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Swing along the musical life of Will Marion Cook / by Carter, Marva Griffin

Table of Contents: “…-- In Dahomey -- The students and the stage -- Removing the minstrel mask -- The Clef Club, darkydom, and World War I -- The Southern Syncopated Orchestra -- A hell of a life -- A composer's legacy -- Postlude: Swing Along.…”
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IUTAM A Short History /

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- What is Mechanics -- Current Solid Mechanics Research -- Current Research in Fluid Mechanics -- About the Early International Congresses of Applied Mechanics -- Post World War II Activities: From Paris to Lyngby -- Turn of the Century Activities: From Grenoble to Montreal -- Congresses -- Symposia -- General Assemblies -- Reports and Further References -- Appendices -- IUTAM-ICTAM Photos.…”
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Supply-chain survival in the age of globalization by Pope, James A. (James Arthur), 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Background -- 2. Post-World War II developments -- 3. The supply-chain management concept -- 4. …”
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Accounting fraud : maneuvering and manipulation, past and present / by Giroux, Gary A.

Table of Contents: “…Great Depression and reforms -- 4. War and post-World War II business and corruption -- 5. Tech bubble, bust, and bankruptcies -- 6. …”
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From marriage to the market the transformation of women's lives and work / by Thistle, Susan

Table of Contents: “…A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities.…”
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Logics of war explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.…”
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Logics of war explanations for limited and unlimited conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.…”
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Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.…”
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Immigrant Workers in Industrial France : The Making of a New Laboring Class / by Cross, Gary S.

Table of Contents: “…Green -- Preface -- Introduction -- State, society, and supplemental labor, 1880-1918 -- Organizing immigration after the First World War -- Farms, mines, and poles -- The Fascist state and Italian emigration -- Foreign labor in a period of growth -- Acceptance without integration : regulating immigrants in the 1920s -- Limits of assimilation -- Regulating the immigrant worker during the Depression -- Conclusion.…”
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The Rise of Democracy : Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 / by Hobson, Christopher (Professor of political science)

Table of Contents: “…The Wilsonian revolution: World War One -- 7. From the brink to 'triumph': the twentieth century -- 8. …”
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From marriage to the market the transformation of women's lives and work / by Thistle, Susan

Table of Contents: “…A world turned inside out -- Support for women's domestic economy in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- The breakdown of women's domestic economy after World War II -- Economic difficulties and a contradictory alliance -- The formation of a female underclass -- The "new economy" and the transformation of women's work -- How and why mothers have been shortchanged -- New possibilities and old inequalities.…”
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Logics of War : Explanations for Limited and Unlimited Conflicts / by Weisiger, Alex, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Explanations for limited and unlimited wars -- Research strategy and statistical tests -- War to the death in Paraguay -- World War II : German expansion and Allied response -- Commitment problem mini-cases : the Crimean, Pacific, and Iran-Iraq wars -- Short wars of optimism : Persian Gulf and Anglo-Iranian -- The limits on leaders : the Falklands War and the Franco-Turkish War -- Recapitulations, implications, and prognostications.…”
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Immigrant Workers in Industrial France : The Making of a New Laboring Class / by Cross, Gary S.

Table of Contents: “…Green -- Preface -- Introduction -- State, society, and supplemental labor, 1880-1918 -- Organizing immigration after the First World War -- Farms, mines, and poles -- The Fascist state and Italian emigration -- Foreign labor in a period of growth -- Acceptance without integration : regulating immigrants in the 1920s -- Limits of assimilation -- Regulating the immigrant worker during the Depression -- Conclusion.…”
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The Rise of Democracy : Revolution, War and Transformations in International Politics since 1776 / by Hobson, Christopher (Professor of political science)

Table of Contents: “…The Wilsonian revolution: World War One -- 7. From the brink to 'triumph': the twentieth century -- 8. …”
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Benjamin V. Cohen architect of the New Deal / by Lasser, William

Table of Contents: “…Origins -- Zionist attorney -- Lawyer and investor -- Newcomer to Washington : the Securities Act of 1933 -- Into the maelstrom : the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 -- The Public Utilities Holding Company Act -- At the center of power -- The court-packing plan -- Domestic politics, 1937-1938 -- Waiting for the war -- Destroyers for bases -- London -- World War II -- Diplomat -- Elder statesman -- Benjamin V. …”
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Petrostate Putin, power, and the new Russia / by Goldman, Marshall I.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Russia, once again an energy superpower -- Russia as an early energy superpower -- World War II to 1987 : Russia looks inward and outward -- Pirates unleashed : privatization in the post-Soviet era -- Post-1998 recovery : the petroleum export bonanza -- Putin takes over : the return of the czar -- Natural gas : Russia's new secret weapon -- Russia : the unrestrained super energy power.…”
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The Marxist and the movies a biography of Paul Jarrico / by Ceplair, Larry

Table of Contents: “…The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97.…”
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The Marxist and the movies a biography of Paul Jarrico / by Ceplair, Larry

Table of Contents: “…The early years, 1915-36 -- Screenwriting and communism, 1936-39 -- World War II, 1939-45 -- The Cold War in Hollywood, 1945-47 -- The interregnum, 1948-50 -- The blacklist expands, 1951-52 -- Salt of the earth, 1952-54 -- The black market and Khrushchev's speech, 1954-58 -- Europe, 1958-75 -- Political battles, 1958-75 -- Back in the USA, 1975-97.…”
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Anti-Vivisection and the Profession of Medicine in Britain A Social History / by Bates, A.W.H

Table of Contents: “…State control, bureaucracy, and the national interest from the Second World War to the 1960s -- Conclusion.…”
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The Oil Wars Myth : Petroleum and the Causes of International Conflict / by Meierding, Emily

Table of Contents: “…From Value to Violence : Connecting Oil and War -- Explaining the Oil Wars Myth : Mad Max and El Dorado -- Why Classic Oil Wars Don't Pay -- Searching for Classic Oil Wars -- Red Herrings : The Chaco and Iran-Iraq Wars -- Oil Spats : The Falkland/Malvinas Islands Dispute -- Oil Campaigns : World War II -- Oil Gambit : Iraq's Invasion of Kuwait…”
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