Tag: Dilemmas

Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution Dilemmas of Peripheral Socialism


Free Download Joana Salm Vasconcelos, "Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution: Dilemmas of Peripheral Socialism "
English | ISBN: 9004538291 | 2023 | 356 pages | PDF | 22 MB
In Agrarian History of the Cuban Revolution, the Brazilian historian Joana SalĂ©m Vasconcelos presents in clear language the complicated challenge of overcoming the condition of Latin America’s underdevelopment through a revolutionary process. Based on diverse historical sources, she demonstrates why the sugar plantation economic structure in Cuba was not entirely changed by the 1959 Revolution.

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Ethnicity and Beyond Theories and Dilemmas of Jewish Group Demarcation (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)


Free Download Eli Lederhendler, "Ethnicity and Beyond: Theories and Dilemmas of Jewish Group Demarcation (Studies in Contemporary Jewry)"
English | 2011 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 0199793492 | EPUB | 2,1 mb
Volume XXV of the distinguished annual Studies in Contemporary Jewry explores new understandings and approaches to Jewish "ethnicity." In current parlance regarding multicultural diversity, Jews are often considered to belong socially to the "majority," whereas "otherness" is reserved for "minorities." But these group labels and their meanings have changed over time. This volume analyzes how "ethnic," "ethnicity," and "identity" have been applied to Jews, past and present, individually and collectively.

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