Panorama of immigration for Sao Paulo following the Second World War

This article proposes to analyze the results of a research conducted in the São Paulo Immigrants Memorial, whose purpose was to work with an agreement between the state of São Paulo and the Union, according to which the state committed itself to receive, from May 1947 to 1952, immigrants of different European nationalities. Such immigrants had a specific characteristic that conferred them a peculiar status in the eyes of the United Nations, given the fact that they originated from Germany and Austria and where either displaced persons or refugees who could not or did not want to return to their homelands, for several reasons. Italians represented only 0,12% of this group. Italian immigration to Brazil became significant only after 1950, due to the Brazil-Italy immigration agreements.

A family in the Second World War : Katy finds out about her grandmother's family.

Cuarto volumen de una serie de seis libros que narran la historia de la familia de Katy desde 1910 hasta la de 1960. Éste trata de la peligrosa vida en las ciudades cuando Gran Bretaña estaba en guerra con Alemania. Son años de escasez de alimentos y de combustibles y de cartillas de racionamiento; pero también de la incorporación de las mujeres a las fabricas de armamento. El texto se acompaña de una tabla con el precio de algunos alimentos y productos y los sueldos de algunos oficios.

Britain since 1930 : Linked to the local community during the Second World war.

Forma parte de una serie indicada para alumnos del Key Stage dos y que cubre Unidades de estudio Básicas o Core Study Units. Cada unidad de estudio es independiente, con un equilibrio en cada una de ellas entre el conocimiento teórico y las actividades prácticas. Una característica especial de esta serie es el 'enlace' a otro tema relacionado con Unidades de Estudio Suplementarias. En este caso, el enlace es: la vida en la localidad durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial.

The era of the second world war.

Explica las causas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, los orígenes del conflicto, la tensión, el miedo y los terribles sufrimientos provocados por el Holocausto, así como, los efectos de la guerra en las personas y en las naciones, en ese mismo momento, y en el período posterior de recosntrucción. Cumple con los requisitos del curriculo nacional inglés en cuanto a la utilización de una amplia gama de fuentes de información y de puntos de vista, que permite el desarrollo en los alumnos de capacidades para el análisis y para formar sus propios juicios históricos.

Global war : the Second World War, 1939-1945.

La Segunda Guerra se divide en tres partes que describen la propagación de la guerra de Polonia al resto de Europa, su expansión a escala mundial y, finalmente, la guerra total que terminó con la derrota de las potencias del Eje en 1943-45. Incluye fragmentos de fuentes históricas originales, así como, material de aprendizaje activo: ejercicios, preguntas, y pruebas.

Queer sex in the metropolis? Place, subjectivity and the Second World War

The strong links between cities and queer culture and its expression have occupied numerous scholars, including Henning Bech and Matt Houlbrook. Indeed, London has been viewed as a focal point of British queer urban culture for over 200 years and, as this article demonstrates, the advent of the Second World War did not preclude this centrality but ensured that the city became a focal point for service personnel on leave. Yet, the emphasis placed on the metropolises in analysing space and queer expression has rendered invisible the use of more transient spaces outside of the city. This article seeks to examine these ‘alternative’ or opportunistic sites of expression, using oral testimony from queer men who served with the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. The memories of these servicemen and the significance they place on space/locations demonstrate the need to engage with subjective sites or ‘geographies’ of queerness both inside and outside of the city between 1939 and 1945.

Public policy and foreign-based enterprises in Britain prior to the Second World War

This article examines the early evolution of British policy, prior to the Second World War. The British government adopted an ‘open’ policy towards foreign direct investment (FDI), despite periodic fears that some foreign acquisitions of UK firms in key sectors might be detrimental to the national interest, and a few ad hoc attempts to deal with particular instances of this kind. During the 1930s, when the inflow of foreign firms accelerated following Britain's adoption of general tariff protection, the government developed a sophisticated admissions policy, based on an assessment of the likely net benefit of each applicant to the British economy. Its limited regulatory powers were used to maximize the potential of immigrant firms for technology transfer, enhanced competition, industrial diversification, and employment creation (particularly in the depressed regions), while protecting British industries suffering from excess capacity.