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Winding through time the forgotten history and present-day peril of Bayou Manchac / by Sternberg, Mary Ann

Table of Contents: “…-- Exploring the bayou -- Community development, then and now -- Iberville discovers the bayou -- The bayou has a split personality -- Colonial development begins with the French -- An international boundary -- The British settle the Manchac-- -- And the Spanish settle the Manchac -- What the Louisiana Purchase meant -- When Andrew Jackson dammed the bayou -- The bayou in the nineteenth century -- The biggest little village on the bayou -- When the woodmen came -- Prehistory redux -- A quiet stream and modern development -- Spirit of place -- Contemporary struggles-- and possibilities -- Where are the rose-colored glasses?…”
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My Voice Is My Weapon : Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance / by McDonald, David A., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Nationalism, belonging, and the performativity of resistance -- Poets, singers, and songs : voices in the resistance movement (1917-1967) -- Al-Naksa and the emergence of political song (1967-1987) -- The Intifada and the generation of the Stones (1987-2000) -- Revivals and new arrivals: the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2010) -- "My songs can reach the whole nation" : Baladna and protest song in Jordan -- Imprisonment and exile : negotiating power and resistance in Palestinian protest song -- New directions and new modalities : Palestinian hip-hop in Israel -- "Carrying words like weapons" : DAM brings hip-hop to the West Bank.…”
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My Voice Is My Weapon : Music, Nationalism, and the Poetics of Palestinian Resistance / by McDonald, David A., 1976-

Table of Contents: “…Nationalism, belonging, and the performativity of resistance -- Poets, singers, and songs : voices in the resistance movement (1917-1967) -- Al-Naksa and the emergence of political song (1967-1987) -- The Intifada and the generation of the Stones (1987-2000) -- Revivals and new arrivals: the al-Aqsa Intifada (2000-2010) -- "My songs can reach the whole nation" : Baladna and protest song in Jordan -- Imprisonment and exile : negotiating power and resistance in Palestinian protest song -- New directions and new modalities : Palestinian hip-hop in Israel -- "Carrying words like weapons" : DAM brings hip-hop to the West Bank.…”
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William J. Gedney's comparative Tai source book by Hudak, Thomas J.

Table of Contents: “…Siamese (Standard Thai) ; White Tai (Tai Khaw) ; Black Tai (Tai Dam) ; Shan ; The Tai dialect of Nong Khai ; Lue ; The Tai dialect of Chiengmai -- ch. 3. …”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Dialogue across Borders: Dam Projects in Yunnan and Sikkim / Payal Banerjee and Li Bo; Chapter 5. …”
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India China : Rethinking Borders and Security / by Ling, L. H. M.

Table of Contents: “…Dialogue across Borders: Dam Projects in Yunnan and Sikkim / Payal Banerjee and Li Bo; Chapter 5. …”
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Development-induced Displacement and Human Rights in Africa : the Kampala Convention / by Adeola, Romola

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Environmental imaginaries of the Middle East and North Africa

Table of Contents: “…Trumbull IV -- From the Bottom Up : The Nile, Silt, and Humans in Ottoman Egypt / Alan Mikhail -- Drafting a Map of Colonial Egypt : The 1902 Aswan Dam, Historical Imagination, and the Production of Agricultural Geography / Jennifer L. …”
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Interactions with a Violent Past : Reading Post-Conflict Landscapes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction the "American war," post-conflict landscapes, and violent memories / Oliver Tappe and Vatthana Pholsena -- National memorial sites and personal remembrance : remembering the dead of Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek at the ECCC in Cambodia / Sina Emde -- National lieu de memoire vs. multivocal memories : the case of Viengxay, Lao PDR / Oliver Tappe -- War-martyr bia : commemoration and perdurability in rural Vietnam / Markus Schlecker -- Laos : living with unexploded ordnance : past memories and present realities / Elaine Russell -- War debris in postwar society : managing risk and uncertainty in the DMZ / Christina Schwenkel -- A social reading of a post-conflict landscape : Route 9 in southern Laos / Vatthana Pholsena -- Redefining Agent Orange, mitigating its impacts / Susan Hammond -- Aesthetic forms of post-conflict memory : inspired vessels of memory in northeast Cambodia / Krisna Uk -- Remembering old homelands : the Houay Ho Dam, the resettlement of the Heuny (Nya Heun), memory, and the struggle for places -- Ian G. …”
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Interactions with a Violent Past : Reading Post-Conflict Landscapes in Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam /

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements -- Introduction the "American war," post-conflict landscapes, and violent memories / Oliver Tappe and Vatthana Pholsena -- National memorial sites and personal remembrance : remembering the dead of Tuol Sleng and Choeung Ek at the ECCC in Cambodia / Sina Emde -- National lieu de memoire vs. multivocal memories : the case of Viengxay, Lao PDR / Oliver Tappe -- War-martyr bia : commemoration and perdurability in rural Vietnam / Markus Schlecker -- Laos : living with unexploded ordnance : past memories and present realities / Elaine Russell -- War debris in postwar society : managing risk and uncertainty in the DMZ / Christina Schwenkel -- A social reading of a post-conflict landscape : Route 9 in southern Laos / Vatthana Pholsena -- Redefining Agent Orange, mitigating its impacts / Susan Hammond -- Aesthetic forms of post-conflict memory : inspired vessels of memory in northeast Cambodia / Krisna Uk -- Remembering old homelands : the Houay Ho Dam, the resettlement of the Heuny (Nya Heun), memory, and the struggle for places -- Ian G. …”
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Open spaces : voices from the Northwest /

Table of Contents: “…Benner -- From "river soldiers" / David James Duncan -- Water in the West / Charles Wilkinson -- A river runs against it: America's evolving views of dams / Bruce Babbitt -- Poem / Ann Ware -- One's view of Mount Rainier / Eric Redman -- Volcanoes and superquakes: living with geologic hazards in the Pacific Northwest / Stephen L. …”
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Forces of Nature : New Perspectives on Korean Environments /

Table of Contents: “…Park -- A State of Ranches and Forests : The Environmental Legacy of the Mongolian Empire / John S. Lee -- Dammed Fish : Piscatorial Developmentalism and the Remaking of the Yalu River / Joseph Seeley -- The Politics of Frugality : Environmental Crisis and Artistic Production in Eighteenth Century Korea / Sooa Im McCormick -- Between Memory and Amnesia : Seoul's Nanjido Landfill, 1978-1993 / Hyojin Pak -- North Korea Caught Between Developmentalism and Humanitarianism / Ewa Eriksson Fortier & Suzy Kim -- Rice Fields, Mountains, and the Invisible Meatification of Korean Agriculture / Anders Riel Muller (Yeonjun Song) -- The "Ecozombies" of South Korean Cinema : Consumerism, Carnivores, and Ecocriticism / Lindsey Jolivette -- Communal Environmentalism in the History of the Organic Farming Movement in South Korea / Yonjae Paik -- Gotjawal : The Promise of Becoming Wild / Jeongsu Shin -- South Korea's Nuclear-Energy Entanglements : Contested 'Long-term Stewardship' and the Ethical Timescales of Ecological Democracy / Nan Kim -- Epilogue : On Everyday Ecologies and Systems of Mediation / Albert L. …”
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Forces of Nature : New Perspectives on Korean Environments /

Table of Contents: “…Park -- A State of Ranches and Forests : The Environmental Legacy of the Mongolian Empire / John S. Lee -- Dammed Fish : Piscatorial Developmentalism and the Remaking of the Yalu River / Joseph Seeley -- The Politics of Frugality : Environmental Crisis and Artistic Production in Eighteenth Century Korea / Sooa Im McCormick -- Between Memory and Amnesia : Seoul's Nanjido Landfill, 1978-1993 / Hyojin Pak -- North Korea Caught Between Developmentalism and Humanitarianism / Ewa Eriksson Fortier & Suzy Kim -- Rice Fields, Mountains, and the Invisible Meatification of Korean Agriculture / Anders Riel Muller (Yeonjun Song) -- The "Ecozombies" of South Korean Cinema : Consumerism, Carnivores, and Ecocriticism / Lindsey Jolivette -- Communal Environmentalism in the History of the Organic Farming Movement in South Korea / Yonjae Paik -- Gotjawal : The Promise of Becoming Wild / Jeongsu Shin -- South Korea's Nuclear-Energy Entanglements : Contested 'Long-term Stewardship' and the Ethical Timescales of Ecological Democracy / Nan Kim -- Epilogue : On Everyday Ecologies and Systems of Mediation / Albert L. …”
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Water law and cooperation in the Euphrates-Tigris region : a comparative and interdisciplinary approach /

Table of Contents: “…Kirschner and Katrin Tiroch -- Advantages of marketable water rights in the Ttigris and Euphrates basin / Evin Wick -- Dams on Euphrates and Tigris : impact and regulation through international law / Nicolas Bremer -- Hydrology / Dr. …”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill -- Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. …”
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American Politics and the Environment, Second Edition / by Daynes, Byron W.

Table of Contents: “…The American political setting and the environment -- American federalism and environmental politics -- Case study : climate change and sea- level rise in South Florida -- Personal profile : Mary Nichols and Carb : environmental champions -- Public opinion, interest groups, and the environment -- Case study : interest groups activism and the place of wolves in the Rocky Mountain regions -- Case study : climate change and public opinion -- Personal profile : Robert F Kennedy Jr -- Congress, the legislative process, and the environment -- Case study : cap and trade : failure to pass a climate bill -- Personal profile : Senator Susan Collins: environmental defender -- The environmental presidency -- Personal profile : FDR and the "golden age" -- Case study : leaving a legacy -- Barack Obama and climate change -- Executive agencies and the environment -- Personal profile : Steven Chu : the scientist in charge -- Case study : EPA regulations and carbon emissions -- The environmental court -- Personal profile : the environment : friend and supporter vs. a "slash-and-burn opponent" -- Case study: the court and those dam fish : TVA vs. Hill -- Case study : climate crisis is real, Mr. …”
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An introduction to contemporary work psychology /

Table of Contents: “…Beckers & Philip Tucker -- The design and use of work technologies / Patrick Waterson -- Individual characteristics and work-related outcomes / Beatrice Van der Heijden, Karen Van Dam, Despoina Xanthopoulou and Annet De Lange -- Work-family interaction / Ulla Kinnunen, Johanna Rantanen, Saija Mauno and Maria Peeters -- Burnout, boredom and engagement at the workplace / Wilmar Schaufeli and Marisa Salanova -- Job satisfaction, motivation, and job performance / Nathan A. …”
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Perspectives on European Earthquake Engineering and Seismology Volume 1 /

Table of Contents: “…Seismic Hazard and Seismic Design and Safety Aspects of Large Dam Projects.…”
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Transboundary water resources management : a multidisciplinary approach /

Table of Contents: “…Note continued: 5.6.Climate Change Impacts on Dams Projects in Transboundary River Basins. The Case of the Mesta/Nestos River Basin, Greece / Jacques Ganoulis -- 5.6.1.Introduction -- 5.6.2.Numerical Models and Tools -- 5.6.2.1.Modsur-Neige Runoff Model -- 5.6.2.2.Dams Simulation Model -- 5.6.2.3.CLM Climate Model -- 5.6.3.Simulation Results -- 5.6.3.1.Reference Climate (RF) -- 5.6.3.2.Climate Scenario A1B -- 5.6.3.3.Climate Scenario B1 -- 5.6.4.Conclusions -- References -- Further Reading -- 5.7.Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Vjosa Basin / Eglantina Demiraj -- 5.7.1.Introduction -- 5.7.2.Surface Water Assessment -- 5.7.3.Vulnerability Assessment of Surface Water -- 5.7.3.1.Evaluation of Impact of Climate Change on the Mean Annual River Runoff -- 5.7.3.2.Evaluation of Impact of Climate Change on the Seasonal River Runoff -- 5.7.4.Conclusions -- References -- 5.8.Identification and Typology of River Water Bodies in the Hellenic Part of the Strymonas River Basin, as a Transboundary Case Study / Nikolaos Tsotsolis -- 5.8.1.Introduction -- 5.8.1.1.Study Area -- 5.8.2.Methodology -- 5.8.3.Results -- 5.8.4.Conclusions and Discussion -- References -- Further Reading -- 5.9.Calculation of Sediment Reduction at the Outlet of the Mesta/Nestos River Basin caused by the Dams / Nikolaos Kotsovinos -- 5.9.1.Introduction -- 5.9.2.Description of the Simulation Model -- 5.9.3.Application of the Simulation Model -- 5.9.4.Model Testing -- 5.9.5.Main Computations -- 5.9.6.Conclusion -- References -- 5.10.Methodologies of Estimation of Periodicities of River Flow and its Long-Range Forecast: The Case of the Transboundary Danube River / Alexey V. …”
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Accountability, international business operations and the law : providing justice for corporate human rights violations in global value chains /

Table of Contents: “…: the Viability of Due Diligence as a Model to Establish International Criminal Accountability for Corporate Actors Purchasing Natural Resources from Conflict Zones / Daniëlla Dam-de Jong -- From 'Too Big to be Governed' to 'Not Too Big to be Responsible'? …”
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