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Physical and chemical methods in soil analysis fundamental concepts of analytical chemistry and instrumental techniques / by Sarkar, D.

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People of India : an investigation of biological variability in ecological, ethno-economic, and linguistic groups / by Bhasin, M. K.

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Satyendra Nath Bose his life and times : selected works (with commentary) / by Bose, Satyendranath, 1894-1974

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Working the night shift women in India's call center industry / by Patel, Reena, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…Off-shoring customer service : a new global order -- Mobility-morality narratives : the effects of the industry on the physical mobility of women -- Traveling at night : the effects of night shift employment on the temporal mobility of women -- Fast money, family survival, and the consumer class : the effects of call center employment on economic mobility -- On the home front -- Social mobility : other openings and constrictions.…”
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The Place of Devotion : Siting and Experiencing Divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism / by Sarbadhikary, Sukanya, 1983-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : siting and experiencing divinity in Bengal-Vaishnavism -- Discovering Gupta-Vrindavan : finding selves and places in the storied landscape -- Imagining in Gupta-Vrindvan : experiencing the self and emotions in the mind-heart landscape -- Bodying Gupta-Vrindavan : experiencing the self and emotions in the corporeal space -- Serving Gupta-Vrindavan : devotional service in the physical place and the workings of the "International society" -- Listening to Vrindavan : chanting and musical experience as embodying a devotional soundscape -- Conclusion.…”
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The investment climate in Brazil, India, and South Africa a comparison of approaches for sustaining economic growth in emerging economies /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Assessing the investment climate of Brazil, India, and South Africa -- Macroeconomic and trade policy -- Macroeconomic performance -- Taxation -- Foreign trade and exchange -- The benefits of exporting : the case of Brazil -- Microeconomic framework -- Regulation -- Enforcement -- Enabling environment for growth -- Investment climate and firm location -- Access to finance -- Physical infrastructure -- Cost and availability of skilled labor -- Crime -- Potential reforms and their estimated effects -- Investment climate reform and productivity -- Examining options for microeconomic reform : access to credit -- Lessons from country experience -- A flat tax for micro and small firms : the SIMPLES reform in Brazil -- The emergence of India's software sector -- Building a respected corporate tax system in South Africa -- South Africa's accelerated and shared growth initiative -- Conclusions -- Appendix A: Concept of the investment climate --Appendix B: Data sources.…”
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Mad tales from the Raj colonial psychiatry in South Asia, 1800-58 / by Ernst, Waltraud, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : colonizing the mind -- Madness and the politics of colonial rule: Ideological positions ; Bureaucracy, corruption and public opinion ; The sick, the poor and the mad ; Administrative reforms and legal provision -- The institutions: The role of institutionalization ; Towards uniformity ; Inside the institutions -- The medical profession: The search for fortune and professional recognition ; The medicalization of madness ; The subordination of 'native' medicine ; Medicine and empire -- The patients: 'Highly irregular conduct' and 'neglect of duty' ; 'Drawn very much from the same class' ; A passage from India ; The changing fortunes of asylum inmates ; Being insane in British India -- Medical theories and practices: Popular images and medical concepts ; 'Moral' therapy, 'mental' illness and 'physical' derangement ; Diagnostics and therapeutic practice ; Aetiology and prognosis ; Treatment ; The question of 'non-restraint' ; Social discrimination, racial prejudice and medical concepts ; East is East, and West is best -- Conclusion : 'Mad dogs and Englishmen-- '.…”
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Carbon capture, storage and utilization a possible climate change solution for energy industry /

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