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Rural China economic and social change in the late twentieth century / by Fan, Jie, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Zhen settlements : between urban and rural -- Field research : fieldwork procedure and the surveyed Zhen -- Settlements and population -- Economic structures and economic change -- Finance system and the development of rural towns (Zhen) -- Processes of change in administration and politics -- Rise of a new social stratification and of new local elites -- Value change and interest articulation -- Summary and evaluation.…”
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The Grind : Black Women and Survival in the Inner City / by McCurn, Alexis S.

Table of Contents: “…"Keeping It Fresh": Self-Representation and Challenging Controlling Images in the Inner City -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Field Research Methods in Urban Public Space -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.…”
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The Grind : Black Women and Survival in the Inner City / by McCurn, Alexis S.

Table of Contents: “…"Keeping It Fresh": Self-Representation and Challenging Controlling Images in the Inner City -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Field Research Methods in Urban Public Space -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author.…”
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New Zealand's Muslims and multiculturalism by Kolig, Erich

Table of Contents: “…Allah is everywhere, even in New Zealand -- Field research -- Community, identity, diversity -- The beginnings -- Muslim representation -- Organisational functions and aims -- Outreach programmes -- The myth of Muslim unity -- Living among infidels -- Orientalism and Islamophobia -- Converts -- Students -- The right to be different : Muslims in the public sphere -- The New Zealand state and multiculturalism -- Secularisation and the right to religion -- Legal instruments -- 'Racial' harmony through interfaith activity -- Education and policy framework -- Democratic participation and public visibility of Muslims -- The difficulty in standardisation of Islamic exceptionalism -- Rivals for custodianship of public morality -- Integration and conflict discourses -- 'When in Rome do as the Romans do' -- The necessity of minority integration -- Conflict discourses -- Blasphemous libel and Islam -- Danish cartoons rock the world -- The Pope's gaffe -- Gender issues : women are equal but different -- Of gender separation and inequality -- Concepts of decency and modesty -- The Burqa case -- Hijab versus Burqa -- Whose authority? …”
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Race, gender and sport : the politics of ethnic "other" girls and women /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : sport, race and gender : the politics of ethnic "other" girls and women / Aarti Ratna and Sumaya Farooq Samie -- Mapping the field : research about ethnic "other" females, sport and physical culture / Aarti Ratna and Sumaya Farooq Samie -- De/colonizing "sporting Muslim women" : post-colonial feminist reflections on the dominant portrayal of sporting Muslim women in academic research, public forums and mediated representations / Sumaya Farooq Samie -- Theoretical considerations in the examination of African American girls and women in sport / Akilah R. …”
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Oil sparks in the Amazon : local conflicts, indigenous populations, and natural resources / by Vasquez, Patricia I.

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Myanmar’s Education Reforms : A pathway to social justice? / by Lall, M. C. (Marie-Carine)

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Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China / by Harrell, Stevan

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Myanmar’s Education Reforms : A pathway to social justice? / by Lall, M. C. (Marie-Carine)

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Ways of Being Ethnic in Southwest China / by Harrell, Stevan

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