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Kant in the land of extraterrestrials : cosmopolitical philosofictions / by Szendy, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Little bit of tourism -- Star wars -- Kant in the land of extraterrestrials -- Cosmetics and cosmopolitics -- Weightless: the Archimedean point of the sensible -- What's left of cosmopolitanism?…”
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Kant in the land of extraterrestrials : cosmopolitical philosofictions / by Szendy, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Little bit of tourism -- Star wars -- Kant in the land of extraterrestrials -- Cosmetics and cosmopolitics -- Weightless: the Archimedean point of the sensible -- What's left of cosmopolitanism?…”
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Between distant modernities : performing exceptionality in Francoist Spain and the Jim Crow South / by Kennedy, Brittany Powell

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: constructing Spanish and Southern exceptionality -- Breathing modern life into the Quijote: Spanish and Southern regeneration in the new century -- The religion of blood and myth: William Faulkner's and Camilo Jose Cela's modern subjects -- Fleeing exceptionality in A little red MG: driving through national melancholia -- Contesting narratives of failed performance: racial identity and national exceptionality -- Being "bad" and objectified womanhood: transgressive femininity in Spain and the South -- Exceptionality as leisure: tourism and urban planning in the New South and democratic Spain -- Conclusion: from tourism to time travel.…”
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Between distant modernities : performing exceptionality in Francoist Spain and the Jim Crow South / by Kennedy, Brittany Powell

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: constructing Spanish and Southern exceptionality -- Breathing modern life into the Quijote: Spanish and Southern regeneration in the new century -- The religion of blood and myth: William Faulkner's and Camilo Jose Cela's modern subjects -- Fleeing exceptionality in A little red MG: driving through national melancholia -- Contesting narratives of failed performance: racial identity and national exceptionality -- Being "bad" and objectified womanhood: transgressive femininity in Spain and the South -- Exceptionality as leisure: tourism and urban planning in the New South and democratic Spain -- Conclusion: from tourism to time travel.…”
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Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire / by Israelowich, Ido, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The identity of physicians during the High Roman Empire -- Patients' understanding of health and illness -- The domus and reproduction -- Health care in the Roman army -- Medical tourism during the High Roman Empire.…”
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Patients and healers in the High Roman Empire / by Israelowich, Ido, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The identity of physicians during the High Roman Empire -- Patients' understanding of health and illness -- The domus and reproduction -- Health care in the Roman army -- Medical tourism during the High Roman Empire.…”
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The empires' edge : militarization, resistance, and transcending hegemony in the Pacific / by Davis, Sasha, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Hegemony and Affinity in the Islands of Empire -- Surveying the Baseworld -- Seeing like an Empire : Islands as Wastelands -- Local Resistances and Imperial Reactions -- Colonialism, Militarization, Tourism, and Environment as Nexus -- Networks of Affinity and Myths of the Postcolonial Pacific.…”
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The empires' edge : militarization, resistance, and transcending hegemony in the Pacific / by Davis, Sasha, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Hegemony and Affinity in the Islands of Empire -- Surveying the Baseworld -- Seeing like an Empire : Islands as Wastelands -- Local Resistances and Imperial Reactions -- Colonialism, Militarization, Tourism, and Environment as Nexus -- Networks of Affinity and Myths of the Postcolonial Pacific.…”
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The rise of the global south philosophical, geopolitical and economic trends of the 21st century /

Table of Contents: “…Conflict and resolution : geostrategic cooperation in Africa and the Arab/Islamic world -- pt. 3. Trade, tourism, and migration as south-south cooperation drivers.…”
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The rise of the global south philosophical, geopolitical and economic trends of the 21st century /

Table of Contents: “…Conflict and resolution : geostrategic cooperation in Africa and the Arab/Islamic world -- pt. 3. Trade, tourism, and migration as south-south cooperation drivers.…”
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Catalonia a cultural history / by Eaude, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Birth and rebirth of a nation -- The first town in Spain (Portbou) -- Mediterranean : the center of the earth (Tarragona) -- Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees -- Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens -- The poet-priest and the indiano (Verdaguer) -- The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell, Geniuses -- Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus -- Modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges (Picasso) -- The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí -- Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró -- I Come from a silence : Raimon -- Tourism and war -- The sweaty groin, Barcelona's Raval -- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona -- Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret -- Plain and river. …”
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Catalonia a cultural history / by Eaude, Michael

Table of Contents: “…Birth and rebirth of a nation -- The first town in Spain (Portbou) -- Mediterranean : the center of the earth (Tarragona) -- Romanesque Catalonia : the Pyrenees -- Glory and rapine : Poblet and Athens -- The poet-priest and the indiano (Verdaguer) -- The Lancashire of Spain : Gaudí and Güell, Geniuses -- Fleeing the straight and narrow : Gaudí and Reus -- Modern painting : Rusiñol at Sitges (Picasso) -- The terminal beach : Salvador Dalí -- Feet rooted to the red earth : Joan Miró -- I Come from a silence : Raimon -- Tourism and war -- The sweaty groin, Barcelona's Raval -- The Gothic Quarter, Barcelona -- Mass migration and mass tourism : Lloret -- Plain and river. …”
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Mobility and cultural authority in contemporary China by Nyíri, Pál

Table of Contents: “…Internal migration in reform China -- International migration from China -- Tourism in contemporary China -- The usefulness of mobility : producing modern citizens -- The dangers of mobility : disciplining the traveler -- Conflicting impulses : mobility encouraged and hindered -- Conclusion : mobility and cultural control.…”
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Mobility and cultural authority in contemporary China by Nyíri, Pál

Table of Contents: “…Internal migration in reform China -- International migration from China -- Tourism in contemporary China -- The usefulness of mobility : producing modern citizens -- The dangers of mobility : disciplining the traveler -- Conflicting impulses : mobility encouraged and hindered -- Conclusion : mobility and cultural control.…”
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Campaigning for children : strategies for advancing children's rights / by Becker, Jo

Table of Contents: “…From property to people : the evolution of children's rights -- Female genital mutilation/cutting -- Juvenile justice -- Child marriage -- Child labor -- Corporal punishment -- Child sex tourism -- Child soldiers -- Access to education -- Attacks on education -- Lessons for the future.…”

Campaigning for children : strategies for advancing children's rights / by Becker, Jo

Table of Contents: “…From property to people : the evolution of children's rights -- Female genital mutilation/cutting -- Juvenile justice -- Child marriage -- Child labor -- Corporal punishment -- Child sex tourism -- Child soldiers -- Access to education -- Attacks on education -- Lessons for the future.…”

Literary celebrity, gender, and Victorian authorship, 1850-1914 by Easley, Alexis, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: celebrity and literary tourism. The virtual city: literary tourism and the construction of "Dickens's London"; the haunting of Victorian London: Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and George Eliot; the woman of letters at home: Harriet Martineau and the Lake District -- Part II: Celebrity and historiography. …”
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Literary celebrity, gender, and Victorian authorship, 1850-1914 by Easley, Alexis, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Part I: celebrity and literary tourism. The virtual city: literary tourism and the construction of "Dickens's London"; the haunting of Victorian London: Christina Rossetti, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, and George Eliot; the woman of letters at home: Harriet Martineau and the Lake District -- Part II: Celebrity and historiography. …”
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Eastern Cherokee fishing by Altman, Heidi M., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Cherokee history and the changing environment : effects on fish and fishing -- Subsistence, material culture, and fishing practices -- Cherokee traditional ecological knowledge and fishing : "there's a lot to that; you gotta know the signs" -- Tourism, fishing, and contemporary Cherokee identity : the discourse of enterprise and reserve -- Conclusions.…”
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Eastern Cherokee fishing by Altman, Heidi M., 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Cherokee history and the changing environment : effects on fish and fishing -- Subsistence, material culture, and fishing practices -- Cherokee traditional ecological knowledge and fishing : "there's a lot to that; you gotta know the signs" -- Tourism, fishing, and contemporary Cherokee identity : the discourse of enterprise and reserve -- Conclusions.…”
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