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Chinese Chicago race, transnational migration, and community since 1870 / by Ling, Huping, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : rethinking Chinese Chicago -- Searching roots of a transnational community -- Locating Chinatown, 1870s-1910s -- Operating transnational businesses, 1880s-1930s -- Living transnational lives, 1880s-1930s -- Bridging the two worlds : community organizations, 1870s-1945 -- Connecting the two worlds : Chinese students and intellectuals, 1920s-2010s -- Diverging and converging transnational communities, 1945-2010s -- Epilogue : the "hollow center phenomenon" and the future of transnational migration.…”
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African-Brazilian culture and regional identity in Bahia, Brazil by Ickes, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Brazil's Black Rome and the remaking of Bahian regional identity -- Salvador, Bahia, 1930-1954 -- The revitalization of African-Bahian culture -- Performing Bahia: public festivals, samba, and African-Bahian agency -- Rituals of inclusion: evolving discourses of Bahianness -- Carnival of the people: Batucadas and Afox�es -- The project of regional identity formation: culture, politics, and tourism -- Conclusion and epilogue: cultural politics in Bahia.…”
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Africa in stereo : modernism, music, and pan-African solidarity / by Jaji, Tsitsi

Table of Contents: “…Stereomodernism and amplifying the Black Atlantic -- Sight reading: early Black South African transcriptions of freedom -- N�egritude musicology: poetry, performance and statecraft in Senegal -- What women want: selling hi-fi in consumer magazines and film -- 'Soul to soul': echo-locating histories of slavery and freedom from Ghana -- Pirate's choice: hacking into (post-)pan-African futures -- Epilogue: Singing songs.…”
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Bittersweet Europe : Albanian and Georgian discourses on Europe, 1878-2008 / by Brisku, Adrian

Table of Contents: “…Nationhood and empire: a tale of historical and ethno-cultural similarities and differences -- From empire to independence: Europe as the future -- The nation-state in imperial/supranational shadow: the apparent decline of Europe -- Communist experiences in a divided Europe -- 'Return to Europe', 'closer to Europe': post-communist expectations -- Epilogue: is 'Europe' still the future?…”
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Eating Identities : Reading Food in Asian American Literature / by Xu, Wenying

Table of Contents: “…Enjoyment and ethnic identity in No-no boy and Obasan -- Masculinity, food, and appetite in Frank Chin's Donald Duk and "The eat and run midnight people" -- Class and cuisine: David Wong Louie's The barbarians are coming -- Diaspora, transcendentalism, and ethnic gastronomy in the works of Li-Young Lee -- Sexuality, colonialism, and ethnicity in Monique Truong's The book of salt and Mei Ng's Eating Chinese food naked -- Epilogue: eating identities.…”
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Over The Rim /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Introduction -- The journals -- Great Salt Lake to San Pete -- San Pete to the Little Salt Lake -- Over the rim to Dixie -- Exploration of Little Salt Lake and Cedar Valleys and beyond -- Reunion and celebration -- The long, cold trip home -- The official report -- Epilogue -- Appendices -- Related papers -- Biographies of expedition members -- Robert Campbell's Ute alphabet -- Robert Campbell's emigrant guides -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Melville's Thematics of Form : The Great Art of Telling the Truth / by Dryden, Edgar A.

Table of Contents: “…A note on texts -- Metaphysics and the art of the novel -- Portraits of the artist as a young man: narrative form in Melville's early novels -- Ishmael as teller: self-conscious form in Moby-Dick -- The failure of the author-hero: narrative form in Pierre and Israel Potter -- The novelist as impostor: subversive form in The confidence-man -- Epilogue.…”
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The Buddhist Poetry of the Great Kamo Priestess : Daisaiin Senshi and Hosshin Wakashu / by Kamens, Edward, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- Part One: The Great Kamo Priestess -- Part Two: A Reading of Hosshin Wakashū -- Epilogue -- Appendix: The Text of Hosshin Wakashū -- List of Characters for Names and Terms -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author…”
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Adventurer explorer : daring deeds & unknown realms.

Table of Contents: “…Ron Hubbard -- Recipes for adventure -- Mission into time -- Epilogue.…”
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Humanitarian : restoring honor & self-respect.

Table of Contents: “…Ron Hubbard -- The Way to Happiness Foundation -- Criminon -- Epilogue.…”
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The people themselves popular constitutionalism and judicial review / by Kramer, Larry, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…In substance, and in principle, the same as it was heretofore : the customary constitution -- A rule obligatory upon every department : the origins of judicial review -- The power under the constitution will always be in the people : the making of the constitution -- Courts, as well as other departments, are bound by that instrument : accepting judicial review -- What every true republican ought to depend on : rejecting judicial supremacy -- Notwithstanding this abstract view : the changing context of constitutional law -- To preserve the constitution, as a perpetual bond of union : the lessons of experience -- A layman's document, not a lawyer's contract : the continuing struggle for popular constitutionalism -- As an American : popular constitutionalism, circa 2003 --Epilogue : judicial review without judicial supremacy.…”
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Spartan band Burnett's 13th Texas Cavalry in the Civil War / by Reid, Thomas, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Burnett's Texas mounted volunteers -- The regiment is reorganized -- From Red River to White River -- The trials of a bitter winter -- The Vicksburg Campaign -- Texans in the bayou country -- Long road to Mansfield -- The battle of Pleasant Hill -- A battle at Jenkins' Ferry -- Home with their shields -- Epilogue.…”
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Literature, satire and the early Stuart state by McRae, Andrew

Table of Contents: “…Stigmatizing Prynne: puritanism and politics in the 1630s -- Epilogue: early Stuart satire and the Civil War.…”
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Northern experience and the myths of Canadian culture by Hulan, Renée

Table of Contents: “…Lovers and Strangers: Reimagining the Mythic North 138 -- Epilogue: Unsettling the Northern Nation 179.…”
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Judaism's encounter with American sports by Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: A historian's challenge -- Introduction: Sports and Judaism in competition -- From ancient struggles through a medieval time-out -- Judaism's first modern sports skirmishes -- The challenge and opportunity of a new world of American sports -- The training of "all-American" Yeshiva boys -- Shul vs. pool : interwar battles and early postwar engagements -- The mission of American Jewry's team -- An irresistible force -- Safe at home : tension in Judaism's clubhouse -- Epilogue: A clear path to the finish line.…”
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Connecting leadership with learning a framework for reflection, planning, and action / by Copland, Michael A.

Table of Contents: “…Preface : a call for leadership that is focused on learning -- Leading for learning-foundational ideas -- Hector's challenge to educational leaders -- Essential ideas and tasks for learning-focused leaders -- What leading for learning means for practice -- Establishing a focus on learning -- Building professional communities that value learning -- Engaging external environments that matter for learning -- Acting strategically and sharing leadership -- Creating coherence -- The leading for learning framework in action -- Leading learning in schools -- Leading learning in districts -- Using the framework in practice and leadership development -- Epilogue : Hector and Mr. G. revisited.…”
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Crossing confessional boundaries the patronage of Italian sacred music in seventeenth-century Dresden / by Frandsen, Mary E., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : the forgotten Mäzen Johann Georg II -- The advent of the Italians, 1651-56 -- The Italianate Hofkapelle of Johann Georg II, 1656-80 -- Johann Georg II and the problem of Catholicism -- Piety, penitence, and praise : the Dresden textual repertoire -- Roma trapiantata : the new sacred concerto in Dresden -- Musica pathetica : style and affect in the Dresden concerto -- Johann Georg's vision for worship -- Musik im Gottesdienst : the liturgical year at the Dresden court -- Epilogue : Johann Georg II remembered.…”
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The musical topic hunt, military and pastoral / by Monelle, Raymond, 1937-

Table of Contents: “…The pastoral signified : the myth ; The pastoral signifier ; The pastoral in music ; New pastorals ; Epilogue.…”
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Coaching, counseling & mentoring how to choose & use the right technique to boost employee performance / by Stone, Florence M.

Table of Contents: “…-- How to turn around problem employees and employees with problems -- Let's talk : specific counseling sessions -- Counseling dilemmas : traps and pitfalls to avoid -- What mentoring can do to help high achievers- and you -- Mentor as a role model, broker, advocate, and career counselor -- Let's talk : face-to-face and e-conversations -- Mentoring traps to avoid -- Epilogue : your role as a leader.…”
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The grand illusion love, lies, and my life with Styx / by Panozzo, Chuck

Table of Contents: “…Ready for love ; Rewriting happily ever after ; Faces of victory -- Epilogue: Lessons learned.…”
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