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The Politics of anthropology from colonialism and sexism toward a view from below /

Table of Contents: “…From "academic colonialism" to "committed anthropology" -- section 6. Dilemmas of action research and commitment -- section 7. …”
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Learning organizations turning knowledge into actions / by Goncalves, Marcus

Table of Contents: “…Bridging the knowledge gap and leadership dilemmas -- Notes -- References -- Index.…”
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The biggest bangs the mystery of gamma-ray bursts, the most violent explosions in the universe / by Katz, Jonathan I.

Table of Contents: “…False Light 70 -- 9. The Copernican Dilemma 82 -- 10. Soft Gamma Repeaters 94 -- 11. BATSE 106 -- 12. …”
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Pillars of the nation child citizens and Ugandan national development / by Cheney, Kristen E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the role of Ugandan child citizens in the struggle for national development -- Global rights discourses, national developments, and local childhoods -- Crucial components of child citizenship -- "Education for all": the dilemma of children's educational attainment, national development, and class mobility -- "Speaking the English of a Ugandan person": the intersections of children's identity formation -- Children's political socialization: engagement and disempowerment -- Actualizations -- "Village life is better than town life": identity, migration, and development in the lives of Ugandan child citizens -- "Our children have only known war": the predicament of children and childhood in northern Uganda -- "Did the constitution produce my children!?" …”
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American painting of the nineteenth century realism, idealism, and the American experience / by Novak, Barbara

Table of Contents: “…Prolegomena to the nineteenth century : Copley and the American tradition -- Washington Allston : an American romantic tradition -- Thomas Cole : the dilemma of the real and the ideal -- Asher B. Durand : Hudson River School solutions -- Luminism : an alternative tradition -- Fitz H. …”
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Breaking the silence toward a Black male feminist criticism / by Ikard, David, 1972-

Table of Contents: “…Love Jones : a black male feminist critique of Chester Himes's If he hollers let him go -- Black patriarchy and the dilemma of black women's complicity in James Baldwin's Go tell it on the mountain -- "Killing the white girl first" : understanding the politics of black manhood in Toni Morrison's Paradise -- "So much of what we know ain't so" : the other gender in Toni Cade Bambara's The salt eaters -- "Like a butterfly in a hurricane" : reconceptualizing black gendered resistance in Walter Mosley's Always outnumbered, always outgunned and Walkin' the dog.…”
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Philosophical witnessing the Holocaust as presence / by Lang, Berel

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Representation and misrepresentation: on or about the Holocaust -- Applied ethics, post-Holocaust -- The Jewish declaration of war against the Nazis -- From the Holocaust to group rights: minorities in a majority world -- Metaphysical racism (or: biological warfare by other means) -- Hyphenated-Jews and the anxiety of identity -- Reconciliation: not revenge, not forgiveness, perhaps not even justice -- Afterword: wound and scar.…”
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What is Asian American biblical hermeneutics? reading the New Testament / by Liew, Tat-Siong Benny

Table of Contents: “…-- Medi(t)ations on and for a conversation -- Reading with Yin Yang eyes : negotiating the ideological dilemma of a Chinese American biblical hermeneutics -- Ambiguous admittance : consent and descent in Johns community of upward mobility -- Overlapping (his)stories : reading Acts in Chinese America -- Redressing bodies in Corinth : racial/ethnic politics and religious difference in the context of empire -- Melancholia in diaspora : reading Paul's psycho-political operatives in 1 Corinthians -- Immigrants and intertexts : biblical in(ter)ventions in Theresa Hak Kyung Chas Dictee -- Telling times in (Asian) America : extraordinary poetics, everyday politics, and endless paradoxes.…”
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Liberal cosmopolitan Lin Yutang and middling Chinese modernity / by Qian, Suoqiao

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: re-discovering Lin Yutang in the post-Mao era -- Chinese modernity: nationalism, imperialism, and the liberal cosmopolitan alternative -- Enlightenment and national salvation: the politics of a liberal nationalist -- "Little critic:" "returned" professionals and the cosmopolitan modern -- A cross-cultural aesthetics of life: translating "xingling" into "self-expression," "xianshi" into "leisure" and "humor" into "youmo" -- Oriental other: the business of translating Chinese and American cultures -- Cosmopolitan difference: critique of imperialism and debating "Chinahands" -- Conclusion: what a liberal cosmopolitan alternative means for contemporary Chinese intellectual dilemma -- Appendix. Chronology of Lin Yutang.…”
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Fighting for our health the epic battle to make health care a right in the United States / by Kirsch, Richard

Table of Contents: “…-- The House makes history -- Harry's dilemma -- Lieberman's revenge -- Christmas Eve -- Not again! …”
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Romantic Catholics : France's postrevolutionary generation in search of a modern faith / by Harrison, Carol E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : romantic Catholics and the two Frances -- First communion : the most beautiful day in the lives and deaths of little girls -- The education of Maurice de Guérin -- The dilemma of obedience : Charles de Montalembert, Catholic citizen -- Pauline Craven's holy family : writing the modern saint -- Frédéric and Amélie Ozanam : charity, marriage, and the Catholic social -- A free church in a free state : the Roman question -- Epilogue : the devout woman of the Third Republic and the eclipse of Catholic fraternity.…”
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Profitability with no boundaries : optimizing toc and lean-six sigma / by Pirasteh, Reza M., 1956-

Table of Contents: “…-- Management issues -- Productivity growth and prosperity -- The productivity improvement dilemma -- CPI favorites : TOC, Lean, Six Sigma -- What is an improvement? …”
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Philosophical Witnessing The Holocaust as Presence / by Lang, Berel

Table of Contents: “…Philosophical witnessing: "-- and only I have survived to tell you" -- Truth at risk and the Holocaust's response -- Evil and understanding: a Holocaust dilemma -- Jaspers' Die Schuldfrage: a presence early and late -- Holocaust-representation in the genre of silence -- Representation and misrepresentation: on or about the Holocaust -- Applied ethics, post-Holocaust -- The Jewish declaration of war against the Nazis -- From the Holocaust to group rights: minorities in a majority world -- Metaphysical racism (or: biological warfare by other means) -- Hyphenated-Jews and the anxiety of identity -- Reconciliation: not revenge, not forgiveness, perhaps not even justice -- Afterword: wound and scar.…”
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Paradise redefined transnational Chinese students and the quest for flexible citizenship in the developed world / by Fong, Vanessa L., 1974-

Table of Contents: “…: how Chinese citizens see the world -- Choosing the road less traveled : how and why Chinese citizens decide to study abroad -- The floating life : dilemmas of education, work, and marriage abroad -- When migrants from the same hometown meet, tears fill their eyes : freedoms won and lost through transnational migration -- The road home : decisions about returning to China or staying abroad.…”
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The Kashubs past and present /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński and Tomasz Wicherkiewicz -- A history of the Kashubs until the end of communism / Józef Borzyszkowski -- The Kashubian language and its dialects : the range of use / Jerzy Treder -- Kashubian literature : the phenomenon, its history and its social dimension / Jerzy Treder and Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński -- Language policy and the sociolinguistics of Kashubian / Tomasz Wicherkiewicz -- Dilemmas of modern Kashubian identity and culture / Cezary Obracht-Prondzyński.…”
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Risk and risk taking in health and social welfare by Titterton, Mike

Table of Contents: “…-- Rights, responsibilities and the law -- Exploring welfare dilemmas -- Models, principles and policies -- Risk assessment -- Risk management -- Linking assessment and management together -- Training professionals and laypersons in risk work -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: a note on assessing risk of harm and danger in health and social -- Care settings: the examples of child protection and sex offenders -- Appendix 2: case studies -- References -- Index.…”
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Orthodox Jews in America by Gurock, Jeffrey S., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : within the wide tent of a Bronx Orthodox congregation, circa 1960 -- All alone and out of control -- American challenges and Jewish challengers -- Religious dilemmas of a treif land -- Strategies of New York's Orthodox activists -- Crisis and compromise -- Brooklyn's committed communities -- A more faithful following -- Comfortable and courted -- Orthodox vs. …”
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Psychiatric consultation in long-term care a guide for health care professionals / by Desai, Abhilash K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and epidemiology -- The assessment process -- Dementia -- Delirium -- Mood disorders -- Psychotic disorders -- Anxiety disorders and sleep disorders -- Personality disorders, somatoform disorders, substance use disorders, and other psychiatric disorders -- Psychiatric aspects of nutritional disorders, frailty, and failure to thrive -- Abuse and neglect, ethical dilemmas, and medicolegal issues -- Palliative and end-of-life care -- Pharmacological interventions -- Psychosocial and environmental interventions -- An ideal long-term care home.…”
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Media power and hegemony in South Africa : the myth of independence / by Ngwenya, Blessed, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…-- SABC 'Independence' Conceptions and Dilemmas of Universality: Whither SABC?…”
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Why humans cooperate a cultural and evolutionary explanation / by Henrich, Natalie, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution, culture, cooperation, and the Chaldeans -- Dual inheritance theory: the evolution of cultural capacities and cultural evolution -- Evolutionary theory and the social psychology of human cooperation -- The Chaldeans: history and the community today -- Family first: kinship explains most cooperative bahavior -- Cooperation through reciprocity and reputation -- Social norms and prosociality -- Culturally evolved social norms lead to context-specific cooperation -- Ethnicity: in-group preferences and cooperation -- Cooperative dilemmas in the world today.…”
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