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Morals Not Knowledge : Recasting the Contemporary U.S. Conflict between Religion and Science / by Evans, John Hyde, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The religion and science advocates in the academic debate -- The academic analysts of the relationship between religion and science -- Recent transformation of elite academic and public debates -- Existing research on the public -- Empirical tests of knowledge and belief conflict for the religious public -- Empirical tests of moral conflict for the religious public -- Conclusion.…”
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A matter of faith religion in the 2004 presidential election /

Table of Contents: “…Guth -- Faithful divides : party elites and religion / John C. Green and John S. Jackson -- Moral values : media, voters, and candidate strategy / D. …”
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Morals Not Knowledge : Recasting the Contemporary U.S. Conflict between Religion and Science / by Evans, John Hyde, 1965-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The religion and science advocates in the academic debate -- The academic analysts of the relationship between religion and science -- Recent transformation of elite academic and public debates -- Existing research on the public -- Empirical tests of knowledge and belief conflict for the religious public -- Empirical tests of moral conflict for the religious public -- Conclusion.…”
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By Honor Bound : State and Society in Early Modern Russia / by Kollmann, Nancy Shields, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The Praxis of Honor -- Ch. 4. Honor in the Elite -- Ch. 5. Strategies of Integration in an Autocracy -- Ch. 6. …”
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By Honor Bound : State and Society in Early Modern Russia / by Kollmann, Nancy Shields, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…The Praxis of Honor -- Ch. 4. Honor in the Elite -- Ch. 5. Strategies of Integration in an Autocracy -- Ch. 6. …”
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Italy and the European powers the impact of war, 1500-1530 /

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Asian Indian professionals the culture of success / by Sandhu, Sabeen, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Asian Indian professionals in southern California and the Silicon Valley -- Ethnographic research methods : negotiating race -- Class, and gender in the field -- Constructing a culture of success -- "Singles" and "withs" : how region and gender shape access to social and cultural capital -- A tough act to follow : the children of Asian Indian -- Elites -- Conclusion & future directions for research.…”
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Asian Indian professionals the culture of success / by Sandhu, Sabeen, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : Asian Indian professionals in southern California and the Silicon Valley -- Ethnographic research methods : negotiating race -- Class, and gender in the field -- Constructing a culture of success -- "Singles" and "withs" : how region and gender shape access to social and cultural capital -- A tough act to follow : the children of Asian Indian -- Elites -- Conclusion & future directions for research.…”
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Italy and the European powers the impact of war, 1500-1530 /

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American evangelical enterprise in Africa the case of the United Presbyterian mission in Cameroun, 1879-1957 / by Mokosso, Henry Efesoa

Table of Contents: “…The homebase of missions -- The evangelization process: preaching, teaching and healing -- The missionary confrontation with the African physical and cultural environments -- Black Americans and Presbyterian evangelization -- Women missionaries -- Presbyterian relations with the colonial elites -- Emergence of the independent Presbyterian Church of Cameroun -- The consummation of independence -- The future of the church.…”
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Belonging and genocide Hitler's community, 1918-1945 / by Kühne, Thomas, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Craving community : World War I and the myth of comradeship -- Fabricating the male bond : the racial nation as a training camp -- Performing genocidal ethics : togetherness in Himmler's elite -- Spreading complicity : pleasure and qualms in the cynical army -- Watching terror : women in the community of crime.…”
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American evangelical enterprise in Africa the case of the United Presbyterian mission in Cameroun, 1879-1957 / by Mokosso, Henry Efesoa

Table of Contents: “…The homebase of missions -- The evangelization process: preaching, teaching and healing -- The missionary confrontation with the African physical and cultural environments -- Black Americans and Presbyterian evangelization -- Women missionaries -- Presbyterian relations with the colonial elites -- Emergence of the independent Presbyterian Church of Cameroun -- The consummation of independence -- The future of the church.…”
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Belonging and genocide Hitler's community, 1918-1945 / by Kühne, Thomas, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Craving community : World War I and the myth of comradeship -- Fabricating the male bond : the racial nation as a training camp -- Performing genocidal ethics : togetherness in Himmler's elite -- Spreading complicity : pleasure and qualms in the cynical army -- Watching terror : women in the community of crime.…”
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In search of moral authority the discourse on poverty, poor relief, and charity in French colonial Vietnam / by Nguyen-Marshall, Van, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Poverty and poor relief in nineteenth-century Vietnam -- The French administration and famine relief -- Philanthropy, patriotism, and the Vietnamese elite (1920-32) -- Engendering charity -- Representing poverty, gender, and nation in Vietnamese literature -- The Popular Front and the problem of colonial poverty (1936-39) -- Conclusion.…”
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In search of moral authority the discourse on poverty, poor relief, and charity in French colonial Vietnam / by Nguyen-Marshall, Van, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Poverty and poor relief in nineteenth-century Vietnam -- The French administration and famine relief -- Philanthropy, patriotism, and the Vietnamese elite (1920-32) -- Engendering charity -- Representing poverty, gender, and nation in Vietnamese literature -- The Popular Front and the problem of colonial poverty (1936-39) -- Conclusion.…”
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Rural China economic and social change in the late twentieth century / by Fan, Jie, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Zhen settlements : between urban and rural -- Field research : fieldwork procedure and the surveyed Zhen -- Settlements and population -- Economic structures and economic change -- Finance system and the development of rural towns (Zhen) -- Processes of change in administration and politics -- Rise of a new social stratification and of new local elites -- Value change and interest articulation -- Summary and evaluation.…”
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Popular democracy in Japan how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / by Martin, Sherry L., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- The political distance between citizens and elites -- New styles of political leadership and community mobilization -- National attitudes and local action : changing the center from the periphery -- Politically excluded "commoners" : a gendered pathway to participation -- Gender and "communities of practice" : escaping the regulatory boundaries of formal education -- Conclusion : engendering knowledge and political action.…”
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Popular democracy in Japan how gender and community are changing modern electoral politics / by Martin, Sherry L., 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- The political distance between citizens and elites -- New styles of political leadership and community mobilization -- National attitudes and local action : changing the center from the periphery -- Politically excluded "commoners" : a gendered pathway to participation -- Gender and "communities of practice" : escaping the regulatory boundaries of formal education -- Conclusion : engendering knowledge and political action.…”
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Rural China economic and social change in the late twentieth century / by Fan, Jie, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Zhen settlements : between urban and rural -- Field research : fieldwork procedure and the surveyed Zhen -- Settlements and population -- Economic structures and economic change -- Finance system and the development of rural towns (Zhen) -- Processes of change in administration and politics -- Rise of a new social stratification and of new local elites -- Value change and interest articulation -- Summary and evaluation.…”
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The politics of imprisonment how the democratic process shapes the way America punishes offenders / by Barker, Vanessa

Table of Contents: “…Imprisonment and the democratic process -- Explaining penal regime variation : political structures and collective agency -- The case of California : neopopulism and retribution -- Washington State deliberates : from fortress prison to de-escalation -- New York : elite pragmatism and managerialism -- Democratic governance, social trust, and penal order.…”
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