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Staging politics power and performance in Asia and Africa /

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Staging philanthropy patriotic women and the national imagination in dynastic Germany, 1813-1916 / by Quataert, Jean H. (Jean Helen), 1945-

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The early stage of the People's Republic of China, 1949-1956 by Hu, Angang

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Kurdistan on the global stage : kinship, land, and community in Iraq / by King, Diane E., 1966-

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Staging memory : myth, symbolism and identity in postcolonial Italy and Libya / by Del Monte, Stefania, 1968-

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Staging Chinese revolution : theater, film, and the afterlives of propaganda / by Chen, Xiaomei, 1954-

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Imperialist conspiracy in Africa / by Tabata, I. B.

Table of Contents: “…--Memorandum to the Organisation of African Unity.--Rhodesia: a new stage in the struggle in southern Africa.--Verwoerd's assassination.…”

Women and power in postconflict Africa / by Tripp, Aili Mari

The post-Soviet wars rebellion, ethnic conflict, and nationhood in the Caucasus / by Zürcher, Christoph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : war and peace in the Caucasus -- Setting the stage : the past, the nation, and the state -- Making sense : conflict theory and the Caucasus -- Wars over Chechnya -- Wars in Georgia -- The war over Karabakh -- Wars that did not happen : Dagestan and Ajaria -- Conclusion : post-Soviet wars and theories of internal wars.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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Barbara Jordan speaking the truth with eloquent thunder / by Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996

Table of Contents: “…Biography of Barbara Jordan, with student comments -- My personal introduction of Barbara Jordan -- Erosion of civil liberties : commencement speech, Howard University, May 11, 1974 -- The national political stage : rising to the occasion : the constitutional basis for impeachment, U.S. …”
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Oxford readings in the Attic orators

Table of Contents: “…Porter -- Demosthenes as advocate : the functions and methods of legal consultants in classical Athens / Hans Julius Wolff ; with an epilogue by Gerhard Thür -- Law and equity in the Attic trial / Harald Meyer-Laurin -- Social relations on stage : witnesses in classical Athens / S.C. Humphreys -- The nature of proofs in antiphon / Michael Gagarin -- 'Artless proofs' in Aristotle and the orators / Christopher Carey -- Torture and rhetoric in Athens / David Mirhady -- Ability and education : the power of persuasion / Josiah Ober -- Lady Chatterley's lover and the Attic orators : the social composition of the Athenian jury / Stephen Todd -- Arguments from precedent in the Attic oratory / Lene Rubinstein -- Politics as literature : Demosthenes and the burden of the Athenian past / Harvey Yunis.…”
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Queens & power in medieval and early modern England

Table of Contents: “…Elston -- "Most godly heart fraight with al mercie" : queens' mercy during the reigns of Mary I and Elizabeth I / Sarah Duncan -- Princess Elizabeth travels across her kingdom : in life, in text, and on stage / Carole Levin -- Marriage à la mode, 1559 : Elisabeth de Valois, Elizabeth I, and the changing practice of dynastic marriage / John Watkins -- Queen Solomon : an international Elizabeth I in 1569 / Linda S. …”
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Nature and history in American political development a debate / by Ceaser, James W.

Table of Contents: “…Rakove -- Replacing foundations with staging: "second-story" concepts and American political development / Nancy L. …”
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Constitution making under occupation the politics of imposed revolution in Iraq / by Arato, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…The externally imposed revolution and its destruction of the Iraqi State -- Postsovereign constitution making : the new paradigm (and Iraq) -- Sistani versus Bremer : the emergence of the two-stage model in Iraq -- Imposition and bargaining in the making of the interim constitution -- The making of the "permanent" constitution.…”
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When sugar ruled economy and society in northwestern Argentina, Tucumán, 1876-1916 / by Juarez-Dappe, Patricia Isabel, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : setting the stage -- Foundations for growth -- The sugar industry and Tucumán's economy -- Sugarcane planters : patterns of production -- Sugar labor: field and factory workers -- Sugar and the province -- Conclusion : the world that sugar created.…”
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Citizenship across borders the political transnationalism of El migrante / by Smith, Michael P.

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Setting the stage -- pt. 2. The politics of transnational community development -- pt. 3. …”
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Lloyd George at war, 1916-1918 by Cassar, George H.

Table of Contents: “…Setting the stage -- The home front: The search for a manpower policy ; The challenge of labor ; Controlling shipping and food -- Strategy and the war: The first attempt at a unified command ; Facing the submarine menace ; Prelude to catastrophe ; The horror of Passchendaele ; The peripheral war ; The quest for a negotiated peace ; The creation of the Supreme War Council ; The plans for 1918 ; Before the storm ; Crisis on the western front ; The Maurice Affair ; The origins of intervention in Russia ; The German advance halted ; The turn of the tide ; The road to the armistice -- Conclusion.…”
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Theater of state Parliament and political culture in early Stuart England / by Kyle, Chris R.

Table of Contents: “…Fittest speech : rhetoric and debate -- Audience reactions : the noise of politics -- Swift pens : recording Parliament -- Procreative pens : disseminating news from Parliament -- Open doors : pressure groups and lobbying -- Shifting stages : the emergence of Parliamentary print culture.…”
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Turkmenistan strategies of power, dilemmas of development / by Peyrouse, Sébastien

Table of Contents: “…-- Finding its place on the international stage.…”
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