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Roots of secession slavery and politics in antebellum Virginia / by Link, William A.

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Tangled roots : the Appalachian Trail and American environmental politics / by Mittlefehldt, Sarah

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Roots of empire : forests and state power in early modern Spain, c. 1500-1750 / by Wing, John T.

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The Roots of Latino Urban Agency

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Sons of the fathers the Virginia slavery debates of 1831-1832 /

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Baroque horrors roots of the fantastic in the age of curiosities / by Castillo, David R., 1967-

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The problem of emancipation the Caribbean roots of the American Civil War / by Rugemer, Edward Bartlett, 1971-

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Nations the long history and deep roots of political ethnicity and nationalism / by Gat, Azar

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To lead the free world American nationalism and the cultural roots of the Cold War / by Fousek, John, 1959-

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Narrative, identity, and the map of cultural policy once upon a time in a globalized world / by DeVereaux, Constance

Table of Contents: “…Tales of transnationalism and globalization -- History, transitions, and frameworks for analysis -- Case studies : stories in conflict or dialogues of the deaf -- Narratives, nonsense, and the roots of understanding -- Identity, borders, and narrative ironies -- Cultural citizenship, narrative, and transnationalism.…”
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Opening standards the global politics of interoperability /

Table of Contents: “…Linda Garcia -- Securing the root / Brenden Kuerbis and Milton Mueller -- Open document standards for government, the South Africa experience / Andrew Rens -- An economic basis for open standards / Rishab Ghosh -- Open innovation and interoperability / Nick Tsilas -- Standards, trade, and development / John Wilson -- Questioning copyright in standards / Pamela Samuelson -- Constructing legitimacy : the W3C's patent policy / Andrew Russell -- Common and uncommon knowledge : reducing conflict between standards and patents / Brian Kahin -- ICT standard setting today : a system under stress / Andrew Updegrove -- Software standards, openness, and interoperability / Robert Sutor -- Open standards : definition and policy / Ken Krechmer.…”
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Rwanda's Popular Genocide : A Perfect Storm / by Kimonyo, Jean Paul

Table of Contents: “…Historical background -- The pre-colonial period -- The colonial period -- The First Republic -- The Second Republic -- The years of hegemony (1973-1990) -- The discourse of reconciliation and the continued policy of exclusion -- Attempt to create a rural totalitarian state -- A brief and fragile economic recovery (1974-1986) -- Insubordination, social violence and despair -- War, multipartism and genocide -- The MRND party-state resistance to change -- The political opposition at the root of the genocide -- Butare: origins of the prefecture's political moderation -- Historical background -- Butare under the Second Republic -- Tolerance, violence and genocide in Butare -- The October 1990 war -- Multipartism in Butare -- Genocide in the prefecture --Kigembe: a social and political history -- The First Republic -- The Second Republic -- Political radicalism in Kigembe -- The impact of the 1990 war on Kigembe -- The multiparty era -- Genocide in Kigembe -- Kibuye: land conflict and political violence -- Historical and social context -- The final years of the MRND party-state -- Popular mobilization, war and the transition to democracy -- Multipartism in Kibuye prefecture -- : moderate politics and genocide in Gitesi commune -- 1984-1990: social crisis and the rise of subversive behavior -- War and multiparty rule -- Genocide in gitesi commune -- General conclusion: massive popular participation in the genocide.…”

Black liberation and socialism by Shawki, Ahmed

Table of Contents: “…Slavery in the United States -- Abolitionism -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction and populism -- Accommodation, racism, and resistance -- The rise of Marcus Garvey -- The Socialist, Communist, and Trotskyist parties -- The roots of the civil rights movement -- The politics of Malcolm X -- Black power -- The Black Panthers and DRUM -- Making race a central wedge issue.…”
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The politics of space security strategic restraint and the pursuit of national interests / by Moltz, James Clay

Table of Contents: “…The dynamics of space security : existing explanations -- Space and environmental security -- Roots of the U.S.-Soviet space race : 1920s-1962 -- The emergence of cooperative restraint : 1962-1975 -- Challenges to space security and their resolution : 1976-1991 -- Post-Cold War space uncertainty : 1992-2000 -- Renewed U.S. space nationalism : 2001-2008 -- Expanding international norms amid tensions : 2009-present -- Alternative futures for space security.…”
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Declarations of dependence the long reconstruction of popular politics in the South, 1861-1908 / by Downs, Gregory P.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Friends unseen : the ballad of political dependency -- Hungry for protection : the Confederate roots of dependence -- Slaves and the great deliverer : freedom and friendship behind Union lines -- Vulnerable at the circumference : demobilization and the limitations of the Freedmen's Bureau -- The great day of acounter : democracy and the problem of power in Republican Reconstruction -- The persistence of prayer : dependency after redemption -- Crazes, fetishes, and enthusiasms : the silver mania and the making of a new politics -- A compressive age : White supremacy and the growth of the modern state -- Coda: Desperate times call for distant friends : Franklin Roosevelt as the last good king?.…”
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Jacksonian antislavery and the politics of free soil, 1824-1854 by Earle, Jonathan Halperin

Table of Contents: “…Jacksonian antislavery and the roots of free soil -- Dissident Democrats in the 1830s : William Leggett, George Henry Evans, and Thomas Morris -- Set down your feet, Democrats : politics and free soil in New York -- Making hay from Democratic clover : John P. …”
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Self-determination of peoples and plural-ethnic states in contemporary international law failed states, nation-building and the alternative, federal option / by McWhinney, Edward

Table of Contents: “…The national and international faces of federalism -- Self-determination of peoples as United Nations principle : historical roots and contemporary international law/municipal (constitutional) law antinomies -- Emergence of states in classical international law -- The United Nations Charter and admission of states, and also their exclusion -- The United Nations Charter principle of territorial integrity of states : the Uti Possidetis Doctrine as element in state succession -- Federalism and constitutional pluralism as self-determination options for plural-ethnic States : the different faces of federalism in comparative constitutional law --Law and politics and the dialectical unfolding of the self-determination principle -- Excursus - failed states : the trial-and-error of contemporary exercises in constitution-making and nation-building.…”
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Globalization and challenges to building peace

Table of Contents: “…-- Beyond criminal justice : promoting the rule of law in post-conflict societies -- Peace by pact : data on the implementation of peace agreements -- Refugee repatriation as a necessary condition for peace -- Catapulting conflicts or propelling peace : diasporas and civil wars -- UN peace operations as norm entrepreneurs : the challenge of achieving communicative action on human rights -- To practice what they preach : international transitional administrations and the paradox of norm promotion -- Re-examining the roots of war in West Africa in a globalizing world -- The African Union (AU) and its commitment to non-indifference : can the AU be an actor for the promotion of human security? …”
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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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