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Ageing, lifestyles and economic crises : the new people of the Mediterranean /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction: the mediterranean area : a total social context / Thierry Bloss -- Mediterranean disparities and convergences : the demographic order in question -- An overview of demographic ageing in Italy : past, present and expected evolution / Giorgia Capacci and Francesca Rinesi -- Demographic transitions, ageing and the "great recession" in Spain / Francisco Zamora Lopez, Noelia Camara, Laura Barrios, Alain Parant, Margarita Delgado -- From multifaceted transition to rapid ageing : Morocco at the dawn of a new era / Muriel Sajoux -- Half a century of ageing in france : dynamics and specificities of the Mediterranean coastline / Loann Doignon, Isabelle Bloss-Widmer, Sebastien Oliveau -- Contours of familial solidarities and change in multigenerational societies in the Mediterranean -- Public policies towards the family in Italy : an analysis of the evolution of the Italian welfare state and its impact on gender and generations / Elena Ambrosetti and Donatella Strangio -- Households of the elderly in Spain : between solitude and family solidarities / Francisco Zamora Lopez, Laura Barrios, Irene Lebrusan, Alain Parant, Margarita Delgado -- Family solidarities and old age in Morocco : new realities, new challenges / Muriel Sajoux and Mohammed Amar -- Family mutual support in multigenerational France : social classes, generations and gender : memberships in question / Thierry Bloss, Isabelle Bloss-Widmer, Michaele Pagaes -- Uncertainties in gender relations in the Mediterranean : social trajectories and modes of political regulation -- The gender gap at home and in the labour market : the case of Italy / Serena Arima, Pietro Demurtas, Alessandra De Rose, Maria Herica La Valle, Adele Menniti, Maria Rita Sebastiani -- Gender inequalities, paid work and family formation in Spain / Marta Dominguez Folgueras, Maria Jose Gonzalez, Irene Lapuerta -- Morocco between women's emancipation and reproduction of gender inequalities / Mohammed Amar and Ilham Dkhissi -- Work-life balance through the lens of the dynamics of individualisation in France / Valeria Insarauto -- Index.…”
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Sloss Furnaces and the rise of the Birmingham district an industrial epic / by Lewis, W. David (Walter David), 1931-

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The river flows on Black resistance, culture, and identity formation in early America / by Rucker, Walter C., 1970-

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Marching through suffering : loss and survival in North Korea / by Fahy, Sandra

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Personal accounts from Northern Ireland's troubles public conflict, private loss /

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Memory before modernity : practices of memory in early modern Europe /

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Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution, and how it can renew America / by Friedman, Thomas L.

A more imperfect union how inequity, debt, and economics undermine the American dream / by Jennings, James L., 1941-

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Of little comfort war widows, fallen soldiers, and the remaking of nation after the Great War / by Kuhlman, Erika A., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…An Army of Widows -- Trostlose Stunden : German War Widows -- The War Widows' Romance : Victory and Loss in the United States -- The Transnationalization of Soldiers, Widows, and War Relief -- "The Other Trench" : Remarriage, Pronatalism, and the Rebirthing of the Nation -- Epilogue.…”
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Concubines and power five hundred years in a Northern Nigerian palace / by Nast, Heidi J.

Table of Contents: “…Grain treasuries and children : royal concubines in the 1500s and 1600s -- Fecundity, indigo dyeing, and the gendering of eunuchs -- Great transformations : expropriation and fulani rule -- Concubine losses and male gains -- British colonial abolition of slavery and concubinage.…”
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Spirits of the dead Roman funerary commemoration in Western Europe / by Carroll, Maureen

Table of Contents: “…Memory and commemoration -- Anonymity, violation, and memory loss -- Selecting a monument -- Conveying a message --Causes of death -- Family and household -- Mapping population movement -- Social mobility and social change -- Death on earth, life in heaven.…”
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Hot, flat, and crowded : why we need a green revolution, and how it can renew America / by Friedman, Thomas L.

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Death of Celilo Falls by Barber, Katrine

Table of Contents: “…Village and town : the communities transformed by the Dalles Dam -- A riverscape as contested space -- Debating the dam : "a serious breach of good faith" -- Narratives of progress : development and population growth at the Dalles -- Relocation and the persistence of Celilo Village: "we don't 'come from' anywhere" -- Negotiating values : settlement and final compensation -- Conclusion: Losses.…”
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Remedios the healing life of Eva Castellanoz / by Mulcahy, Joanne B., 1954-

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First laugh essays, 2000-2009 / by Randall, Margaret, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…-- Words for El corno emplumado -- The living silence of a place like Kiet Seel -- Betrayal -- Crystal's gift -- The place where color sounds -- My losses.…”
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Uprooted how Breslau became Wrocław during the century of expulsions / by Thum, Gregor, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The postwar era : rupture and survival -- Takeover -- Moving people -- A loss of substance -- Reconstruction -- pt. 2. The politics of the past : the city's transformation -- The impermanence syndrome -- Propaganda as necessity -- Mythicizing history -- Cleansing memory -- The pillars of an imagined tradition -- Old town, new contexts -- pt. 3. …”
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Remains of the Social : Desiring the post-apartheid /

Table of Contents: “…Traversing the social / Maurits van Bever Donker [and three others] -- The Mandela imaginary : reflections on post-reconciliation libidinal economy / Derek Hook -- The return of empathy : postapartheid fellow feeling / Ross Truscott -- The ethics of precarity : Judith Butler's reluctant universalism / Mari Ruti -- Hannah Arendt's work of mourning : the politics of loss, 'the rise of the social' and the ends of apartheid / Jaco Barnard-Naud{acute}e -- Souvenir / Annemarie Lawless -- Re-cover : Afrikaans rock, apartheid's children and the work of the cover / Aiden Erasmus -- The graves of Dimbaza : temporal remains / Gary Minkley and Helena Pohlandt-McCormick -- The principle of insufficiency : ethics and community at the edge of the social / Maurits van Bever Donker -- The Trojan Horse and the 'becoming technical of the human' / Premesh Lalu.…”
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Remains of the Social : Desiring the post-apartheid /

Table of Contents: “…Traversing the social / Maurits van Bever Donker [and three others] -- The Mandela imaginary : reflections on post-reconciliation libidinal economy / Derek Hook -- The return of empathy : postapartheid fellow feeling / Ross Truscott -- The ethics of precarity : Judith Butler's reluctant universalism / Mari Ruti -- Hannah Arendt's work of mourning : the politics of loss, 'the rise of the social' and the ends of apartheid / Jaco Barnard-Naud{acute}e -- Souvenir / Annemarie Lawless -- Re-cover : Afrikaans rock, apartheid's children and the work of the cover / Aiden Erasmus -- The graves of Dimbaza : temporal remains / Gary Minkley and Helena Pohlandt-McCormick -- The principle of insufficiency : ethics and community at the edge of the social / Maurits van Bever Donker -- The Trojan Horse and the 'becoming technical of the human' / Premesh Lalu.…”
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Hydraulic City : Water and the Infrastructures of Citizenship in Mumbai / by Anand, Nikhil, 1975-

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Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : persistent paternalism in a textile town / by Vanderburg, Timothy W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The founding of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism established -- James William Cannon : early influences and the emergence of a new South industrialist -- The founding of Kannapolis : expansion and paternalism -- Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, and Blacks : a reflection of racial attitudes in the South -- The growth and maturity of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism solidifies amid challenges -- A time of upheaval : progressivism and World War I -- Postwar downturn, labor unrest, and new management -- New leadership, market decline, and consolidation -- Paternalism expanded : Charles Cannon and welfare work -- The Great Depression, the new deal, and Cannon Mills -- Cannon Mills in World War II -- Cannon Mills and postwar America : market maturity and the loss of brand loyalty -- Cannon Mills and operation Dixie -- The danger of larger forces : war, imports, and government policies -- The decline of Cannon Mills and paternalism -- Cannon Mills in the 1960s : the paternalistic firm in a modern world -- The civil rights movement, federal interference, and the weakening of paternalism -- Cannon Mills after Charles Cannon : new leadership, union vote, and the continuation of paternalism -- David Murdock, modern management, and the demise of paternalism -- Fieldcrest Cannon, pillowtex, bankruptcy, and the return of David Murdock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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