1947

Author : Elisabeth Åsbrink
Publisher : Scribe Publications
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781925548273

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1947 by Elisabeth Åsbrink Pdf

As the clock strikes the end of the war, the time begins to turn towards a new age — the one we call now. This shift does not happen overnight, from one day to the next; instead, the world vibrates for a number of years. People try to find their way back to homes that are no longer there, or on to an uncertain future across the sea. Some run from their deeds, and most get away. Among the millions in flight across Europe looking for a new home in 1947 is Elisabeth Åsbrink’s father. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian Dior creates the New Look, Simone de Beauvoir writes The Second Sex, the first computer bug is discovered, the CIA is set up, a clockmaker’s son draws up the plan that remains the goal of jihadists to this day, and a UN Committee is given four months to find a solution to the problem of Palestine. In 1947, Elisabeth Åsbrink chronicles the creation of the modern world, as the forces that will go on to govern all our lives during the next 70 years first make themselves known.

Author : M. Zahir
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 251 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525502361

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1947. A Memoir of Indian Independence by M. Zahir Pdf

M. Zahir was born in Ludhiana in the Indian Province of Punjab in 1936. His father was a doctor in the Punjab Medical Service and at the time of Indian Independence was in charge of the Government Hospital in the small town of Mukerian. Zahir describes the ancient, multicultural society he lived in, and its sudden and complete destruction in 1947 when India achieved its independence. India's independence from the British Raj was accompanied by the division of the country into India and Pakistan, a divide which resulted in unspeakable violence with the death of close to two million people. Caught on the wrong side of the dividing line between India and Pakistan, Zahir's family tried to leave by train to Pakistan. The train was ambushed and almost all the Muslims men were killed on the spot and women abducted. Miraculously, a young Hindu put his own life in danger to save most of Zahir's family. As a boy, Zahir witnessed firsthand what is described as ‘the greatest loss of civilian life in human history in the absence of war or famine’. In this meticulously- remembered memoir, Zahir describes the events leading to Indian Independence, the catastrophic train journey, and his life in the new country of Pakistan. The legacy of those events still haunts the world. Zahir, a Rhodes Scholar and a retired physician, now lives in British Columbia, Canada.

Author : Aḥmad Salīm
Publisher : India Research Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 8187943165

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Lahore 1947 by Aḥmad Salīm Pdf

This Edited Volume Brings Togehter Writings In English And Urdu Translation Which Shed Light On Lahore`S Five Month Long Descent Into Chaos From March 1947. It Provides Many Clues As To Why Communal Harmony Broke Down In The Punjab.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Justice, and Commerce Departments Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112055335746

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Department of State Appropriation Bill for 1947 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on State, Justice, and Commerce Departments Appropriations Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 796 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1946
Category : Electronic
ISBN : IND:30000088146406

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Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1947 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations Pdf

Author : Alisa Douer
Publisher : Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Egypt
ISBN : 9783832540524

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Egypt - The Lost Homeland: Exodus from Egypt, 1947-1967 by Alisa Douer Pdf

In the twentieth century, the political Zionist movement and Egyptian rulers completely uprooted the country's thriving Jewish community - a goal the Pharaohs tried to realize as early as 3500 years ago. Mostly comprised of descendants of Sephardim from the Iberian Peninsula, the world's oldest Jewish community totaled 85,000 members in 1948. No more than 100 to 200 Jews live in Egypt today. This book tells the story of Egypt's Jewish history from Biblical times to 1967, the year of one of the last major Jewish emigration waves from Egypt. It highlights the First Exodus in ca. 1500 BCE and the Second Exodus, which was triggered by the foundation of the State of Israel and three successive wars in 1948, 1956, and 1967. Throughout the narrative, it becomes evident that the Jewish community consistently was subject to the arbitrary will of Egyptian rulers. Starting in 1948, members of this community were forced to leave the country without any of their belongings on short notice. Like other Jews from the Arab world, Egyptian Jews were not Zionists in the Eurocentric, Ashkenazi sense. Their arrival in Israel was met with prejudice and disdain. Even though they were discriminated against in matters of housing and education, they still managed to integrate well into Israeli society and are now members of the country's upper and middle class. The evidence presented in this book is based on interviews with ninety-six Egyptian Jews in Israel and the United States.

Author : M. Zahir
Publisher : FriesenPress
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781525502347

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1947. A Memoir of Indian Independence by M. Zahir Pdf

M. Zahir was born in Ludhiana in the Indian Province of Punjab in 1936. His father was a doctor in the Punjab Medical Service and at the time of Indian Independence was in charge of the Government Hospital in the small town of Mukerian. Zahir describes the ancient, multicultural society he lived in, and its sudden and complete destruction in 1947 when India achieved its independence. India's independence from the British Raj was accompanied by the division of the country into India and Pakistan, a divide which resulted in unspeakable violence with the death of close to two million people. Caught on the wrong side of the dividing line between India and Pakistan, Zahir's family tried to leave by train to Pakistan. The train was ambushed and almost all the Muslims men were killed on the spot and women abducted. Miraculously, a young Hindu put his own life in danger to save most of Zahir's family. As a boy, Zahir witnessed firsthand what is described as ‘the greatest loss of civilian life in human history in the absence of war or famine’. In this meticulously- remembered memoir, Zahir describes the events leading to Indian Independence, the catastrophic train journey, and his life in the new country of Pakistan. The legacy of those events still haunts the world. Zahir, a Rhodes Scholar and a retired physician, now lives in British Columbia, Canada.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 984 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Taxation
ISBN : UIUC:30112119787742

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Revenue Revisions, 1947-48: Tax-exempt organizations other than cooperatives by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Agricultural price supports
ISBN : NWU:35556040336778

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Long-range Agricultural Policy: held at Rocky Mount, N.C., October 17, 1947 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture Pdf

Author : Bruce Caldwell
Publisher : Hoover Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2022-03-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780817924867

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Mont Pèlerin 1947 by Bruce Caldwell Pdf

Marking the 75th anniversary of the first meeting of the Mont Pèlerin Society, in 1947, this volume presents for the first time the original transcripts from this landmark event. The society was created by Friedrich Hayek as a forum for leading economists and intellectuals to discuss and debate classical liberal values in the face of a rapidly changing world and political trends toward socialism. Bruce Caldwell, a major scholar of Hayek, provides an informative introduction and explanatory notes to the source documents, drawn from the Hoover Institution Library & Archives, where they have been available to scholars. Now accessible to all, the transcripts reveal what was said on a wide range of topics, including free markets, monetary reform, wage policy, taxation, agricultural policy, the future of Germany, Christianity and liberalism, and more. They provide insights into the thinking of men such as Hayek, Milton Friedman, Aaron Director, Frank Knight, Walter Eucken, Karl Popper, and other leading figures in the classical liberalism movement, illuminating not only their ideas but also their distinctive personalities. A photo section shows rarely seen images from the meeting.

Author : Whitman Publishing
Publisher : Whitman Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-06-05
Category : History
ISBN : 0794837298

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The Year in History 1947 by Whitman Publishing Pdf

Remember the year you graduated . . . got married . . . landed your dream job . . . had your first child. Celebrate those special occasions with Whitman Publishing s The Year in History books. You ll relive the nation s day-to-day news, important milestones, and pop-culture sensations. What events were shaping the world? What movies was everyone watching? How much did it cost to buy a car? What famous people were born that year? Each Year in History book is packed with details that bring history to life. In The Year in History: 1947 you ll relive a time when baseball great Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers Stephen King, Hillary Clinton, and Arnold Schwarzenegger were born President Truman delivered the first televised State of the Union address the average new car cost less than $2,000 test pilot Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier . . . and much more! Recapture an important year from your life Give a uniquely personal gift Other books in the Year in History library explore

Author : Donald R. McCoy,Richard T. Ruetten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015005336113

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Quest and Response by Donald R. McCoy,Richard T. Ruetten Pdf

Author : Anne Frank
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Amsterdam (Netherlands)
ISBN : 8190442368

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Anne Frank by Anne Frank Pdf

A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her impressions of the two years (1942-1944) she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps.

Author : Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1210 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1938
Category : Canada
ISBN : UOM:39015033595284

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The Canada Year Book by Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics Pdf

Author : Khushwant Singh
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-11
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789351188391

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Memories of Madness by Khushwant Singh Pdf

Independence for India, in 1947, came with a price: division on the basis of religion. In the communal riots that followed, hundreds of thousands were killed and millions rendered homeless. And the tragic legacy of Partition haunts the subcontinent even today. Memories of Madness brings together works by three leading writers who witnessed the insanity of those months. Train to Pakistan, Khushwant Singh’s debut novel, tells the story of a village in Punjab, Mano Majra, where Muslims and Sikhs have co-existed peacefully, till one night in 1947, when a ghost train arrives from across the new border, bearing corpses of butchered refugees. As mistrust grows into hate and the people of Mano Majra lose their humanity, it is left to an outcast, a Sikh dacoit in love with a Muslim girl, to avert another carnage. Bhisham Sahni’s Tamas is a harrowing portrait of a small frontier town in the grip of communal frenzy. Based on the author’s own experience of riots in Rawalpindi, this celebrated novel describes the murder and mayhem triggered off by the discovery of a pig’s carcass outside a mosque. The matchless stories of Saadat Hasan Manto, the greatest short story writer in the Urdu language, round off this collection. In addition to his most famous story, ‘Toba Tek Singh’, the selection includes ten other sketches and stories in which Manto turns his unflinching gaze on history's criminals, victims and unlikely heroes. As moving as they are disturbing, the stories in this volume are of immense relevance in these times, for they constitute a chilling reminder of the consequences of communal politics.