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Spaces of danger : culture and power in the everyday /

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Values in Heritage Management : Emerging Approaches and Research Directions /

Table of Contents: “…: Perspectives on Heritage Values Rooted in Arabic-Islamic Traditions / Hossam Mahdy -- Changing Concepts and Values in Natural Heritage Conservation: A View through IUCN and UNESCO Policies / Josep-Maria Mallarach and Bas Verschuuren -- Valuing Traumatic Heritage Places as Archives and Agents / Randall Mason -- Values and Relationships between Tangible and Intangible Dimensions of Heritage Places / Ayesha Pamela Rogers -- The Paradox of Valuing the Invaluable: Managing Cultural Values in Heritage Places / Tara Sharma -- Heritage Economics: Coming to Terms with Value and Valuation / David Throsby -- From the Inside Looking Out: Indigenous Perspectives on Heritage Values / Joe Watkins -- Appendix: Conclusions and Recommendations of the Symposium Participants -- Further Readings in Heritage Values / compiled by Erica Avrami and Randall Mason.…”
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A nation of religions the politics of pluralism in multireligious America /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Stephen Prothero -- Isolate, insulate, assimilate : attitudes of mosque leaders toward America / Ihsan Bagby -- Progressive Islam in America / Omid Safi -- From Pearl Harbor to 9/11 : lessons from the internment of Japanese American Buddhists / Duncan Ryûken Williams -- Reproducing Vietnam in America : San Jose's perfect harmony temple / Hien Duc Do -- Tibetan Buddhism in America : reinforcing the pluralism of the sacred canopy / Robert A.F. …”
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Hegemony in the digital age the Arab/Israeli conflict online / by Marmura, Stephen M. E., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction : identity and authority in the age of networks -- Aims and scope -- Key terms and concepts -- Political mobilization -- The Web as a mass medium -- War on the Web -- Ideology and civil society -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Grassroots mobilization and political opportunity -- Activism and the Net : relevant precedents -- Contemporary peace camp activism -- Net-based activism and American Mid-East policy -- Public opinion -- Backdrop : the mainstream media as a legitimating identity -- The Web as an alternative mass medium -- The voice of legitimacy : CNN.com and the Arab/Israeli conflict -- Introduction -- CNN.com's "land of conflict" -- Dominant themes and validity claims -- Anchoring authority in a de-centered medium -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- Confronting the other -- Stormfront.org : promoting the cause of "White nationalism" -- Kahane.org : fighting to eliminate Israel's "Arab cancer" -- Radioislam.org : defending Islam and the West from the "Jewish threat" -- Closing remarks -- Hate and holy war on the WWW -- The struggle for influence -- Social movement integration and growth -- Building alliances : virtual and real -- Discussion -- Hegemony reconsidered : the Internet, civil society, and social fragmentation.…”
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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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One Zambia, many histories towards a history of post-colonial Zambia /

Table of Contents: “…: opposition to the Zambian one-party state, 1972-1980 / Miles Larmer -- Legitimizing powers : the political role of the Roman Catholic church, 1972-1991 / Marja Hinfelaar -- Towards a history of the charismatic churches in post-colonial Zambia / Austin M. Cheyeka -- Islam in post-colonial Zambia / Felix J. Phiri -- 'The devil you know' : the impact of the mulungushi economic reforms on retail trade in rural Zambia, with special reference to Susman Brothers & Wulfsohn, 1968-80 / Hugh Macmillan -- The informalization of Lusaka's economy : regime change, ultra-modern markets, and street vending, 1972-2004 / K. …”
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Religion, ethnicity and contested nationhood in the former Ottoman space

Table of Contents: “…Reilly -- Conversion to Islam in Bulgarian historiography: an overview / Rossitsa Gradeva -- The short history of Bulgaria for export / Evelina Kelbecheva -- Recent developments in the historiography of Bosnia and Herzegovina relating to the Ottoman Empire and their Impact on history textbooks / Vera Katz.…”
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Counterinsurgency in Iraq (2003-2006) by Pirnie, Bruce, 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Summary -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Overview of the conflict in Iraq -- Ba'athist regime -- Invasion of Iraq -- Occupation of Iraq -- First priority : setting up a constitutional government -- Spring -- The spiral downward begins (Spring 2004) -- Benchmark one : holding Iraqi elections -- Islamic extremists and sectarian violence -- A U.S. approach hesitantly unfold -- Armed groups in Iraq -- Overview -- Kurdish separatists -- Sunni Arab insurgents -- Violent extremists -- Shi'ite Arab militias -- Criminal gangs -- Insurgent use of terrorism -- Counterinsurgency in Iraq -- Organization and recognition of the U.S. …”
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Cultural styles of knowledge transmission essays in honour of Ad Borsboom /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Jean Kommers and Eric Venbrux -- Ad Borsboom / Charles de Weert -- Maradjiri and Mamurrng: Ad Borsboom and me / Jon Altman -- Conversations with Mostapha: learning about Islamic law in a bookshop in Rabat / Léon Buskens -- Education in eighteenth century Polynesia / Henri J.M. …”
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Greater Khorasan : history, geography, archaeology and material culture /

Table of Contents: “…J.a℗EC., a la lumiere des contextes geomorphologiques de 3 sites d'Iran Oriental (Bam, Tepe Damghani, Jiroft) / Eric Fouache, Henri-Paul Francfort, Claude Cosandey, Chahryar Adle -- From Parthian to Islamic Nisa / Carlo Lippolis and Vito Messina -- Merv on Khorasanian trade routes from the 10th-13th centuries / Paul Wordsworth -- Ancient Herat Revisited. …”
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The clay lamps from ancient Sepphoris : light use and regional interactions / by Lapp, Eric C.

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Death in Contemporary Popular Culture by Teodorescu, Adriana

Table of Contents: “…11 Death in Don DeLillo's White Noise: A literary diagnosis of contemporary death culture12 Narratives of death and immortality in the 'Islamic State' discourse on Twitter; Index…”
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A citizen's guide to terrorism and counterterrorism / by Harmon, Christopher C.

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The Dervishes of the North : Rumi, Whirling, and the Making of Sufism in Canada / by Xavier, Merin Shobhana

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Embodying Black Religions in Africa and Its Diasporas /

Table of Contents: “…Fadeke Castor -- Faith full : sensuous habitus, everyday affect, and divergent diaspora in the UCKG / Rachel Cantave -- Covered bodies, moral education, and the embodiment of Islamic reform in northern Nigeria / Elisha P. Renne -- Embodied worship in a Haitian protestant church in the Bahamas : religious habitus among Bahamians of Haitian descent / Bertin M. …”
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The cultural contradictions of democracy political thought since September 11 / by Brenkman, John

Table of Contents: “…-- Kant with Hobbes -- Habermas's Agon with Schmitt -- Hobbes with Kant -- Europe, or, the empire of rights -- Islam's geo-civil war -- Global neoliberal religious conservatism? …”
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Viewing African cinema in the twenty-first century : art films and the Nollywood video revolution /

Table of Contents: “…film studies and Nigerian and Ghanaian videos / Jonathan Haynes -- Nollywood and its critics / Onookome Okome -- Ghanaian popular video movies between state film policies and Nollywood : discourses and tensions / Birgit Meyer -- Islam, Hausa culture, and censorship in Northern Nigerian video film / Abdalla Uba Adamu -- Nollywood goes east : the localization of Nigerian video films in Tanzania / Matthias Krings -- Imported films and their African audiences. …”
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Constitutional Law, Religion and Equal Liberty The Impact of Desecularization. by Tadjdini, Azin

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Part I Conceptualizing the issue; Chapter 1 Constitutional but not constitutionalism; 1.1 The politicization of religion and its way into the constitution; 1.2 Equal liberty as a constitutive element of constitutionalism; 1.3 Outline of further study; Chapter 2 Beyond the secular/religious divide; 2.1 Religion as a constitutional language; 2.1.1 "Islamic constitutionalism"; 2.1.2 Political Islam and constitutional desecularization; 2.1.3 The politicization of religion and fundamentalism…”
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The Arab economies in a changing world by Noland, Marcus, 1959-

Table of Contents: “…Institutions and the influence of Islam. Religious affiliation and growth across countries. …”
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