Search Results - "Territory"

The relational economy geographies of knowing and learning / by Bathelt, Harald

Table of Contents: “…Know-how and industrial clusters -- Know-who and urban service clusters -- Local buzz and global pipelines -- Knowledge circulation across territories. A relational theory of firm internationalization -- From permanent to temporary clusters -- Global knowledge flows in corporate networks. …”
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Opening the hidden land state formation and the construction of Sikkimese history / by Mullard, Saul, 1979-

Table of Contents: “…Local historical narratives : Tibeto-Sikkimese origins and the establishment of the Sikkimese state -- Justifying 'state formation' : territorial expansion and the formation of law -- Religion and politics in early Sikkim : the case of Mnga' bdag phun tshogs rig 'dzin -- Lha btsun chen po and the formation of Sikkim -- Revisiting the state and political formation of early Sikkim -- Bhutan , Sikkim and British India : the arrival of 'Jigs med dpa' bo and the construction of historical narratives -- Conclusion : remarks on Sikkimese state formation and the construction of historical narratives.…”
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Melancholia of freedom social life in an Indian township in South Africa / by Hansen, Thomas Blom, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Under the gaze: freedom and race after apartheid -- Ethnicity by fiat: the remaking of Indian life in South Africa -- Domesticity and cultural intimacy -- Charous and Ravans: a story of mutual nonrecognition -- Autonomy, freedom, and political speech -- Movement, sound, and body in the postapartheid city -- The unwieldy fetish: Desi fantasies, roots tourism, and diasporic desires -- Global Hindus and pure Muslims: universalist aspirations and territorialized lives -- The saved and the backsliders: the Charou soul and the instability of belief -- Postscript: Melancholia in the time of the "African personality".…”
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Grappling with the beast indigenous southern African responses to colonialism, 1840-1930 /

Table of Contents: “…Indigenous southern Africans and colonialism : introduction / Norman Etherington -- Reactions to colonialism in southern Africa : some historiographical reflections / Chris Saunders -- Fenders of space : Kgatla territorial expansion under Boer and British rule, 1840-1920 / Fred Morton -- Intermediaries of class, nation, and gender in the African response to colonialism in South Africa, 1890s-1920s / Peter Limb -- Pastoral modernity, territoriality and colonial transformations in central Namibia, 1860s-1904 / Dag Henrichsen -- Social and political responses to colonialism on the margins : community, chieftaincy and ethnicity in Bulilima-Mangwe, Zimbabwe, 1890-1930 / Enocent Msindo -- Conflict and negotiation along the lower Vaal River : correspondence from the Tswana-language newspaper Mokaeri oa Becuana / Stephen C. …”
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Grappling with the beast indigenous southern African responses to colonialism, 1840-1930 /

Table of Contents: “…Indigenous southern Africans and colonialism : introduction / Norman Etherington -- Reactions to colonialism in southern Africa : some historiographical reflections / Chris Saunders -- Fenders of space : Kgatla territorial expansion under Boer and British rule, 1840-1920 / Fred Morton -- Intermediaries of class, nation, and gender in the African response to colonialism in South Africa, 1890s-1920s / Peter Limb -- Pastoral modernity, territoriality and colonial transformations in central Namibia, 1860s-1904 / Dag Henrichsen -- Social and political responses to colonialism on the margins : community, chieftaincy and ethnicity in Bulilima-Mangwe, Zimbabwe, 1890-1930 / Enocent Msindo -- Conflict and negotiation along the lower Vaal River : correspondence from the Tswana-language newspaper Mokaeri oa Becuana / Stephen C. …”
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May 1940 the battle for the Netherlands /

Table of Contents: “…Schulten -- Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel -- The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel -- "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" …”
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Globalizing India perspectives from below /

Table of Contents: “…Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- In search of 'basmatisthan' : agro-nationalism and globalization / Denis Vidal -- Seeds of wrath : agriculture, biotechnology and globalization / Jackie Assayag -- Weaving for IKEA in South India : subcontracting, labour markets and gender relations in a global value chain / Geert De Neve -- Children are capital, grandchildren are interest : changing educational strategies and parenting in Calcutta's middle-class families / Henrike Donner -- Of languages, passions and interests : education, regionalism and globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000 / Véronique Bénéï -- Maps of audiences : Bombay films, the French territory and the making of an "oblique" market / Emmanuel Grimaud -- Malabar gods, nation-building and world culture : on perceptions of the local and the global / Gilles Tarabout -- Globalizing Hinduism : a "traditional" guru and modern businessmen in Chennai / C.J. …”
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Challenge accepted a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country / by Kaunonen, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood -- Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall" -- Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock -- The early existence of the Työmies Publishing Company, 1904-09 -- The Työmies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913 -- The 1913-14 copper country strike -- Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Työmies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909 -- Appendix 2: Työmies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913 -- Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913 -- Appendix 4: Työmies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.…”
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Ohio : a history of the Buckeye State / by Kern, Kevin F. (Kevin Frederic)

Table of Contents: “…Ohio before Ohio: state geology and topography -- The first Ohioans: prehistoric Ohio -- The middle ground: European and Native American interaction in Ohio -- War and peace: the end of "middle ground" Ohio -- The Ohio experiment: formation of the Northwest Territory, early American settlements, and statehood -- A community of communities: early Ohio society -- Revolutions: early Ohio economic developments -- From periphery to center: early statehood and national politics -- The end of the second party system -- Ohio must lead!…”
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May 1940 the battle for the Netherlands /

Table of Contents: “…Schulten -- Disputed territory : the battle in the Dutch provinces of Limburg, Noord-Brabant, and Zeeland / H.W. van den Doel -- The Field Army defeated : the battle for the Grebbe Line / H.W. van den Doel -- "Vorwarts denken, vorwarts sehen, vorwarts reiten!" …”
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Globalizing India perspectives from below /

Table of Contents: “…Balachandran and Sanjay Subrahmanyam -- In search of 'basmatisthan' : agro-nationalism and globalization / Denis Vidal -- Seeds of wrath : agriculture, biotechnology and globalization / Jackie Assayag -- Weaving for IKEA in South India : subcontracting, labour markets and gender relations in a global value chain / Geert De Neve -- Children are capital, grandchildren are interest : changing educational strategies and parenting in Calcutta's middle-class families / Henrike Donner -- Of languages, passions and interests : education, regionalism and globalization in Maharashtra, 1800-2000 / Véronique Bénéï -- Maps of audiences : Bombay films, the French territory and the making of an "oblique" market / Emmanuel Grimaud -- Malabar gods, nation-building and world culture : on perceptions of the local and the global / Gilles Tarabout -- Globalizing Hinduism : a "traditional" guru and modern businessmen in Chennai / C.J. …”
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Challenge accepted a Finnish immigrant response to industrial America in Michigan's copper country / by Kaunonen, Gary

Table of Contents: “…Finnish immigration and settlement in a Hancock, Michigan neighborhood -- Finnish immigrant cultural organizations and the "Finn Hall" -- Finnish immigrant socialist-unionists in Hancock -- The early existence of the Työmies Publishing Company, 1904-09 -- The Työmies Publishing Company reaches maturity, 1910-1913 -- The 1913-14 copper country strike -- Gun hounds, scabs, and tragedy -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1: Työmies Publishing Company staff and contributors, 1909 -- Appendix 2: Työmies Publishing Company interior use of space, 1913 -- Appendix 3: Copper territory strikers' march, 1913 -- Appendix 4: Työmies Publishing Company's composite list of Italian Hall deceased, 1913.…”
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Ohio : a history of the Buckeye State / by Kern, Kevin F. (Kevin Frederic)

Table of Contents: “…Ohio before Ohio: state geology and topography -- The first Ohioans: prehistoric Ohio -- The middle ground: European and Native American interaction in Ohio -- War and peace: the end of "middle ground" Ohio -- The Ohio experiment: formation of the Northwest Territory, early American settlements, and statehood -- A community of communities: early Ohio society -- Revolutions: early Ohio economic developments -- From periphery to center: early statehood and national politics -- The end of the second party system -- Ohio must lead!…”
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Fire and Snow : Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones / by Di Paolo, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Reclaiming Enemy-Occupied Territory: Saving Middle-earth, Narnia, Westeros, Panem, Endor, and Gallifrey -- Star Wars, Hollywood Blockbusters, and the Cultural Appropriation of J.R.R. …”
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Fire and Snow : Climate Fiction from the Inklings to Game of Thrones / by Di Paolo, Marc

Table of Contents: “…Reclaiming Enemy-Occupied Territory: Saving Middle-earth, Narnia, Westeros, Panem, Endor, and Gallifrey -- Star Wars, Hollywood Blockbusters, and the Cultural Appropriation of J.R.R. …”
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Escaping the self-determination trap by Weller, M. (Marc)

Table of Contents: “…A concept with multiple meanings -- The classical right to self-determination -- Constitutional self-determination -- Remedial self-determination -- Effective entities -- Trading self-determination for autonomy or enhanced self-governance -- Regionalisation, federalisation, or union with confirmation of territorial unity -- Deferring a substantive settlement while agreeing to a settlement mechanism -- Balancing self-determination claims -- Conditional self-determination -- Agreeing on self-determination but deferring implementation -- Establishing a de facto state through an international process -- Supervised independence -- Conclusion : new approaches to self-determination settlements.…”
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Escaping the self-determination trap by Weller, M. (Marc)

Table of Contents: “…A concept with multiple meanings -- The classical right to self-determination -- Constitutional self-determination -- Remedial self-determination -- Effective entities -- Trading self-determination for autonomy or enhanced self-governance -- Regionalisation, federalisation, or union with confirmation of territorial unity -- Deferring a substantive settlement while agreeing to a settlement mechanism -- Balancing self-determination claims -- Conditional self-determination -- Agreeing on self-determination but deferring implementation -- Establishing a de facto state through an international process -- Supervised independence -- Conclusion : new approaches to self-determination settlements.…”
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Citizenship Law in Africa: 3rd Edition / by Manby, Bronwyn

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the third edition -- Summary and recommendations -- International norms on nationality -- Nationality under colonial rule and the transition to independence -- The basis of nationality law today -- The right to a nationality in national law -- Nationality based on birth in the territory -- Nationality based on descent -- Adopted children -- Racial and ethnic discrimination -- Gender discrimination -- Dual nationality -- Naturalisation -- Nationality requirements for public office -- Rights for the African diaspora -- Loss and deprivation of nationality -- Renunciation and reacquisition -- Evidence and documentation -- State successions since independence -- Naturalisation as a "durable solution" for refugees -- Appendix : legal sources.…”
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Citizenship Law in Africa: 3rd Edition / by Manby, Bronwyn

Table of Contents: “…Preface to the third edition -- Summary and recommendations -- International norms on nationality -- Nationality under colonial rule and the transition to independence -- The basis of nationality law today -- The right to a nationality in national law -- Nationality based on birth in the territory -- Nationality based on descent -- Adopted children -- Racial and ethnic discrimination -- Gender discrimination -- Dual nationality -- Naturalisation -- Nationality requirements for public office -- Rights for the African diaspora -- Loss and deprivation of nationality -- Renunciation and reacquisition -- Evidence and documentation -- State successions since independence -- Naturalisation as a "durable solution" for refugees -- Appendix : legal sources.…”
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Personal, portable, pedestrian mobile phones in Japanese life /

Table of Contents: “…Discourses of keitai in Japan / Misa Matsuda -- Youth culture and the shaping of Japanese mobile media: personalization and the keitai internet as multimedia / Tomoyuki Okada -- A decade in the development of mobile communications in Japan (1993-2002) / Kenji Kohiyama -- The third-stage paradigm: territory machines from the girls' pager revolution to mobile aesthetics / Kenichi Fujimoto -- Japanese youth and the imagining of keitai / Haruhiro Kato -- Mobile communication and selective sociality / Misa Matsuda -- The mobile-izing Japanese: connecting to the internet by pc and webphone in Yamanashi / Kakuko Miyata, ...…”
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