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Contemporary Sephardic identity in the Americas an interdisciplinary approach /

Table of Contents: “…/ Edna Aizenberg -- Sephardic and Syrian immigration to America: acculturation and communal preservation / Jane Gerber -- Cultural Zionism as a contact zone: Sephardic and Askenazi Jews bridge the gap on the pages of the Argentine newspaper Israel / Raanan Rein and Mollie Lewis Nouwen -- Syrian Jews in Buenos Aires: between religious revival and return to biblical sources, 1953-90 / Susana Brauner -- Religious movements in Mexican Sephardism / Liz Hamui Halabe -- Transnational identity and Miami Sephardim / Henry A. …”
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Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan / by Kool, Jeroen

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The politics of education reform in the Middle East self and other in textbooks and curricula /

Table of Contents: “…Educational reform in the Arab world: directives, mechanisms, and challenges in Lebanon, Syria, and Oman / Nemer Mansur Frayha -- Education reform in Oman: evolution of secondary school curricula / Salha Abdullah Issan -- Educational developments in Jordan from the 1950s until today: stages and characteristics / Mohammad Khalil Abbas -- Major trends of educational reform in Egypt / Iman Farag -- On the impossibility of teaching history in Lebanon: notes on a textbook controversy / Massoud Daher -- History textbooks in Egyptian schools: a tool for the representation of collective memory / Atef Botros -- Different layers of identity in Lebanese textbooks / Jonathan Kriener -- The philosophical foundations of education and the range of its implications for the content of civic education textbooks in Jordan / Mustafa Abu al-Sheikh and Yasser al-Khalailah -- Gender images in Jordanian textbooks in the subject field of social education / Naseema al-Khalidi -- Images of Europeans in Jordanian textbooks / Qasem al-Newashi -- History curricula and textbooks in Palestine: between nation building and quality education / Samira Alayan -- Bridging conflicts through history education?: a case study from Israel/Palestine / Achim Rohde.…”
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Sustainable Development in the Jordan Valley Final Report of the Regional NGO Master Plan / by Kool, Jeroen

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The politics of education reform in the Middle East self and other in textbooks and curricula /

Table of Contents: “…Educational reform in the Arab world: directives, mechanisms, and challenges in Lebanon, Syria, and Oman / Nemer Mansur Frayha -- Education reform in Oman: evolution of secondary school curricula / Salha Abdullah Issan -- Educational developments in Jordan from the 1950s until today: stages and characteristics / Mohammad Khalil Abbas -- Major trends of educational reform in Egypt / Iman Farag -- On the impossibility of teaching history in Lebanon: notes on a textbook controversy / Massoud Daher -- History textbooks in Egyptian schools: a tool for the representation of collective memory / Atef Botros -- Different layers of identity in Lebanese textbooks / Jonathan Kriener -- The philosophical foundations of education and the range of its implications for the content of civic education textbooks in Jordan / Mustafa Abu al-Sheikh and Yasser al-Khalailah -- Gender images in Jordanian textbooks in the subject field of social education / Naseema al-Khalidi -- Images of Europeans in Jordanian textbooks / Qasem al-Newashi -- History curricula and textbooks in Palestine: between nation building and quality education / Samira Alayan -- Bridging conflicts through history education?: a case study from Israel/Palestine / Achim Rohde.…”
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Myth in history, history in myth

Table of Contents: “…/ Hubert P. van Tuyll -- The epic story of the little republic that could : the role of patriotic myths in the Dutch Golden Age / Laura Cruz -- History and myth of Dutch popular protest in the Napoleonic period (1806-1813) / Johan Joor -- 'Neerlands Israel' : political theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical antiquarianism, and historical myth / Theodor Dunkelgrün -- Rembrandt and the historical construction of his Conspiration of Claudius Civilis / Jan Blanc.…”
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The 1970s a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality / by Borstelmann, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising.…”
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Myth in history, history in myth

Table of Contents: “…/ Hubert P. van Tuyll -- The epic story of the little republic that could : the role of patriotic myths in the Dutch Golden Age / Laura Cruz -- History and myth of Dutch popular protest in the Napoleonic period (1806-1813) / Johan Joor -- 'Neerlands Israel' : political theology, Christian Hebraism, Biblical antiquarianism, and historical myth / Theodor Dunkelgrün -- Rembrandt and the historical construction of his Conspiration of Claudius Civilis / Jan Blanc.…”
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The 1970s a new global history from civil rights to economic inequality / by Borstelmann, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Crosscurrents of crisis in 1970s America : trouble abroad, corruption at home, conservatism and the distrust of government, economic insecurity, turning inward -- The rising tide of equality and democratic reform : women in the public sphere, women in the private sphere, the many frontiers of equality, political reform, resistance -- The spread of market values : a sea change of principles, the economy goes south, globalization's gathering speed, from citizenship to deregulation, market solutions for every problem, a freer market, a coarser culture -- The retreat of empires and the global advance of the market : the emergence of human rights, European empires and Southern Africa, the Soviet Empire, the American empire, the Israeli exception, the retreat of the state, China and the hollowing out of socialism -- Resistance to the new hyper-individualism : the environmentalist challenge, religious resurgence at home, religious resurgence in Israel, religious resurgence in the Muslim world, Jimmy Carter as a man of his times -- More and less equal since the 1970s : evidence to the contrary, inclusiveness ascending, markets persisting, unrestrained consumption, inequality rising.…”
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Fashioning Jews : Clothing, Culture and Commerce (SJC #24) /

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Contributors; Unshod on Holy Ground: Ancient Israel's "Disinherited" Priesthood; How Do You Know a Jew When You See One? …”
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Fashioning Jews : Clothing, Culture and Commerce (SJC #24) /

Table of Contents: “…Halftitle Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Editor's Introduction; Contributors; Unshod on Holy Ground: Ancient Israel's "Disinherited" Priesthood; How Do You Know a Jew When You See One? …”
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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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Across the wall narratives of Israeli-Palestinian history /

Table of Contents: “…Palisad: Palestinian and Israeli academics in dialogue / Jamil Hilal and Ilan Pappé -- Politics and identity: a critical analysis of Israeli historiography and political thought / Ehud Adiv -- Oriental othering and national identity: a review of early Israeli anthropological studies of Palestinians / Dan Rabinowitz -- The Shoah on trial: aspects of the Holocaust in Israeli political culture / Moshe Zuckermann -- Jerusalem 1948: the phantom city / Salim Tamari --"Dis/Solving" the Palestinian refugee problem: Israeli "resettlement" plans in the first decade of the State (1948-1958) / Nur Mashala -- Fear, victimhood, self and other: on the road to reconciliation / lan Pappé -- Reflections on contemporary Palestinian history / Jamil Hilal -- Palestinian nationalism: the difficulties of narrating an ambivalent identity / Issam Nahar -- Gender, Nakba and Nation: Palestinian women's presence and absence in the narration of 1948 memories / Rema Hammami -- "Ethnocracy": the politics of Judaizing Israel/Palestine / Oren Yiftachel -- Democracy ... and the the experience of national liberation: the Palestinian case / Musa Budeiri -- The derailment of peace: Rabin's assassination, democracy and post-conflict agendas / Lev Grinberg -- Naming the colonizer in geographical Palestine: conceptual and political double binds and their possible solution / Uri Davis -- One-state Palestine: past, present and future / Ilan Pappé -- After Gaza / Jamil Hilal and Ilan Pappé.…”
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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia

Table of Contents: “…Cuno -- Patriarchy, sexuality, and property : the impact of colonial state policies on gender relations in India / Flavia Agnes -- The monotheisms, patriarchy, and the constitutional right to human dignity in Israel / Frances Raday -- Legal pluralism versus a uniform civil code : the continuing debates in India / Manisha Desai -- Institutions and women's rights : religion, the state, and family in Turkey / Zehra F. …”
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The eye, the hand, the mind 100 years of the College Art Association /

Table of Contents: “…Levy -- CAA, pedagogy and curriculum : a historical effort, an unparalleled wealth of ideas / Matthew Israel -- Visual resources for the arts / Christine l. …”
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The small worlds of corporate governance

Table of Contents: “…/ Martin Conyon and Andrew Shipilov -- The small worlds of business groups : liberalization and network dynamics / Jon Brookfield, Sea-Jin Chang, Israel Dori, Shmuel Ellis, Sargio G. Lazzarini, Jordan Siegel, and Juan Pablo von Bernath Bardina -- Ownership networks and new institutional forms in the transition from communism to capitalism / Doug Guthrie, Ilya Okhmatovskiy, Roger Schoenman, and Zhixing Xiao -- Structural breaks and governance networks in Western Europe / Fabrizio Ferraro, Raffaele Corrado, Gerhard Schnyder, Eelke M. …”
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Jacob unexpected patriarch / by Zakovitch, Yair

Table of Contents: “…And Isaac breathed his last and died and was gathered to his kin in ripe old age: deaths in the family Chapt. 9. And israel loved Joseph more than all his sons, for he was the son of his old age: priority of the youngest -- Chapt. 10. …”
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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.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Across the wall narratives of Israeli-Palestinian history /

Table of Contents: “…Palisad: Palestinian and Israeli academics in dialogue / Jamil Hilal and Ilan Pappé -- Politics and identity: a critical analysis of Israeli historiography and political thought / Ehud Adiv -- Oriental othering and national identity: a review of early Israeli anthropological studies of Palestinians / Dan Rabinowitz -- The Shoah on trial: aspects of the Holocaust in Israeli political culture / Moshe Zuckermann -- Jerusalem 1948: the phantom city / Salim Tamari --"Dis/Solving" the Palestinian refugee problem: Israeli "resettlement" plans in the first decade of the State (1948-1958) / Nur Mashala -- Fear, victimhood, self and other: on the road to reconciliation / lan Pappé -- Reflections on contemporary Palestinian history / Jamil Hilal -- Palestinian nationalism: the difficulties of narrating an ambivalent identity / Issam Nahar -- Gender, Nakba and Nation: Palestinian women's presence and absence in the narration of 1948 memories / Rema Hammami -- "Ethnocracy": the politics of Judaizing Israel/Palestine / Oren Yiftachel -- Democracy ... and the the experience of national liberation: the Palestinian case / Musa Budeiri -- The derailment of peace: Rabin's assassination, democracy and post-conflict agendas / Lev Grinberg -- Naming the colonizer in geographical Palestine: conceptual and political double binds and their possible solution / Uri Davis -- One-state Palestine: past, present and future / Ilan Pappé -- After Gaza / Jamil Hilal and Ilan Pappé.…”
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Family, gender, and law in a globalizing Middle East and South Asia

Table of Contents: “…Cuno -- Patriarchy, sexuality, and property : the impact of colonial state policies on gender relations in India / Flavia Agnes -- The monotheisms, patriarchy, and the constitutional right to human dignity in Israel / Frances Raday -- Legal pluralism versus a uniform civil code : the continuing debates in India / Manisha Desai -- Institutions and women's rights : religion, the state, and family in Turkey / Zehra F. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view