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Chinese economists on economic reform : collected works of Li Jiange / by Li, Jiange

Table of Contents: “…China's energy sector : issues of government regulation, and making the sector more market-oriented (November 17, 2003) -- 11. …”
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Climate intervention : reflecting sunlight to cool earth /

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Safer Healthcare Strategies for the Real World / by Vincent, Charles, Amalberti, René

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Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

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Overtourism : tourism management and solutions /

Table of Contents: “…: an exploration of current destination governance challenges / Michael Volgger.…”
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Contemporary Criminological Issues : Moving Beyond Insecurity and Exclusion /

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The inner quarters and beyond women writers from Ming through Qing /

Table of Contents: “…McLaren -- Retrieving the past: women editors and women's poetry, 1636-1941 / Ellen Widmer -- The unseen hand: contextualizing Luo Qilan and her anthologies / Robyn Hamilton -- From private life to public performances: the constituted memory and (re)writings of the early-Qing woman Wu Zongai / Wei Hua -- Women writers and gender boundaries during the Ming-Qing transition / Wai-yee Li -- Chan friends: poetic exchanges between gentry women and Buddhist nuns in seventeenth-century China / Beata Grant -- War, violence, and the metaphor of blood in Tanci narratives by women authors / Siao-chen Hu -- The lady and the state: women's writings in times of trouble during the nineteenth century / Susan Mann -- Imagining history and the state: Fujian guixiu (genteel ladies) at home and on the road / Guotong Li -- Xue Shaohui and her poetic chronicle of late Qing reforms / Nanxiu Qian -- Conclusion: Literary authorship by late imperial governing-class Chinese women and the emergence of a "minor literature".…”
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Social change, resistance and social practices

Table of Contents: “…Canales and Israel Montiel Armas -- The global structuring of gender, race, and class : conceptual sites of its dynamics and resistance in the Philippine experience / Ligaya Lindio-McGovern -- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized : the veil and the French law on secularity and conspicuous religious symbols in schools / Mohammad A. …”
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Militant Islamist ideology understanding the global threat / by Aboul-Enein, Youssef H.

Table of Contents: “…-- The term jihad : various interpretations -- Muhammad and the succession crisis -- Islamic government : a highly debatable concept among Muslims -- The 1925 caliphate debates -- Countering militant Islamist rhetoric using Islam -- Marginalizing al-Qaida : utilizing al-Qaida rhetoric and actions -- Ibn Taymiyyah : unlocking the origins of current militant Islamist ideology (1263-1327) -- Ibn Abdul-Wahhab (1703-1792) : the founder of Wahhabism -- Hassan al-Banna and the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood : the first Islamist political party -- Sayyid Qutb : twentieth-century theoretician of militant Islamist ideology (1906-1966) -- Inside the Soviet-Afghan war (1979-1989) : a militant Islamist perspective -- Usama bin Laden : a quick exposé -- A basic analytic primer on Shiism -- Other major figures in the militant Islamist movement -- Al-Qaida's wedge issues for the United States to consider -- Mindsets that hamper America's capabilities -- Conclusion and further reading.…”
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Conflict of laws in international arbitration

Table of Contents: “…Bermann -- Conflict of overriding mandatory rules in arbitration / Anne-Sophie Papeil -- The law applicable to the assignment of claims subject to an arbitration agreement / Daniel Girsberger -- The laws governing interim measures in international arbitration / Christopher Boog.…”
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Practical multiscaling by Fish, J. (Jacob)

Table of Contents: “…Upscaling/Downscaling of Atomistic/Continuum Media -- Governing equations -- Generalized mathematical homogenization (GMH) -- Finite element implementation and numerical verification -- Statistical ensemble -- Verification -- Going beyond upscaling -- Chapter 4. …”
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Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : persistent paternalism in a textile town / by Vanderburg, Timothy W.

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The founding of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism established -- James William Cannon : early influences and the emergence of a new South industrialist -- The founding of Kannapolis : expansion and paternalism -- Cannon Mills, Kannapolis, and Blacks : a reflection of racial attitudes in the South -- The growth and maturity of Cannon Mills and Kannapolis : paternalism solidifies amid challenges -- A time of upheaval : progressivism and World War I -- Postwar downturn, labor unrest, and new management -- New leadership, market decline, and consolidation -- Paternalism expanded : Charles Cannon and welfare work -- The Great Depression, the new deal, and Cannon Mills -- Cannon Mills in World War II -- Cannon Mills and postwar America : market maturity and the loss of brand loyalty -- Cannon Mills and operation Dixie -- The danger of larger forces : war, imports, and government policies -- The decline of Cannon Mills and paternalism -- Cannon Mills in the 1960s : the paternalistic firm in a modern world -- The civil rights movement, federal interference, and the weakening of paternalism -- Cannon Mills after Charles Cannon : new leadership, union vote, and the continuation of paternalism -- David Murdock, modern management, and the demise of paternalism -- Fieldcrest Cannon, pillowtex, bankruptcy, and the return of David Murdock -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Transdisciplinary interfaces and innovation in the life sciences /

Table of Contents: “…Simovici -- How to promote life sciences as a driving force for innovation : three sectors, infinite opportunities : private-government-academic opportunities to advance the life sciences / Robyn Hannigan -- Privatization of universities and a new social compact : trends in funding / Robert F. …”
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Backyard poultry medicine and surgery : a guide for veterinary practitioners /

Table of Contents: “…Laws and regulations governing backyard poultry in the US / Bruce Nixon -- Common breeds of backyard poultry / Lillian Gerhardt -- Basic housing and management / Darrin Karcher -- Anseriforme husbandry and management / Scott Echols -- Backyard poultry nutrition / Todd Applegate -- Parasitic diseases / Richard Gerhold -- Physical examination, anatomy, and physiology / Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, Wael Khamas, and Cheryl Greenacre -- Biosecurity and zoonotic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Cheryl Greenacre, and Marcy Souza -- Avian influenza and viscerotropic velogenic (exotic) Newcastle disease / Richard Fulton -- Respiratory diseases / Richard Fulton -- Musculoskeletal diseases / Cheryl Greenacre -- Dermatological diseases / Angela Lennox -- Reproductive diseases / Eric Gingerich and Daniel Shaw -- Gastrointestinal and hepatic diseases / Teresa Morishita, Robert Porter, Jr. -- Cardiovascular diseases / Hugues Beaufrere, Nobuko Wakamatsu -- Soft tissue surgery / Scott Echols -- Egg diagnostics / Teresa Morishita, Josep Rutllant-Labeaga, and Darrin Karcher -- Diagnostic lab sampling / Rocio Crespo and H.L. …”
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Surveillance and spies in the Civil War : exposing Confederate conspiracies in America's heartland / by Towne, Stephen E., 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Vallandigham, the Ohio gubernatorial election of 1863, and plots to release Confederate POWs in the fall of 1863 -- "It is impossible to doubt this": army intelligence in the Northern Department in early 1864 -- "What I say about secret dangers is well considered and based on fact": how Rosecrans's detectives infiltrated the secret organizations in early 1864 -- "When government determines to act": how Carrington's detectives infiltrated the secret organizations in 1864 -- "I feel provoked beyond measure at the indifference of the president": convincing Lincoln of the danger of insurrection, summer 1864 -- A "narrow escape from a Civil War": the triumph of military intelligence in august 1864 -- "I make no assertions without proof": preserving the northwest in the fall of 1864 -- Postscript: the evidence of conspiracy.…”
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Business decision-making : streamlining the process for more effective results / by Frankl, Milan

Table of Contents: “…-- Complexity is out--simplicity is in (Less is more) -- Meaningless choices (Decisions that do not matter) -- The bank manager is not your friend (Do not go to the bank with a problem) -- The government can help (This is not a joke) -- Do not quit your day job (Buying a lottery ticket is not winning the lottery) -- Endnotes -- Index.…”
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Design for thermal stresses by Barron, Randall F.

Table of Contents: “…Basic Equations of Thermoelasticity.5.1 Introduction.5.2 Strain Relationships.5.3 Stress Relationships.5.4 Stress-Strain Relations.5.5 Temperature Field Equation.5.6 Reduction of the Governing Equations.5.7 Historical Note.Chapter 6. …”
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Borders of socialism private spheres of Soviet Russia /

Table of Contents: “…Siegelbaum -- Claiming property : the Soviet-era private plots as "women's turf" / Esther Kingston-Mann -- The art market and the construction of Soviet Russian culture / Andrew Jenks -- Separate yet governed : the representation of Soviet property relations in civil law and public discourse / Charles Hachten -- Cars, cars, and more cars : the Faustian bargain of the Brezhnev era / Lewis H. …”
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Catholics and politics the dynamic tension between faith and power /

Table of Contents: “…Streb and Brian Frederick -- Latino Catholics in U.S. politics / Adrian Pantoja, Matthew Barreto, and Richard Anderson -- Catholics and the federal government -- Catholics in congress : abortion and the emergence of the culture wars / William D'Antonio, Steven Tuch, and John Kenneth White -- Catholics and the Supreme Court : from the Catholic seat to the new majority / Barbara A. …”
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The Heimat abroad the boundaries of Germanness /

Table of Contents: “…Bergen -- The politics of homeland : irredentism and reconciliation in the policies of German Federal governments and expellee organizations toward ethnic German minorities in Central and Eastern Europe, 1949-99 / Stefan Wolff.…”
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