Search Results - "Territory"

Illicit flows and criminal things states, borders, and the other side of globalization /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the making of illicitness / Itty Abraham and Willem van Schendel -- Spaces of engagement : how borderlands, illicit flows, and territorial states interlock / Willem van Schendel -- The rumor of trafficking : border controls, illegal migration, and the sovereignty of the nation-state / Diana Wong -- Talking like a state : drugs, borders, and the language of control / Paul Gootenberg -- "Here, even legislators chew them" : coca leaves and identity politics in northern Argentina / Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui -- Seeing the state like a migrant : why so many non-criminals break immigration laws / David Kyle and Christina A. …”
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Regionalism and the humanities

Table of Contents: “…Moore -- Place is political : creating regional cultures -- State pieces in the U.S. regions puzzle : Nevada and the problem of fit / Cheryll Glotfelty -- Imagining place : Nebraska territory, 1854-1867 / Kurt E. Kinbacher -- Architecture crosses region : building in the Grecian style / Patrick Lee Lucas -- Societies and soirees : musical life and regional character in the South Atlantic / Michael Saffle -- List of contributors -- Index.…”
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Translation and cognition

Table of Contents: “…Uncertainty, uncertainty management and metacognitive problem solving in the translation task / Erik Angelone -- Coordination of reading and writing processes in translation: an eye on uncharted territory / Barbara Dragsted -- Cognitive effort, syntactic disruption, and visual interference in a sight translation task / Gregory M. …”
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Governing global land deals : the role of the state in the rush for land /

Table of Contents: “…Dwyer -- Indirect dispossession : domestic power imbalances and foreign access to land in mozambique / Madeleine Fairbairn -- Competition over authority and access : international land deals in madagascar / Perrine Burnod, Mathilde Gingembre and Rivo Andrianirina Ratsialonana -- Regimes of dispossession : from steel towns to special economic zones / Michael Levien -- The political construction of wasteland : governmentality, land acquisition and social inequality in south india / Jennifer Baka -- Chinese land-based interventions in senegal / Lila Buckley -- Identity, territory and land conflict in brazil / LaShandra Sullivan.…”
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The archaeology of Carrier Mills : 10,000 years in the Saline Valley of Illinois / by Jefferies, Richard W.

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Regionalism and the humanities

Table of Contents: “…Moore -- Place is political : creating regional cultures -- State pieces in the U.S. regions puzzle : Nevada and the problem of fit / Cheryll Glotfelty -- Imagining place : Nebraska territory, 1854-1867 / Kurt E. Kinbacher -- Architecture crosses region : building in the Grecian style / Patrick Lee Lucas -- Societies and soirees : musical life and regional character in the South Atlantic / Michael Saffle -- List of contributors -- Index.…”
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Translation and cognition

Table of Contents: “…Uncertainty, uncertainty management and metacognitive problem solving in the translation task / Erik Angelone -- Coordination of reading and writing processes in translation: an eye on uncharted territory / Barbara Dragsted -- Cognitive effort, syntactic disruption, and visual interference in a sight translation task / Gregory M. …”
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Governing global land deals : the role of the state in the rush for land /

Table of Contents: “…Dwyer -- Indirect dispossession : domestic power imbalances and foreign access to land in mozambique / Madeleine Fairbairn -- Competition over authority and access : international land deals in madagascar / Perrine Burnod, Mathilde Gingembre and Rivo Andrianirina Ratsialonana -- Regimes of dispossession : from steel towns to special economic zones / Michael Levien -- The political construction of wasteland : governmentality, land acquisition and social inequality in south india / Jennifer Baka -- Chinese land-based interventions in senegal / Lila Buckley -- Identity, territory and land conflict in brazil / LaShandra Sullivan.…”
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The archaeology of Carrier Mills : 10,000 years in the Saline Valley of Illinois / by Jefferies, Richard W.

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Swift, the Book, and the Irish Financial Revolution : Satire and Sovereignty in Colonial Ireland / by Moore, Sean D.

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Trade, Politics, and Revolution : South Carolina and Britain's Atlantic Commerce, 1730-1790 / by David, Huw T., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; TRADE, POLITICS, AND REVOLUTION; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON THE TEXT; CHRONOLOGY; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; INTRODUCTION "A large territory on the Atlantic Ocean, in a temperate latitude"-South Carolina and Great Britain; CHAPTER ONE "THE METROPOLIS OF SOUTH CAROLINA" London Lobbying and Charles Town Commerce; CHAPTER TWO "FRIENDS TO ASSIST AT HOME" London's Carolina Trade in the 1740s and 1750s; CHAPTER THREE "CANKERS TO THE RICHES OF A COUNTRY"? …”
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Secession and Security : Explaining State Strategy against Separatists / by Butt, Ahsan I., 1983-

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Spatial and Temporal Dimensions for Legal History : Research Experiences and Itineraries /

Table of Contents: “…International law and the historiography of the territory / Marta Lorente Sariñena -- Carl Schmitt revisited : ripensare il concetto di Grande Spazio (grossraum) in un contesto globale / Paolo Cappellini -- Diffusion of law books in early modern Europe : a methodologicla approach / Laura Beck Varela -- Per una storia del processo penale all'Italiana : astratte modellistich e abitudini profondamente radicate / Floriana Colao -- Beyond the lighthouse, Sicily and the Sicilies : institutional readings of a borderland / Giacomo Pace Gravina.…”
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The Elusive Covenant : A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis / by Prewitt, Terry J. (Terry James), 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Polity and history -- Historicity -- Mythscapes -- Tribal ranking and monarchic succession -- Birth order and maternal heritage -- Names, blessings, rank, and social structure -- Intersecting alliances of the Levites -- Territory, kingship, and social structure -- III. Structural hermeneutics -- Rhetorical structures and cultural themes -- Structural patterns in Genesis 1-14 -- Genesis 1 and 14 -- Genesis 2 and 13 -- Genesis 3 and 12 -- Adam and Abraham -- Genesis 4 and 11 -- Genesis 5 and 10 -- Genesis 6 and 9 -- Genesis 7 and 8 -- Adam, Noah, and Abram -- Toward a unified Genesis structure -- Themal analysis -- Holism and reductionism as hermeneutic principles -- IV. …”
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Swift, the Book, and the Irish Financial Revolution : Satire and Sovereignty in Colonial Ireland / by Moore, Sean D.

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Trade, Politics, and Revolution : South Carolina and Britain's Atlantic Commerce, 1730-1790 / by David, Huw T., 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; TRADE, POLITICS, AND REVOLUTION; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES ON THE TEXT; CHRONOLOGY; DRAMATIS PERSONAE; INTRODUCTION "A large territory on the Atlantic Ocean, in a temperate latitude"-South Carolina and Great Britain; CHAPTER ONE "THE METROPOLIS OF SOUTH CAROLINA" London Lobbying and Charles Town Commerce; CHAPTER TWO "FRIENDS TO ASSIST AT HOME" London's Carolina Trade in the 1740s and 1750s; CHAPTER THREE "CANKERS TO THE RICHES OF A COUNTRY"? …”
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Secession and Security : Explaining State Strategy against Separatists / by Butt, Ahsan I., 1983-

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Spatial and Temporal Dimensions for Legal History : Research Experiences and Itineraries /

Table of Contents: “…International law and the historiography of the territory / Marta Lorente Sariñena -- Carl Schmitt revisited : ripensare il concetto di Grande Spazio (grossraum) in un contesto globale / Paolo Cappellini -- Diffusion of law books in early modern Europe : a methodologicla approach / Laura Beck Varela -- Per una storia del processo penale all'Italiana : astratte modellistich e abitudini profondamente radicate / Floriana Colao -- Beyond the lighthouse, Sicily and the Sicilies : institutional readings of a borderland / Giacomo Pace Gravina.…”
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The Elusive Covenant : A Structural-Semiotic Reading of Genesis / by Prewitt, Terry J. (Terry James), 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Polity and history -- Historicity -- Mythscapes -- Tribal ranking and monarchic succession -- Birth order and maternal heritage -- Names, blessings, rank, and social structure -- Intersecting alliances of the Levites -- Territory, kingship, and social structure -- III. Structural hermeneutics -- Rhetorical structures and cultural themes -- Structural patterns in Genesis 1-14 -- Genesis 1 and 14 -- Genesis 2 and 13 -- Genesis 3 and 12 -- Adam and Abraham -- Genesis 4 and 11 -- Genesis 5 and 10 -- Genesis 6 and 9 -- Genesis 7 and 8 -- Adam, Noah, and Abram -- Toward a unified Genesis structure -- Themal analysis -- Holism and reductionism as hermeneutic principles -- IV. …”
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Looking north, looking south China, Taiwan, and the South Pacific /

Table of Contents: “…The South Pacific : China's new frontier / Bertil Lintner -- The software of China-Pacific Island relations / Ron Crocombe -- Sino-Pacifica : extra-territorial influence and the overseas Chinese / James Jiann Hua To -- China : stumbling through the Pacific? …”
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