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Africa's transport infrastructure mainstreaming maintenance and management / by Gwilliam, K. M.

Table of Contents: “…The legacy of history -- Roads : the burden of maintenance -- Railways : not pulling their weight -- Airports and air transport : policies for growth -- Ports and shipping : moving toward modern management structures -- Urban transport : struggling with growth -- Spending to improve connectivity -- Financing : filling the gaps -- Governance : the key to progress.…”
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Reappraisals : Shifting Alignments in Postwar Critical Theory / by Hohendahl, Peter Uwe

Table of Contents: “…Art work and modernity : the legacy of Georg Lukács -- 3. Autonomy of art : looking back at Adorno's aesthetische theorie -- 4. …”
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Faith in nation exclusionary origins of nationalism / by Marx, Anthony W.

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The Power of People : Congressional Competition, Public Attention, and Voter Retribution / by Theriault, Sean M., 1972-

Table of Contents: “…The two faces of democratic accountability -- The politics of public pressure : competition, attention, and retribution -- Patronage, political parties, the public, and the Pendleton Act of 1883 -- Congressional pay raises and public scrutiny -- The modern history of campaign finance reform -- The unfulfilled reform : congressional term limits -- The power of the people.…”
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Exploring grief : towards a sociology of sorrow /

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of contributors; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction: Towards a sociology of grief -- historical, cultural and social explorations of grief as an emotion; Part I Grief and history; 1 Grief in modern history: an ongoing evolution; 2 Diversity in human grieving: historical and cross-cultural perspectives; 3 The impact of the two world wars on cultures of grieving: grief in England, 1914-1980; Part II Grief and literature…”
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Shanghai and the edges of empires by Meng, Yue, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: the border of histories -- Part I. Cosmic and semiotic centers of knowledge -- 1. …”
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The Lena Goldfields massacre and the crisis of the late tsarist state by Melancon, Michael S., 1940-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The early history of Lena gold mining -- Modern Lena gold mining, Lenzoto, and the workers, 1861-1912 -- The history of worker unrest in the Lena region, 1842-1912 -- The Lena Goldfields strike and shooting -- Politics, the strike committee, and competing discourses -- Unexpected consensus in Russian society -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Selected items from Lenzoto work contract for 1911-12 -- Appendix 2: Selected items from "our demands," submitted to Lenzoto, 3 March 1912.…”
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Myth and the mechanistic universe an essay in the comparative study of religions / by Lane, James Eric, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Ancient symbolic forms -- Myth and "metaphysics" -- Secret of the state -- Ritual enactment of the world -- Historiography of astronomy in ancient China -- Myth and astronomy in ancient China -- Christian myth and knowledge -- Religious forms and physical science in the modern world -- New myth of proportion, numbers, and precision -- Galileo's science of local motion -- New myth of magic and power -- Mechanistic universe -- Religious forms and physical science -- Religious forms and history -- Myth and the technicalist world -- From cosmos to history -- Myth and the mechanistic universe.…”
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The legal system of the People's Republic of China in a nutshell / by Chow, Daniel C. K.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The history of law in imperial and modern China -- Constitution, state structure, and human rights -- The communist party of China -- Legislative authority and legal interpretation -- Courts and procuratorates -- Lawyers and the legal profession -- Procedural law -- Substantive law -- Foreign investment -- Intellectual property -- Reference tools for further research.…”

Rome's imperial economy twelve essays / by Harris, William V. (William Vernon)

Table of Contents: “…The Roman economy in the Late Republic, 133-31 BC ; Between archaic and modern : some current problems in the economic history of the High Roman Empire.…”
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The Princeton guide to evolution /

Table of Contents: “…Evolution of behavior, society, and humans -- section VIII. Evolution and modern society.…”
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White Highlands no more by Abuor, C. Ojwando

Given world and time temporalities in context /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Tyrus Miller -- Temporality in the long run -- Walking backwards into the future : the conception of time in the ancient Near East / Stefan Maul -- Epic remains : seeing and time in the odyssey / Karen Bassi -- Fourier and the Saint-Simonians on the shape of history / Jonathan Beecher -- World history according to Katrina / Wai Chee Dimocl -- Historical figures : mediations, citations, narrations -- The transfiguration of proper and improper sounds from Christian to Jewish environments / Ruth Ha Cohen -- Quoting from the past, or dealing with temporality / Britta Duelke -- Taking time : temporal representations and cultural politics / Richard Terdiman -- Image-times, image-histories, image-thinking / Richard Terdiman -- Documentary reenactments : a paradoxical temporality that is not one shapes of modernity / Bill Nichols -- Time and progress time as progress : an enlightened sermon by William Robertson / László Kontler -- Religious revivals : modernity and religion in Friedrich Nietzsche's anti-Christ and Richard Wright's the outsider / Andrew Wegley -- Hetero-temporalities of post-socialism / Lisa Rofel -- The politics of temporality Heidegger, Bourdieu, Benjamin, Derrida to the planetarium : from cosmos to history and back / David Hoy -- Eternity no more : Walter Benjamin on the eternal return / Tyrus Miller -- A microscope for time : what Benjamin and Klages, Einstein and the movies owe to distant stars / Karl Clausberg.…”
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Innovation in medical technology ethical issues and challenges / by Eaton, Margaret L.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : the need to ask questions about innovation -- Distinguishing innovative medical practice from research -- The modern history of human research ethics -- Innovation in the off-label use of drugs -- Innovative surgery -- Innovation in assisted reproduction -- Innovation in neuroimaging -- Questions, issues, and recommendations going forward -- Conclusion : final thoughts on the landscape of innovation.…”
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Treaty politics and the rise of executive agreements international commitments in a system of shared powers / by Krutz, Glen S.

Table of Contents: “…Treaties and executive agreements : a history -- Explaining the rise of executive agreements in the modern era -- Presidential decision making : the alternative use of treaties and executive agreements -- Far from pro forma : politics in treaty advice and consent -- Delayed diplomacy : gridlock in the U.S. …”
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Lacrosse technique and tradition / by Pietramala, David G., 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The game of lacrosse -- A brief history -- The rules -- What makes a player -- Fundamentals -- Individual offense -- Team offense -- Extraman offense -- Individual defense -- Team defense -- Transition -- Man-down defense -- Goaltending -- Clearing -- Riding -- Face-offs -- Drills -- Building the tradition, 1883-1974 -- The modern era, 1975-2000 -- Into the twenty-first century.…”
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Existence, meaning, excellence : Aristotelian reflections on the meaning of life / by Bielskis, Andrius

Table of Contents: “…chapter 1 European modernity in the light of the history of the entropy of meaning: a philosophical analysis -- chapter 2 A philosophical critique of existentialism -- chapter 3 A revival of Aristotelian practical philosophy: the case of Alasdair MacIntyre – practice, unity of life, and tradition -- chapter 4 Existence, meaning, excellence -- chapter 5 Art as a structure of meaning.…”
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Cultural Encounters on China’s Ethnic Frontiers /

Table of Contents: “…Litzinger -- Pere Vial and the Gni-pa̕ : orientalist scholarship and the Christian project / Margaret Byrne Swain -- Voices of Manchu identity, 1635-1935 / Shelley Rigger -- Part II. The history of ethnic identity -- Millenarianism, Christian movements, and ethnic change among the Miao in Southwest China / Siu-woo Cheung -- Chinggis Khan : from imperial ancestor to ethnic hero / Almaz Khan -- The impact of urban ethnic education on modern Mongolian ethnicity, 1949-1966 / Wurlig Borchigud -- On the dynamics of Tai/Dai-Lue ethnicity : an ethnohistorical analysis / Shih-chung Hsieh -- Glossary -- References -- Contributors -- Index.…”
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Government documents librarianship : a guide for the neo-depository era / by Ennis, Lisa A., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Government documents librarianship: the sky's the limit -- GPO and FDLP history: a look back before moving forward -- The modern GPO and FDLP: the Neo-Depository Era -- FDLP requirements: dragons and beasts -- Networking and training: you are not alone -- Managing and administering: the big picture -- Public services issues: making the government documents collection sparkle -- Technical services issues: the devil is in the details.…”
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The Viennese Socrates Karl Popper and the reconstruction of progressive politics / by Benesch, Philip

Table of Contents: “…Karl Popper, the Viennese Socrates -- The encounter with Marxism -- Capitalism and its discontents -- Popper, Marx, and democratic theory -- The closing of the European mind -- Hegel and the paradox of modern liberty -- Cosmopolitanism -- Popper, Plato, and Socratic politics -- Ascent from the cave -- A humanitarian theory of justice -- The open future -- Towards a pluralist conception of history -- Accentuating the positive -- Popper and political philosophy.…”
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