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    The Pawnee mission letters, 1834-1851

    Published 2010
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    Women's Political and Social Thought : An Anthology /

    Published 2000
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    Inventing Virginia Sir Walter Raleigh and the rhetoric of colonization, 1584-1590 / by Moran, Michael G.

    Published 2007
    Table of Contents: “…Virginia as a garden : Arthur Barlowe's "first voyage made to the coastes of America" (1584) -- Explaining a failure : Ralph Lane's 1586 Account as apologia -- Thomas Hariot's A briefe and true report of the new found land of Virginia and the possibilities of settlement -- The English gaze, Virginia, and the Roanoke Indians : John White as ethnographic illustrator -- Renaissance surveying techniques and the 1590 Hariot-White-de Bry maps of Virginia -- John White and the Renaissance exploration report as personal apologia -- Conclusion.…”
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    Audun and the polar bear luck, law, and largesse in a medieval tale of risky business /

    Published 2008
    Table of Contents: “…Some technical matters : dates, origin, versions -- The story of Audun from the Westfjords (Audun's story) -- The commitment to plausibility -- Helping Thorir and buying the bear -- Dealing with King Harald -- Giving the bear to Svein : the interests in the bear -- Saying no to kings -- Eggs in one basket and market value -- Rome : self-impoverishment and self-confidence -- Repaying the bear -- Back to Harald : the yielding of accounts -- Audun's luck -- Richness and risk -- -- Motives -- Gaming the system : gift-ref -- Regiving and reclaiming gifts -- Relevant law -- Serious scarcity, self-interest and Audun's mother -- In the gift vs. in on the gift -- Gifts upward : repaying by receiving and funny money -- The obligation to accept -- Giving up and down hierarchies : of god(s), beggars, and equals -- Nadad and Abihu : sacrifice, caprice, and binding god and kings -- Funny money that is not so funny -- Of free and closing gifts -- Coda : the whiteness of the bear.…”
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    Taiwan in troubled times essays on the Chen Shui-bian presidency /

    Published 2002
    Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Chapter 1 Introduction, John E Copper -- Chapter 2 Taiwan in Gridlock, John F Copper -- Chapter 3 Whither Cross-Strait Relations, Sheng Lijun -- Chapter 4 The Democratic Progressive Party's Factional -- Politics, Chao Chien-min -- Chapter 5 Dynamic Stability in Beijing-Taipei Relations, -- George W Tsai -- Addendum Taiwan's December 2001 Election, John E Copper -- Appendix I China's White Paper on Taiwan -- Appendix II Zhu Rongji's Statement before Taiwan Election -- Appendix III Chen Shui-bian's Victory Speech -- Appendix IV Chen Shui-bian's Inauguration Address -- Appendix V President Chen's National Day Address, 2000 -- Appendix VI President's New Year's Eve Address -- Appendix VII President's New Year's Address -- Appendix VIII President's First Anniversary Speech -- Appendix IX Economic Conference Closing Address -- Appendix X Resolutions of Economic Conference -- Appendix XI President's National Day Address, 2001 -- Appendix XII President's Comments on the APEC Conference -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography.…”
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