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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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The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / by Eperjesi, John R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania -- The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier -- An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism -- The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific -- Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism -- Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific -- Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story -- Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific.…”
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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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The imperialist imaginary : visions of Asia and the Pacific in American culture / by Eperjesi, John R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the American Pacific : an errand into Oceania -- The "superlative and poetry of commerce" : scattered origins of an American Pacific frontier -- An American Pacific Jeremiad : Frank Norris's The octopus and U.S. imperialism -- The American Asiatic association and the imperialist imaginary of the American Pacific -- Becoming Hawaiian : Jack London, cultural tourism, and the myth of Hawaiian exceptionalism -- Maxine Hong Kingston's China men : frontiers of the Chinese American Pacific -- Memories of a forgotten war : a Filipino/American ghost story -- Conclusion : outside in the American Pacific.…”
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The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016

Table of Contents: “…Designing a longitudinal study on student relationships and perceived quality of life -- Chapter 20 Researching Links between Teacher Wellbeing and Educational Change: Case Studies from Kazakhstan and Sakha Republic -- chapter 21 Student contribution: Well-being at the Polish polar station, Svalbard: Adaptation to extreme environments --  Part IV Arcitc tourism. Chapter 22 Tourism futures in the Arctic -- chapter 23 Uniqueness as a draw for riding under the midnight sun.- Chapter 24 Arctic tourism: the design approach with reference to the Russian North -- Part V Arctic safety. …”
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The Interconnected Arctic — UArctic Congress 2016

Table of Contents: “…Designing a longitudinal study on student relationships and perceived quality of life -- Chapter 20 Researching Links between Teacher Wellbeing and Educational Change: Case Studies from Kazakhstan and Sakha Republic -- chapter 21 Student contribution: Well-being at the Polish polar station, Svalbard: Adaptation to extreme environments --  Part IV Arcitc tourism. Chapter 22 Tourism futures in the Arctic -- chapter 23 Uniqueness as a draw for riding under the midnight sun.- Chapter 24 Arctic tourism: the design approach with reference to the Russian North -- Part V Arctic safety. …”
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Tonga a new bibliography / by Daly, Martin, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Map of Tonga -- The country and its people -- Geography and environment -- Tourism and travel guides -- Travellers' accounts -- Flora and fauna -- Prehistory and archaeology -- History -- General Pacific -- General Tonga -- Mission and church -- Pre-1900 -- Post-1900 -- Language -- Religion -- Society -- Kava -- Health and welfare -- Politics and government -- Constitution and legal system -- Foreign relations -- Economy, trade and labour -- Population, migration and remittances -- Industry, commerce and agriculture -- Fisheries -- Education -- Literature -- Material culture -- Performance arts -- Books, media and communications -- Academic journals -- Encyclopaedias and reference works -- General bibliographies -- Web sites -- Addendum: Recently published.…”
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Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China / by Denton, Kirk A., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…National origins and local identity: museums of premodern history -- Exhibiting the revolution: the museum of the Chinese revolution -- Commodification and nostalgia: revolutionary history in the era of the market economy -- Martyrdom and memory: monuments, memorials, and museums for dead heroes -- Martial glory and the power of the state: military museums -- Heroic resistance and victims of atrocity: negotiating the memory of Japanese imperialism -- Heroic models and exemplary leaders: memorial halls -- Literary politics and cultural heritage: modern literature museums -- Ethnic minorities and the construction of national identity: ethnographic museums -- Revolutionary memory and national landscape: Red tourism -- Museums of the future: municipal urban planning exhibition halls.…”
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Tonga a new bibliography / by Daly, Martin, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chronology -- Map of Tonga -- The country and its people -- Geography and environment -- Tourism and travel guides -- Travellers' accounts -- Flora and fauna -- Prehistory and archaeology -- History -- General Pacific -- General Tonga -- Mission and church -- Pre-1900 -- Post-1900 -- Language -- Religion -- Society -- Kava -- Health and welfare -- Politics and government -- Constitution and legal system -- Foreign relations -- Economy, trade and labour -- Population, migration and remittances -- Industry, commerce and agriculture -- Fisheries -- Education -- Literature -- Material culture -- Performance arts -- Books, media and communications -- Academic journals -- Encyclopaedias and reference works -- General bibliographies -- Web sites -- Addendum: Recently published.…”
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Exhibiting the past : historical memory and the politics of museums in postsocialist China / by Denton, Kirk A., 1955-

Table of Contents: “…National origins and local identity: museums of premodern history -- Exhibiting the revolution: the museum of the Chinese revolution -- Commodification and nostalgia: revolutionary history in the era of the market economy -- Martyrdom and memory: monuments, memorials, and museums for dead heroes -- Martial glory and the power of the state: military museums -- Heroic resistance and victims of atrocity: negotiating the memory of Japanese imperialism -- Heroic models and exemplary leaders: memorial halls -- Literary politics and cultural heritage: modern literature museums -- Ethnic minorities and the construction of national identity: ethnographic museums -- Revolutionary memory and national landscape: Red tourism -- Museums of the future: municipal urban planning exhibition halls.…”
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The bibliography of Appalachia more than 4,700 books, articles, monographs and dissertations, topically arranged and indexed / by Burch, John R., 1968-

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The bibliography of Appalachia more than 4,700 books, articles, monographs and dissertations, topically arranged and indexed / by Burch, John R., 1968-

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New Deal, new landscape the Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's state parks / by Mielnik, Tara Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Depression and the New Deal in South Carolina -- Emergency conservation work and the Civilian Conservation Corps: an administrative overview of the Civilian Conservation Corps -- "A good set of boys here and I like it fine": life in the South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps -- Building opportunity: tourism, forestry, and state parks in South Carolina -- Conservation and commemoration: South Carolina's recreational demonstration areas, Cheraw, Colleton, and Kings Mountain -- Forestry work and state park development: the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the Civilian Conservation Corps -- South Carolina's "breathing spaces": opening and operating the state parks during the New Deal decade -- Learning from the parks: resources and interpretation in South Carolina.…”
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New Deal, new landscape the Civilian Conservation Corps and South Carolina's state parks / by Mielnik, Tara Mitchell

Table of Contents: “…Depression and the New Deal in South Carolina -- Emergency conservation work and the Civilian Conservation Corps: an administrative overview of the Civilian Conservation Corps -- "A good set of boys here and I like it fine": life in the South Carolina Civilian Conservation Corps -- Building opportunity: tourism, forestry, and state parks in South Carolina -- Conservation and commemoration: South Carolina's recreational demonstration areas, Cheraw, Colleton, and Kings Mountain -- Forestry work and state park development: the South Carolina Forestry Commission and the Civilian Conservation Corps -- South Carolina's "breathing spaces": opening and operating the state parks during the New Deal decade -- Learning from the parks: resources and interpretation in South Carolina.…”
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John Wayne's world transnational masculinity in the fifties / by Meeuf, Russell, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: reexamining John Wayne -- The emergence of "John Wayne": Red River, global masculinity, and Wayne's romantic anxieties -- Exile, community, and wandering: international migration and the spatial dynamics of modernity in John Ford's cavalry trilogy -- John Wayne's cold war: mass tourism and the anticommunist crusade -- John Wayne's body: technicolor and 3-D anxieties in Hondo and the Searchers -- John Wayne's Africa: European colonialism versus U.S. global leadership in Legend of the lost -- John Wayne's Japan: international production, global trade -- And John Wayne's diplomacy in the Barbarian and the Geisha -- Men at work in tight spaces: masculinity, professionalism, and politics in Rio Bravo and the Alamo -- Conclusion: the man who shot Liberty Valance and nostalgia for John Wayne's world.…”
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John Wayne's world transnational masculinity in the fifties / by Meeuf, Russell, 1981-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: reexamining John Wayne -- The emergence of "John Wayne": Red River, global masculinity, and Wayne's romantic anxieties -- Exile, community, and wandering: international migration and the spatial dynamics of modernity in John Ford's cavalry trilogy -- John Wayne's cold war: mass tourism and the anticommunist crusade -- John Wayne's body: technicolor and 3-D anxieties in Hondo and the Searchers -- John Wayne's Africa: European colonialism versus U.S. global leadership in Legend of the lost -- John Wayne's Japan: international production, global trade -- And John Wayne's diplomacy in the Barbarian and the Geisha -- Men at work in tight spaces: masculinity, professionalism, and politics in Rio Bravo and the Alamo -- Conclusion: the man who shot Liberty Valance and nostalgia for John Wayne's world.…”
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European identity and culture narratives of transnational belongings /

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy -- National cultures, social belonging and questions on European identity / Sophie Duchesne -- Modeling the process of political and civic participation in the EU : digital and traditional media in Spain / Homero Gil de Zúñiga y Navajas -- Culture, communication and currency : constructing a public sphere for the euro / Matthias Kaelberer -- The Europeanisation of terror : consuming place, tradition and authenticity / Marion Demossier -- Islamoskepticism and its counter-narratives : transnational identity, cultural wars, and religion's place / Raymond Taras -- Tourism, transnationalism, and the construction of everyday life in Europe / Dario Gaggio -- Conclusion / Rebecca Friedman and Markus Thiel.…”
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European identity and culture narratives of transnational belongings /

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy -- National cultures, social belonging and questions on European identity / Sophie Duchesne -- Modeling the process of political and civic participation in the EU : digital and traditional media in Spain / Homero Gil de Zúñiga y Navajas -- Culture, communication and currency : constructing a public sphere for the euro / Matthias Kaelberer -- The Europeanisation of terror : consuming place, tradition and authenticity / Marion Demossier -- Islamoskepticism and its counter-narratives : transnational identity, cultural wars, and religion's place / Raymond Taras -- Tourism, transnationalism, and the construction of everyday life in Europe / Dario Gaggio -- Conclusion / Rebecca Friedman and Markus Thiel.…”
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Marine protected areas a multidisciplinary approach /

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Marine protected areas a multidisciplinary approach /

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