of social security and in labour issues. The author refutes the idea that Mussolini was the first man to give …	Francesco Filippi	18	2021	$1.80 Add
NEW! Myths of Modern History From the French Revolution to the 20th century world wars and the Cold War - new perspectives on key events James Lorimer and Company	Revisionist historian Jacques R. Pauwels challenges readers to reconsider what they know about some key events in the last 250 years of world history. At a time when it’s all too easy to …	Jacques R. Pauwels	392	2022	View
From NEW! Nikolai Maksymiuk 1886 – 1918 From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter five examines Nikolai Maksymiuk, the author’s maternal grandfather. Discussing his premature death at age 33 in 1918, his home village of Dzhuriv in Galicia, hard living, time …	Myrna Kostash	19	2022	$1.90 Add
From NEW! Notes on Dates and Place Names From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Notes on the dates and place names relevant to the text.	Myrna Kostash	4	2022	$0.40 Add
From NEW! Palahna Kosovan 1892 – 1979 From: Ghosts in a Photograph View NeWest Press	Chapter Six is about Palahna Kosovan, the author’s maternal grandmother or “Baba.” Describing Baba’s strength, self reliance through gardening and livestock, membership in the …	Myrna Kostash	29	2022	$2.90 Add