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Fresh vision for the Muslim world : an incarnational alternative / by Kuhn, Michael F.

Table of Contents: “…-- Give back my Holy Land! -- Two world wars and a new reality -- Part III: A theological dimension. …”

The United States and China a history from the eighteenth century to the present / by Wang, Dong, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…-- The United States and China in the era of world wars and revolutions, 1912-1970 -- Revolutions, nationalism, and internationalization -- The Pacific War and Red China -- Facing east and west: agents of encounter -- Deterrence and negotiation: American-chinese relations during the Cold War -- Rapprochement, the default superpower, and China resurgent, 1970-present -- Renewing the bilateral relationship, 1970-1989 -- The China market and the allure of the United States -- Clashes and cooperation -- China's catch-up: a game-changer for America?.…”
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Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 by McBride, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation -- Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm -- Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship -- Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations -- Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo -- Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation -- Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years -- War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare -- Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.…”
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Technological change and the United States Navy, 1865-1945 by McBride, William M.

Table of Contents: “…The postbellum naval profession : from discord to amalgamation -- Competing for control : line officers, engineers, and the technological exemplar of the battleship paradigm -- Refining the technological ideal : the Simsian uproar, engineer bashing, and the all-big-gun battleship -- Technological trajectory : geostrategic design criteria, turboelectric propulsion, and naval-industrial relations -- Anomalous technologies of the great war : airplanes, submarines, and the professional status quo -- Controlling aviation after the World War : the 1924 special board and the technological ceiling for aviation -- Disarmament, depression, and politics : technological momentum and the unstable dynamics of the HooverRoosevelt years -- War and a shifting technological paradigm : fast task forces and "three-plane" warfare -- Castles of steel : technological change and the modern navy.…”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The Philippine-American War -- Horror of war, and apathy toward the cause of the war -- 6. World War I -- Absent without official leave -- Straggling -- Desertion -- 7. …”
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Veterans' policies, veterans' politics new perspectives on veterans in the modern United States /

Table of Contents: “…War Department and the reemployment of World War I soldiers / Nancy Gentile Ford -- 6. The long journey home: African American World War I veterans and veteran policies / Jennifer Keene -- Part IV: Bonuses and G.I. bills. 7. …”
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Desertion and the American soldier, 1776-2006 by Fantina, Robert

Table of Contents: “…The Philippine-American War -- Horror of war, and apathy toward the cause of the war -- 6. World War I -- Absent without official leave -- Straggling -- Desertion -- 7. …”
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Veterans' policies, veterans' politics new perspectives on veterans in the modern United States /

Table of Contents: “…War Department and the reemployment of World War I soldiers / Nancy Gentile Ford -- 6. The long journey home: African American World War I veterans and veteran policies / Jennifer Keene -- Part IV: Bonuses and G.I. bills. 7. …”
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Poles, Jews, and the politics of nationality the Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in late tsarist Russia, 1892-1914 / by Zimmerman, Joshua D.

Table of Contents: “…Industrialization and the rise of the Polish Socialist Party in tsarist Russia, 1892-97 -- The first sproutings of the Jewish socialist movement, 1890-95 -- Into the Polish heartland : the spread of the Jewish movement to Warsaw, 1895-97 -- Organizational breakthrough : the formation of the Jewish Labor Bund, 1897-98 -- Ideological transformation : the turn to a national program, 1899-1901 -- Polish socialism responds : the first years of the PPS Yiddish press, 1898-1902 -- Toward a recognition of Jewish nationality : the PPS and its Jewish section, 1902-04 -- The 1905 revolution in Russia and the transformation of PPS-Bund relations -- From politics to the new Yiddish culture : the Bund in the period of revolutionary defeat, 1907-11 -- The PPS and the Jewish question on the eve of the First World War.…”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Trans-Himalayas: From the Silk Road to World War II / Adriana Erthal Abdenur; Chapter 2. Borders as Opportunities: Changing Matrices in Northeast India and Southwest China / Mahendra P. …”
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French Cycling : A Social and Cultural History / by Dauncey, Hugh 1961-, Dauncey, Hugh 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The Belle Epoque and the First World War: Industry, Sport, Utility and Leisure, 1903-1918 -- 5. …”
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Poles, Jews, and the politics of nationality the Bund and the Polish Socialist Party in late tsarist Russia, 1892-1914 / by Zimmerman, Joshua D.

Table of Contents: “…Industrialization and the rise of the Polish Socialist Party in tsarist Russia, 1892-97 -- The first sproutings of the Jewish socialist movement, 1890-95 -- Into the Polish heartland : the spread of the Jewish movement to Warsaw, 1895-97 -- Organizational breakthrough : the formation of the Jewish Labor Bund, 1897-98 -- Ideological transformation : the turn to a national program, 1899-1901 -- Polish socialism responds : the first years of the PPS Yiddish press, 1898-1902 -- Toward a recognition of Jewish nationality : the PPS and its Jewish section, 1902-04 -- The 1905 revolution in Russia and the transformation of PPS-Bund relations -- From politics to the new Yiddish culture : the Bund in the period of revolutionary defeat, 1907-11 -- The PPS and the Jewish question on the eve of the First World War.…”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Trans-Himalayas: From the Silk Road to World War II / Adriana Erthal Abdenur; Chapter 2. Borders as Opportunities: Changing Matrices in Northeast India and Southwest China / Mahendra P. …”
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French Cycling : A Social and Cultural History / by Dauncey, Hugh 1961-, Dauncey, Hugh 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The Belle Epoque and the First World War: Industry, Sport, Utility and Leisure, 1903-1918 -- 5. …”
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Battling the plantation mentality Memphis and the Black freedom struggle / by Green, Laurie Boush

Table of Contents: “…Migration, memory, and freedom in the urban heart of the Delta -- Memphis before World War II: migrants, mushroom strikes, and the reign of terror -- Where would the Negro women apply for work?…”
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Norman Thomas the great dissenter / by Gregory, Raymond F., 1927-

Table of Contents: “…The Thomas and Mattoon families -- Working in the slum areas of New York City -- Pacifism and socialism -- Civil liberties in time of war -- Running for elective office -- Running for President -- The Depression years -- The 1932 presidential election and the New Deal -- Arkansas sharecroppers -- The sharecropper problem and the Roosevelt administration -- The decline of the Socialist Party -- Between elections -- Opposing a United States President and a New Jersey mayor -- Fascism, communism and pacifism -- Opposing United States' entry into World War II -- The internment of Japanese-Americans and other wartime civil rights violations -- Taking stock -- The final run for the presidency -- Opposing nuclear testing, supporting disarmament -- Reevaluating socialism -- Confronting racism, the Vietnam War, and injustice -- The great dissenter -- Declining health -- Summing up.…”
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Dialogues on justice European perspectives on law and humanities /

Table of Contents: “…Law and humanities : the road ahead / Greta Olson -- De-Americanizing law and literature narratives : opening up the story / Jeanne Gaakeer -- European law and literature : forever young, the nomad concurs -- History, memory, and human rights / Jay Winter -- Human rights and the second World War / Mattias Kumm -- The idea of thick constitutional patriotism and its implications for the role and structure of European legal history -- Forgiveness and law / Svend Erik Larsen -- Forgiveness as a challenge to the law : a literary perspective / Hans Petter Graver -- Measure for measure : on law and forgiveness -- Justice, culture, and copyright / Mia Rendix -- Copyright as moral strategy of reclaiming the past : the return of the Icelandic sagas / Fiona MacMillan -- Rights, culture, property : in search of a new design for intellectual space / Helle porsdam.…”
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Twentieth-century Europe : a brief history, 1900 to the present / by Richards, Michael D.

Table of Contents: “…Overview: 1939-1967 -- Armageddon : Europe in World War II, 1939-1945 -- Cold War and Decolonization, 1945-1961 -- Out of the Ashes : From Stunde Null (zero hour) to a New Golden Age, 1945-1967 -- Part 4. …”
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Secret histories : reading twentieth-century American literature / by Wyatt, David, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…The body and the corporation: Norris, Chambers -- Double consciousness: Johnson, Chesnutt, Du Bois, Washington -- Pioneering women: Austin, Eaton, Stein, Eliot, Williams, Cather -- Performing maleness: Hemingway -- Colored me: Toomer, Hurston -- The rumor of race: Faulkner -- The depression: Dreiser, Fitzgerald, Yesierska, Di Donato, Himes, Farrell, Steinbeck -- The second World War: Mori, Vonnegut, Pynchon, Silko, Hersey -- Civil rights: Wright, Gaines, Baldwin, Walker, King, Clark -- Love and separateness: Welty, Petry, Douglas, Mary Mccarthy, Friedan, Steinbeck -- Revolt and reaction: Mailer, Didion -- The postmodern: Shepard, Beattie, Carver, Delillo, Gaddis -- Studying war: Cormac Mccarthy, Herr -- Slavery and memory: Morrison -- Pa not pa: Kingston, Walker, Ellison, Lee, Rodriguez -- After innocence: Roth.…”
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Battling the plantation mentality Memphis and the Black freedom struggle / by Green, Laurie Boush

Table of Contents: “…Migration, memory, and freedom in the urban heart of the Delta -- Memphis before World War II: migrants, mushroom strikes, and the reign of terror -- Where would the Negro women apply for work?…”
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