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Instruments for New Music : Sound, Technology, and Modernism / by Patteson, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Listening to instruments -- "The joy of precision" : mechanical instruments and the aesthetics of automation -- "The alchemy of tone" : Jörg Mager and electric music -- "Sonic handwriting" : media instruments and musical inscription -- "A new, perfect musical instrument" : the trautonium and electric music in the 1930s -- The expanding instrumentarium.…”
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Children of Rusʹ : right-bank Ukraine and the invention of a Russian nation / by Hillis, Faith

Table of Contents: “…The Little Russian idea and the invention of a Rusʹ nation -- The Little Russian idea in the 1860s -- The Little Russian idea and the imagination of Russian and Ukrainian nations -- Nationalizing urban politics -- Concepts of liberation -- Electoral politics and regional governance -- Nationalizing the empire -- The limits of the Russian nationalist vision.…”
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Unlocking energy innovation how America can build a low-cost, low-carbon energy system / by Lester, Richard K. (Richard Keith), 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Beyond wishful thinking : facts, deductions, and grounded assertions about climate and energy -- An energy innovation system that works -- Electric utilities and the three waves of energy innovation -- The first wave : unlocking innovation in building energy efficiency -- The second wave of innovation-Part 1 : Low-carbon electricity supply -- The second wave of innovation-Part 2 : The rest of the electricity system -- The third wave of innovation : creating breakthrough options -- Building a new American energy innovation system : a ten-point framework.…”
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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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Contesting trade in Central America : market reform and resistance / by Spalding, Rose J.

Table of Contents: “…The march to market reform in Central America -- Rule makers and rule takers: negotiating CAFTA -- Resistance: competing voices -- Ratification politics: in the chamber and in the street -- After CAFTA: antimining movements, investment disputes, and new organizational territory -- Electoral challenges and transitions -- Post-neoliberalism and alternative approaches to change.…”
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Evaluating elections a handbook of methods and standards / by Alvarez, R. Michael, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Performance-Based Evaluation of Election Administration; 1. The electoral ecosystem; 2. Easily available data for performance evaluation; 3. …”
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The archaeology of institutional life

Table of Contents: “…Historical overview of the archaeology of institutional life / Sherene Baugher -- On the enigma of incarceration: philosophical approaches to confinement in the modern era / Eleanor Conlin Casella -- Feminist theory and the historical archaeology of institutions / Suzanne M. …”
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The Oxford handbook of American political parties and interest groups

Table of Contents: “…Party history -- pt. 4. Parties in the electoral process -- pt. 5. Party organization -- pt. 6. …”
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Chemistry and physics for nurse anesthesia : a student-centered approach / by Shubert, David, Leyba, John

Table of Contents: “…Measurement -- A review of some chemistry basics -- Basics of physics : force and pressure -- Basics of physics : work, energy, and power -- Fluids -- The gas laws -- States of matter and changes of state -- Solutions and their behavior -- Solution concentrations -- Acids, bases, and buffers -- Electricity and electrical safety -- Classes of organic compounds -- Biochemistry -- Radiation and radioactivity.…”
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Energy : its use and the environment / by Hinrichs, Roger, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Energy mechanics -- Conservation of energy -- Heat and work -- Home energy conservation and heat-transfer control -- Solar energy : characteristics and heating -- Energy from fossil fuels -- Air pollution and energy use -- Global warming, ozone depletion, and waste heat -- Electricity : circuits and superconductors -- Electromagnetism and the generation of electricity -- Electricity from solar, wind, and hydro -- The building blocks of matter : the atom and its nucleus -- Nuclear power : fission -- Effects and uses of radiation -- Future energy alternatives : fusion -- Biomass : from plants to garbage -- Tapping the Earth's heat : geothermal energy -- A national and personal commitment.…”

Women, partisanship, and the Congress by Jones Evans, Jocelyn

Table of Contents: “…Does partisanship shape women's experience in the district? : the electoral connection -- 3. Do women in congress vote alike? …”
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Ten thousand democracies politics and public opinion in America's school districts / by Berkman, Michael B., 1960-

Table of Contents: “…Policy responsiveness in American school districts -- Financing public education -- Public opinion and Americans' commitment to educational spending -- Direct democracy, indirect democracy, and policy responsiveness -- Voting rights, electoral systems, and policy responsiveness -- Teacher's unions in state and local politics -- The gray peril reconsidered -- The democratic control of American school boards.…”
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Scandalous politics child welfare policy in the States / by Gainsborough, Juliet F.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: child welfare and the politics of scandal -- The swinging pendulum: child welfare policy at the national level -- States, scandals, and child welfare policy -- Florida: scandal, electoral politics, and leadership change -- Colorado: investigative journalism, local control, and minor reform -- New Jersey: scandals, courts, and on-going reform -- Conclusions: scandalous politics.…”
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Activists in office Kurdish politics and protest in Turkey / by Watts, Nicole F.

Table of Contents: “…Other routes of resistance -- Early routes : conditions of Kurdish electoral mobilization -- New collective challengers : the institutional trajectory of Turkey's first pro-Kurdish party -- Resources of the system -- Characteristics of coercion : obstructing access to resources -- Producing competing truths -- Creating a new Kurdish subject -- Conclusions : assessing a challenger's impact.…”
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Tax politics in Eastern Europe globalization, regional integration, and the democratic compromise / by Appel, Hilary

Table of Contents: “…: corporate taxes and the competition for capital -- Politics and personal income taxes -- Politics and taxation in Russia : the case of an oil economy -- Globalization, electoral politics, and European taxation.…”
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Latino politics in America community, culture, and interests / by García, John A.

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to Latino politics -- Community building in Latino America -- Culture and demographics -- Latino subgroups in the United States -- The politics of interest and culture -- Latino political participation -- Latinos in the electoral arena -- Latino organizations and leadership -- Immigration and Latino immigrants -- Education and voting rights -- Building political alliances -- The Latino community: beyond recognition politics.…”
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Restless giant the United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore / by Patterson, James T.

Table of Contents: “…The troubled 1970's -- Sex, families, stagflation -- The political world of the mid-1970s -- Carter, Reagan, and the rise of the right -- "Morning again in America" -- America and the world in the 1980's -- Bush 41 -- "Culture wars" and "decline" in the 1990's -- Immigration, multiculturalism, race -- Political wars of the early Clinton years -- Prosperity, partisanship, terrorism -- Impeachment and electoral crisis, 1998-2000.…”
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Social and political bonds a mosaic of contrast and convergence / by Barnard, F. M. (Frederick M.)

Table of Contents: “…Introductory perspectives -- Status identification : class and social mobility -- Social interaction : conflict, cooperation and culture -- Political development : dynamics and contexts -- Power and political authorization -- Electoral choices : parties and governments -- Democracy : scripts and players -- Hidden powers and odd allies : lobbyists and bureaucrats -- Political mediation : parts and wholes (an overview) -- Bridging and belonging : concluding reflections.…”
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The grandees of government : the origins and persistence of undemocratic politics in Virginia / by Tarter, Brent, 1948-

Table of Contents: “…For the glory of God and the good of the plantation -- True religion and a civil course of life -- The grievances of the people -- The grandees of government -- All men are not created equal -- On domestic slavery -- Constitutions construed -- House divided -- Causes lost -- An Anglo-Saxon electorate -- The Byrdocracy -- I was born black -- The spirit of Virginia -- Public good and private interest -- Virginia abstractions.…”
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Theatres in the round multi-ethnic, indigenous, and intertextual dialogues in drama /

Table of Contents: “…Elam, Jr. and Michele Elam -- Celebrating indigeneity: contemporary aboriginal playwriting in Canada and Australasia / Marc Maufort -- Quoting the "other": intertextuality and indigeneity in Pacific theatre / David O'Donnell -- Beckett's Chinese progeny: absurdity, waiting, and the Godot motif in contemporary China / Rossella Ferrari -- A punk-rock Elektra: Ruth Margraff's The Elektra fugues / Kathleen L. …”
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