Editorial

Dear colleagues and readers,

You have online here on your screen the second issue of the electronic Bulgarian Journal of American and Transatlantic Studies. Thanks to the interest of all of you and especially - to the valuable contributions of some of you, the second issue is now here for the critical scrutiny of your eyes and minds.

Being once again the result of the concerted efforts of its team of dedicated US Studies scho...

Author: Dr. Kostadin Grozev, Associate Professor, Chair of Modern and Contemporary World History, Faculty of History, Sofia University
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Р. Никсън в сянката на Д. Айзенхауер: Студената война и борбите около президентската кандидатура на Републиканската партия през 1960 г.


По силата на историческите обстоятелства ген. Дуайт Айзенхауер е първият обитател на Белия дом, за когото важат разпоредбите на влязла в сила през 1951 г. ХХІІ поправка към Конституцията на САЩ, ограничаващи до два мандатите на американския президент. Това означава, че неговият заместник ще бъде определен в резултат на изборите от ноември 1960 г., а самото предаване на властта ще стане на 20 януари 1961 г. в един достоен и достолепен а...

Author: Dr. Kostadin Grozev, Associate Professor, Chair of Modern and Contemporary World History, Faculty of History, Sofia University
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The 2006 Mid-Term Election

“Belated as it is, Rumsfeld’s departure does have encouraging aspects. Above all, it suggests that the most imperial presidency of modern times can still be held accountable by the voters.”

Boston Globe, November 9, 2006

“Civil liberties reinforce the separation of powers by limiting the discretion of the executive branch. The separation of powers is an essential mechanism for corre...

Author: Prof. Howard Ball, Professor of Law and Politics at the University of Vermont
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An Introduction and Editorial Discussion of the New Edition of the Liturgy No. 1 of Saint John Chrysostom by Dobri Hristov

CHAPTER ONE

Introduction

The original impetus for this project came in 2001 at the Varna International Conductors Workshop, at which the participants, including this writer, were introduced to the music of Dobri Hristov for the first time. Selections of his Liturgy No. 1 were sung in concert using photocopies of the 1988 edition, complete with a rough and rarely accurate Latin alphabet phonet...

Author: Timothy M. Powell,
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Методи и подходи в съвременната историография в трансатлантическата зона

Внимавайте, скъпи приятелю, вие напускате рамките на историята... Прочетете отново моето определение – толкова е ясно! Понеже сте историк, не бива да стъпвате на този терен, той принадлежи на социолога. Не бива и на онзи – ще навлезете в полето на психолога. На дясно? В никакъв случай! Ще се вмъкнете в дома на географа! На ляво – в този на етнолога... Кошмари. Глупости. Осакатяване. Долу оградите и табелите! Историкът трябва сво...

Author: Liliana Tabakova, Sofia University
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Love and Suffering in Bom Jesus: Marileia as Favela Woman and Mother

Introduction

My anthropological fieldwork has focused on economically poor working children and their families in Curvelo, Minas Gerais, Brazil (population 63,467) between 1997-2000 (IBGE 1996). While my research demonstrates the importance of children’s income to household economy (Mikulak 2003), my data also explores the harsh conditions grinding poverty foists upon the poor, particularly women and children living in Brazil...

Author: Dr. Marcia Mikulak, University of North Dakota, USA
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