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Old Shanghai and the clash of revolution by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood of Genghua in a capitalist family -- Life little Genghua remembered under Japanese occupation -- How Chinese people keep their festivals before 1949 -- Life of Wu family before Communist Party takes over Shanghai -- The first two political movements have no effect on Wu family -- How capitalists get first financial blow & how Genghua fares in middle school -- Genghua's friend returns to Germany & capitalists get second financial blow -- Anti-rightist movement has little effect on Wu family -- The great leap-forward & steel-making movement -- Genghua learns English from some old scholars & makes new friends -- Tours in West-Suburb Park & to Suzhou City -- Genghua makes more friends & Mrs. …”
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Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance /

Table of Contents: “…Porter -- Jordan and the United Arab Emirates : Arab partners in Afghanistan / Ariel I. …”
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Old Shanghai and the clash of revolution by Woo, X. L.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood of Genghua in a capitalist family -- Life little Genghua remembered under Japanese occupation -- How Chinese people keep their festivals before 1949 -- Life of Wu family before Communist Party takes over Shanghai -- The first two political movements have no effect on Wu family -- How capitalists get first financial blow & how Genghua fares in middle school -- Genghua's friend returns to Germany & capitalists get second financial blow -- Anti-rightist movement has little effect on Wu family -- The great leap-forward & steel-making movement -- Genghua learns English from some old scholars & makes new friends -- Tours in West-Suburb Park & to Suzhou City -- Genghua makes more friends & Mrs. …”
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Coalition challenges in Afghanistan : the politics of alliance /

Table of Contents: “…Porter -- Jordan and the United Arab Emirates : Arab partners in Afghanistan / Ariel I. …”
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Language in Jewish society towards a new understanding / by Myhill, John, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Language and Jewish identity -- Jewish language and identity in comparative and historical perspective -- Language and Jewish identity in modern times -- Hebrew as language of ancient Israel -- The death of Hebrew as a spoken language -- Hebrew as a sacred language -- Diaspora Hebrew and the modern European ideology of language and identity -- The revival of Hebrew -- Diaspora Hebrew today -- Aramaic -- Judeo-Arabic -- Judeo-Spanish -- Yiddish -- Are 'Jewish languages' a unique phenomenon? …”
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An introduction to Islam for Jews by Firestone, Reuven, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…A survey of Islamic history -- Why an introduction to Islam specifically for Jews? -- Arabs and Israelites -- Pre-Islamic origins -- The emergence of Islam -- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina -- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community -- The conquests -- The caliphal dynasties -- The decline of the Muslim world -- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law -- God -- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith" -- The evolution of a formal theology -- The Qur'an -- The interpretive tradition -- The prophetic record -- Islamic law -- The workings of shari'a -- The umma: Islam in practice -- The umma and the caliphate -- The five pillars of Islam -- A sixth pillar? …”
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Exploitation and developing countries the ethics of clinical research /

Table of Contents: “…Hawkins -- Addressing exploitation : reasonable availability versus fair benefits / Ezekiel J. Emanuel.…”
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The Viennese secession by Carl, Klaus H.

Table of Contents: “…Vienna in the second half of the 19th century -- The World Fair of 1889 -- Art in England at the end of the century -- Art on the continent at the end of the century -- The precursors of the Viennes secession in Munich and Berlin -- Munich -- Berlin -- The Viennese Secession -- Vienna at the turn of the century -- The Kunstlerhaus -- The Secession I -- The Ver Sacrum magazine -- The Secession II -- The exhibition centre of the Viennese Secession -- The Beethoven frieze -- The Secession III -- Artists of the Viennese Secession -- Gustav Klimt -- Koloman Moser -- Alfred Roller -- Egon Schiele -- Other Viennese artists -- Wiener Werkstatte -- The most important artists of the Wiener Werkstatte -- Architecture in the second half of the 19th century. …”
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An introduction to Islam for Jews by Firestone, Reuven, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…A survey of Islamic history -- Why an introduction to Islam specifically for Jews? -- Arabs and Israelites -- Pre-Islamic origins -- The emergence of Islam -- Muhammad and the Jews of Medina -- The death of the prophet and the expansion of the community -- The conquests -- The caliphal dynasties -- The decline of the Muslim world -- God, the Qur'an, and Islamic law -- God -- The five doctrines or "pillars of faith" -- The evolution of a formal theology -- The Qur'an -- The interpretive tradition -- The prophetic record -- Islamic law -- The workings of shari'a -- The umma: Islam in practice -- The umma and the caliphate -- The five pillars of Islam -- A sixth pillar? …”
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Exploitation and developing countries the ethics of clinical research /

Table of Contents: “…Hawkins -- Addressing exploitation : reasonable availability versus fair benefits / Ezekiel J. Emanuel.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The Viennese secession by Carl, Klaus H.

Table of Contents: “…Vienna in the second half of the 19th century -- The World Fair of 1889 -- Art in England at the end of the century -- Art on the continent at the end of the century -- The precursors of the Viennes secession in Munich and Berlin -- Munich -- Berlin -- The Viennese Secession -- Vienna at the turn of the century -- The Kunstlerhaus -- The Secession I -- The Ver Sacrum magazine -- The Secession II -- The exhibition centre of the Viennese Secession -- The Beethoven frieze -- The Secession III -- Artists of the Viennese Secession -- Gustav Klimt -- Koloman Moser -- Alfred Roller -- Egon Schiele -- Other Viennese artists -- Wiener Werkstatte -- The most important artists of the Wiener Werkstatte -- Architecture in the second half of the 19th century. …”
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Language in Jewish society towards a new understanding / by Myhill, John, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Language and Jewish identity -- Jewish language and identity in comparative and historical perspective -- Language and Jewish identity in modern times -- Hebrew as language of ancient Israel -- The death of Hebrew as a spoken language -- Hebrew as a sacred language -- Diaspora Hebrew and the modern European ideology of language and identity -- The revival of Hebrew -- Diaspora Hebrew today -- Aramaic -- Judeo-Arabic -- Judeo-Spanish -- Yiddish -- Are 'Jewish languages' a unique phenomenon? …”
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The occupation of Iraq winning the war, losing the peace / by Allawi, Ali A., 1947-

Table of Contents: “…-- April 2004 : the turning point -- The interim Iraqi government -- Arabs and Persians -- Showdown at the shrine -- To hold or abort an election -- Corruption and the Potemkin state -- Iraqi society on the eve of free elections -- The vote -- Negotiating a constitution -- Crises and the Jaafari government -- Into uncharted waters.…”
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Iran's foreign policy from Khatami to Ahmadinejad /

Table of Contents: “…Drenou -- Iran-United Kingdom relations since the revolution : opening doors / Christopher Rundle -- Diplomatic relations between Iran and the United Kingdom in the early reform period, 1997-2000 -- Arab-Iranian relations : new realities? / Mahjoob Zweiri -- Iran and its immediate neighbourhood / Anoushiravan Ehteshami.…”
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Rome re-imagined twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city /

Table of Contents: “…O'Daly -- Decoding the Labyrinth : Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature / Mario Casari -- Conclusion: An Imagined City / Louis I. …”
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The world of Persian literary humanism by Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the making of a literary humanism -- The making of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750) -- The Persian presence in the Abbasid empire: resisting Arabic literary imperialism (750-1258) -- The prose and poetry of the world: the rise of literary humanism in the Seljuqid empire (1038-1194) -- The triumph of the word: the perils and promises of the Mongol empire (1256-1353) -- The lure and lyrics of a literature: the center and periphery of the Timurid empire (1314-1508) -- The making of a literary cosmopolitanism: treading over multiple empires (1501-1732) -- The dawn of new empires: literary humanism in search of itself (1736-1924) -- The final frontiers: new Persian literary humanism (1906-present) -- Conclusion.…”
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Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / by Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.…”
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Rome re-imagined twelfth-century Jews, Christians and Muslims encounter the eternal city /

Table of Contents: “…O'Daly -- Decoding the Labyrinth : Rome in Arabic and Persian Medieval Literature / Mario Casari -- Conclusion: An Imagined City / Louis I. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The world of Persian literary humanism by Dabashi, Hamid, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the making of a literary humanism -- The making of an Iranian world in an Islamic universe: the rise of Persian language and literature (632-750) -- The Persian presence in the Abbasid empire: resisting Arabic literary imperialism (750-1258) -- The prose and poetry of the world: the rise of literary humanism in the Seljuqid empire (1038-1194) -- The triumph of the word: the perils and promises of the Mongol empire (1256-1353) -- The lure and lyrics of a literature: the center and periphery of the Timurid empire (1314-1508) -- The making of a literary cosmopolitanism: treading over multiple empires (1501-1732) -- The dawn of new empires: literary humanism in search of itself (1736-1924) -- The final frontiers: new Persian literary humanism (1906-present) -- Conclusion.…”
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Keep on fighting : the life and civil rights legacy of Marian A. Spencer / by Christenson, Dorothy H., 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Desegregation suits and continuing battles -- Coney Island -- School segregation -- Cincinnati City Council -- Fair housing -- Reproductive rights -- Voting rights -- National Underground Railroad Freedom Center.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view