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Writing and speaking from the heart of my mind : selected essays and speeches / by Mugo, Micere Githae

Table of Contents: “…Culture, class, gender, Pan-Africanism and human development -- Culture in Africa and imperialism -- Gender, ethnicity, class and culture -- Re-envisioning Pan-Africanism: what are the roles of gender, youth and the masses? …”

A historical guide to Mark Twain

Table of Contents: “…Weir -- Mark Twain and Imperialism 227 -- Jim Zwick -- Illustrated Chronology 257 -- Bibliographical Essay 279 -- Shelley Fisher Fishkin.…”
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Jews in the East European borderlands essays in honor of John D. Klier /

Table of Contents: “…Reflections on antisemitism in late imperial Russia, 1906 - 1914 / Robert Weinberg -- Shots in the back: on the origin of the Anti-Jewish pogroms of 1918 - 1921/ Oleg Budnitskii -- Between external persecution and national renaissance : Simon Dubnow's lachrymose vision of Russian-Jewish History / Joshua M. …”
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A History of Chinese Martial Arts by Huang, Fuhua

Table of Contents: “…The development of military martial skillsThe Imperial Martial Examination and the martial academy; Martial arts societies among the general population; Martial arts activities of the civil class; Notes; 6 Martial arts in the Liao, Jin, Western Xia, and Yuan dynasties (916-1368); The advocacy and prohibition of martial arts; Horseback archery; Unarmed combat and Jiaodi; The armed martial skills; Notes; 7 Martial arts in the Ming dynasty (1368-1644); The Imperial Martial Examination and the martial academy; Martial training in the army; The formation of martial arts systems…”
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The transatlantic century Europe and the United States, 1890-2010 / by Nolan, Mary, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…A widening Atlantic; 12. Imperial America, estranged Europe.…”
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No Useless Mouth : Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / by Herrmann, Rachel B.

Table of Contents: “…Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from food laws in Nova Scotia -- Power waning. Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.…”
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No Useless Mouth : Waging War and Fighting Hunger in the American Revolution / by Herrmann, Rachel B.

Table of Contents: “…Black victual warriors and hunger creation -- Fighting hunger, fearing violence after the Revolutionary War -- Learning from food laws in Nova Scotia -- Power waning. Victual imperialism and U.S. Indian policy -- Black loyalist hunger prevention in Sierra Leone -- Conclusion : why native and black revolutionaries lost the fight.…”
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Authorizing Shakespeare on film and television gender, class, and ethnicity in adaptation / by Pittman, L. Monique, 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction : gestures that authorize -- Adaptations of the father: paternal authority goes imperial in Kenneth Branagh's Hamlet and As you like it -- The liberal-humanist Shakespeare in Michael Radford's The merchant of Venice: Ethnic tolerance and the Portia problem -- Deep-fried American dream: class striving under the heat lamp in Scotland, Pa. -- Teen Shakespeare and the trouble with gender: 10 things I hate about you and She's the man -- The Bard and the beeb : televisual authority and Shakespeare retold -- Tracing Hamlet in slings and arrows: Fathers haunt the theater -- It's not tv, it's Shakespeare: literary-historical adaptation in HBO's Rome.…”
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Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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Muslim societies in African history by Robinson, David, 1938-

Table of Contents: “…Morocco: Muslims in a "Muslim nation" -- Ethiopia: Muslims in a "Christian nation" -- Asante and Kumasi: a Muslim minority in a "sea of paganism" -- Sokoto and Hausaland: jihad within the Dar al-Islam -- Buganda: religious competition for the kingdom -- The Sudan: the Mahdi and Khalifa amid competing imperialisms -- Senegal: Bamba and the Murids under French colonial rule -- Conclusion.…”
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Revolutionaries to race leaders Black power and the making of African American politics / by Johnson, Cedric, 1971-

Table of Contents: “…-- Black power and African American politics -- The "Negro revolution" and Cold War America : revolutionary politics and racial conservatism in the work of Harold Cruse -- Return of the native : Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), the new nationalism, and Black power politics -- The convention strategy and conventional politics : the 1972 Gary convention and the limits of racial unity -- From popular anti-imperialism to sectarianism : the African Liberation Day mobilizations and radical intellectuals -- Radical departures : the National Black Political Assembly, the National Black Independent Political Party, and the struggle for alternatives -- Conclusion : the ends of Black politics.…”
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Prison Area, Independence Valley : American Paradoxes in Political Life and Popular Culture / by Kroes, Rob

Table of Contents: “…Bush administration and European anti-Americanism -- The ascent of the falling man : an iconic image of 9/11 -- Cool hand luck : how America played its hand entertaining the world -- Musical America : staging the U.S.A. to the sounds of music -- A spaghetti southern : landscapes of fear in Quentin Tarantino's Django unchained -- Freaks on display : a tale of empathy and ostracism -- American responses to the Holocaust : atrocity photographs as nomadic objects -- Barack Hussein Obama : two portrait sketches -- Obama and the paradox of American global power : dreams of democracy and the imperial imperative -- Taking exception.…”
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Global English and political economy / by O'Regan, John P.

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An introduction to language policy theory and method /

Table of Contents: “…Fishman -- Language policy and sign languages / Timothy Reagan -- Language policy and linguistic imperialism / Robert Phillipson.…”
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The military and society in Russia 1450-1917 /

Table of Contents: “…Brown -- Evaluating Peter's Army: The Impact of Internal Organization -- Carol Stevens -- PART II -- Military and Society in Imperial Russia -- The Grand Strategy of the Russian Empire, 1650-1831 -- John P. …”
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The Spanish frontier in North America by Weber, David J.

Table of Contents: “…List of maps -- Spanish names and words -- Introduction -- 1: Worlds apart -- 2: First encounters -- 3: Foundations of empire: Florida and New Mexico -- 4: Conquistadors of the spirit -- 5: Exploitation, contention, and rebellion -- 6: Imperial rivalry and strategic expansion: to Texas, the Gulf Coast, and the high plains -- 7: Commercial rivalry, stagnation, and the fortunes of war -- 8: Indian raiders and the reorganization of frontier defenses -- 9: Forging a transcontinental empire: new California to the Floridas -- 10: Improvisations and retreats: the empire lost -- 11: Frontiers and frontier peoples transformed -- 12: Spanish legacy and the historical imagination -- For further reading -- Index.…”
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Kabuki's forgotten war 1931-1945 / by Brandon, James R.

Table of Contents: “…Kabuki's foreign adventure: 1931-1939 -- Prelude to war -- Kabuki and the Manchurian and Shanghai incidents: 1931-1934 -- Kabuki and the Marco Polo Bridge incident: 1937-1938 -- The darkening storm: 1939 -- Fruits of victory: 1940-1942 -- Kabuki and 2,600 years of imperial rule: 1940 -- Confrontation with America and Britain: 1941 -- Japan and kabuki at the zenith: 1942 -- Defeat and survival: 1943-1945 -- Kabuki and Japan's "decisive battle": 1943 -- Kabuki is a luxury: 1944 -- The agony ends: 1945 -- War plays in kabuki, a retrospection: August 1945 -- Kabuki outlasts the occupation: 1945-1947 -- Inventing classic kabuki: 1945-1947.…”
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Berlioz in Time : From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown / by Bloom, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : from early recognition to lasting renown -- Berlioz in the year of the Symphonie fantastique -- Berlioz and the translators : from Scott to Shakespeare -- Berlioz and Liszt in the locker room -- Berlioz's directorship of the Theâtre-Italien -- The local politics of Berlioz's Symphonie militaire -- In the shadows of Les Nuits d'ete -- Berlioz, Delacroix, and La Mort d'Ophelie -- Berlioz's "mission" to Germany : a revealing document recovered -- Berlioz and Wagner : Épisodes de la vie des artistes -- Imperialism and the ending of Les Troyens -- Berlioz's "To be or not to be" -- Berlioz, Beatrice, and Much ado about nothing -- Berlioz writing the life of Berlioz -- Epilogue : Berlioz and the B's : Boschot, Barzun, and beyond.…”
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Berlioz in Time : From Early Recognition to Lasting Renown / by Bloom, Peter

Table of Contents: “…Prologue : from early recognition to lasting renown -- Berlioz in the year of the Symphonie fantastique -- Berlioz and the translators : from Scott to Shakespeare -- Berlioz and Liszt in the locker room -- Berlioz's directorship of the Theâtre-Italien -- The local politics of Berlioz's Symphonie militaire -- In the shadows of Les Nuits d'ete -- Berlioz, Delacroix, and La Mort d'Ophelie -- Berlioz's "mission" to Germany : a revealing document recovered -- Berlioz and Wagner : Épisodes de la vie des artistes -- Imperialism and the ending of Les Troyens -- Berlioz's "To be or not to be" -- Berlioz, Beatrice, and Much ado about nothing -- Berlioz writing the life of Berlioz -- Epilogue : Berlioz and the B's : Boschot, Barzun, and beyond.…”
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Urbanism in the preindustrial world cross-cultural approaches /

Table of Contents: “…Storey -- Seasonal mortality in imperial Rome and the Mediterranean : three problem cases / Brent D. …”
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