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China's agricultural modernization

Table of Contents: “…[et al.] -- Demand for food quantity and quality in China / Fred Gale and Kuo Huang -- New directions in China's agricultural lending / Fred Gale and Robert Collender.…”
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Frogs : the animal answer guide / by Dorcas, Michael E., 1963-, Gibbons, Whit, 1939-

Table of Contents: “…Introducing frogs -- Form and function -- Frog colors -- Frog behavior -- Frog ecology -- Reproduction and development -- Food and feeding -- Frogs and humans -- Frog problems (from a human viewpoint) -- Human problems (from a grog's viewpoint) -- Frogs in stories and literature -- "Frogology".…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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Collapse of an empire lessons for modern Russia / by Gaĭdar, E. T. (Egor Timurovich)

Table of Contents: “…The grandeur and the fall of empires -- Modern economic growth and the era of empires -- Crisis and the dismantling of overseas empires -- Problems of dissolving territorially integrated empires -- The yugoslav tragedy -- Authoritarian regimes: the causes of instability -- Challenges in the early stages of modern economic growth and authoritarianism -- The instability of authoritarian regimes -- Mechanics of the collapse of authoritarianism -- The oil curse -- The Spanish prologue -- Resource wealth and economic development -- Specifics of the oil market -- Regulating the oil market in the twentieth century -- Challenges related to price fluctuations of commodities: Mexico and Venezuela -- In search of a way out: a response to the dangers of unstable commodity pricing -- Cracks in the foundation: the Soviet Union in the early 1980s -- Growing problems and bad decisions -- Food supply problems -- Food shortages-a strategic challenge -- The USSR as the largest importer of food -- Oil in Western Siberia: the illusion of salvation -- A drop in oil prices: the final blow -- The collapse of the USSR: the unexpected becomes the rule -- The political economy of external shocks -- Deteriorating conditions for foreign trade: political alternatives -- The ussr and the drop in oil prices: the essence of the choice -- A series of mistakes -- Mounting problems in the soviet economy -- The hard currency crisis -- Economic and political liberalization against the background of the hard currency and financial problems -- Development of the crisis of the socialist system -- Political credits -- The price of compromise -- The crisis of the empire and the nationality question -- Loss of control over the economic and political situation -- The currency crisis -- From crisis to catastrophe -- "Extraordinary efforts" instead of reforms -- On the brink of default -- On the path to state bankruptcy -- The grain problem -- Prices skyrocket -- Money and the fate of the empire -- The fall -- The political economy of the failed coup -- Political death throes -- Political disintegration: economic consequences -- A civilized divorce.…”
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Depletion and abundance life on the new home front / by Astyk, Sharon

Table of Contents: “…Home economics, home-land security -- pt. 5. Food and health : the new basics -- pt. 6. Recompense.…”
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Importing poverty? immigration and the changing face of rural America / by Martin, Philip L., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Immigration to the United States -- Agriculture and migrants -- California fruits and vegetables -- Florida sugar, oranges, and tomatoes -- Meat and poultry -- Seasonal worker mobility -- Migrants : the integration challenge -- Labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs -- Reforming U.S. immigration policies -- Regularize and rationalize farm labor.…”
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Everyday life & consumer culture in 18th-century Damascus by Grehan, James

Table of Contents: “…City & environment -- Bread & survival -- Luxury & variety : everyday food -- Luxury & variety : everyday drink -- Domestic space -- Fashion & deportment -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. …”
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Two Mediterranean worlds diverging paths of globalization and autonomy /

Table of Contents: “…Cultural autonomy : music and food -- pt. 5. Cultural autonomy : languages and education -- pt. 6. …”
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Importing poverty? immigration and the changing face of rural America / by Martin, Philip L., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Immigration to the United States -- Agriculture and migrants -- California fruits and vegetables -- Florida sugar, oranges, and tomatoes -- Meat and poultry -- Seasonal worker mobility -- Migrants : the integration challenge -- Labor shortages, mechanization, and food costs -- Reforming U.S. immigration policies -- Regularize and rationalize farm labor.…”
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Everyday life & consumer culture in 18th-century Damascus by Grehan, James

Table of Contents: “…City & environment -- Bread & survival -- Luxury & variety : everyday food -- Luxury & variety : everyday drink -- Domestic space -- Fashion & deportment -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. …”
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Two Mediterranean worlds diverging paths of globalization and autonomy /

Table of Contents: “…Cultural autonomy : music and food -- pt. 5. Cultural autonomy : languages and education -- pt. 6. …”
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Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean The Untapped Potential for Marine Resources in the Anthropocene /

Table of Contents: “…Synthesis – Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production.…”
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Aquaculture Perspective of Multi-Use Sites in the Open Ocean The Untapped Potential for Marine Resources in the Anthropocene /

Table of Contents: “…Synthesis – Pathways Towards Sustainable Ocean Food Production.…”
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Depletion and abundance life on the new home front / by Astyk, Sharon

Table of Contents: “…Home economics, home-land security -- pt. 5. Food and health : the new basics -- pt. 6. Recompense.…”
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Climate Crisis, The : South African and Global Democratic Eco-Socialist Alternatives /

Table of Contents: “…The climate crisis and systemic alternatives -- The limits of capitalist solutions to the climate crisis -- The anthropocene and imerpeial ecocide -- The employment crisis, just transition and the universal basic income grant -- The rights of Mother Earth -- Buen Vivir: an alternative perspective from the peoples of the global south to the crisis of capitalist modernity -- Challenging the growth paradigm: Marx, Buddha and the pursuit of "happiness" -- Ubuntu and the struggle for an African eco-socialist alternative -- The climate crisis and the struggle for African food sovereignty -- The climate crisis and a "just transition" in South Africa -- Energy, labour and democracy in South Africa -- Capital, climate and the politics of nuclear procurement in South Africa -- Climate jobs at two minutes to midnight -- Deepening the just transition through food sovereignty and the solidarity economy -- Eco-capitalist crises in the "Blue Economy"…”
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Climate Crisis, The : South African and Global Democratic Eco-Socialist Alternatives /

Table of Contents: “…The climate crisis and systemic alternatives -- The limits of capitalist solutions to the climate crisis -- The anthropocene and imerpeial ecocide -- The employment crisis, just transition and the universal basic income grant -- The rights of Mother Earth -- Buen Vivir: an alternative perspective from the peoples of the global south to the crisis of capitalist modernity -- Challenging the growth paradigm: Marx, Buddha and the pursuit of "happiness" -- Ubuntu and the struggle for an African eco-socialist alternative -- The climate crisis and the struggle for African food sovereignty -- The climate crisis and a "just transition" in South Africa -- Energy, labour and democracy in South Africa -- Capital, climate and the politics of nuclear procurement in South Africa -- Climate jobs at two minutes to midnight -- Deepening the just transition through food sovereignty and the solidarity economy -- Eco-capitalist crises in the "Blue Economy"…”
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Chemistry in context : applying chemistry to society /

Table of Contents: “…Chemistry for a sustainable future -- The air we breathe -- Protecting the ozone layer -- The chemistry of global warming -- Energy, chemistry, and society -- The water for life -- Neutralizing the threat of acid rain -- The fires of nuclear fission -- Energy from electron transfer -- The world of Polymers and plastics -- Manipulating molecules and designing drugs -- Nutrition: food for thought -- Genetic engineering and the molecules of life.…”

Recognizing peste des petits ruminants a field manual.

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Glossary of biotechnology and genetic engineering

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Nutrition through the life cycle

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