Search Results - "Evolution"

The evolution of the southern backcountry a case study of Lunenburg County, Virginia, 1746-1832 / by Beeman, Richard R.

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Multinational corporations emergence and evolution / by Tolentino, Paz Estrella E., 1960-

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Grant Park the evolution of Chicago's front yard / by Cremin, Dennis H.

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Education empire the evolution of an excellent suburban school system / by Duke, Daniel Linden

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Military intervention after the Cold War the evolution of theory and practice / by Talentino, Andrea Kathryn

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Everyday information the evolution of information seeking in America /

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Charlotte, NC the global evolution of a new South city /

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Surviving sudden environmental change answers from archaeology / by Abbott, David A.

Table of Contents: “…Strawhacker, Cathryn Meegan -- Archaeological Overview: Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience : Some Concluding Thoughts / Timothy A. …”
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Surviving Sudden Environmental Change Answers from Archaeology /

Table of Contents: “…Strawhacker, Cathryn Meegan -- Archaeological Overview: Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience : Some Concluding Thoughts / Timothy A. …”
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Surviving Sudden Environmental Change : Answers From Archaeology /

Table of Contents: “…Strawhacker, Cathryn Meegan -- Archaeological Overview: Social Evolution, Hazards, and Resilience : Some Concluding Thoughts / Timothy A. …”
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Building new competition law regimes : selected essays /

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Why humans cooperate a cultural and evolutionary explanation / by Henrich, Natalie, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution, culture, cooperation, and the Chaldeans -- Dual inheritance theory: the evolution of cultural capacities and cultural evolution -- Evolutionary theory and the social psychology of human cooperation -- The Chaldeans: history and the community today -- Family first: kinship explains most cooperative bahavior -- Cooperation through reciprocity and reputation -- Social norms and prosociality -- Culturally evolved social norms lead to context-specific cooperation -- Ethnicity: in-group preferences and cooperation -- Cooperative dilemmas in the world today.…”
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New approaches to teaching Italian language and culture case studies from an international perspective /

Table of Contents: “…Translation in teaching Italian as L2: evolution or involution? /…”
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World Bank engagement at the state level the cases of Brazil, India, Nigeria, and the Russian Federation.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Which states? Evolution of the Bank strategy -- The scope of Bank engagement -- Modalities of state-level engagement -- Summary of findings.…”
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Knowledge and competitive advantage the coevolution of firms, technology, and national institutions / by Murmann, Johann Peter, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- Key ideas in evolutionary theory -- Evolution of technology -- Evolution of institutions -- A sketch of coevolution -- The economics and science of dye-making -- The road ahead -- 2: Country-level performance differences and their institutional foundations -- Intriguing questions about industrial leadership -- Performance under the microscope -- Background information on the three countries -- National research and training systems -- Supporting organizations and the state -- The academic-industrial knowledge network -- Social organization of production at the shop floor -- Intellectual property right regimes -- 3: Three times two case studies of individual firms -- Purpose of the matched comparisons -- The cast of firms -- The world of pioneers (1857-65) -- Science unbound (1866-85) -- The age of Bayer (1886-1914) -- Did managerial action make a difference? …”
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Privatize this? assessing the opportunities and costs of privatization / by McGowan, Richard, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…-- Proposed and newly privatized industries -- The evolution and scope of the privatized prison industry -- Privatizing a lottery : the case of Illinois -- Conclusion -- General motors and the government bailout : the hybrid privatization.…”
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Macro federalism and local finance

Table of Contents: “…Courchene -- Globalization, the information revolution, and emerging imperatives for rethinking fiscal federalism / Anwar Shah -- Federalism and macroeconomic performance / Anwar Shah -- Regional income disparities and covergence: measurement and policy impact evolution / Raja Shankar and Anwar Shah -- Harmonizing taxation of interstate trade under a sub-national VAT: lessons from international experience / Mahesh C. …”
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Tobacco control and tobacco farming : separating myth from reality /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : separating myth from reality / Wardie Leppan, Natacha Lecours, and Daniel Buckles -- Determinants and likely evolution of global tobacco leaf demand / Jad Chaaban -- Tobacco leaf farming in Lebanon : why marginalized farmers need a better option / Kanj Hamade -- "Gentlemen, why not suppress the prices?" …”
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Civil society in Malerkotla, Punjab fostering resilience through religion / by Randhawa, Karenjot Bhangoo, 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Identifying peacebuilding at work: notes on methodology -- The need for Sikh-Muslim analysis -- Methodological challenges -- Outline of the book -- Evolution of theories: conflict and peace -- Religion and conflict -- Peacebuilding at the state and community level -- Civil society -- The role of religion -- Group identity and space sharing -- Narratives in religious communities -- Rationale for case study in an ethnographic tradition -- Researchable questions -- Content analysis -- Ethnographic methods -- In-depth interviewing -- Sikhism and Islam: a historical look at religious constructions of peace and conflict -- Tensions in history: Sikhs and Muslims -- Islam and nonviolence in the Punjab -- Partition -- Partition's effect on Malerkotla -- Perspectives from Malerkotla -- Religion and history -- Religious historical narratives -- Understanding others religious teachings and practices -- Religious exchange -- Ideas of peace and conflict informed by sacred text/teachings/similarity in content -- Conflict incidences -- Engagement in peacebuilding activities -- Analysis of findings -- Civil society linkages -- Negotiating the collective memory: narratives of past and present -- Inclusive political processes -- Economic life and interreligious relations -- Society -- Education -- Social relations -- Conflict resolution systems -- Media -- Conclusion.…”
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The provisional pulpit modern presidential leadership of public opinion / by Rottinghaus, Brandon, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Questions and quandaries of presidential leadership -- The constrained presidency: a conditional theory of presidential leadership -- Presidential (non-) leadership of public opinion -- Successful presidential leadership of public opinion -- Case studies of successful leadership (domestic policy) -- Nixon implements wage and price controls -- Reagan and the negotiation over the budget -- Clinton and the budget debate -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (domestic policy) -- Kennedy's Medicare proposal -- Ford attempts to 'whip inflation now' -- Reagan 'reforms' social security -- Case studies of successful leadership (foreign policy) -- Evolution of Johnson's Vietnam policy -- Carter on the Panama Canal treaties -- Bush and the initiation of the Gulf War -- Case studies of unsuccessful leadership (foreign policy) -- Nixon (temporarily) escalates Vietnam -- Reagan presses for 'contra' funding -- Clinton withdraws from Somalia -- Implications for leadership and the public presidency -- Epilogue: Presidents 43 and 44 -- Appendix A. …”
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