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No higher law American foreign policy and the Western Hemisphere since 1776 / by Loveman, Brian

Table of Contents: “…-- The good neighbor -- The new manifest destiny -- The new navy -- Protective imperialism -- Return to normalcy -- Independent internationalism -- Not-so-Cold War, I -- Not-so-Cold War, II -- American crusade -- Not the end of history -- The new normalcy?…”
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The métis of Senegal urban life and politics in French West Africa / by Jones, Hilary, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…Signares, habitants, and grumets in the making of Saint Louis -- Métis society and transformations in the colonial economy (1820-70) -- Religion, marriage, and material culture -- Education, association, and an independent press -- From outpost to empire -- Electoral politics and the métis (1870-90) -- Urban politics and the limits of republicanism (1890-1920).…”
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The unfolding of American labor law : judges, workers, and public policy across two political generations, 1790-1850 / by Kahana, Jeffrey Steven, 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The influence of independence on American law -- Master and servant -- Regulating the employment relationship -- Conspiracy, associations, and the public interest -- Imperium in imperio -- The significance of Lemuel Shaw -- A world of freedom and associations -- Liability transformed -- The fellow servant rule -- The demise of the labor conspiracy doctrine -- The breakaway of American labor law.…”
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Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren the revolutionary Atlantic and the politics of gender / by Davies, Kate, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Catharine Macaulay, Thomas Hollis, and the London opposition -- Out Cornelia-izing Cornelia : portraits, profession, and the gendered character of learning -- Belle sauvage : Catharine Macaulay and the American war in Britain -- Mercy Otis Warren's revolutionary letters -- Free and easy : Boston's fashionable dilemma -- Mercy Otis Warren's independence.…”
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Microsoft access small business solutions state-of-the-art databases for sales, marketing, customer management, and more key business activities / by Hennig, Teresa, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Tracking and analyzing financial data -- pt. 5. Independent areas -- pt. 6. Appendixes -- pt. 7. Bonus material (CD only).…”
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Microsoft access small business solutions state-of-the-art databases for sales, marketing, customer management, and more key business activities / by Hennig, Teresa, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Tracking and analyzing financial data -- pt. 5. Independent areas -- pt. 6. Appendixes -- pt. 7. Bonus material (CD only).…”
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Catharine Macaulay and Mercy Otis Warren the revolutionary Atlantic and the politics of gender / by Davies, Kate, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…Catharine Macaulay, Thomas Hollis, and the London opposition -- Out Cornelia-izing Cornelia : portraits, profession, and the gendered character of learning -- Belle sauvage : Catharine Macaulay and the American war in Britain -- Mercy Otis Warren's revolutionary letters -- Free and easy : Boston's fashionable dilemma -- Mercy Otis Warren's independence.…”
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Afro-Cuban identity in post-revolutionary novel and film inclusion, loss, and cultural resistance / by Morris, Andrea E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Contradictory approaches to race, from independence to revolution. Representing difference in colonial and republican settings -- Slave rebellion and cultural resistance -- Performing the mulata rumbera -- Fragmented Cubanness by way of détour -- Post-revolutionary identities in conflict. …”
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Afro-Cuban identity in post-revolutionary novel and film inclusion, loss, and cultural resistance / by Morris, Andrea E.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Contradictory approaches to race, from independence to revolution. Representing difference in colonial and republican settings -- Slave rebellion and cultural resistance -- Performing the mulata rumbera -- Fragmented Cubanness by way of détour -- Post-revolutionary identities in conflict. …”
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Nuclear Summer : The Clash of Communities at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment / by Krasniewicz, Louise, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The lost summer -- The anthropology of fallout -- Coming home -- Introductions -- Circle for survival -- Who goes there -- The plot -- Oh say can you see -- Independence Day -- What did you bring? -- Innocents abroad -- Ease on down the road -- The bridge: a drama -- Good Americans -- The difference within -- The postnuclear -- Conclusion.…”
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Nuclear Summer : The Clash of Communities at the Seneca Women's Peace Encampment / by Krasniewicz, Louise, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…The lost summer -- The anthropology of fallout -- Coming home -- Introductions -- Circle for survival -- Who goes there -- The plot -- Oh say can you see -- Independence Day -- What did you bring? -- Innocents abroad -- Ease on down the road -- The bridge: a drama -- Good Americans -- The difference within -- The postnuclear -- Conclusion.…”
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Attention deficit disorder the unfocused mind in children and adults / by Brown, Thomas E., Ph. D.

Table of Contents: “…Misconceptions about focus and willpower -- Six aspects of a complex syndrome -- ADD syndrome and the working brain -- Childhood: struggling with self-management -- Adolescence: greater independence brings new challenges -- Adulthood: managing responsibilities, finding a niche -- How ADD syndrome differs from normal inattention -- Disorders that may accompany ADD syndrome -- Medications and other treatments -- Fears, prejudices, and realistic hope.…”
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Medieval Lucca and the evolution of the Renaissance state by Bratchel, M. E.

Table of Contents: “…Lucca's ancient heritage : the early structures of city and territory -- The early commune and the conquest of the Contado -- The administration of a medieval city-territory : twelfth to fourteenth centuries -- The fourteenth century : the Lucchese state from the loss of independence to the recovery of liberty -- The signoria of Paolo Guinigi and the evolution of the fifteenth-century Lucchese state -- Lucca and its territories in the fifteenth century : politics and administration -- Lucca and its territories in the fifteenth century : economy and society.…”
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War and genocide in Cuba, 1895-1898 by Tone, John Lawrence

Table of Contents: “…Eloy Gonzalo and the disaster of war -- The origins of Cuban independence -- José Martí : a dream of Cuba -- Emilio Calleja and the failure of reform -- Máximo Gómez and total war -- Antonio Maceo and the battle of Peralejo -- The Cuban Liberation Army -- The Spanish Army -- Arsenio Martínez Campos : defending the indefensible -- Mal tiempo and the romance of the machete -- The invasion of the west -- Valeriano Weyler : the butcher -- The death of Maceo -- Reconcentration -- The monster and the assassin -- The jingoes -- Frascuelo versus Edison -- The splendid disaster.…”
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Mortgaging the ancestors ideologies of attachment in Africa / by Shipton, Parker MacDonald

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Sand and gold: some property history and theory -- Luo and others: migration, settlement, ethnicity -- An earthly anchorage: graves and the grounding of belonging -- Birthright and its borrowing: inheritance and land clientage under pressure -- The thin end: land and credit in the colonial period -- The ghost market: land titling and mortgaging after independence -- Nothing more serious: mortgaging and struggles over ancestral land -- Bigger than law: land and constitutionalism -- Conclusion: property, improperty, and the mortgage.…”
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Escaping the self-determination trap by Weller, M. (Marc)

Table of Contents: “…A concept with multiple meanings -- The classical right to self-determination -- Constitutional self-determination -- Remedial self-determination -- Effective entities -- Trading self-determination for autonomy or enhanced self-governance -- Regionalisation, federalisation, or union with confirmation of territorial unity -- Deferring a substantive settlement while agreeing to a settlement mechanism -- Balancing self-determination claims -- Conditional self-determination -- Agreeing on self-determination but deferring implementation -- Establishing a de facto state through an international process -- Supervised independence -- Conclusion : new approaches to self-determination settlements.…”
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The politically incorrect guide to the Constitution by Gutzman, Kevin Raeder, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…What made the Constitution : revolution and confederation -- Federalism vs. nationalism at the Philadelphia convention -- Selling the constitution -- Judges : power hungry from the beginning -- The imperial judiciary : it started with Marshall -- Undoing Marshall and undoing the union -- The war for southern independence as a constitutional crisis -- The pro-segregation Supreme Court -- The court vs. …”
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The future of China's exchange rate policy by Goldstein, Morris, 1944-

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of China's exchange rate in the reform era -- Transition to an equilibrium exchange rate -- Developments since mid-2005 -- Challenges facing the Chinese authorities under the existing currency regime -- Independence of monetary policy -- Rebalancing economic growth -- Potential effects of Renminbi appreciation on China's banking system -- External adjustment, global imbalances, and the risk of protectionism -- Policy implications and options -- The stay-the-course strategy -- The three-stage approach.…”
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Fugitive justice runaways, rescuers, and slavery on trial / by Lubet, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Slavery and the Constitution -- The Missouri equilibrium -- The compromise of 1850 -- But we have no country -- A traitorous combination -- Prosecution at Independence Hall -- Sir-did you hear it? -- Athens of America -- Kidnapping again! …”
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Locke, Jefferson, and the justices foundations and failures of the US government / by Stephens, George M.

Table of Contents: “…The spirit of American rights -- John Locke : founder of the founders -- Locke on education and religious tolerance -- Jefferson : Locke's disciple -- Jefferson, Locke, and the Declaration of Independence -- Locke in the constitution -- Adoption and ratification -- Our Bill of Rights -- Jefferson and Hamilton -- Jefferson's minimalist government -- The era of substantive due process -- The progressives -- From Lochner to Mrs. …”
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