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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos

August 28th, 2009 by David Michalski

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum encyclopedia of camps and ghettos, 1933-1945
[general editor, Geoffrey P. Megargee].

Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press : [Washington, D.C.] : United States Holocaust Memorial Museum,

Call no.
Shields Library Humanities/Social Sciences Reference D805.A2 U55 2009 Lib Use Only

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Subject
Concentration camps — Europe — Encyclopedias.
World War, 1939-1945 — Concentration camps — Europe — Encyclopedias.

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Comments sought on these European presses

April 17th, 2009 by Adam Siegel

These overlooked European presses are publishing interesting material not typically held in the UC system. Are they of interest to you? We would like to know. Check out their online lists of books.

Contact Humanities and Social Science Librarian Adam Siegel to discuss your interest in these presses.

Archiv der Jugendkulturen.

The emphasis of this German publisher lies in documenting international and German youth culture (contemporary and historical). Number of titles: 54. Number of titles in Worldcat: 37. Number of titles in Melvyl: 8. Number of titles in Harvest: 0.

Some recent representative titles include:

Liebel, Mandred & Rohmann, Gabriele (eds). Entre Fronteras: Grenzgänge. Jugendkulturen in Mexiko (Between Borders. Youth Culture in Mexico)

Ranisch, Jörn. le petit mort: Sex & Drugs & Mukoviszidose. Die Geschichte eines Grufties (Le petit mort: Sex and Drugs and Cystic Fibrosis. A Goth’s Story)

Rossig, Rüdiger. Ex-Yugos: Junge MigrantInnen aus Jugoslawien und seinen Nachfolgestaaten in Deutschland (Ex-Yugos: Young Immigrants from Yugoslavia and Its Successor States in Germany)

Nakladatelství Dauphin

This Czech publisher’s list includes contemporary Czech literature, literature in translation (mostly French and German), and social sciences. Melvyl holdings as of today: none.

Recent representative titles include:

Hůla, Jiří. Rozhovory (Conversations) (Interviews with contemporary Czech artists, including R. Dzurko, S. Kolíbal, M. Mainer, M. Moucha, P. Nešleha, J. Róna, Z. Sekal, J. a E. Švankmajer, J. Zeithamml, etc.)

Matzner, Antonín & Pilka, Jiří. Česká filmová hudba (Czech Film Music)

Švankmajer, Jan. Síla imaginace (The Power of Imagination)