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International politics on the world stage. by Rourke, John T.

International politics on the world stage. by Rourke, John T.

Staging the past the politics of commemoration in Habsburg Central Europe, 1848 to the present /

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Berber culture on the world stage from village to video / by Goodman, Jane E., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Circuits -- The Berber Spring -- Refracting Berber identities -- The mythical village -- Texts -- Collecting poems -- Authoring modernity -- Copyright matters -- Performances -- Staging gender -- Village to video.…”
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The early stage of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1956 by Hu, Angang

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Kurdistan on the global stage : kinship, land, and community in Iraq / by King, Diane E., 1966-

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Staging memory : myth, symbolism and identity in postcolonial Italy and Libya / by Del Monte, Stefania, 1968-

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Staging Chinese revolution : theater, film, and the afterlives of propaganda / by Chen, Xiaomei, 1954-

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In Godzilla's footsteps Japanese pop culture icons on the global stage /

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East Asian civilizations a dialogue in five stages / by De Bary, William Theodore, 1919-

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Exploring the Longue Durée essays in honor of Lawrence E. Stager /

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The path to the Berlin Wall : critical stages in the history of divided Germany / by Wilke, Manfred

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Dissecting the Criminal Corpse Staging Post-Execution Punishment in Early Modern England / by Hurren, Elizabeth T.

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Imperialist conspiracy in Africa / by Tabata, I. B.

Table of Contents: “…--Memorandum to the Organisation of African Unity.--Rhodesia: a new stage in the struggle in southern Africa.--Verwoerd's assassination.…”

South Africa and the logic of regional cooperation by Hentz, James J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : defining the future - South Africa's foreign economic policy and regional cooperation in Southern Africa -- Setting the stage : South and Southern Africa, 1948-1989 -- Debating the future : regional relations in the post-apartheid era -- Ideology and the political economy of transitional South Africa -- South Africa's political economy in transition : industry and trade -- Banking, finance, monetary policy, and globalization in South Africa -- International influences and political choice in transitional South Africa -- The post-apartheid state and policy process -- Conclusion : post-apartheid South Africa's regional relations.…”
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Admitting the Holocaust collected essays / by Langer, Lawrence L.

Table of Contents: “…The Americanization of the Holocaust on Stage and Screen -- 14. What More Can Be Said About the Holocaust?…”
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Pacification in Algeria, 1956-1958 by Galula, David, 1919-1967

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. The stage: i. The background -- ii. Insurgency and counterensurgency in Algeria -- iii. …”
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The post-Soviet wars rebellion, ethnic conflict, and nationhood in the Caucasus / by Zürcher, Christoph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : war and peace in the Caucasus -- Setting the stage : the past, the nation, and the state -- Making sense : conflict theory and the Caucasus -- Wars over Chechnya -- Wars in Georgia -- The war over Karabakh -- Wars that did not happen : Dagestan and Ajaria -- Conclusion : post-Soviet wars and theories of internal wars.…”
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The sites of Rome time, space, memory /

Table of Contents: “…Larmour -- Victim and voyeur : Rome as a character in Tacitus' Histories 3 / Rhiannon Ash -- The gates of Janus : Bakhtin and Plutarch's Roman meta-chronotope / Jason Banta -- Staging Rome : the Renaissance, Rome, and humanism's classical crisis / Jacob Blevins -- Sizing up Rome, or theorizing the overview / Caroline Vout -- Ancient Rome for little comrades : the legacy of classical antiquity in Soviet childrens' literature / Marina Balina -- The sites and sights of Rome in Fellini's films : 'not a human habitation but a psychical entity' / Elena Theodorakopoulos.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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