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Asian American studies now a critical reader /

Table of Contents: “…Manalansan IV -- How to rehabilitate a mulatto: the iconography of Tiger Woods / Hiram Perez -- Occult racism: the masking of race in the Hmong Hunter incident / a dialogue between anthropologist Louisa Schein and filmmaker/activist Va-Megn Thoj -- Collateral damage: Southeast Asian poverty in the United States / Eric Tang -- Whither Asian American studies? …”
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Beyond September 11 an anthology of dissent /

Table of Contents: “…Witnessing 'terror', anticipating 'war' / Phil Scraton -- America's jihad : a history of origin / Christian Parenti -- An unconscionable threat to humanity / John Pilger -- The threat of United States' ruthlessness / Madeleine Bunting -- 'Terrorism', 'war' and democracy compromised / Paul Foot -- The politics of morality / Phil Scraton -- Representations of terror in the legitimation of war / Eileen Berrington -- 'Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists' : the war's home front / Jude McCulloch -- Resistance and terror : lessons from Ireland / Bill Rolston -- September 11 aftermath : where is the world heading? …”
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Defying victimhood women and post-conflict peacebuilding /

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Catholic social teaching and economic globalization the quest for alternatives / by Sniegocki, John, 1963-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Overview of the contemporary global context : life stories -- Data on poverty, hunger, and inequality in an age of globalization -- The goals and structure of this book -- Development theory and practice : an overview -- Origins of the concept of development -- Modernization theory -- Modernization theory and U.S. aid policy -- The impact of modernizationist development -- Structuralist economic theories -- Dependency theories -- Basic needs approach -- New international economic order -- Alternative development -- The impact of reformist thought on development policy -- Neoliberal resurgence and structural adjustment policies -- Current debates in development studies -- The failures of modernizationist development : a closer look -- The impacts of colonialism and slavery -- Post-WW II development policies and the third world debt crisis -- Consequences of the debt crisis -- Responses to the debt crisis -- United States opposition to social change in the third world -- Summary of major structural influences on the third world -- Catholic social teaching and development -- CST prior to Pope John XXIII -- Early reflections on development : John XXIII and Vatican II -- The pivotal contributions of Paul VI, the Latin American bishops, and justice in the world -- John Paul II : the centrality of solidarity -- The social ethics of Benedict XVI -- Summary of catholic social teaching on development issues -- Catholic social teaching and political economy : neoconservative and radical critiques -- Neoconservative reflections on CST -- Radical reflections on CST -- Evaluation of neoconservative, radical, and CST views -- Grassroots critics of development -- Rejecting the quest for development - Vandana shiva : the violence of development and reductionist science -- Further issues in the development/globalization debates -- Reclaiming the commons : the positive visions of development critics -- Catholic social teaching, the radical tradition, and development critics -- Grassroots action and policy alternatives -- Grassroots organizations in the third world : an overview -- The impact of grassroots organizations -- Development policies : follow the NIC model? …”
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Race and Rurality in the Global Economy /

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Career development, employment, and disability in rehabilitation : from theory to practice /

Table of Contents: “…Conyers, Pia Smal, and Yung-Chen Chiu -- Essential knowledge to improve employment of ethnic minorities with disabilities in the United States / Jennifer L. Burris, Allen N. Lewis, Jenelle Pitt, Mimi Getachew, and Reginald Alston.…”
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The path to more sustainable energy systems how do we get there from here? / by Ebenhack, Ben W.

Table of Contents: “…Concepts, definitions, measures -- 1.1 Defining energy -- 1.1.1 Work -- 1.1.2 Heat -- 1.1.3 Light -- 1.1.4 Electricity -- 1.1.5 Power -- 1.1.6 Efficiency -- 1.2 Key energy resource definitions -- 1.2.1 Sources and resources -- 1.2.2 Reserves -- 1.2.3 Production -- 1.2.4 Comparing units and magnitudes of measure -- 1.3 "Renewable" versus "Nonrenewable" energy -- 1.3.1 Stock and flow limitations -- 1.3.2 Fossil and nuclear fuels: nonrenewable, stock-limited energy -- 1.3.3 Solar energy: renewable, flow-limited energy -- 1.3.4 In-between resources: renewable, stock, and flow-limited energy -- 1.3.5 Briefly comparing current use of energy stocks and flows -- 1.4 Energy use in societies -- 1.4.1 Visualizing energy use -- 1.4.2 Energy use by economic sector -- 1.4.3 Energy use by example: the united states -- 1.5 Environmental impacts of energy use -- 1.5.1 Classification by pollutant or harm -- 1.5.2 Classification by scale -- 1.6 Defining sustainability and sustainable energy -- 1.6.1 Sustainability -- 1.6.2 Sustainable energy -- 1.7 Sources of energy and environmental information -- 1.7.1 United States Energy Information Administration -- 1.7.2 International Energy Agency -- 1.7.3 World Energy Council -- 1.7.4 World Resources Institute -- 1.7.5 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change -- 1.7.6 Industry reports --…”
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Blue economy of the Indian Ocean : resource economics, strategic vision, and ethical governance / by Mukhopadhyay, Ranadhir, Loveson, V. J., 1962-, Iyer, Sridhar D., Sudarsan, P. K.

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