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Mennonites, Amish, and the American Civil War / by Lehman, James O., Nolt, Steven M., 1968-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : religion, religious minorities, and the American Civil War -- Politics and peoplehood in a restless republic -- Our country is at war -- Conscription, combat, and Virginia's "war of self-defense," 1861-1862 -- Negotiation and notoriety in Pennsylvania, 1862 -- Patterns of peace and patriotism in the Midwest -- The fighting comes north, 1862-1863 -- Thaddeus Stevens and Pennsylvania Mennonite politics -- Did Jesus Christ teach men war? …”
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American politics and society by McKay, David

Table of Contents: “…-- The supreme court and judicial politics -- Regulating morality : civil rights, liberties and the conscience issues -- Social policy in America : self-reliance and state dependence -- Managing economic change -- Environmental politics -- The American world role -- The American political system in an uncertain world.…”
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Revolt of the ministers the Malawi cabinet crisis, 1964-1965 / by Baker, Colin, 1929-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction -- 2 Banda and His Lieutenants: Early Relationships -- 3 Banda Consolidates His Power: August 1960 to -- September 1961 -- 4 In Government: September 1961 to February 1963 -- 5 Self-government: February 1963 to July 1964 -- 6 The Revolt: July-August 1964 -- 7 Banda's Retaliation: September 1964 toJanuary 1965 -- 8 Chipembere's Attempted Coup d'Atat: February 1965 -- 9 Chipembere's Evacuation: April 1965 -- 10 The Fate of the Ministers -- 11 The Ministers' Revolt and Its Legacy.…”
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Varieties of Muslim experience encounters with Arab political and cultural life / by Rosen, Lawrence, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…personalism, institutions, and the unfractionated self -- Why do Arab terrorists kill themselves? -- On the meaning of ownership : the problematic of property in Moroccan culture -- Islamic concepts of justice -- Readings and re-readings -- Reading the Quran through Western eyes -- Why portraits hold no meaning for Arabs -- Protecting the Prophet : understanding Muslim reactions to the Danish cartoon controversy -- Theorizing from within : Ibn Khaldun and the understanding of Arab political culture -- Representatives and representations -- Knowledge forms : scientists as fundamentalists -- Expecting the unexpected : cultural components of Arab governance -- Power and culture in the acceptance of "universal" human rights -- Afterword.…”
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Culture and social transformations in reform era China

Table of Contents: “…"Consider the other more important than the self" : Liang Shuming's view of Confucian ethics / Chen Lai -- The basic form, actual form, and potential form of neo-Confucianism : considering the historical function and practical significance of neo-Confucianism / Liao Kebin -- Individual identification and the realm of moral character / Liu Dong -- Classical and modern readings of Laozi's Ziran / Liu Xiaogan -- The isomorphism of family and state and the integration of church and state : on the differences between the Confucian political tradition and democratic politics / Shih Yuan-Kang -- Confucian experience and philosophical discourse : reflections on some aporiae in contemporary neo-Confucianism / Joell Thoraval -- pt. 2. …”
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Adams vs. Jefferson the tumultuous election of 1800 / by Ferling, John E.

Table of Contents: “…Election eve, 1800 -- An affection that can never die : Adams and Jefferson -- Dark and menacing evils : creating the new national system, 1786-1792 -- War on our own citizens : partisanship, 1793-1796 -- Quite at my leisure : Jefferson and Adams on the eve of the battle in 1796 -- A narrow squeak, 1796 : the first contested presidential election -- To recover self-government : the partisan inferno, 1797-1798 -- Our Bonaparte : summer 1798 to autumn 1799 -- We beat you by superior management : winter and spring, 1800 -- The boisterous sea of liberty : the campaign of 1800 -- The intention of our fellow citizens : the election of 1800 -- Give them the horrors : the House decides the election -- The creed of our political faith : Jefferson's inauguration -- Epilogue : the revolution of 1800.…”
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Democracy and elections in Africa by Lindberg, Staffan I., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Frequency and number of elections ; The democratic qualities, on average ; Democratic qualities of elections over time ; Conclusions -- The self-reinforcing power of elections. Going from bad to worse ; First, second, third, fourth and later elections ; A panel-group comparison ; Conclusions -- The causal effects of elections. …”
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American Indian constitutional reform and the rebuilding of Native nations

Table of Contents: “…Remaking tribal constitutions : meeting the challenges of tradition, colonialism, and globalization / Duane Champagne -- Seasons of change : of reforms, melees, and revolutions in Indian country / David Wilkins -- The Indian Reorganization Act and indian self-government / Elmer Rusco -- Firsthand accounts : why engage in constitutional reform? …”
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Moments of despair suicide, divorce, and debt in Civil War era North Carolina / by Silkenat, David

Table of Contents: “…By his own hand : suicide -- Most horrible of crimes : suicide in the old south -- The self-slaying epidemic : suicide after the Civil War -- The legacy of the war we suppose : suicide in medical and social thought -- To loosen the bands of society : divorce -- The country is also a party : antebellum divorce in black and white -- Connubial Bliss until he entered the army by conscription : civil war and divorce -- The divorce mill runs over time : marital breakdown and reform in the new south -- Enslaved by debt : the culture of credit and debt -- Sacredness of obligations : debt in antebellum North Carolina -- Out of debt before I die : the credit crisis of the Civil War -- What the landlord and the storeman choose to make it : general stores, pawnshops, and boardinghouses in the new south -- Nothing less than a question of slavery or freedom : populism and the crisis of debt in the new south.…”
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Rethinking Indian political institutions

Table of Contents: “…The politics of economic reforms in India : a review of the literature / Jos Mooji -- The temptations of presidentialism : an explanation of the evolving political strategy of the BJP / Sanjay Ruparelia -- Ideological integration in post-colonial (South) India : aspects of a political language / Pamela Price -- The fight for turf and the crisis of ideology : broadcasting reform and media distribution networks in India / Veena Naregal -- Land use in Bombay : institutional effects and political outcomes / Bhavana Padiyath -- Understanding local politics, democracy, and civil society : environmental governance in urban India / Bharat Dahiya -- Political institutions, strategies of governance, and forms of resistance in rural market towns of contemporary Bengal : a study of Bolpur Municipality / Subho Basu -- Autonomy, political literacy, and the 'social woman' : towards a politics of inclusion / Sumi Madhok -- The development of panchayati raj / Crispin Bates -- Political representation and women's empowerment : women in the institutions of local self-government in Orissa / Evelin Hust.…”
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Lincoln's America 1809-1865 /

Table of Contents: “…Fornieri -- Schooling in Lincoln's America and Lincoln's extraordinary self-schooling / Myron Marty -- American religion, 1809-1865 / Mark Noll -- The middle-class marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln / Kenneth J. …”
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Saviors or sellouts the promise and peril of Black Conservatism, from Booker T. Washington to Condoleezza Rice / by Bracey, Christopher Alan, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…DuBois's dramatic assault against it -- Shades of conservatism : the interwar years, from the Harlem renaissance to Mary McLeod Bethune and Marcus Garvey -- The agonistic voice of mid-century Black conservatism : the strange career of George Samuel Schuyler -- Black conservatism in the civil rights era : why the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael's Black power movement are part of the Black conservative tradition -- The reformation of Black conservatism : Black neoconservatives, their White counterparts, and how they differ from traditional Black conservatives -- The rising tide of Black neoconservative intellectualism : the blame game, "self-help," Shelby Steele, and John McWhorter -- The public face of Black conservatism : revealing the philosophies of Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, and Condoleezza Rice -- The influence of infotainment : how Bill Cosby, Chris Rock, pundits, and bloggers lend popular credibility to Black conservative ideas -- The significance of Black conservative thought in modern American life.…”
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Sister citizen shame, stereotypes, and Black women in America / by Harris-Perry, Melissa V. (Melissa Victoria), 1973-

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Citizens, democracy, and markets around the Pacific rim congruence theory and political culture /

Table of Contents: “…Dalton and Doh Chull Shin -- The human development model of democracy : East Asia in perspective / Christian Welzel and Ronald Inglehart -- Self-expression, Asian values, and democracy : East Asia in global perspective / Zhengxu Wang and Ern-Ser Tan -- Democratic aspirations and social modernization / Russell J. …”
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Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa : Future Imperfect? /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- The dynamics of anti-apartheid : international solidarity, human rights and decolonization / Robert Skinner -- 'A worthwhile career for a man who is not entirely self-seeking' : service, duty and the Colonial Service during decolonization / Chris Jeppesen -- Protecting empire from without : francophone African migrant workers, British West Africa and French efforts to maintain power in Africa, 1945-1960 / Joanna Warson -- Afterword : Achilles and the tortoise : the tortoise's view of late colonialism and decolonization / Martin Shipway.…”
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Britain, France and the Decolonization of Africa : Future Imperfect? /

Table of Contents: “…Smith -- The dynamics of anti-apartheid : international solidarity, human rights and decolonization / Robert Skinner -- 'A worthwhile career for a man who is not entirely self-seeking' : service, duty and the Colonial Service during decolonization / Chris Jeppesen -- Protecting empire from without : francophone African migrant workers, British West Africa and French efforts to maintain power in Africa, 1945-1960 / Joanna Warson -- Afterword : Achilles and the tortoise : the tortoise's view of late colonialism and decolonization / Martin Shipway.…”
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Moral Economies of Corruption : State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria / by Pierce, Steven, 1968-

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Moral Economies of Corruption : State Formation and Political Culture in Nigeria / by Pierce, Steven, 1968-

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Forging urban solidarities Ottoman Aleppo, 1640-1700 / by Wilkins, Charles L.

Table of Contents: “…Solidarity and leadership in the guilds -- Guild self-government -- The leadership of the guilds : two case studies -- The butchers -- The Kasapbasi : compensation and social background -- The tanners -- The Akhi Baba and Shaykh al-Sab'a -- A sketch of one Shaykh al-Sab'a : Sayyid Ibrahim b. …”
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A predictable tragedy Robert Mugabe and the collapse of Zimbabwe / by Compagnon, Daniel

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