If you are not happy with the results below please do another search
A subsequent post is entitled: Toronto’s 1950s emergency housing: An informative, comprehensive overview by Kevin Brushett (2007) A previous post is entitled: Seeking information: Wartime and postwar housing at Small Arms Ltd. in Lakeview and elsewhere I have recently learned of a March 1, 2007 paper, in the Journal of Urban History, entitled “Where will […]
In previous posts I have spoken about Venezuela. Barrio Rising: Urban Popular Politics and the Making of Modern Venezuela (2015) is a valuable additional resource regarding the history of Venezuela. A publisher’s blurb (which I’ve broken into shorter paragraphs) for the book reads: In the mid-1950s, in an effort to modernize Venezuela, the military government […]
A Jan. 6, 2015 Guardian article is entitled: “Ex-Guatemalan officials arrested over civil war killings and abuses” The subhead is entitled: “The suspects face charges of crimes against humanity involving massacres and disappearances of people by security forces under their command.” A Jan. 16, 2016 New York Times article is entitled: “Guatemala Arrests Former Military Officers […]
In The Government Next Door (2015), Luigi Tomba describes five “rationalities” whereby the Chinese state has maintained control over local neighbourhoods during the transition from socialism to capitalism, namely: Social clustering micro-governing social engineering contained contention, and exemplarism Homogeneity of collective interests In Chapter 1 of the above-noted, exquisitely well-organized study, Luigi Tomba notes that “Communities are places […]
You can access the post here: Dec. 26:This is very long but,….. Graeme Decarie: I’ve just finished a very long blog. But I like it because this one gets me away from the dreadful newspapers down here. If you like, notify any students who might be interested that they can get it by googling The […]
I’ve mentioned in a previous post that I enjoy a recent book that I came across about the history of Japan: Japan: A Concise History (2015) critiques narratives related to humanity’s impact upon the environment I’ve devoted the current post to the book, as a way to bring added attention to it. The book’s concluding […]