Search Results - "The Shadow"

Color essays on race, family, and history / by McClane, Kenneth A., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Shadow boxing -- The Mitchell movement -- Teachers -- A King's holiday: a personal remembrance of Dr. …”
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Color essays on race, family, and history / by McClane, Kenneth A., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Shadow boxing -- The Mitchell movement -- Teachers -- A King's holiday: a personal remembrance of Dr. …”
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Lusophone Africa beyond independence / by Arenas, Fernando, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Lusophone Africa within the global and the postcolonial -- African, Portuguese, and Brazilian interconnections : the Lusophone transatlantic matrix -- Cesária Evora and the globalization of Cape Verdean music -- Lusophone Africa on screen : after utopia and before the end of hope -- Angolan literature : after independence and under the shadow of war.…”
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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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An evil day in Georgia : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / by Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil)

Table of Contents: “…The road to nowhere -- Land where we'll never grow old -- Chasing shadows -- The accused -- The end of the road -- Redemption man -- Payment to the law -- "Pretty by ordinary standards" -- The new woman -- Retribution -- Justice denied -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Research methods -- Appendix II: Literature.…”
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Lusophone Africa beyond independence / by Arenas, Fernando, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: Lusophone Africa within the global and the postcolonial -- African, Portuguese, and Brazilian interconnections : the Lusophone transatlantic matrix -- Cesária Evora and the globalization of Cape Verdean music -- Lusophone Africa on screen : after utopia and before the end of hope -- Angolan literature : after independence and under the shadow of war.…”
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Gangs of Russia : from the streets to the corridors of power / by Stephenson, Svetlana, 1962-

Table of Contents: “…In the shadow of the State -- The history of street organizations and gangs in Russia -- The transformation of gangs in the 1990s -- The business of gruppirovki: from predation to assimilation -- Gang organization -- Street trajectories -- The gang in the community -- Life according to the poniatiia: the gang's code -- Navigating the world of violence -- Gang culture and the wider Russian society.…”
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An evil day in Georgia : the killing of Coleman Osborn and the death penalty in the progressive-era South / by Smith, Robert N. (Robert Neil)

Table of Contents: “…The road to nowhere -- Land where we'll never grow old -- Chasing shadows -- The accused -- The end of the road -- Redemption man -- Payment to the law -- "Pretty by ordinary standards" -- The new woman -- Retribution -- Justice denied -- Epilogue -- Appendix I: Research methods -- Appendix II: Literature.…”
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The making of romantic love longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE / by Reddy, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The emergence of courtly love in Europe -- Aristocratic speech, the Gregorian reform, and the first troubadour -- Trobairitz and troubadours and the shadow religion -- Narratives of true love and twelfth-century common sense -- Points of comparison -- The Bhakti troubadour: Vaishnavism in twelfth-century Bengal and Orissa -- Elegance and compassion in Heian Japan.…”
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The making of romantic love longing and sexuality in Europe, South Asia, and Japan, 900-1200 CE / by Reddy, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The emergence of courtly love in Europe -- Aristocratic speech, the Gregorian reform, and the first troubadour -- Trobairitz and troubadours and the shadow religion -- Narratives of true love and twelfth-century common sense -- Points of comparison -- The Bhakti troubadour: Vaishnavism in twelfth-century Bengal and Orissa -- Elegance and compassion in Heian Japan.…”
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Oxford Jackson architecture, education, status, and style 1835-1924 / by Whyte, William

Table of Contents: “…'Recording our eclectic age' : Jackson and the dilemma of style -- 'The unity of art' : Jackson and the arts and crafts -- 'The maker of modern Oxford' : Jackson and the architecture of progress -- 'In the shadow of Anglo-Jackson' : Jackson and the public schools -- 'Cambridge at last!' …”
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America's response to China a history of Sino-American relations / by Cohen, Warren I.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: the barbarians and the tribute system -- The development of the treaty system -- The United States as a power in East Asia -- In the light of the rising sun -- The response to Chinese nationalism -- China as an abstraction : the conflict with Japan -- Communism in China -- The great aberration -- Rapprochement : at last -- In the shadow of Tiananmen -- America in the age of Chinese power.…”
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The eclipse of 'elegant economy' the impact of the Second World War on attitudes to personal finance in Britain / by Cohen, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Fleeting crescent (1918 to 1939 and before) -- Petrified "capitalists" (the Second World War) -- Short dawn (1945 to 1947) -- First quartile (1948 to 1951) -- Dividend-seeking "socialists" (the co-operative movement) -- Spreading shadow (1951 to 1957) -- Total eclipse and its corona (1957 and beyond).…”
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Elusive victories the American presidency at war / by Polsky, Andrew Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Lincoln casts a shadow -- A war to transform the world: Woodrow Wilson -- Freedom of action: Franklin Roosevelt -- Staying the course: Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon -- The perils of optimism: George W. …”
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America's response to China a history of Sino-American relations / by Cohen, Warren I.

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: the barbarians and the tribute system -- The development of the treaty system -- The United States as a power in East Asia -- In the light of the rising sun -- The response to Chinese nationalism -- China as an abstraction : the conflict with Japan -- Communism in China -- The great aberration -- Rapprochement : at last -- In the shadow of Tiananmen -- America in the age of Chinese power.…”
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The eclipse of 'elegant economy' the impact of the Second World War on attitudes to personal finance in Britain / by Cohen, Martin

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Fleeting crescent (1918 to 1939 and before) -- Petrified "capitalists" (the Second World War) -- Short dawn (1945 to 1947) -- First quartile (1948 to 1951) -- Dividend-seeking "socialists" (the co-operative movement) -- Spreading shadow (1951 to 1957) -- Total eclipse and its corona (1957 and beyond).…”
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Elusive victories the American presidency at war / by Polsky, Andrew Joseph

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Lincoln casts a shadow -- A war to transform the world: Woodrow Wilson -- Freedom of action: Franklin Roosevelt -- Staying the course: Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon -- The perils of optimism: George W. …”
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Safe haven? a history of refugees in America / by Haines, David

Table of Contents: “…Refugees and America : moral commitments and practical challenges -- A new land : loss, hope, and an ambiguous future -- Perfectly American : constructing the refugee experience -- Ethnicity's shadows : dilemmas of identity -- Binding the generations : households and refugee adaptation -- The logic of resettlement policy : English and self-sufficiency -- Refuge in America.…”
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Oxford Jackson architecture, education, status, and style 1835-1924 / by Whyte, William

Table of Contents: “…'Recording our eclectic age' : Jackson and the dilemma of style -- 'The unity of art' : Jackson and the arts and crafts -- 'The maker of modern Oxford' : Jackson and the architecture of progress -- 'In the shadow of Anglo-Jackson' : Jackson and the public schools -- 'Cambridge at last!' …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

Safe haven? a history of refugees in America / by Haines, David

Table of Contents: “…Refugees and America : moral commitments and practical challenges -- A new land : loss, hope, and an ambiguous future -- Perfectly American : constructing the refugee experience -- Ethnicity's shadows : dilemmas of identity -- Binding the generations : households and refugee adaptation -- The logic of resettlement policy : English and self-sufficiency -- Refuge in America.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view