Catalog Search Results
501) Age of anger
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
Modernity, secularism, development, and progress have long been viewed by the powerful few as benign ideals for the many. Today, however, botched experiments in nation-building, democracy, industrialization, and urbanization visibly scar much of the world. It was from among the ranks of the disaffected and the spiritually disorientated, that the militants of the nineteenth century arose. Many more people today, unable to fulfill the promises of a...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A story about political organizing and the power of community. Valérie Plante stood up to the patriarchal power system of her city, took down an incumbent, and became the first woman elected Mayor of Montreal. Her origin story comes alive in Okay, Universe. This captivating graphic novel--created in a true collaboration with Delphie Côté-Lacroix--follows her journey from community organizer and volunteer to municipal candidate, and the phone...
Pub. Date
1897
Language
English
Description
The collections consist of primary and secondary research conducted by doctoral candidate Delight W. Dodyk in connection with her research into the New Jersey suffragette movement, in particular the role of then Morristown resident Julia Sampson Hurlbut. The materials consist of correspondence between Dodyk and Hurlbut's daughter, Barbara Helm, as well as the transcript of an oral history both participated in during 1995. Also included are original...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
Description
At the outset of World War II, Denmark did not resist German occupation. Deeply ashamed of his nation's leaders, fifteen-year-old Knud Pedersen resolved with his brother and a handful of schoolmates to take action against the Nazis if the adults would not. Naming their secret club after the fiery British leader, the young patriots in the Churchill Club committed countless acts of sabotage, infuriating the Germans, who eventually had the boys tracked...
In Interlibrary Loan
Didn't find what you need? Items not owned by Main Library Alliance members might be available in other libraries across New Jersey. You can search JerseyCat and place a request for the item to be sent to your library.
If your library doesn't permit JerseyCat requests or the item can't be found, you can also contact your library for assistance.Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Materials Request Service. Submit Request