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Mercury pollution : a transdisciplinary treatment /

Praxis as a Perspective on International Politics / by Hellmann, Gunther

Table of Contents: “…-- Introduction -- Time, meaning and history -- Kratochwil's Humean theology of action -- Prophecy and doubt -- False prophecy -- The prophet's 'universe'/to whom does the prophet speak? …”
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The theory and practice of international criminal law essays in honor of M. Cherif Bassiouni /

Table of Contents: “…A hard look at the soft theory of international criminal law / Mark A. Drumbl -- A modern perspective on international criminal law : accountability as a meta-right / Anja Matwijkiw and Bronik Matwijkiw -- Depoliticizing individual criminal responsibility / Bartram S. …”
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Appalachia in the classroom teaching the region /

Table of Contents: “…Hanlon -- Teaching modern Appalachia in Wilma Dykeman's The Far family / Patricia M. …”
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Inheritance in Contemporary America : The Social Dimensions of Giving across Generations / by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…-- The political economy of giving and receiving -- The legacy of the modern welfare state -- The dilemma -- Employer pension versus personal savings -- Cross-national research -- Dimensions of giving between generations -- The joy of giving -- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil? …”
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Screen Genealogies : From Optical Device to Environmental Medium /

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Everyday moral economies : food, politics and scale in Cuba / by Wilson, Marisa L. (Marisa Lauren), 1979-

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Queering the museum / by Sullivan, Nikki, Middleton, Craig

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Representation matters (re)articulating collective identities in a postcolonal world /

Table of Contents: “…Performative constructions of female identity at a Hindu ritual: some thoughts on the agentive dimension / Beatrix Hauser ; "We are like fish that were reeled in" : peasant understandings of modernity in Zimbabwe / Guy Thompson ; Silence, absence, loss : Chineseness in post-authoritarian Indonesia / Sonja van Wichelen ; Moving identities : mythology and metaphor in André Brink's Praying mantis / Saskia Lourens.…”
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Chinese perspectives on globalization and autonomy

Table of Contents: “…Marx's "view on world history" and theoretical thinking about globalization / Zhou Minkai -- Have a concrete and historic understanding of globalization and what China has done / Hu Daping -- A preliminary exploration of global co-governance theory / Yu Zhengliang and Chen Yugang -- Global governance : a Chinese perspective and practice / Cai Tuo -- Globalisation and the common interest of mankind / Wang Xinyan -- Globalization and state sovereignty / Yu Keping -- Challenges of globalization and responses of state power / He Zengke -- Rethinking state interests / Wang Yizhou -- The new role of the state in the process of globalization / Yu Jianxing and Xu Yueqian -- State autonomy and China's developing path / Yang Xuedong -- The cultural implications of globalization on national interests : cultural modernization and China's national interests / Guo Shuyong -- Neo-internationalism and China's diplomacy / Qin Yaqing and Zhu Liqun -- Seeking China's new identity : the myth of Chinese nationalism / Wang Yiwei -- The internal conflicts and clashes of world politics in the trend of globalisation / Shi Yinhong -- Globalisation and international regimes : theoretical implications / Men Honghua -- Globalization of the market economy and world transformation / Wang Zaibang -- An analysis of anti-globalization movements from the perspective of "democratic deficit" / Ruan Zongze -- Anti-globalization movement and its restrictions on globalization / Liu Jinyuan -- Analytical remarks of anti-economic globalism / Han Deqiang.…”
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The slave trade and the origins of international human rights law by Martinez, Jenny S.

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The future of assisted suicide and euthanasia by Gorsuch, Neil M. (Neil McGill), 1967-

Table of Contents: “…The aftermath of Glucksberg and Quill -- 3. The debate over history -- 3.1. Which history? -- 3.2. The project -- 3.3. …”
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The archaeology of power and politics in Eurasia regimes and revolutions /

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Systematic musicology empirical and theoretical studies /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction / Albrecht Schneider, Arne von Ruschkowski -- Techno, decibels, and politics : an empirical study of modern dance music productions, sound pressure levels, and "loudness perception" / Albrecht Schneider, Arne von Ruschkowski -- Polynomial functions as a representation of melodic phrase contour / Daniel Müllensiefen, Geraint Wiggins -- Meloworks : an integrated retrieval, analysis and e-learning platform for melody research / Klaus Frieler, Frank Höger, Jörg Korries -- Perception of musical intervals at very low frequencies : some experimental findings / Albrecht Schneider, Valeri Tsatsishvili -- Nasality in musical sounds - a few intermediate results / Robert Mores -- Air modes in stringed lute-like instruments from Africa and China / Florian Pfeifle -- Psychoacoustic effects in wave field synthesis applications / Tim Ziemer -- Sound radiation patterns in classical singing styles / Orie Takada -- Some observations on a Stein-Conrad Hammerflügel from 1793 / Andreas Beurmann, Albrecht Schneider -- Playing "live" at the Star-Club : reconstructing the room acoustics of a famous music hall / Rolf Bader, Albrecht Schneider -- "You don't see the stitching" : some comments on stylistic diversity in rock using the example of Jethro Tull / Till Strauf -- Comments about Joni Mitchell's composing techniques and guitar style / Jan Clemens Moeller -- Egalitarianism and elitism in ethnomusicology and folk music scholarship / Ulrich Morgenstern -- Buddhism, animism, and entertainment in Cambodian melismatic chanting smot : history and tonal system / Rolf Bader -- Concerning the question of "loosely-knit" roughly equidistant scale in traditional music / Rytis Ambrazevičius.…”
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Contemporary Ukraine on the cultural map of Europe

Table of Contents: “…Mapping the nation : history, politics, and religion -- The Western dimension of the making of modern Ukraine / Roman Szporluk -- Cultural faultlines and political cleavages / Mykola Riabchuk -- Ukraine's road to Europe : a still controversial issue / Giulia Lami -- Finis Europae : contemporary Ukraine's conflicting inheritances from the humanistic "West" and the Byzantine "East" (A Triptych) / Oxana Pachlovska -- The status of religion in Ukraine and European standards / Andrew Sorokowski -- Missionaries and pluralism : how the law changed the religious landscape in Ukraine / Catherine Wanner -- The future of Ukraine, if values determine the course : what opinion polls disclose about public attitudes on political and economic issues / Elehie Skoczylas -- Prosecuting Soviet crimes : the case of Ukraine and the European practice / Myroslava Antonovych -- Collective memory as a device for constructing a new gender myth / Marian Rubchak -- Reflecting identities : the literary paradigm -- Mirrors, windows, and maps : the typology of cultural identification in contemporary Ukrainian literature / Maria Zubrytska -- Cultural perceptions, mirror images, and western identification in new Ukrainian drama / Larissa M.L. …”
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Inheritance in contemporary America : the social dimensions of giving across generations / by Angel, Jacqueline Lowe

Table of Contents: “…-- The political economy of giving and receiving -- The legacy of the modern welfare state -- The dilemma -- Employer pension versus personal savings -- Cross-national research -- Dimensions of giving between generations -- The joy of giving -- Theoretical perspectives on money: good versus evil? …”
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The cultural fusion of Sufi Islam : alternative paths to mystical faith /

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Lost souls stories / by Hwang, Sun-wŏn, 1915-2000

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Bareback porn, porous masculinities, queer futures the ethics of becoming-pig / by Florêncio, João

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Bits and Pieces : Screening Animal Life and Death / by O'Brien, Sarah, 1982-

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