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Prosperity for all consumer activism in an era of globalization / by Hilton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.…”
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Prosperity for all consumer activism in an era of globalization / by Hilton, Matthew

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the wealth of access -- The fear of fortune : the uneasy consumer in an age of affluence -- Cold war shoppers : consumerism as state project -- Poverty amid prosperity : consumer protest beyond the affluent west -- Consumers of the world unite : consumption and the new global order -- The all-consuming network : the politics of protest in an age of consumption -- Backlash : the corporate critique of consumerism -- Choose life : consumer rights versus human rights -- Shopping for justice : the freedom of free trade -- Conclusion : the poverty of choice.…”
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Yeomen, sharecroppers, and Socialists plain folk protest in Texas, 1870-1914 / by Wilkison, Kyle Grant, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- From homeplace to no place: the changing Texas economy, 1870-1910 -- Farmers and wealth distribution in Hunt County, Texas, 1870-1910 -- "A legitimate and useful life": family, work, and community -- "The same class of people": cohesion and conflict -- "The land shall not be sold forever": land and God in 1910s Texas -- "Whose planet is this anyway?"…”
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From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / by Mosca, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.…”
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Yeomen, sharecroppers, and Socialists plain folk protest in Texas, 1870-1914 / by Wilkison, Kyle Grant, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- From homeplace to no place: the changing Texas economy, 1870-1910 -- Farmers and wealth distribution in Hunt County, Texas, 1870-1910 -- "A legitimate and useful life": family, work, and community -- "The same class of people": cohesion and conflict -- "The land shall not be sold forever": land and God in 1910s Texas -- "Whose planet is this anyway?"…”
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From frontier policy to foreign policy the question of India and the transformation of geopolitics in Qing China / by Mosca, Matthew W.

Table of Contents: “…A wealth of Indias : India in Qing geographic practice, 1644-1755 -- The conquest of Xinjiang and the emergence of "Hindustan," 1756-1790 -- Mapping India : geographic agnosticism in a cartographic context -- Discovering the "Pileng" : British India seen from Tibet, 1789-1800 -- British India and Qing strategic thought in the early nineteenth century -- The discovery of British India on the Chinese coast, 1800-1837 -- The Opium War and the British Empire -- Emergence of a foreign policy : Wei Yuan and the reinterpretation of India in Qing strategic thought.…”
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Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India / by Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Gregory Nagy -- Introduction : region, repertoire, and genre -- Soaking the goddess, celebrating friendship : Bhojalī -- Brave daughters, bound kings : a female tradition of reversal : Ḍālkhāī -- Land of wealth, land of famine : the "Parrot dance" in ritual and narrative : Suā Nāc -- Joining verse to verse : professional storytelling and individual creativity : Kathānī Kūhā -- "This is our story" : a Chhattisgarhi epic : Candainī -- Paṇḍvānī heroines, Chhattisgarhi daughters : Paṇḍvānī -- Conclusion: shifting boundaries of genre and community -- The Song of Subanbali -- Kathānī Kūhā : of friendship, love, and memory -- Sample transcriptions of performance texts.…”
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Gender and Genre in the Folklore of Middle India / by Flueckiger, Joyce Burkhalter

Table of Contents: “…Foreword / by Gregory Nagy -- Introduction : region, repertoire, and genre -- Soaking the goddess, celebrating friendship : Bhojalī -- Brave daughters, bound kings : a female tradition of reversal : Ḍālkhāī -- Land of wealth, land of famine : the "Parrot dance" in ritual and narrative : Suā Nāc -- Joining verse to verse : professional storytelling and individual creativity : Kathānī Kūhā -- "This is our story" : a Chhattisgarhi epic : Candainī -- Paṇḍvānī heroines, Chhattisgarhi daughters : Paṇḍvānī -- Conclusion: shifting boundaries of genre and community -- The Song of Subanbali -- Kathānī Kūhā : of friendship, love, and memory -- Sample transcriptions of performance texts.…”
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Operation excellence succeeding in business and life, the U.S. military way / by Bender, Mark C. (Mark Christian), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…-- Ethics, one dilemma after another -- Organization, the structure of success -- Execution, the art and science of high performance -- Teamwork, with the emphasis on work -- Leadership, something for everyone -- Tactics, going for the win -- Health, choose or lose -- Wealth, leveraging the military mind -- Relationships, the toughest game in town.…”
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Stuck in the middle is fiscal policy failing the middle class? /

Table of Contents: “…De Hoyos, and Denis Medvedev -- The scope and limits of subsidies / Markus Goldstein and Antonio Estache -- Policies for lower global wealth inequality / James Davies -- Can happiness research help fiscal policy? …”
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Poetry in the Song of songs a literary analysis / by Hunt, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.…”
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Stuck in the middle is fiscal policy failing the middle class? /

Table of Contents: “…De Hoyos, and Denis Medvedev -- The scope and limits of subsidies / Markus Goldstein and Antonio Estache -- Policies for lower global wealth inequality / James Davies -- Can happiness research help fiscal policy? …”
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Poetry in the Song of songs a literary analysis / by Hunt, Patrick

Table of Contents: “…Focus, history of the book, hermeneutics and its influence -- The figurative language of desire : "your lovemaking is better than wine" -- Subtle wordplay : concealed paronomasia and secrets -- Sensory imagery : "he shall lie between my breasts" -- The lovers' garden : fertility imagery as eroticism in flowers, fruit and spices -- Animal imagery : stags, gazelles and flocks as virility and wealth -- The lovers' banquet : "feed me sweet cakes" -- The lovers' dualisms : binary language in poetic parallelisms -- Protection, power and priceless worth : love's safeguards -- The lovers' transformations : similes -- The lovers' synthesis : metaphors.…”
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Unlikely Entrepreneurs : Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 / by Wall, Barbra Mann

Table of Contents: “…Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis -- "All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles -- "Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880 -- "An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925 -- "Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals -- Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals -- "Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals -- Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals -- Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement.…”
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Operation excellence succeeding in business and life, the U.S. military way / by Bender, Mark C. (Mark Christian), 1951-

Table of Contents: “…-- Ethics, one dilemma after another -- Organization, the structure of success -- Execution, the art and science of high performance -- Teamwork, with the emphasis on work -- Leadership, something for everyone -- Tactics, going for the win -- Health, choose or lose -- Wealth, leveraging the military mind -- Relationships, the toughest game in town.…”
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Unlikely Entrepreneurs : Catholic Sisters and the Hospital Marketplace, 1865-1925 / by Wall, Barbra Mann

Table of Contents: “…Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace: the genesis -- "All the advantages of a religious life": religion, gender, and new public roles -- "Not the traditional institution": Catholic sisters in the hospital marketplace, 1854-1880 -- "An institution for the community and not narrowly sectarian": Catholic hospitals, 1880-1925 -- "Debts are our only wealth": financing and marketing Catholic hospitals -- Religion, gender, and autonomy in Catholic hospitals -- "Our heels are praying very hard all day": nursing in Catholic hospitals -- Power sharing: business negotiations in Catholic hospitals -- Addressing the times: nuns and the standardization movement.…”
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What the Bible really tells us the essential guide to biblical literacy / by Wray, T. J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Final destinations: heaven and hell -- Show me the money: the surprising truth about wealth and riches -- Should we or shouldn't we?: an exploration of sexuality and gender -- Fair is fair: the essential aspects of biblical laws and justice -- Mother Earth: the Bible and the environment -- Making the God connection: communicating with God through prayer and worship.…”
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What the Bible really tells us the essential guide to biblical literacy / by Wray, T. J.

Table of Contents: “…-- Final destinations: heaven and hell -- Show me the money: the surprising truth about wealth and riches -- Should we or shouldn't we?: an exploration of sexuality and gender -- Fair is fair: the essential aspects of biblical laws and justice -- Mother Earth: the Bible and the environment -- Making the God connection: communicating with God through prayer and worship.…”
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Women and Islamic revival in a West African town by Masquelier, Adeline Marie, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Gender and Islam in Dogondoutchi -- "Those who pray": religious transformations in the colonial and early postcolonial period -- Debating Muslims, disputed practices: the new public face of Islam -- When charisma comes to town: Malam Awal or the making of a modern saint -- Building a mosque in the home of a spirit: changing topographies of power and piety -- How is a girl to marry without a bed? Weddings, wealth, and women's value -- Fashioning Muslimhood: dress, modesty, and the construction of the virtuous woman -- "The fart does not light the fire": "bad" women, "true" believers, and the reconfiguration of moral domesticity.…”
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