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Roots of the Arab Spring contested authority and political change in the Middle East / by Rand, Dafna Hochman, 1977-

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The roots of war in the 21st century geography, hegemony, and politics in Asia-Pacific / by Doyle, Randall Jordan

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Poverty of democracy : the institutional roots of political participation in Mexico / by Holzner, Claudio A.

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Prophets of violence, prophets of peace understanding the roots of contemporary political violence / by Suhail, K̲h̲ālid

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The Routledge history of disability /

Table of Contents: “…chapter 26 The genesis of societies for crippled children in Canada and their American roots /…”
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Angela Merkel a chancellorship forged in crisis / by Crawford, Alan

Table of Contents: “…Exodus (Merkel's journey) -- Revelation (five minutes to midnight) -- Genesis (eastern roots) -- Numbers (Germany's subprime scandal).…”
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The beat! go-go music from Washington, D.C. / by Lornell, Kip, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…The roots and emergence of go-go -- Going to a go-go -- Band profiles -- Communities -- Entrepreneurs -- The media -- Go-go on film.…”
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India's new middle class democratic politics in an era of economic reform / by Fernandes, Leela

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The historical roots of the new middle class -- Framing the liberalizing middle class -- Social capital, labor market restructuring, and India's new economy -- State power, urban space, and civic life -- Liberalization, democracy, and middle class politics -- Conclusion.…”
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An Unspecific Dog: Artifacts of This Late Stage in History / by Rothes, Joshua

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North Korea the struggle against American power / by Beal, Tim

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Fulcrum of geography, anvil of history: DPRK in historical perspective -- The roots of modern Korea: from Tangun to liberation -- Years of struggle, years of hope: Korean War to first nuclear crisis -- Creation of the Agreed Framework and the flowering of dätente -- Crisis reignited: economic reform, regional accord, Washington discord -- Part II: The pillars of confrontation -- The human rights record: complexities, causes, solutions -- Drugs and generals -- The nuclear confrontation -- On the precipice: options, positions and dangers at the start of the second Bush administration.…”
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Third-Generation Holocaust Representation Trauma, History, and Memory / by Aarons, Victoria, Berger, Alan L., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…On the periphery : the "tangled roots" of Holocaust remembrance for the third generation -- The intergenerational transmission of memory and trauma : from survivor writing to post-Holocaust representation -- Third-generation memoirs : metonymy and representation in Daniel Mendelsohn's The Lost -- Trauma and tradition : changing classical paradigms in third-generation novelists -- Nicole Krauss : inheriting the burden of Holocaust trauma -- Refugee writers and Holocaust trauma -- "There were times when it was possible to weigh suffering" : Julie Orringer's The Invisible Bridge and the extended trauma of the Holocaust.…”
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Third-Generation Holocaust Representation : Trauma, History, and Memory / by Aarons, Victoria, Berger, Alan L., 1939-

Table of Contents: “…On the periphery : the "tangled roots" of Holocaust remembrance for the third generation -- The intergenerational transmission of memory and trauma : from survivor writing to post-Holocaust representation -- Third-generation memoirs : metonymy and representation in Daniel Mendelsohn's The Lost -- Trauma and tradition : changing classical paradigms in third-generation novelists -- Nicole Krauss : inheriting the burden of Holocaust trauma -- Refugee writers and Holocaust trauma -- "There were times when it was possible to weigh suffering" : Julie Orringer's The Invisible Bridge and the extended trauma of the Holocaust.…”
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Inside the Antisemitic Mind : The Language of Jew-Hatred in Contemporary Germany / by Schwarz-Friesel, Monika, Reinharz, Jehuda

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction The Need for This Book -- 2 Hostility toward Jews and Language Verbal Imposition of Power and Violence -- 3 Hostile Stereotypes of Jews and Their Historical Roots -- 4 Present-Day Verbalization of Stereotypes -- 5 Echo of the Past -- 6 Anti-Israelism as a Modern Variant of Verbal Antisemitism The Modern Conceptualization of the Collective Jew -- 7 A Comparison with Other Countries in Europe Results of a Contrastive Analysis -- 8 The Emotional Basis of Modern Hostility toward Jews -- 9 Acts of Verbal Violence -- 10 Textual Strategies and Patterns of Argumentation -- Appendix The Basic Corpus -- Letters to the Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy in Berlin, 2002 -- 2012.…”
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Contemporary Caribbean cultures and societies in a global context

Table of Contents: “…Knight -- Challenges to Caribbean economies in the era of globalization / Helen McBain -- Globalization, the World Bank, and the Haitian economy / Alex Dupuy -- Creolization in Havana: the oldest form of globalization / Antonio Benítez-Rojo -- Showing face: Boxing and nation building in contemporary Puerto Rico / Frances Negrón-Muntaner -- Creolité in the hood: diaspora as source and challenge / Juan Flores -- Glocal spirituality: consumerism and heritage in a Puerto Rican Afro-Latin folk religion / Raquel Romberg -- Women's grass-roots organizations in the Dominican Republic: real and imagined female figures / Valentina Peguero -- Race and politics in Cuba / Aline Helg -- Jamaican reggae and the articulation of social and historical consciousness in musical discourse / Jorge L. …”
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Latin American issues and challenges

Table of Contents: “…The roots of Cuba's agricultural renascence / Paul L. …”
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Cultural tourism in Latin America the politics of space and imagery /

Table of Contents: “…Mendoza -- The 'three roots' of Panama's cultural heritage : the construction of racial and national identities in theme parks / Carla Guerrón Montero -- Through the othering gaze : Yucatecan trova music and 'the tourist' in Yucatán, Mexico / Gabriela Vargas-Cetina -- 'A symbol of wisdom and love'? …”
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Struggles for Political Change in the Arab World : Regimes, Oppositions, and External Actors after the Spring /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : struggles for political change in the Arab world : regimes, oppositions, and external actors after the Spring / Hesham Sallam, Lisa Blaydes, and Amr Hamzawy -- Authoritarian narratives and practices in Egypt / Amr Hamzawy -- The people vs. the palace : power and politics in Morocco since 2011 / Samia Errazzouki -- Kuwait's changing landscape : palace projects and the decline of rule by consensus / Farah Al-Nakib -- The decay of family rule in Saudi Arabia / Michael Herb -- Syria's repressive peace / Samer Abboud -- Mobilization without movement : opposition and youth activism in Jordan / Sean Yom -- Cycles of contention in Lebanon / Lina Khatib -- Algeria : anatomy of a revolutionary situation / Thomas Serres -- The nexus of patronage, petrol, and population in Iraq / David Siddhartha Patel -- Understanding the roots, dynamics, and potential of an "impossible" revolution : the prospects and challenges of democratization in Sudan / Khalid Mustafa Medani -- Tunisia : the challenges of party consolidation and the specter of authoritarian reversal / Lindsay J. …”
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Afro-Future Females : Black Writer's Chart Science Fiction's Newest New-Wave Trajectory /

Table of Contents: “…Spillers -- Black to the future: Afro-Futurism 1.0 / Mark Dery -- On the other side of the glass: the television roots of Black science fiction / Marleen S. Barr -- Becoming animal in Black women's science fiction / Madhu Dubey -- God is change: persuasion and pragmatic utopianism in Octavia E. …”
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