The rise of political martyrdom in the contemporary world is not a new phenomenon but can be traced back to at least the early Twentieth Century with the rise of European Fascist movements. Both they, and the fascist-like movements of today, share a cluster of characteristics th…
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The late 1920s and 1930s were a crucial moment in the state-directed modernization of Turkey, because it was the moment in which the Kemalists turned to the implementation of cultural reforms in every field from arts to clothing. This moment of state-led modernization coincided,…
This dissertation discusses the topics of judicial independence and judicial accountability using the federal and state court systems of the United States as major examples since much of the work on judicial independence derives from the American experience. I define judicial in…
Using the Vienna Police Directorate as a case study, this dissertation illuminates the relationship between Nazism, the Holocaust, and twentieth-century ideals of professional policing. To do so, it takes a longer view and examine the Vienna Police Directorate under four regimes…
A new global history of Fordism from the Great Depression to the postwar eraAs the United States rose to ascendancy in the first decades of the twentieth century, observers abroad associated American economic power most directly with its burgeoning automobile industry. In the 19…