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The happy life Chairman Mao gave us, 1954

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

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Protect the Great Results of the Cultural Revolution, 1974

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

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Studying for the mother country, 1986

Visual images provide valuable material for the exploration of childhood, youth and history.

Florence Farmborough
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Florence Farmborough’s Journal

Florence Farmborough was an English nurse working on the Russian front during World War I. Her diary contains many descriptive, lively accounts of the war and the very active role played by women, both in the traditional role as caretakers of the wounded, but also as fighters.

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Soviet Policy Towards the West: The Gorbachev Challenge

As President George H. W. Bush took office in January 1989, factions within his administration disagreed concerning the approach to take with regard to US-Soviet relations.