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Unrivalled influence women and empire in Byzantium / by Herrin, Judith

Table of Contents: “…Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Women in Byzantium -- In search of Byzantine women : three avenues of approach -- Women and the faith in icons in early Christianity -- Unrivalled influence : mothers and daughters in the medieval Greek world -- "Femina Byzantina" : the council in Trullo on women -- Public and private forms of religious commitment among Byzantine women -- The imperial feminine in Byzantium -- Political power and Christian faith in Byzantium : the case of Irene (regent 780-90, emperor 797-802) -- Moving bones : evidence of political burials from medieval Constantinople -- The many empresses of the Byzantine court (and all their attendants) -- Theophano : considerations on the education of a Byzantine princess -- Toleration and repression in the Byzantine family : gender problems -- The icon corner in medieval Byzantium -- Marriage : a fundamental element of imperial statecraft -- Index.…”
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Constitutionalisation of private law

Table of Contents: “…: an intermezzo from a constitutional point of view / Wim Voermans -- Constitutionalisation of private law : the European Convention on Human Rights perspective / Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel Van Emmerik -- Constitutionalisation of private law : the German perpective / Gert Brüggemeier -- The constitutionalisation of private law in the UK : is there an emperor inside the clothes? / Stathis Banakas -- The constitutionalisation of private law in the Netherlands / Siewert Lindenbergh.…”
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Constitutionalisation of private law

Table of Contents: “…: an intermezzo from a constitutional point of view / Wim Voermans -- Constitutionalisation of private law : the European Convention on Human Rights perspective / Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel Van Emmerik -- Constitutionalisation of private law : the German perpective / Gert Brüggemeier -- The constitutionalisation of private law in the UK : is there an emperor inside the clothes? / Stathis Banakas -- The constitutionalisation of private law in the Netherlands / Siewert Lindenbergh.…”
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The plays to 1942 Mulatto to the sun do move / by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Table of Contents: “…Mulatto : a play of the deep south (1930) -- Mule bone : a comedy of negro life (1930) -- Scottsboro, limited : a one-act play (1931) -- Harvest (1934) -- Angelo Herndon Jones (1935) -- Little ham (1935) -- Soul gone home (1936) -- Mother and child : a theatre vignette (1936) -- Emperor of Haiti : a farce in three acts (1936) -- When the jack hollers; or careless love : a negro-folk comedy in three acts (1936) -- Joy to my soul : a farce comedy in three acts (1937) -- Front porch (1938) -- Don't you want to be free? …”
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Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history / by Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part 1: THE SYMBOLISM OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN PRE-MEIJI JAPAN -- The Field of Meaning, Images, and Aesthetics 27 -- Part 2: THE ROAD TO PRO REGE ET PATRIA MORI: -- NATURALIZATION OF IMPERIAL NATIONALISM -- 2 The Emperor's Two Bodies: Sovereignty, Theocracy, and Militarization 61 -- 3 The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms: Cherry Blossoms as the Souls of Fallen Soldiers 102 -- 4 The Militarization of the Masses 125 -- Part 3: THE MAKING OF THE TOKKOTAI PILOTS -- 5 The Tokkotai Operation 157 -- 6 Five Tokkotai Pilots 186 -- Part 4: NATIONALISMS, PATRIOTISMS, AND THE ROLE OF AESTHETICS IN MECONNAISSANCE -- 7 State Nationalism and Naturalization Processes 245 -- 8 Patriotism: Global Intellectual Currents as Its Source 261 -- 9 The Crooked Timber of the Cherry 279 -- Summary 299 -- Appendix: List of Readings by Four Pilots 307.…”
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The essential Dürer

Table of Contents: “…Civic courtship : Albrecht Dürer, the Saxon duke, and the emperor / Larry Silver -- 9. Dürer and the Netherlands : patterns of exchange and mutual admiration / Dagmar Eichberger -- 10. …”
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Kamikaze, cherry blossoms, and nationalisms the militarization of aesthetics in Japanese history / by Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: Introduction 1 -- Part 1: THE SYMBOLISM OF CHERRY BLOSSOMS IN PRE-MEIJI JAPAN -- The Field of Meaning, Images, and Aesthetics 27 -- Part 2: THE ROAD TO PRO REGE ET PATRIA MORI: -- NATURALIZATION OF IMPERIAL NATIONALISM -- 2 The Emperor's Two Bodies: Sovereignty, Theocracy, and Militarization 61 -- 3 The Militarization of Cherry Blossoms: Cherry Blossoms as the Souls of Fallen Soldiers 102 -- 4 The Militarization of the Masses 125 -- Part 3: THE MAKING OF THE TOKKOTAI PILOTS -- 5 The Tokkotai Operation 157 -- 6 Five Tokkotai Pilots 186 -- Part 4: NATIONALISMS, PATRIOTISMS, AND THE ROLE OF AESTHETICS IN MECONNAISSANCE -- 7 State Nationalism and Naturalization Processes 245 -- 8 Patriotism: Global Intellectual Currents as Its Source 261 -- 9 The Crooked Timber of the Cherry 279 -- Summary 299 -- Appendix: List of Readings by Four Pilots 307.…”
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The essential Dürer

Table of Contents: “…Civic courtship : Albrecht Dürer, the Saxon duke, and the emperor / Larry Silver -- 9. Dürer and the Netherlands : patterns of exchange and mutual admiration / Dagmar Eichberger -- 10. …”
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The plays to 1942 Mulatto to the sun do move / by Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967

Table of Contents: “…Mulatto : a play of the deep south (1930) -- Mule bone : a comedy of negro life (1930) -- Scottsboro, limited : a one-act play (1931) -- Harvest (1934) -- Angelo Herndon Jones (1935) -- Little ham (1935) -- Soul gone home (1936) -- Mother and child : a theatre vignette (1936) -- Emperor of Haiti : a farce in three acts (1936) -- When the jack hollers; or careless love : a negro-folk comedy in three acts (1936) -- Joy to my soul : a farce comedy in three acts (1937) -- Front porch (1938) -- Don't you want to be free? …”
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Places of memory in modern China history, politics, and identity /

Table of Contents: “…: the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall / Daniel Leese -- A rock, a text, and a tablet : making the Song Emperor's terrace a lieu de memoire / Hon Tze-ki -- "This is how the Chinese people began their struggle" : Humen and the Opium War as a site of memory / James Flath -- The ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or, How to enjoy a national wound / Lee Haiyan -- Yan'an as a site of memory in socialist and postsocialist China / Kirk A. …”
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Places of memory in modern China history, politics, and identity /

Table of Contents: “…: the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall / Daniel Leese -- A rock, a text, and a tablet : making the Song Emperor's terrace a lieu de memoire / Hon Tze-ki -- "This is how the Chinese people began their struggle" : Humen and the Opium War as a site of memory / James Flath -- The ruins of Yuanmingyuan, or, How to enjoy a national wound / Lee Haiyan -- Yan'an as a site of memory in socialist and postsocialist China / Kirk A. …”
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From Victory to Peace : Russian Diplomacy after Napoleon / by Wirtschafter, Elise Kimerling

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From Victory to Peace : Russian Diplomacy after Napoleon / by Wirtschafter, Elise Kimerling

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Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /

Table of Contents: “…Antonaccio -- 'Dolphins in the sea' (Isthmian 9.7) : Pindar and the Aeginetans / Simon Hornblower -- Thessalian aristocracy and society in the age of the Epinikian / Maria Stamatopoulou -- The entire house is full of crowns : Hellenistic ag�ones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapet�oleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek ag�ones / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.…”
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Enemies of All Humankind : Fictions of Legitimate Violence / by Schillings, Sonja

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The emperor and the pirate: legitimate violence as a modern dilemma. …”
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Pindar's poetry, patrons, and festivals from archaic Greece to the Roman Empire /

Table of Contents: “…Antonaccio -- 'Dolphins in the sea' (Isthmian 9.7) : Pindar and the Aeginetans / Simon Hornblower -- Thessalian aristocracy and society in the age of the Epinikian / Maria Stamatopoulou -- The entire house is full of crowns : Hellenistic ag�ones and the commemoration of victory / Riet van Bremen -- 'Kapet�oleia Olympia' : Roman emperors and Greek ag�ones / Tony Spawforth -- Conclusion : the prestige of the games / Mary Douglas.…”
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Enemies of All Humankind : Fictions of Legitimate Violence / by Schillings, Sonja

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The emperor and the pirate: legitimate violence as a modern dilemma. …”
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Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order /

Table of Contents: “…/ Michael NYLAN -- Euro-Japanese universalism, Korean Confucianism, and aesthetic communities / Wonsuk CHANG -- State power and the Confucian classics : observations on the Mengzi jiewen and truth management under the first Ming emperor / Bernhard FUEHRER -- Striving For democracy : Confucian political philosophy in the Ming and Qing dynasties / WU Genyou.…”
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Confucianisms for a Changing World Cultural Order /

Table of Contents: “…/ Michael NYLAN -- Euro-Japanese universalism, Korean Confucianism, and aesthetic communities / Wonsuk CHANG -- State power and the Confucian classics : observations on the Mengzi jiewen and truth management under the first Ming emperor / Bernhard FUEHRER -- Striving For democracy : Confucian political philosophy in the Ming and Qing dynasties / WU Genyou.…”
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A new thoughtfulness in contemporary China : critical voices in art and aesthetics /

Table of Contents: “…Ink painting in the age of new wave / Chang Tsong-zung -- The sound of one hand / Lu Dadong -- The essential meaning of Chinese calligraphy and its loss / Kong Guoqiao -- Literati painting / Chen anying -- Realism is a kind of ideology in China / Wang Chunchen -- The emperors have rotted long ago / Qiu Zhijie -- People's 'Writing'. bitan ('pen talk' or interview) / Chen Chieh-jen, Zhao Chuan -- The dismantling and re-construction of Bentu (This Land' or "Native Land') / Gao Shiming -- Gu Dexin / Chan David Ho Yeung -- Art in its regional political context / Wang Nanming -- Two histories of art / Zhu Qi -- Pingyao and Lianzhou / Jiang Wei -- Evolution of conceptual hotography and its position in the history of new art / Dao Zi -- How much space of exchange is there on the internet in relation to contemporary art? …”
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