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The price of freedom denied religious persecution and conflict in the twenty-first century / by Grim, Brian J.

Table of Contents: “…Persecution: the price of freedoms denied; 4. A closer look: Japan, Brazil and Nigeria; 5. A closer look: China, India and Iran; 6. …”
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Institutionalizing elites political elite formation and change in the KwaZulu-Natal provincial legislature / by Francis, Suzanne, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…A theory and methodology for the study of elites -- Historical contexts and political elite formation in KwaZulu and Natal -- Social characteristics of an emerging political elite -- Political, organisational and institutional background of an emerging political elite -- Intra-party dynamics and political elite circulation -- Inter-party dynamics, coalition politics and cross party elite bonding -- The development of institutional capacity -- Conclusion : the political elite of KwaZulu-Natal.…”
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Cultural heritage, transnational narratives, and museum franchising in Abu Dhabi / by Wakefield, Sarina

Table of Contents: “…Globalisation and Bilateral Heritage 5. Cultural Capacity Professional Practice 6. Translating Across Borders 7. …”
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The Theory of Criticism : A Tradition and Its System / by Krieger, Murray, 1923-2000

Table of Contents: “…The problem: the limits and capacities of critical theory -- The vanity of theory and its value -- Preliminary questions and suggested answers -- The critic as person and persona -- The humanistic theoretical tradition -- The deceptive opposition between mimetic and expressive theories -- Form and the humanistic aesthetic -- Fiction, history, and empirical reality: the hourglass and the sands of time -- A systematic extension -- The aesthetic as the anthropological: the breath of the word and the weight of the world -- Poetics reconstructed: the presence of the poem.…”
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Hygienic modernity meanings of health and disease in treaty-port China / by Rogaski, Ruth

Table of Contents: “…"Conquering the one hundred diseases": weisheng before the twentieth century -- Health and disease in Heaven's Ford -- Medical encounters and divergences -- Translating weisheng in treaty-port China -- Transforming eisei in Meiji Japan -- Deficiency and sovereignty: hygienic modernity in the occupation of Tianjin, 1900-1902 -- Seen and unseen: the urban landscape and boundaries of weisheng -- Weisheng and the desire for modernity -- Japanese management of germs in Tianjin -- Germ warfare and patriotic weisheng.…”
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The Theory of Criticism : A Tradition and Its System / by Krieger, Murray, 1923-2000

Table of Contents: “…The problem: the limits and capacities of critical theory -- The vanity of theory and its value -- Preliminary questions and suggested answers -- The critic as person and persona -- The humanistic theoretical tradition -- The deceptive opposition between mimetic and expressive theories -- Form and the humanistic aesthetic -- Fiction, history, and empirical reality: the hourglass and the sands of time -- A systematic extension -- The aesthetic as the anthropological: the breath of the word and the weight of the world -- Poetics reconstructed: the presence of the poem.…”
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Employment, hours, and earnings states and areas.

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Sustainable City Regions: Space, Place and Governance / by Kidokoro, Tetsuo

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Simulating Interacting Agents and Social Phenomena The Second World Congress / by Takadama, Keiki

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Armée et politique au Niger

Table of Contents: “…L'état et le controle des chefs militaires en Afrique précoloniale : l'apparition des chefs de guerre au Katsina à la fin du XIXe siècle / Addo Mahamane -- La naissance de l'armée nationale au Niger : 1961-1974 / Aliou Mahamane -- Les militaires politiciens / Mahaman Tidjani Alou -- Le régime militaire de Senyi Kountché (1974-1987) / Mahaman Malam Issa -- Les régimes militaires entre 1974 et 1999 au Niger / Kimba Idrissa -- Esquisse d'une typologie des régimes militaires nigériens / Aboubacar Maidoka -- Mutineries militaires en période de démocratisation / Abdoulaye Niandou Souley -- Femmes en uniforme dans les secteurs militaire et para-militaire au Niger / Moussa Zangaou.…”
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The globalization of energy China and the European Union /

Table of Contents: “…Philip Sen -- China's oil supply strategy: the case of Saudi-Arabia and Sudan / Chen Mo -- China's renewable energy development targets and implementation effect analysis / Shi Dan -- China's energy security: increasing dependence on foreign oil and solutions favored by Beijing students and researchers / Eduard B. Vermeer -- Japan's evolving nuclear energy policy and the possibility of Japan-China nuclear energy cooperation / Raquel Shaoul -- Transition management and institutional reform : the case of a transition to hydrogen as a motor fuel in the Netherlands / Daniel Scholten.…”
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Global futures in East Asia youth, nation, and the new economy in uncertain times /

Table of Contents: “…: market militarism and market humanism in postsocialist Beijing / YAN Hairong -- Notes to the heart : new lessons in national sentiment and sacrifice from recessionary Japan / Andrea G. Arai -- Neoliberal speech acts : the Equal Opportunity Law and projects of the self in a Japanese corporate office / Miyako Inoue -- Workplace dramas and labor fantasies in 1990s Japan / Gabriella Lukacs -- Governmental entanglements : the ambiguities of progressive politics in neoliberal reform in South Korea / Jesook Song.…”
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Forging environmentalism justice, livelihood, and contested environments /

Table of Contents: “…The politics and ethics of going green in China : air pollution control in Benxi City and wetland preservation in the Sanjiang Plain / Liu Yu ... [et al.] -- Japan : a foreword / Jeffrey Broadbent. From Kogai to Kankyo mondai : nature, development, and social conflict in Japan / Kada Yukiko ... …”
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Crescent moon over the rational philosophical interpretations of Paul Klee / by Watson, Stephen H., 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Interpreting Klee: fusing the architectonic and the poetic -- On the withdrawal of the beautiful: Adorno's and Merleau-Ponty's readings of Klee -- Gadamer, Benjamin, aesthetic modernism, and the rehabilitation of allegory: the relevance of Klee -- Of Sartre, Klee, surrealism, and philosophy: toward a nonprosaic conception of consciousness -- Heidegger, Klee's turn, and the origin of the work of art -- Fiscourse/digure: of nomadism, the specter of Oedipus, and the remnants of the sublime -- The rapture of sensuousness: color possesses me-- I am a painter.…”
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Psychoanalytic mythologies by Parker, Ian, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Points of view -- Making love to my ego -- The pinball project -- Psychopolitical cults -- The wet group -- Interpersonal skills -- Learn and enjoy -- Another language -- English identity, Ireland and violence -- Racing Diana's subjects -- Personal response under attack -- In Disney"s world -- Looking to the future, and back -- Windows on the mind -- Soap trek -- Clubbing -- E and me -- Garage nightmares -- Helpless in Japan -- Greek chairs -- Open secrets -- Passé.…”
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The making of the first Korean president : Syngman Rhee's quest for independence, 1875-1948 / by Yu, Young Ick

Table of Contents: “…Birth of a Christian reformer -- Diplomacy with a U.S. president and Ivy League education in America -- Christian education and evangelism in Korea and Japan -- Early life in Hawaiʻi -- President of the Korean provisional governments -- Fall from power in Shanghai and Hawaiʻi -- Solo drive for Korean independence in Europe and marriage to Francesca Donner -- In pursuit of diplomatic recognition during the Pacific war -- New rivals and detractors -- Becoming the president of the Republic of Korea.…”
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The third force the rise of transnational civil society /

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Mirrors of the economy national accounts and international norms in Russia and beyond / by Herrera, Yoshiko M., 1970-

Table of Contents: “…A system of national accounts : the postcommunist transformation of Russian statistics -- Accounting for implementation : a theory of conditional norms -- Accidental hegemony : how the system of national accounts became an international norm -- Efficiency, resources, and capacity in the implementation of the SNA -- Cui bono? …”
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The economics and politics of high-speed rail lessons from experiences abroad / by Albalate, Daniel, 1980-

Table of Contents: “…Development of the high speed rail in the world -- High speed rail in the us: an overview of the debate -- High speed rail: the analytical framework -- Japan: Shinkansen -- France: Train �a Grande Vitesse (TGV) -- Germany: Neubaustrecken -- Spain: Alta Velocidad Espa�nola (AVE) -- China: Zhonggu�o gaos�u tiel�u -- Other experiences: Italy, Korea, and Taiwan -- Lessons from international experiences -- Conclusions: desires, beliefs, and reality.…”
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Spinal cord injury in natural disasters

Table of Contents: “…Contents: Disaster and spinal cord injury (SCI) -- Persons with existing SCI in disaster zones -- Co-ordination and mobilization -- Expertise -- Survey and assessment -- Regional capacity -- Haiti 2010 -- Acute care -- Acute care challenges: ISCOS summary -- Field hospital critical needs -- Best practice guidelines on surgical response -- Rehabilitation -- Health maintenance -- Adapting to local needs -- Equipment -- Community reintegration -- Post disaster considerations -- Planning for the next disaster.…”
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