Search Results - "Territory"

Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth / by Attebery, Brian, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Fantasy as a route to myth -- Taxonomic Interlude: a note on genres -- Make it old: the other mythic method -- Silver lies and spinning wheels: Christian myth in MacDonald and Lewis -- Romance and formula, myth and memorate -- Expanding the territory: colonial fantasy -- Angels, fantasy, and belief -- Literalist Interlude: burning Harry Potter -- The postcolonial fantastic -- Coyote's eyes: situated fantasy.…”
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The Indian History of an American Institution : Native Americans and Dartmouth / by Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a school in the heart of the Indian country -- Eleazar Wheelock and the Indian Charity School, 1743-69 -- Samson Occom and the Indian money, 1765-75 -- Dartmouth, Indians, and the American Revolution, 1775-1800 -- Dartmouth men in Indian country, 1775-1820 -- Dartmouth in the age of Indian removal, 1820-50 -- Students from Indian territory, 1850-85 -- Charles Eastman, 1858-1939 -- Indian symbols and some Indian students, 1900-1969 -- The return of the Natives, 1970-2010 -- Conclusion : Eleazar Wheelock meets Luther Standing Bear.…”
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Footsteps on the ice the Antarctic diaries of Stuart D. Paine, second Byrd Expedition / by Paine, Stuart D. L.

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Stories about stories : fantasy and the remaking of myth / by Attebery, Brian, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Fantasy as a route to myth -- Taxonomic Interlude: a note on genres -- Make it old: the other mythic method -- Silver lies and spinning wheels: Christian myth in MacDonald and Lewis -- Romance and formula, myth and memorate -- Expanding the territory: colonial fantasy -- Angels, fantasy, and belief -- Literalist Interlude: burning Harry Potter -- The postcolonial fantastic -- Coyote's eyes: situated fantasy.…”
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The Indian History of an American Institution : Native Americans and Dartmouth / by Calloway, Colin G. (Colin Gordon), 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : a school in the heart of the Indian country -- Eleazar Wheelock and the Indian Charity School, 1743-69 -- Samson Occom and the Indian money, 1765-75 -- Dartmouth, Indians, and the American Revolution, 1775-1800 -- Dartmouth men in Indian country, 1775-1820 -- Dartmouth in the age of Indian removal, 1820-50 -- Students from Indian territory, 1850-85 -- Charles Eastman, 1858-1939 -- Indian symbols and some Indian students, 1900-1969 -- The return of the Natives, 1970-2010 -- Conclusion : Eleazar Wheelock meets Luther Standing Bear.…”
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Against their will the history and geography of forced migrations in the USSR / by Poli͡an, P. M.

Table of Contents: “…Forced migrations within the USSR -- Forced migrations before the Second World War (1919-1939) -- First Soviet deportations and resettlements in 1919-1929 -- Dekulakization and kulak exile in 1930-1931 -- Kulak exile and famine repercussions in 1932-1934 -- Frontier zone cleansing and other forced migrations in 1934-1939 -- Forced migrations during and after the Second World War (1939-1953) -- Selective deportations from the annexed territories of Poland, Baltic Republics and Romania in 1939-1941 -- Total preventive deportation of Soviet Germans, Finns and Greeks in 1941-1942 -- Retributive total deportations of the peoples of the North Caucasus and Crimea in 1943-1944 -- Preventive forced deportations from the Transcaucasia, and other deportations during the last stage of the war in 1944-1945 -- Compensatory forced migrations in 1941-1946 -- Ethnic and other deportations after the Second World War, 1949-1953 -- Patterns of deported peoples settlement, and rehabilitation process -- Patterns of deported peoples settlement at the destinations -- Rehabilitation and internal repatriation of Kalmyks and peoples of the North Caucasus -- Rehabilitation of Germans -- Rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars -- Rehabilitation of Meshketian Turks -- Repressed peoples and ethnic conflicts on the territory of the USSR in the 1990s -- Part II. …”
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Key papers on Korea : essays celebrating 25 years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London /

Table of Contents: “…History -- Introduction: history / Andrew David Jackson -- Tobacco and the gift economy of Seoul merchants in the late nineteenth century / Owen Miller -- India as viewed by ancient and mediaeval Koreans, focusing on the Karak kukki (records of Karak state) / Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) -- Northern territories and the historical understanding of territory in late Choson / Anders Karlsson -- Nation, ethnicity, and the post-manchukuo order in the Sino-Korean border region / Charles Kraus and Adam Cathcart -- Part two. …”
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Key papers on Korea : essays celebrating 25 years of the Centre of Korean Studies, SOAS, University of London /

Table of Contents: “…History -- Introduction: history / Andrew David Jackson -- Tobacco and the gift economy of Seoul merchants in the late nineteenth century / Owen Miller -- India as viewed by ancient and mediaeval Koreans, focusing on the Karak kukki (records of Karak state) / Vladimir Tikhonov (Pak Noja) -- Northern territories and the historical understanding of territory in late Choson / Anders Karlsson -- Nation, ethnicity, and the post-manchukuo order in the Sino-Korean border region / Charles Kraus and Adam Cathcart -- Part two. …”
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Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Mishra -- The micropolitics of borders : the issue of Greater Nagaland (or Nagalim) / Vibha Joshi -- Nodes of control in a South(east) Asian borderland / Nicholas Farrelly -- Histories of belonging(s) : narrating territory, possession, and dispossession at the India-Bangladesh border / Jason Cons -- Geographies and identities : subaltern partition stories along Bengal's southern frontier / Annu Jalais -- Afterword: Making the most of "sensitive" borders / Willem van Schendel.…”
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Against their will the history and geography of forced migrations in the USSR / by Poli͡an, P. M.

Table of Contents: “…Forced migrations within the USSR -- Forced migrations before the Second World War (1919-1939) -- First Soviet deportations and resettlements in 1919-1929 -- Dekulakization and kulak exile in 1930-1931 -- Kulak exile and famine repercussions in 1932-1934 -- Frontier zone cleansing and other forced migrations in 1934-1939 -- Forced migrations during and after the Second World War (1939-1953) -- Selective deportations from the annexed territories of Poland, Baltic Republics and Romania in 1939-1941 -- Total preventive deportation of Soviet Germans, Finns and Greeks in 1941-1942 -- Retributive total deportations of the peoples of the North Caucasus and Crimea in 1943-1944 -- Preventive forced deportations from the Transcaucasia, and other deportations during the last stage of the war in 1944-1945 -- Compensatory forced migrations in 1941-1946 -- Ethnic and other deportations after the Second World War, 1949-1953 -- Patterns of deported peoples settlement, and rehabilitation process -- Patterns of deported peoples settlement at the destinations -- Rehabilitation and internal repatriation of Kalmyks and peoples of the North Caucasus -- Rehabilitation of Germans -- Rehabilitation of the Crimean Tatars -- Rehabilitation of Meshketian Turks -- Repressed peoples and ethnic conflicts on the territory of the USSR in the 1990s -- Part II. …”
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Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia /

Table of Contents: “…Mishra -- The micropolitics of borders : the issue of Greater Nagaland (or Nagalim) / Vibha Joshi -- Nodes of control in a South(east) Asian borderland / Nicholas Farrelly -- Histories of belonging(s) : narrating territory, possession, and dispossession at the India-Bangladesh border / Jason Cons -- Geographies and identities : subaltern partition stories along Bengal's southern frontier / Annu Jalais -- Afterword: Making the most of "sensitive" borders / Willem van Schendel.…”
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Americans in waiting the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / by Motomura, Hiroshi, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: immigrants in America -- Contract and classical immigration law -- Promises, promises -- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction -- Alienage and the ties that bind -- The most tender connections -- The lost story of Americans-in-waiting -- Transition at a crossroads -- The meaning of transition -- Race, belonging, and transition -- Taking transition seriously -- Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting -- Notes.…”
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The rule of logistics : Walmart and the architecture of fulfillment / by LeCavalier, Jesse

Table of Contents: “…Bodies: Coping With Data Rich Environments -- 5. Territory: Management City -- Conclusion: Form, Happiness, Infrastructure -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.…”

The rule of logistics : Walmart and the architecture of fulfillment / by LeCavalier, Jesse

Table of Contents: “…Bodies: Coping With Data Rich Environments -- 5. Territory: Management City -- Conclusion: Form, Happiness, Infrastructure -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.…”

Americans in waiting the lost story of immigration and citizenship in the United States / by Motomura, Hiroshi, 1953-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: immigrants in America -- Contract and classical immigration law -- Promises, promises -- All persons within the territorial jurisdiction -- Alienage and the ties that bind -- The most tender connections -- The lost story of Americans-in-waiting -- Transition at a crossroads -- The meaning of transition -- Race, belonging, and transition -- Taking transition seriously -- Conclusion : the idea of Americans-in-waiting -- Notes.…”
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The settlement issue in Turkey and the Kurds an analysis of spatial policies, modernity and war / by Jongerden, Joost

Table of Contents: “…Soldiers and settlements: Turkish counter-insurgency and the strategy of environment deprivation -- Settling the Southeast: The rise and fall of a rehabilitation doctrine -- The integrated settlement network: Towards a new spatial organization of the countryside -- Settlement issue and settlement activities: The colonization of peoples and territories -- Claiming the land: Empirical observation on the ground -- Summary and conclusions -- Annex: Maps of the pilot projects.…”
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Sailors and traders a maritime history of the Pacific peoples / by Couper, A. D.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A seafaring perspective -- Sailors, myths and traditions -- The first pacific seafarers -- Settlements, territories and trade -- The arrival of foreign ships -- Pacific commercial shipowners -- Under foreign sail -- Dangers, mutinies and the law -- Companies, colonies and crewing -- Island protests and enterprises -- Contemporary local and regional shipping -- The global pacific seafarer -- Epilogue: Some contemporary resonances.…”
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An example for all the land emancipation and the struggle over equality in Washington, D.C. / by Masur, Kate

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Everywhere is freedom and everybody free : the capital transformed -- They feel it is their right : freedpeople, reformers, and the demands of citizenship -- Someone must lead the way : creating and claiming civil rights -- First among them is the right of suffrage : the vote and its consequences -- Make haste slowly : the limits of equality -- To save the common property and respectability of all : the rise and fall of the territorial government.…”
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Steps to manage voting system environments

Table of Contents: “…Elections : state, territories and the District are taking a range of important steps to manage their varied voting system environments / United States Accountability Office -- Election reform : the Help America Vote Act and issues for Congress / Eric A. …”
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The laws of late medieval Italy (1000-1500) foundations for a European legal system / by Ascheri, Mario

Table of Contents: “…Irnerius and the Roman law of Justinian -- The multi-faceted eleventh century -- The characteristic of eleventh-century law -- The beginning of university teaching and groundwork for Corpus Juris Canonici -- Territorial laws and various social categories and institutions -- Protagonists of theory and practice -- Perfecting and consolidating the system -- Doctrinal and institutional developments -- University texts and legislation -- Justice and its institutions -- The end of the middle ages.…”
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