Youth and Rock in the Soviet Bloc explores the rise of youth as consumers of popular culture and the globalization of popular music in Russia and Eastern Europe. This collection of essays challenges assumptions that Communist leaders and Western-influenced youth cultures were inimically hostile to one another. While initially banning Western cultural trends like jazz and rock-and-roll, Communist leaders accommodated elements of rock and pop music to develop their own socialist popular musi...

From a small town in McCormick, South Carolina to the sacred halls of faith, is where there is divine, and the human converge. Dr. David E. Tompkins found a profound perspective on life's intricate tapestry. Through the lens of his unwavering devotion to God, he has traversed the turbulent terrains of business, religion, relationships, friendships, the ministry, and the unfathomable depths of brokenness and resilience as he shares his experiences as a pastor of a non-denominational church ...

This book examines the exercise of power in the Stalinist music world as well as the ways in which composers and ordinary people responded to it. It presents a comparative inquiry into the relationship between music and politics in the German Democratic Republic and Poland from the aftermath of World War II through Stalin's death in 1953, concluding with the slow process of de-Stalinization in the mid-to late-1950s. The author explores how the Communist parties in both countries expressed ...

The ebook edition of this title is Open Access and freely available to read online.Globally, poor hygiene and sanitation contribute to more than 1,000 daily deaths from diarrhoeal diseases among children under the age of 5, while two thirds of urban wastewaters are discharged without treatment into lakes, rivers and coastal waters. Across Europe the percentage of the population connected to wastewater treatment plants varies from 14% to >99% with many reliant on un...